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Our Team

Directors

David Irwin, MD

David Irwin, MD

Co-Director, Associate Professor

Lauren Massimo, PhD, CRNP, FAAN

Lauren Massimo, PhD, CRNP, FAAN

Co-Director, Associate Professor

Corey McMillan, PhD

Corey McMillan, PhD

Co-Director, Associate Professor

Faculty

Katheryn Cousins, PhD

Research Assistant Professor

Jeffrey Phillips, PhD

Research Assistant Professor

Allison Snyder, MD

Assistant Professor

Sara Manning, MD, MS

Assistant Professor

Katya Rascovsky, PhD

Research Assistant Professor

Daniel Ohm, PhD

Assistant Professor

Emma Rhodes, PhD

Neuropsychologist & Assistant Professor

Operations and Management Staff

Lyles Clark, PhD

Assistant Director

Dahlia Kamel, MS

Clinical Research Program and Operations Lead, Assistant Director

Research Fellows and Trainees

Rory Boyle, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

Klara Gawor, PhD

Postdoctoral Researcher

Noah Schweitzer, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

Nadia Dehghani, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

Melanie Matyi, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

Barbara Spencer, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

Sheina Emrani, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

Briar Nowling, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

Anil Wadhwani, MD, PhD

Instructor of Neurology and Postdoctoral Fellow

Clinical Staff

Brittany Baker, MSW

Social Worker

Gillian Bradley, MSN, CRNP

Nurse Practitioner

Laynie Dratch, ScM, CGC

Genetic Counselor

Graduate Students

Mohammed Saqib

Bioengineering PhD Student

Seth Talyansky

Neuroscience PhD Student

Hao Xu

Bioengineering PhD Student

Research Staff

Cayla Andrews, MS

Cayla Andrews, MS

Clinical Research Coordinator

Samantha Dengel

Samantha Dengel

Clinical Research Coordinator

Marianthi Hareras

Marianthi Hareras

Clinical Research Coordinator

Jessica Legaspi, MS

Jessica Legaspi, MS

Clinical Research Project Manager

Parham Pouladvand

Parham Pouladvand

Research Specialist

Alexandra Tavani

Alexandra Tavani

Clinical Research Coordinator

Jordana Woodford, MA, Ed.S

Jordana Woodford, MA, Ed.S

Clinical Research Coordinator

Riya Chaturvedi

Riya Chaturvedi

Clinical Research Coordinator

Ibrahima Diallo

Ibrahima Diallo

Clinical Research Coordinator

Cara Joyce, MPH

Cara Joyce, MPH

Regulatory Project Manager

Ashlyn O’Halloran

Ashlyn O’Halloran

Clinical Research Coordinator

Hamsi Radhakrishnan, PhD

Hamsi Radhakrishnan, PhD

Neuroimaging Data Engineer

Joel Thompson

Joel Thompson

Clinical Research Coordinator

Emily Xie

Emily Xie

Clinical Research Project Manager

Noah Capp

Noah Capp

Software Engineer

Carmen Gonzalez-Recober

Carmen Gonzalez-Recober

Clinical Research Coordinator

Eric Teunissen-Bermeo

Eric Teunissen-Bermeo

Software Engineer

Christopher Olm, PhD

Christopher Olm, PhD

Neuroimaging Data Engineer

Philip Sabatini

Philip Sabatini

Research Specialist

Winifred Trotman

Winifred Trotman

Laboratory Manager

Administration

Daneel Douglas

Technical Support

Brian Nelson, BS

Data Management Systems

Meaghan Sharp

Outreach Coordinator

Alumni

Galit Agmon, PhD

Sharon Ash, PhD

Lauren Bracken

Chigozie Ibe

Katherine Lietz, MSW, LCSW

Brianna Morgan, PHD, AGPCNP-BC, ACHPN

Leila Pearlman

Lasya Sreepada, PhD

Danielle Almstead

Alejandra Bahena

Jesse Cohen, MD

Yoon Duk Kim

MaKayla Lowe, MHS

Naomi Nevler, MD

Sanjana Shellikeri, PhD

Sevila Temirova

Sanaz Arezoumandan, MD

Mara Bloom

Quinn Hlava, MRA

Julia Kwiecinski

Jeffrey Maneval, MD

Anusha Patgiri

Ting Shen, PhD

Isabel Yannatos, PhD

Additional Information

Penn BiND Lab

Penn Digital Neuropathology Lab (DNPL)

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