COVID Corps Biomedical Research Internship Program: 2020 Cohort
2020 Cohort Summary
We are pleased to announce our inaugural 2020 cohort of the MGH COVID Corps Biomedical Research Internship Program. We have selected 22 exceptional interns from a pool of 238 applications received in a rolling application period of 6 days. 100% of our cohort are from groups historically underrepresented in the biomedical sciences, with an average undergraduate GPA of 3.86.
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16 are female, non-binary, questioning, or transgender.
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18 are first-generation university students.
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13 are immigrants or new Americans.
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8 are Black or African-American; 4 are Hispanic or Latinx; 9 are Asian.
Meet Our 2020 Cohort
Aderinsola "Sola" Aderonmu
Drexel College of Medicine
MD Candidate
Class of 2023
Mentor: Ingrid Bassett, MD, MPH
Phoebe Ato
Boston University
Biomedical Engineering
Class of 2021
Mentor: Long Nguyen, MD, MS
Huel "Trey" Cox
Boston College
Biochemistry
Class of 2023
Mentor: Zachary Wallace, MD, MSc
Isabella Garza
Boston University
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Class of 2022
Mentor: Laura Petrillo, MD
Yining "Ning" Hua
Smith College
Computer Science
Class of 2021
Mentor: Jennifer Haas, MD
Faith Koroma-Coker
University of Massachusetts Boston
Nursing
Class of 2021
Mentors: Nancy Rigotti, MD, and Joanna Streck, PhD
Katherine Leung
Boston University
Health Science
Class of 2021
Mentor: Christine Ritchie, MD, MSPH, and Tamra Keeney, PhD
Munashe Machoko
Bates College
Biochemistry
Class of 2021
Mentor: Amit Joshi, MBBS, PhD
Paolo Ramirez
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College
MD Candidate
Class of 2023
Mentor: Ken Shelton, MD
Sarah Shirley
Harvard College
Bioengineering
Class of 2023
Mentor: Jagpreet Chhatwal, PhD
Caroline Smith
Tufts University
Cognitive and Brain Sciences
Class of 2020
Mentors: Matt Tobey, MD, MPH, and Stephanie Sun, MD
Maame Amoako
Northeastern University
Health Sciences & Global Health
Class of 2021
Mentors: Elaine Yu, MD, MMSc, and Sherri-Ann Burnett-Bowie, MD, MPH
Kylee Carden
MIT
Physics
Class of 2023
Mentor: Katrina Armstrong, MD
Kenechukwu "Kenny" Egbuonu
MIT
Biology
Class of 2021
Mentors: Caitlin Dugdale, MD, and Emily Hyle, MD, MSc
Amanda Gong
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine
MD Candidate
Class of 2023
Mentor: Peter Moschovis, MD, MPH
Meghna Iyer
Northeastern University
Health Sciences and Public Health
Class of 2022
Mentor: Stephen Bartels, MD, MS
Jennifer Le
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Microbiology
Class of 2021
Mentor: Erica Warner, ScD, MPH
Joanna Lin
Bowdoin University
Neuroscience and Math
Class of 2022
Mentor: Alisa Manning, PhD
Daniel Marte
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
MD Candidate
Class of 2023
Mentor: Ryan Sullivan, MD
Valeria Robayo
MIT
Management
Class of 2023
Mentor: Karen Sepucha, PhD
Carlton "Garrett" Smith
Morehouse School of Medicine
MD Candidate
Class of 2023
Mentor: Mark Poznansky, MD, PhD
Reem Sulieman
Boston College
Biology
Class of 2023
Mentors: Deborah Wexler, MD, MSc, and Sara Cromer, MD