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Biomedical Research Internship Program: 2026 Cohort

2026 Cohort Summary

We are pleased to announce our 2026 MGB Biomedical Research Internship Program cohort. We have selected 11 exceptional interns from a pool of nearly 200 applications, with an average graduate and undergraduate GPA of 3.85. ​

Meet Our 2026 Cohort

Trynitee Fallon

Wellesley College

Biology & Women's and Gender Studies

Class of 2027

Mentor: Emily Lau, MD, MPH

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Ashna Guha

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Computer Science & Biology

Class of 2027

2025 Cohort Participant

Mentors: Ruanne Barnabas, MBChB, MSc, DPhil & Jesse Heitner, SD, MPP

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Tionge Kabwe

Smith College  

Biological Sciences & Data Science

Class of 2028

Mentor: Chi-Fu Jeffrey Yang, MD

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Shawna Lin

Bowdoin College

Biochemistry 

Class of 2028

Mentor: Mohammad Jalali, PhD

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Josephine Pan

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Class of 2028

Mentors: Jehan Alladina, MD & Benjamin Medoff, MD

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Anas Shahood

St. Lawrence University

Neuroscience

Class of 2028

Mentor: Jagpreet Chhatwal, PhD

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Jadyn Ganss

Williams College

Biology

Class of 2028

Mentor: Marcia Goldberg, MD

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Angel Guitcha

Bates College

Biochemistry

Class of 2027

Mentor: Wenjie Ma, MBBS, ScD

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Evangeline Kpetsey

Bates College 

Biochemistry

Class of 2028

Mentor: Jacob Lemieux, MD, DPhil

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Colleen Mahoney

Sacred Heart University

Neuroscience

Class of 2029

Mentors: Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD

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Anjali Reddy

College of the Holy Cross

Biology 

Class of 2028

Mentor: Huiru Dong, PhD

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Students 2025

Meet Our 2026 Mentors

Mentors 2023

Jehan Alladina, MD

Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, MGH

Assistant Professor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School 

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Jagpreet Chhatwal, PhD

Director, MGB Center for Health Technology Assessment

Associate Professor in Radiology, Harvard Medical School

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Marcia Goldberg, MD

Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

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Mohammad Jalali, PhD 

Senior Scientist, MGB Center for Health Technology Assessment

Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School

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Jacob Lemieux, MD, DPhil

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Clinician-Investigator, Division of Infectious Diseases, MGH

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Benjamin Medoff, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

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Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD

Assistant Professor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Research Scientist, Disparities Research Unit, MGH

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Ruanne Barnabas, MBChB, MSc, DPhil

Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases

Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School 

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Huiru Dong, PhD

Research Scientist, MGB Center for Health Technology Assessment 

Instructor, Harvard Medical School

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Jesse Heitner, SD, MPP

Research Scientist, Division of Infectious Diseases, MGH

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Emily Lau, MD, MPH

Co-Director, Mass General Brigham Women's Heart Health Program

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

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Wenjie Ma, MBBS, ScD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

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Chi-Fu Jeffrey Yang, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Thoracic Surgeon, MGH

Minimally Invasive Surgeon, MGH

Robotic Surgery, MGH

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Program Leadership

Program leadeship 2023

Long Nguyen, MD, MS

Assistant in Medicine/Gastroenterology, MGH

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Clinical and Translational Epidemiology Unit, Mongan Institute, MGH

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Andrew Chan, MD, MPH

Chief, Clinical and Translational Epidemiology Unit, Mongan Institute, MGH

Director of Cancer Epidemiology, MGH Cancer Center

Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

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Mackenzie Clift

Project Manager, Disparities Solutions Center, MGH

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Aswita Tan-McGrory, MBA, MSPH

Director, Disparities Solutions Center, MGH

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Esteban Barreto, PhD, MA

Program Director of Research and Evaluation, Disparities Solutions Center and Center for Academic Development and Enrichment, MGH

Faculty, Mongan Institute, MGH

Faculty, Health Promotion and Resiliency Intervention Center

Instructor, Harvard Medical School

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Kesanet Tesfazion, MPH

Administrative Coordinator, Disparities Solutions Center, MGH

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