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Our Team

Directors

David Irwin, MD

David Irwin, MD

Associate Professor at the University of Pennsylvania

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Lauren Massimo, PhD, CRNP, FAAN

Lauren Massimo, PhD, CRNP, FAAN

Associate Professor at the University of Pennsylvania

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Corey McMillan, PhD

Corey McMillan, PhD

Associate Professor at the University of Pennsylvania

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Faculty

Katheryn Cousins, PhD

Research Assistant Professor

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Jeffrey Phillips, PhD

Research Assistant Professor

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Allison Snyder, MD

Assistant Professor

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Sara Manning, MD, MS

Assistant Professor

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Katya Rascovsky, PhD

Research Assistant Professor

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Daniel Ohm, PhD

Assistant Professor

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Emma Rhodes, PhD

Neuropsychologist & Assistant Professor

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Operations and Management Staff

Lyles Clark, PhD

Assistant Director

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Dahlia Kamel, MS

Clinical Research Program and Operations Lead, Assistant Director

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Research Fellows and Trainees

Nadia Dehghani, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

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Noah Schweitzer, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

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Sheina Emrani, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

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Barbara Spencer, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

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Klara Gawor, PhD

Postdoctoral Researcher

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Clinical Staff

Brittany Baker, MSW

Social Worker

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Gillian Bradley, MSN, CRNP

Nurse Practitioner

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Laynie Dratch, ScM, CGC

Genetic Counselor

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Graduate Students

Mohammed Saqib

Bioengineering PhD Student

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Hao Xu

Bioengineering PhD Student

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Research Staff

John R. Best, PhD

John R. Best, PhD

Bioinformatician

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Ibrahima Diallo

Ibrahima Diallo

Clinical Research Coordinator

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Cara Joyce, MPH

Cara Joyce, MPH

Regulatory Project Manager

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Ashlyn O’Halloran

Ashlyn O’Halloran

Senior Clinical Research Coordinator

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Parham Pouladvand

Parham Pouladvand

Research Specialist

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Alexandra Tavani

Alexandra Tavani

Clinical Trials Project Manager

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Joel Thompson

Joel Thompson

Clinical Research Coordinator

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Sarah Wynd

Sarah Wynd

Regulatory Specialist

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Riya Chaturvedi

Riya Chaturvedi

Clinical Research Coordinator

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Carmen Gonzalez-Recober

Carmen Gonzalez-Recober

Senior Clinical Research Coordinator

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Shaina Maitra

Shaina Maitra

Clinical Research Coordinator

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Christopher Olm, PhD

Christopher Olm, PhD

Neuroimaging Data Engineer

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Hamsi Radhakrishnan, PhD

Hamsi Radhakrishnan, PhD

Neuroimaging Data Engineer

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Eric Teunissen-Bermeo

Eric Teunissen-Bermeo

Software Engineer

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Winifred Trotman

Winifred Trotman

Laboratory Manager

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Emily Xie

Emily Xie

Senior Clinical Research Project Manager

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Noah Capp

Noah Capp

Software Engineer

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Marianthi Hareras

Marianthi Hareras

Senior Clinical Research Coordinator

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Mary Kate Merenich

Mary Kate Merenich

Clinical Research Coordinator

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Ysabella Perez

Ysabella Perez

Clinical Research Coordinator

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Philip Sabatini

Philip Sabatini

Research Specialist

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Julia Thayer, PhD

Julia Thayer, PhD

Senior Research Investigator

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Jordana Woodford, MA, Ed.S

Jordana Woodford, MA, Ed.S

Senior Clinical Research Coordinator

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Administration

Daneel Douglas

Technical Support

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Brian Nelson, BS

Data Management Systems

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Meaghan Sharp

Outreach & Communications Manager

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Alumni

Galit Agmon, PhD

Sanaz Arezoumandan, MD

Mara Bloom

Jesse Cohen, MD

Chigozie Ibe

Jessica Legaspi, MS

Jeffrey Maneval, MD

Naomi Nevler, MD

Leila Pearlman

Lasya Sreepada, PhD

Anil Wadhwani, MD, PhD

Danielle Almstead

Sharon Ash, PhD

Rory Boyle, PhD

Samantha Dengel

Yoon Duk Kim

Katherine Lietz, MSW, LCSW

Melanie Matyi, PhD

Briar Nowling, PhD

Sanjana Shellikeri, PhD

Seth Talyansky

Isabel Yannatos, PhD

Cayla Andrews, MS

Alejandra Bahena

Lauren Bracken

Quinn Hlava, MRA

Julia Kwiecinski

MaKayla Lowe, MHS

Brianna Morgan, PHD, AGPCNP-BC, ACHPN

Anusha Patgiri

Ting Shen, PhD

Sevila Temirova

Additional Information

Penn BiND Lab

Penn Digital Neuropathology Lab (DNPL)

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