Biomedical Research Internship Program: 2026 Cohort
Meet Our 2026 Cohort
Trynitee Fallon
Wellesley College
Biology & Women's and Gender Studies
Class of 2027
Mentor: Emily Lau, MD, MPH

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

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

Josephine Pan
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Class of 2028
Mentors: Jehan Alladina, MD & Benjamin Medoff, MD

Anas Shahood
St. Lawrence University
Neuroscience
Class of 2028
Mentor: Jagpreet Chhatwal, PhD

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

Evangeline Kpetsey
Bates College
Biochemistry
Class of 2028
Mentor: Jacob Lemieux, MD, DPhil

Colleen Mahoney
Sacred Heart University
Neuroscience
Class of 2029
Mentors: Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD

Anjali Reddy
College of the Holy Cross
Biology
Class of 2028
Mentor: Huiru Dong, PhD

Meet Our 2026 Mentors
Jehan Alladina, MD
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, MGH
Assistant Professor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Jagpreet Chhatwal, PhD
Director, MGB Center for Health Technology Assessment
Associate Professor in Radiology, Harvard Medical School

Marcia Goldberg, MD
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Mohammad Jalali, PhD
Senior Scientist, MGB Center for Health Technology Assessment
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School

Jacob Lemieux, MD, DPhil
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Clinician-Investigator, Division of Infectious Diseases, MGH

Benjamin Medoff, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Jenny Zhen-Duan, PhD
Assistant Professor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Research Scientist, Disparities Research Unit, MGH

Ruanne Barnabas, MBChB, MSc, DPhil
Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Huiru Dong, PhD
Research Scientist, MGB Center for Health Technology Assessment
Instructor, Harvard Medical School

Jesse Heitner, SD, MPP
Research Scientist, Division of Infectious Diseases, MGH

Emily Lau, MD, MPH
Co-Director, Mass General Brigham Women's Heart Health Program
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Wenjie Ma, MBBS, ScD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Chi-Fu Jeffrey Yang, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Thoracic Surgeon, MGH
Minimally Invasive Surgeon, MGH
Robotic Surgery, MGH

Program Leadership
Mackenzie Clift
Project Manager, Disparities Solutions Center, MGH

Kesanet Tesfazion, MPH
Administrative Coordinator, Disparities Solutions Center, MGH





