iCAP Cohort: 2023-2024
All incoming tenure-track junior faculty at UMass Chan have access to iCAP to help streamline the process of launching their successful independent research groups. Our cohort-based approach provides time-saving resources and support from across the UMass Chan community. Here are the members of our 2023-2024 faculty cohort:
Daniel Amante, PhD, MPH
Population and Quantitative Health Sciences
Daniel.Amante@umassmed.edu
Prabhani Atukorale, PhD
Biomedical Engineering
patukorale@umass.edu
Raquel Binder, PhD, MPH
Medicine
Raquel.Binder@umassmed.edu
Maira Castaneda-Avila, PhD
Population and Quantitative Health Sciences
Maira.CastanedaAvila@umassmed.edu
Stephanie Puig, PhD
Psychiatry and Neurobiology
Stephanie.Puig1@umassmed.edu
Lingfei Wang, PhD
Department of Genomics and Computational Biology
Lingfei.Wang@umassmed.edu
iCAP Cohort: 2022-2023
Here are the members of our 2022-2023 faculty cohort:
Nezar Abdennur, Ph.D.
Bioinformatics and Integrative Biology
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Accalia Fu, Ph.D.
Molecular Medicine - Diabetes
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Matthew Hemming, M.D., Ph.D.
Hematology/Oncology
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Fiachra Humphries, Ph.D.
Medicine - Infectious Disease
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Ana Maldonado-Contreras, Ph.D.
Microbiology and Physiological Systems
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Jill Moore, Ph.D.
Bioinformatics and Integrative Biology
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Sumeda Nandadasa, Ph.D.
Pediatrics
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Jason Pitarresi, Ph.D.
Hematology/Oncology
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Zaida Ramirez-Ortiz, Ph.D.
Medicine - Infectious Disease
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Jessica Spinelli, Ph.D.
Molecular Medicine
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Phil Tai, Ph.D.
Gene Therapy Center
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Emma Watson, Ph.D.
Systems Biology
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Sarah Whitley, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.A.D.
Dermatology
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Guocai Zhong, Ph.D.
Gene Therapy Center
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iCAP Cohort: 2021-2022
iCAP was started in 2021 with our first, "pilot" cohort. These groundbreaking faculty members provided invaluable feedback as we assembled the program's format and curriculum. Here are the members of our 2021-2022 faculty cohort:
Gabriella Boulting, Ph.D.
Neurobiology
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Kiera Clayton, Ph.D.
Pathology
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Wenwen Fang, Ph.D.
RNA Therapeutics Institute
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Josué Flores Kim, Ph.D.
Biochemistry and Molecular Biotechnology
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Sarah Forrester, Ph.D.
Population and Quantitative Health Sciences
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JungAe Lee, Ph.D.
Population and Quantitative Health Sciences
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Sy Redding, Ph.D.
Biochemistry and Molecular Biotechnology
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Apurv Soni, M.D., Ph.D.
Medicine
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Elise Stevens, Ph.D.
Population and Quantitative Health Sciences
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Eviatar Yemini, Ph.D.
Neurobiology
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Jin Zhang, Ph.D.
Molecular Medicine
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