Over the years, we have trained and worked with a large number of people with expertise in bench research and bioinformatics. We are committed to helping those who are interested to move on to graduate programs or other positions, and supporting those who stay with us long-term. Here is what some DRSC/TRiP-FGR staff members have gone on to do.
Gabriel Amador
Former visiting postgrad researcher
Entered a PhD program at Stanford University
Limmond Ayisi
Former visiting postgrad researcher
Went on to study dentistry
Gabriel Birchak
Former research staff
Entered a PhD program at the Univ of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Roderick (Ricky) Brathwaite, Jr.
Former visiting postgrad researcher
Entered a PhD program at the Univ of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Michael Buckner
Former research staff
Went on to earn an MD degree from U Mass Worcester and now works in healthcare
Cooper Cavers
Former research staff
Entered a PhD program at the University of Wisconsin Madison
Verena Chung
Former bioinformatics staff
Took a position as a research associate in computational oncology at Sage Bionetworks
Quentin Gilly
Former research staff
Earned a master's degree from the Harvard Extension School while with the DRSC and now works for the Green Labs Program at Harvard University
Shannon Knight
Former research staff
Entered a PhD program at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Pierre Merckaert
Former visiting bioinformatics master's candidate
Earned a master's degree in bioinformatics from his home institution in France, then joined Excelya to work in the area of machine learning
Fnu Nipun
Former bioinformatics master's candidate co-op
Earned a master's degree in bioinformatics at Northeastern and went on to a position at Foundation Medicine
Charles Roesel
Former bioinformatics master's candidate co-op
Earned a master's degree in bioinformatics and then completed a PhD at Northeastern
Kirstin Rudd
Former research staff
Took classes from the Harvard Extention School while with the DRSC, went on to a nursing/nurse practitioner program at Yale, and now works in healthcare
Kasia Sierzputowska
Former research staff
Entered a PhD program at the University of Exeter (UK) and is pursuing a career in teaching in the sciences
Eric Vogt
Former research staff
Entered a master's degree program at Harvard Extension School
Bahar Yilmazel
Former bioinformatics master's candidate co-op
Earned a master's in bioinformatics from Northeastern and went on to a position at Foundation Medicine
Grace Zhang
Former research staff
Entered a PhD program at the University of Michigan