May 27, 2020

GRADUATIONPROGRAM

2020

2020HSTGraduationProgramMay27,20205:00-7:00pm

VIDEOCELEBRATION-WATCHPARTYWelcomingRemarksRichardN.Mitchell,MD,PhD,AssociateDirector,HSTGeorgeQ.Daley,MD,PhD,Dean,HarvardMedicalSchool ElazerR.Edelman,MD,PhD,Director,InstituteforMedicalEngineeringandScience,MIT StudentAddressJustinRice,MD,PhD

PresentationofGraduatesMedicalSciences,DoctorofMedicine.Presentedby,WolframGoessling,MD,PhD,DirectorofHSTandJunneKamihara,MD,PhD,AssociateDirectorHSTMedicalEngineering/MedicalPhysics,DoctorofPhilosophyPresentedby,EmeryN.Brown,MD,PhD,DirectorofHST

ClosingRemarksandToast!

RECEPTION

Immediately following the Video Watch Party, GRADUATES ONLY should gather in the group photo room for a quick gallery style group photo.

Family and friends are welcome to join any of the ten party rooms, where they can meet up with their graduate after the group photo. Please feel free to move yourselves among these ten party rooms. You can leave a party room and connect to a new one at any time. All links available at hst.mit.edu/go/graduation.

PartyRoomA.Hosts:PattyCunningham&DavidHansen-withbreakout rooms for smaller group conversations

PartyRoomB.Host:TraciAnderson-withphotoboothsforscreenshotphotos

PartyroomC.Hosts:WolframGoessling&AlexandraNano

PartyroomD.Hosts.RickMitchell&KateHodgins

PartyroomE.Hosts:JunneKamihara&KarrolAltarejos

PartyroomF.Hosts:MatthewFrosch&ZaraSmith

PartyroomG.Hosts:JulieGreenberg&JoeStein

PartyroomH.Hosts:EmeryBrown&MeganWong

PartyroomS.Hosts:ElazerEdelman&LaurieWard

PartyroomT.Host:ThomasHeldt

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2019-2020Graduates

Finaldegreelistswerenotavailableattimeofprintingsothefollowinglistissubjecttochange.OfficialdegreecertificationsshouldberequesteddirectlyfromtheMITorHMSRegistrar’sOffices.

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DoctorofMedicineMedicalSciences

MatthewLBaum,BS,MS,MSc,D.Phil,PhDWheatridge,CODr.SirgaySangerAwardThesisTopic:TheSchizophrenia-AssociatedGene,CSMD1,EncodesaBrain-SpecificComplementInhibitorFuturePlans:InternshipandResidencyinPsychiatry,ResearchTrack,BrighamandWomen’sHospital,Boston,MAToddBrenner,BAChappaqua,NYCumLaudeThesisTopic:ReductioninBcellsandIncreasedM2MacrophagePolarizationAssociatedwithImprovedGlycemicControlafterSleeveGastrectomyFuturePlans:InternshipandResidencyinInternalMedicine,JohnsHopkinsHospital,Baltimore,MDLing-YaMonicaChao,BA,MATaipei,TaiwanCumLaudeThesisTopic:ModelingSeizureInitiationandSpreadFuturePlans:InternshipandResidencyinNeurology,UniversityofCalifornia,SanFrancisco,SanFrancisco,CADavidBenjaminTuritzCox,BS,PhDGreenbrae,CAThesisTopic:CharacterizationandapplicationoftypeVI-BRNA-targetingCRISPRsystemsFuturePlans:InternshipandResidencyinInternalMedicine/TranslationalInvestigatorProgram,StanfordUniversity,Stanford,CAColinMacLaineFadzen,BA,MS,PhDPittsburgh,PAThesisTopic:Peptide-MediatedDeliveryofAntisenseOligonucleotidesandChemotherapeuticsAcrossBiologicalBarriersFuturePlans:InternshipandResidencyinGeneralSurgery,JohnsHopkinsHospital,Baltimore,MD

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EmmaFink,BA,PhDOntario,NYCumLaudeThesisTopic:Investigatingthemechanismandspecies-specificityofthalidomidederivativesFuturePlans:InternshipandResidencyinInternalMedicine,BrighamandWomen’sHospital,Boston,MASarahJayneGarnai,BSTroy,MICumLaudeThesisTopic:CharacterizingvariantsintheHCFP1locusincongenitalfacialparalysisFuturePlans:InternshipMedicinePreliminary,Ophthalmology;ResidencyinOphthalmology,UniversityofMichiganHospital,AnnArbor,MIJosephScottGoodwin,BSRaleigh,NCCumLaudeThesisTopic:h13CMRIDetectsStimulationofDistalTumorGlycolyticFluxfromHepaticAblationinaBreastMetastasisModelFuturePlans:InternshipTransitionalYearatUniversityofTexasAustinDellMedicalSchool,Austin,TX;ResidencyinDiagnosticRadiologyatDukeUniversityMedicalCenterinDurham,NCEranHodis,BA,MS,PhDFramingham,MAMagnaCumLaudeLeonReznickMemorialPrizeThesisTopic:TheSomaticGeneticsofHumanMelanomaFuturePlans:InternshipandResidencyinInternalMedicine,BrighamandWomen’sHospital,Boston,MAMinYoung(Megan)Jang,BAMagnaCumLaudeMulticulturalismandDiversityAwardThesisTopic:IdentificationofnovelpathogenicRNAsplicealteringmutationsincongenitalheartdiseaseFuturePlans:InternshipandResidencyinInternalMedicine,BrighamandWomen’sHospital,Boston,MA

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RuthKagan,BAScarsdale,NYThesisTopic:ModelingChemotherapy-InducedPeripheralNeuropathyinaHumanStemCellBasedModelFuturePlans:InternshipandResidencyinInternalMedicine,WeillCornellMedicalCenter,NewYorkPresbyterianHospital,NewYork,NYYunJeeKang,BALatham,NYThesisTopic:TheEpigeneticLandscapeofIntestinalTumorsandtheRoleofPolycombRepressiveComplex2FuturePlans:InternshipandResidencyinGeneralSurgery,BrighamandWomen’sHospital,Boston,MAJesiKim,BSHaverford,PAThesisTopic:GenerationofanIsogenicCellLineModeltoTestNovelTreatmentOptionsforTP53mutantAMLFuturePlans:InternshipTransitionalYearatCambridgeHealthAlliance,Cambridge,MA;ResidencyinRadiology-Diagnostic,NewYorkUniversityGrossmanSchoolofMedicine,NewYork,NYPatrickChristopherLee,BSTorrance,CAThesisTopic:IdentifyingnovelmodulatorsofMHCIexpressioninMerkelcellcarcinomathroughgenome-scalescreensFuturePlans:InternshipandResidencyinInternalMedicine,Cedars-SinaiMedicalCenter,LosAngeles,CADonnaElizabethLeet,BASeattle,WAMagnaCumLaudeSeidmanPrizeforOutstandingHSTSeniorMedicalStudentThesisThesisTopic:Personalneoantigenvaccinesinducepersistentneoantigen-specificmemoryTcellresponsesandepitopespreadinginhigh-riskmelanomapatientsFuturePlans:InternshipandResidencyinInternalMedicine,UniversityofCalifornia,SanFrancisco,SanFrancisco,CAAmyLi,BA,PhDBrooklyn,NYThesisTopic:InvestigationofCD4+TcellheterogeneityandfunctioninageneticmousemodeloflungadenocarcinomaFuturePlans:InternshipandResidencyinPediatrics,ChildrensHospitalBoston,Boston,MA

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EdwardBinghangLi,BA,PhDToronto,Ontario,CanadaThesisTopic:InvestigatingtheRolesofIRF6inEpithelialMaturation,CraniofacialDevelopment,andOrofacialCleftPathogenesisFuturePlans:InternshipinPreliminaryMedicine,BrighamandWomen’sHospital,Boston,MA;ResidencyinDermatology,NorthwesternMcGawHospital,Chicago,ILSelenaShi-YaoLi,BAFairOaks,CAHollisAlbrightAwardThesisTopic:TheEffectofEpithelial-MesenchymalTransitiononRibosomalProteinHeterogeneityinCirculatingTumorCellsFuturePlans:InternshipandResidencyinGeneralSurgery,MassachusettsGeneralHospital,Boston,MAMaliaMcAvoy,BS,MSLakeStevens,WACumLaudeThesisTopic:ADrug-Loaded,FlexibleMicroelectrodeArraytoImproveFunctionalRecoveryFollowingTraumaticAmputationandPeripheralNerveInjuriesFuturePlans:InternshipandResidencyinNeurologicalSurgery,UniversityofWashingtonAffiliatedHospital,Seattle,WAKristenE.Mengwasser,BA,MPhil,PhDSaintLouis,MOCumLaudeThesisTopic:Genome-wideScreensRevealPositiveandNegativeRegulatorsofPD-L1FuturePlans:InternshipandResidencyinInternalMedicine,BrighamandWomen'sHospital,Boston,MAShirleyShaoyiMo,BAAtlanta,GACumLaudeThesisTopic:DissectingtheGenomicDeterminantsofResponsetoPlatinum-basedChemotherapyinAdvancedLungandColorectalCancerFuturePlans:InternshipandResidencyInternalMedicine,UniversityofCaliforniaSanFrancisco,SanFrancisco,CAAndrewThaiNguyen,BSFullerton,CAThesisTopic:CRISPR/CAS9ScreenforSmallMoleculeInhibitorsofClonalHematopoiesisofIndeterminatePotentialFuturePlans:InternshipandResidencyinInternalMedicine,StanfordUniversity,Stanford,CA

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Peiyun(Penny)Ni,BAShanghai,ChinaCumLaudeThesisTopic:QuantitativeModelingofAdiposeTissuesAfterInjectionofIceSlurriesforSelectiveFatRemovalFuturePlans:InternshipandResidencyinInternalMedicine,MassachusettsGeneralHospital,Boston,MAAnahita(Anie)Nourmahnad,BSVillanova,PAThesisTopic:UsingIntraoperativeOpticalCoherenceTomographytoImagePediatricUnilateralVocalFoldParalysisFuturePlans:InternshipandResidencyinOtolaryngology,UniversityofMiami/JacksonHealthSystem,Miami,FLCoyinOh,BSPetalingJaya,Selangor,MalaysiaMagnaCumLaudeThesisTopic:TheTangentcopy-numberinferencepipelineforcancergenomeanalysesFuturePlans:InternshipandResidencyinInternalMedicine,UniversityofCalifornia,SanFrancisco,CAAlexisPeterson,BS,SMAnnArbor,MIThesisTopic:GeneratingSingle-DomainAntibodiesAgainstFibronectinSpliceVariantsFuturePlans:InternshipandResidencyinInternalMedicine-PrimaryCare,RhodeIslandHospital/BrownUniversity,Providence,RISanaRaoof,BA,PhDMuttontown,NYThesisTopic:TargetingFGFRtoOvercomeEMT-relatedResistancetoEGFRInhibitioninEGFR-mutatedNon-smallCellLungCancerFuturePlans:InternshipinMedicine-Preliminary,MassachusettsGeneralHospital–Boston,MA;ResidencyinRadiationOncology,MemorialSloan-Kettering,NewYork,NYYakirReshef,BA,PhDJerusalem,IsraelMagnaCumLaudeThesisTopic:Cluster-freeanalysisofmulti-conditionsingle-celldataFuturePlans:InternshipandResidencyinInternalMedicine,BrighamandWomen'sHospital,Boston,MA

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JustinRice,BS,PhDLee'sSummit,MOThesisTopic:ImpactoftheCervicovaginalMicrobiomeonHIVSusceptibility:AnInvestigationofMechanismsandPotentialInterventionsFuturePlans:InternshipandResidencyinEmergencyMedicine,NewYorkUniversity,GrossmanSchoolofMedicine,NewYork,NYRachelRodin,BSThesisTopic:TheHumanBrainasaMosaic:SomaticMutationinAutismSpectrumDisorder,Aging,andNeurodegenerationFuturePlans:InternshipinInternalMedicine,BrighamandWomen'sHospital,Boston,MA;ResidencyinNeurology,BrighamandWomen'sHospitalandMassachusettsGeneralHospital,Boston,MASimoneSasse,BALosAngeles,CACumLaudeThesisTopic:HIVstigmainLilongwe,Malawi:influenceofgenderrolesandimpactonadherenceinwomenaccessingHIVtreatmentthroughOptionB+FuturePlans:InternshipandResidencyinObstetrics-Gynecology;NewYorkUniversity,GrossmanSchoolofMedicine,NewYork,NYClaraStarkweather,BS,PhDAthens,GAJamesTolbertShipleyPrizeThesisTopic:HiddenStateInferenceintheMidbrainDopamineSystemFuturePlans:InternshipandResidencyinNeurologicalSurgery,UniversityofCaliforniaSanFrancisco,SanFrancisco,CAMichaelR.Tom,BSVancouver,BC,CanadaThesisTopic:CellWallEndopeptidasesinPseudomonasaeruginosaFuturePlans:InternshipandResidencyinPsychiatry,BethIsraelDeaconessMedicalCenter,Boston,MAMatthewWeber,BSRichmond,VAThesisTopic:ImpactofaPortableAutonomousExoskeletononHumanExertionalMetricsFuturePlans:PreliminarySurgery,MassachusettsGeneralHospital,Boston,MA

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DoctorofPhilosophyMedicalEngineering/MedicalPhysics

ColinBuss,SBThesisTopic:Nanomaterial-MediatedImmuneInteractionsforDiseaseDiagnosisandCancerImmunotherapyFuturePlans:IntellectualPropertyTechnologySpecialist,Wolf,Greenfield&Sacks,Boston,MAKenChang,BNG,MNGFreshMeadows,NYThesisTopic:EnhancingMedicalImagingWorkflowswithDeepLearningFuturePlans:HSTMDprogramArnavChhabra,SBIndiaThesisTopic:BuildingBlocksforRegenerativeMedicine:VascularizedModelsandImmunomodulationtoEngineerHepaticCellTherapiesJesseKirkpatrick,SBMiamiBeach,FLThesisTopic:ProteaseactivitysensorsfornoninvasivediagnosisandmonitoringofpulmonarydiseasesFuturePlans:MedicalschoolDanielLopez-Martinez,MNG,SMLogroño,LaRioja,SpainThesisTopic:MachineLearningforPainAssessmentandManagementFuturePlans:Softwareengineer,GoogleHealth,MountainView,CAEricaEllisMason,SBMountainView,CAThesisTopic:MagneticParticleImagingforIntraoperativeBreastCancerMarginAssessmentandFunctionalBrainImagingFuturePlans:PostdoctoralResearch,MartinosCenterforBiomedicalImaging,MassachusettsGeneralHospital,Charlestown,MAHaroldMichaelMcNamara,BA,SMPittsburgh,PAThesisTopic:SyntheticPhysiology:ManipulatingandmeasuringbiologicalpatternformationwithlightFuturePlans:Co-founderandChiefScientificOfficer,C16Biosciences

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AntoineRamier,BNG,SMMontreal,QC,CanadaThesisTopic:Opticalcoherencevibrography:aquantitativetoolforprobingauditoryandocularbiomechanicsFuturePlans:ScienceandSystemsSpecialist,GHGSat,Montreal,QCShriyaSrinivasan,BNGStrongsville,OHThesisTopic:RewiringNeuralConduits:EngineeringNeuromuscularTissuesforBidirectionalNeuroprostheticInterfacingFuturePlans:Postdoctoralresearch,Langerlab,MIT,Cambridge,MARomanStolyarov,SBBoston,MAThesisTopic:Developmentandvalidationofaterrain-adaptiveprosthesiscontrolsystemFuturePlans:RoboticsScientist,ActivSurgical,Boston,MA

MasterofScienceHealthSciencesandTechnology

DavidaSilva,SBThesisTopic:HumanStrategiesforManipulationofPhysicalObjectswithComplexDynamics

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CONGRATULATIONSTOTHECLASSOF2020! TheHSTAlumniAssociationwelcomesall2020HSTgraduatestoitsranks.TheHSTAlumniAssociationwascreatedin2006tobuildavibrantprogramdesignedtoincreaseandstrengthenthetiesamongalumniaswellasamongthemandHSTfaculty,studentsandadministrators.Ourgoalsareambitious,dedicatedto:

§ ProvideresourcestoHSTAlumniforcareerdevelopment§ EncourageregionalactivitiesforHSTAlumni§ BuildandpopulateanAlumniportalfortheHSTwebsite§ CreateaminimumofoneHSTAlumnieventeachyear§ PromotecareeropportunitiesforcurrentHSTstudentsthroughinternships,

employment,etc.§ Facilitatealumni/studentinteraction§ Helpdevelopafund-raisingprogramtargetedatAlumni§ FosterHST“brandrecognition”§ LeveragetheresourcesoftheHarvardandMITAlumniofficestohelpachieveourgoals

Forwaysinwhichnewalumnicangetinvolved,pleasecontacthst-alumni-association@mit.edu.Welookforwardtoworkingwithyouintheyearsahead.

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