Faculty
The Morningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at UMass Chan Medical School is a faculty-initiated and faculty-organized school with a mission to train the next generation of science leaders, teachers and advocates. In doing so, our students:
• engage in leading edge research advancing our understanding of human biology in health and disease
• translate discovery into treatments that transform the practice of medicine
• build the knowledge, skills, professional network and experience to reach their career objectives
The faculty are nationally and internationally renowned for their research, as demonstrated by their prominence on national committees, boards and review panels, by their service as editors and reviewers for scientific journals, and by their numerous publications in scientific and educational journals. The faculty have created a transformative research education experience based on problem-solving, inter- and trans-disciplinary approaches to biomedical research that strongly emphasize the scientific method, quantitative approaches to science, the development of strong communication skills and self- and team-directed approaches to learning, research and professional development. As a result, the research undertaken by our students and faculty spans the full spectrum of contemporary health sciences from the study of single, isolated molecules to population genomics and health outcomes.
The faculty in the Morningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences are appointed within fifteen academic programs. The faculty hold their primary academic appointment in the T.H. Chan School or Medicine or the Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursing.
Below is a searchable database of faculty with appointments in one or more of the three schools: T.H. Chan School of Medicine, Morningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, and Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursing.
Faculty List
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Nezar Alexander Abdennur, PhD
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Assistant Professor
- Genomics and Computational Biology
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- University of Ottawa, BS
- University of Ottawa, MS
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, PHD
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- 774-455-4376
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Ronald N. Adler, MD
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Associate Professor
- Family Medicine and Community Health
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- Tufts University, BA
- Tufts University, BS
- University of Massachusetts Medical School, MD
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- 508-334-8830
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Jeremy T. Aidlen, MD, FACS
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Associate Professor
- Surgery
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- University of Illinois, Chicago, BA
- University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, BS
- University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, MD
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- 508-856-2128
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Karim Alavi, MD
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Associate Professor
- Surgery, Division: Colorectal & Rectal Surgery
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- George Washington University, BS
- George Washington University School of Medicine, MD
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Matthew James Alcusky, PhD, PharmD, MS
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Associate Professor
- Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, Division: Epidemiology
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- University of Rhode Island, MS
- University of Massachusetts Medical School, PHD
- University of Rhode Island, PHARMD
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- 774-455-4691
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Mark Alkema, PhD
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Professor
- Neurobiology
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- University of Amsterdam, BS
- University of Amsterdam, MS
- University of Amsterdam, PHD
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- 508-856-6158
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Jeroan J. Allison, MD, MS
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Chair and Professor
- Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, Division: Health Informatics And Implementation Science
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- Samford University, BS
- Harvard University School of Public Health, MS
- University of Alabama, Birmingham, MD
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Daniel J. Amante, PhD, MPH
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Assistant Professor
- Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, Division: Health Informatics And Implementation Science
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- College of the Holy Cross, BA
- Boston University School of Public Health, MPH
- University of Massachusetts Medical School, PHD
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- 508-856-8480
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Victor R. Ambros, PhD
- Silverman Chair in Natural Sciences
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Professor
- Program in Molecular Medicine
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, BS
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, PHD
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- 508-856-6380
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Melissa Lee Anderson, PhD
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Associate Professor
- Psychiatry, Division: Psychiatry Research
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- Boston University, BA
- Boston University, BS
- Gallaudet University, MA
- Gallaudet University, PHD
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Raffi Van Aroian, PhD
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Professor
- Program in Molecular Medicine
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, BS
- California Institute of Technology, PHD
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- 508-856-8169
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Neil Aronin, MD
- Higgins Family Professor in Neuroscience
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Professor
- Medicine, Division: Endocrinology & Diabetes
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- Duke University, BA
- University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, MD
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- 508-856-3239
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Arlene S. Ash, PhD
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Professor
- Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, Division: Biostatistics And Health Services Research
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- Harvard University, BA
- Washington University in St Louis, MS
- University of Illinois, Chicago, PHD
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- 508-856-8922
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Prabhani Upeka Atukorale, PhD
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Adjunct Assistant Professor
- Molecular, Cell and Cancer Biology
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- Vanderbilt University, BE
- Johns Hopkins University, ME
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, PHD
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- 617-922-0478
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David Ayers, MD
- Arthur M. Pappas, MD, Chair in Orthopedics
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Distinguished Professor and Chair Emeritus
- Orthopedics and Physical Rehabilitation, Division: Joint Replacement
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- Tufts University, BS
- University of Rochester School of Medicine, MD
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- 508-334-9750
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Ingolf M. Bach, PhD
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Professor
- Molecular, Cell and Cancer Biology
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- University of Konstanz, BA
- University of Konstanz, MA
- Paris Diderot University, PHD
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- 508-856-5627
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Eric H. Baehrecke, PhD
- Our Danny Cancer Fund Chair in Biomedical Research II
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Professor
- Molecular, Cell and Cancer Biology
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- University of Massachusetts Amherst, BS
- Texas A&M University College Station, MS
- University of Wisconsin, Madison, PH D
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- 508-856-6733
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Jong Gyu Baek, PhD
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Associate Professor
- Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, Division: Biostatistics And Health Services Research
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- University of Iowa, BS
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MS
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, PHD
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Christina E. Baer, PhD
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Associate Professor
- Microbiology
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- Wellesley College, BA
- University of California, Berkeley, PHD
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- 508-856-6024
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Bruce A. Barton, PhD
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Professor
- Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, Division: Biostatistics And Health Services Research
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- Dickinson College, BA
- Pennsylvania State University, MA
- University of Pittsburgh, MS
- University of Pittsburgh, PHD
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Samuel M. Behar, MD, PhD
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Professor
- Microbiology
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- University of California, Berkeley, BS
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine, MD
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine, PHD
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- 774-455-3682
- https://www.umassmed.edu/maps/research-labs/behar/
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Jennifer A. Benanti, PhD
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Professor
- Molecular, Cell and Cancer Biology
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- University of California, San Diego, BS
- University of Washington, PHD
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- 508-856-1773
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Andreas Bergmann, PhD
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Professor
- Molecular, Cell and Cancer Biology
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- Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, BS
- Universitat Tubingen, PHD
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- 508-856-6423
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Steven B. Bird, MD
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Professor
- Emergency Medicine, Division: Toxicology
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- Yale University, BS
- Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, MD
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- 508-421-1400
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Diane R. Blake, MD
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Professor
- Pediatrics, Division: Adolescent Medicine
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- Smith College, BA
- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, MD
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- 508-856-0011
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Alexei A. Bogdanov, PhD
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Professor
- Radiology
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- Moscow State University, BA
- Moscow State University, MS
- I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical Academy, PHD
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- 508-856-5571
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Milena Bogunovic, MD, PhD
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Associate Professor
- Pathology, Division: Basic Pathology
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- Mount Sinai School of Medicine, PHD
- Russian State Medical University, MD
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- 508-856-1664
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Daniel N. Bolon, PhD
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Professor
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biotechnology
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- Duke University, BS
- California Institute of Technology, PHD
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Daryl A. Bosco, PhD
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Professor
- Neurology
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- State University of New York, Binghamton, BS
- Brandeis University, PHD
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- 774-455-3745
- https://www.umassmed.edu/boscolab
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Edwin D. Boudreaux, PhD
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Professor
- Emergency Medicine, Division: Research
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- University of Louisiana, BS
- Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, PHD
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- 508-334-3817
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Gabriella Lutz Boulting, PhD
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Assistant Professor
- Neurobiology
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- University of California, Los Angeles, BS
- Harvard University, PHD
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- https://www.boultinglab.com/
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Carol A. Bova, PhD, RN, ANP
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Professor Emeritus
- Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursing
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- Salem State College, BA
- Salem State College, BS
- University of Massachusetts Medical School, MS
- Boston College, PHD
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Michael A. Brehm, PhD
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Associate Professor
- Program in Molecular Medicine
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- Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science, BS
- Pennsylvania State College of Medicine, PHD
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- 508-856-3130
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Robert Charles Brewster, PhD
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Associate Professor
- Systems Biology
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- University of Massachusetts Amherst, BS
- University of California, Los Angeles, PHD
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- 774-455-3695
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Michael H. Brodsky, PhD
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Assistant Professor
- Molecular, Cell and Cancer Biology
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- University of California, Berkeley, BA
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, PHD
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- 508-856-1640
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Robert H. Brown, MD, DPhil
- Donna M. and Robert J. Manning Chair in Neurosciences
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Professor
- Neurology, Division: Neuromuscular
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- Amherst College, BA
- Harvard Medical School, MD
- University of Oxford, DPHIL
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- 508-334-1271
- https://www.umassmed.edu/brownlab/
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Vanni Bucci, PhD
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Associate Professor
- Microbiology
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- University of Florence, BS
- Northeastern University, MS
- Northeastern University, PHD
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- 774-455-3854
- https://www.umassmed.edu/buccilab/
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Vivian Budnik, PhD
- Worcester Foundation for Biomedical Research Chair I
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Professor and Chair Emeritus
- Neurobiology
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- University of Chile, BS
- Brandeis University, PHD
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- 508-856-4341
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Nancy Byatt, DO, MS, MBA
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Professor
- Psychiatry, Division: Psychiatry Research
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- Lehigh University, BA
- New York Institute of Technology, MBA
- University of Massachusetts Medical School, MS
- New York College of Osteopathic Medicine, DO
- Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School,
- University of Massachusetts Medical School,
- University of Massachusetts Medical School,
- University of Massachusetts Medical School,
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- 508-334-7839
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Alexandra Catherine Byrne, PhD
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Assistant Professor
- Neurobiology
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- University of Toronto, PHD
- Yale University, Postdoc
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- 508-856-8561
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Daniel R. Caffrey, PHD
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Associate Professor
- Medicine, Division: Infectious Diseases
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- Maynooth University, BS
- Trinity College, PHD
- 508-334-1000
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Sharon B. Cantor, PhD
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Professor
- Molecular, Cell and Cancer Biology
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- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, BS
- Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, PHD
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- 508-856-4421
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Roberto Caricchio, MD
- Myles J. McDonough Chair in Rheumatology
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Professor
- Medicine, Division: Rheumatology
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- Catholic University, MD
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- 508-334-1000
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Stephanie Pepper Carreiro, MD
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Associate Professor
- Emergency Medicine, Division: Research
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- Rhode Island College, BA
- New York Medical College, MD
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Maira A. Castaneda Avila, PhD
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Assistant Professor
- Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, Division: Epidemiology
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- Ana G. Mendez University, BS
- University of Puerto Rico, RÃo Piedras Campus, MS
- University of Massachusetts Medical School, PHD
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- 508-856-8973
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Lucio H. Castilla, PhD
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Professor
- Molecular, Cell and Cancer Biology
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- University of Buenos Aires, MS
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, PHD
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- 508-856-3281
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Lisa Ann Cavacini, PhD
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Professor
- Medicine
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- University of Scranton, BS
- Drexel University, PHD
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Craig J. Ceol, PhD
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Assistant Professor
- Program in Molecular Medicine
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- Yale University, BS
- Yale University, MS
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, PHD
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- 508-856-5509
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Rigel Chan, PhD
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Assistant Professor
- Neurology
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- National University of Singapore, BS
- National University of Singapore, MS
- Harvard University, PHD
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- 508-856-8034
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Robin E. Clark, PhD
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Professor
- Family Medicine and Community Health
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- Appalachian State University, BA
- University of Connecticut, MA
- Brandeis University, PHD
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- 774-443-2083
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To view the faculty within the Morningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, please follow the links below:
Listing of all Morningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences faculty
Doctoral Degree Programs
- Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology
- Bioinformatics & Computational Biology
- Biomedical Engineering & Biotechnology
- Cancer Biology
- Cell Biology
- Clinical & Population Health Research
- Immunology & Microbiology
- Interdisciplinary
- MD/PhD
- Millennium PhD
- Neuroscience
- Translational Science
Master of Science Degree Program
Preparatory Programs
- Pathway to Graduate Study