Biomedical Research Internship Program: 2024 Cohort
2024 Cohort Summary
We are pleased to announce our 2024 MGH Biomedical Research Internship Program cohort. We have selected 11 exceptional interns from a pool of 460 applications. The majority of our cohort is from groups historically underrepresented in biomedical science, with an average graduate and undergraduate GPA of 3.83. ​​
Meet Our 2024 Cohort
Kyanna Barros
Brown University
Biological Engineering
Class of 2026
Mentor: Jehan Alladina, MD
Andres Filizzola Ortiz
Brown University
Biology
Class of 2025
Mentor: Esther Rheinbay, PhD
Yohana Otto
Brandeis University
Biology and Neuroscience
Class of 2025
COVID Corps 2023 Cohort Participant
Mentors: Viral Shah, MD, PhD, and Jay Rajagopal, MD
Aatish Sethi
Brown University
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Class of 2026
Mentor: Emily Lau, MD, MPH
Nirotma Tripathi, MD
Doctor of Medicine
Master of Public Health
Class of 2025
Mentors: Nancy Rigotti, MD and Jaqueline Avila, PhD
Kaylee Wilson
Tufts University
Community Health and Biology
Class of 2025
Mentor: Ruanne Barnabas, MBChB, MSc, DPhil
Angela Chen
Brown University
Immunobiology and Comparative Literature
Class of 2025
Mentor: Maria Battistone, PhD
Sabrina Kogan
Cornell University
Fiber Science
Class of 2026
Mentor: Russell Goodman, MD, DPhil
Evan Sang
University of California, Los Angeles
Statistics, Computational and Systems Biology
Class of 2026
COVID Corps 2023 Cohort Participant
Mentor: Long Nguyen, MD, MS
Sofia Sherman Rosa
Boston University
Master of Public Health
Class of 2025
Mentor: Altaf Saadi, MD
Catherine Vien
Wesleyan University
Neuroscience and Behavior
Class of 2025
Mentor: Marcia Goldberg, MD
Meet Our 2024 Mentors
Jehan Alladina, MD
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Ruanne Barnabas, MBChB, MSc, DPhil
Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Jagpreet Chhatwal, PhD
Director, MGH Institute of Technology Assessment
Associate Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School
Russell Goodman, MD, DPhil
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Long Nguyen, MD, MS
Assistant in Medicine/ Gastroenterology, MGH
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Clinical and Translational Epidemiology Unit, Mongan Institute, MGH
Esther Rheinbay, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
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Altaf Saadi, MD, MSc
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Attending Neurologist, Division of Comprehensive Neurology, MGH
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Viral Shah, MD, PhD
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Jaqueline Contrera Avila, PhD
Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts Boston
Investigator, Tobacco Research & Treatment Center, MGH
Maria Agustina Battistone, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Program in Membrane Biology, Nephrology Division, MGH
Marcia Goldberg, MD
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
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Emily Lau, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Jay Rajagopal, MD
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Principal Investigator, Center for Regenerative Medicine, MGH
Principal Investigator, Harvard Stem Cell Institute
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Nancy Rigotti, MD
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Director, Tobacco Research & Treatment Center, MGH
Division of General Internal Medicine, MGH
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Eric Schmidt, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Chief, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, MGH
Program Leadership
Mackenzie Clift
Project Coordinator, Disparities Solutions Center, MGH