Angela Early is a postdoctoral fellow in the Malaria Group at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. A population geneticist, she looks at the genetic differences across individual malaria parasites to understand how these parasites interact with the immune system of the human host. Before joining the Broad, Angela received her PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from Cornell … Read More

Ester Caffarel-Salvador received her Ph.D. in Pharmacy from Queen’s University Belfast in 2014. Her research focused on the development of hydrogel-forming microneedles for transdermal therapeutic drug monitoring as an alternative to blood extraction. After completing her Ph.D., Ester collaborated with world leading pharmaceutical companies (L’ÓREAL, Lohmann Therapy Systems) in developing microneedles for transdermal drug delivery. Ester is currently a postdoctoral … Read More

Alison Brown’s research interests focus on public health nutrition and the development of culturally appropriate nutrition interventions.  She is currently pursuing her doctorate in food policy and nutrition at Tufts University’s Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, where her research explores how the diversity among Blacks relates to dietary quality and hypertension risk.  Other areas of interest include wellness … Read More

Alexandra Boussommier-Calleja is a postdoctoral fellow at Massachussetts Institute of Technology, in Prof. Kamm’s laboratory, that is joint between the Mechanical and Bio-engineering department. Alexandra completed her biomedical engineering studies first at Ecole Polytechnique Federale of Lausanne (Switzerland) for her Bachelor and at Imperial College London (United Kingdom) for her Master. She pursued her doctorate studies at Imperial College London, … Read More

Stephen D. Alkins is a doctoral candidate in the Neuroscience Program with a concentration in Quantitative Biology at Brandeis University, and a 2016 Neuroscience Scholar Program Fellow through the Society for Neuroscience. He holds a Master of Science in Neuroscience from Brandeis University and a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Morehouse College. His research focuses on synaptic plasticity and … Read More

Ahmad Al-Moujahed is a PhD candidate in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine and the Department of Ophthalmology at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary (MEEI), Harvard Medical School. Ahmad graduated from Damascus Medical School in Damascus University, Syria. Then, he came to the United States to do a fellowship in retina research in the … Read More

Samuel Abariga received his M.D. in medicine from University of Science and Technology, Kumasi Ghana; a post-graduate diploma in tropical medicine (DTM&H) from University of Liverpool England; and an M.S. degree in International Health Policy from Brandeis University. He has worked in various capacities as a clinician, and in research (including consulting for the Lown Cardiovascular Research Foundation, and as … Read More