
MEMBERS

CHRISTINE ANN DENNY
Principal investigator
Associate Professor in Psychiatry at Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Research Scientist VI at the Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc. (RFMH) at the New York State Psychiatric Institute (NYSPI)
2019 NIH Director's Early Independence DP5 Awardee
2018 Outstanding Recent Alumni Award, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University
2015 BBRF Young Investigator Award
2013 NIH Director's Transformative Awardee
CURRENT MEMBERS



HOLLY HUNSBERGER
Post-doctoral Fellow
K99/R00 Awardee
R24 Awardee
ACNP Travel Fellow
ALESSIA MASTRODONATO
Post-doctoral Fellow
Janssen Fellow
Sackler Institute for Developmental Psychobiology Awardee
SOFIA LEAL SANTOS
M.D./Ph.D. Student
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MARCOS LANIO
M.D./Ph.D. Student
T32 Fellow
MICHELLE JIN
M.D./Ph.D. Student
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JOSEPHINE MCGOWAN
Ph.D. Student
NSF GFRP
NRSA F31
Chateaubriand Fellowship
D-SPAN Fellow
ACNP Travel Fellow



BRIANA CHEN
Ph.D. Student
NRSA F31
MICHELLE STACKMANN
Ph.D. Student
IBNS
NICK BULTHUIS
Ph.D. Student
NSF GFRP



MAGGIE SHANNON
M.S. Student
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ARIANA DEFRANCESCO
M.S. Student
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VANANH PHAM
Laboratory Manager
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NICK VAUGHAN
Undergraduate Student
SURF Program
ALICIA WHYE
Undergraduate Student
SURF Program
CLAIRE SHUBECK
Undergraduate Student
SURF Program



LILIETTE QUINTANA
Undergraduate Student
Summer Research Institute (SRI) at Barnard College
JULIANA TAPIA
Undergraduate Student
Summer Research Institute (SRI) at Barnard College
ROBERT CHEN
Undergraduate Student
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KASEY FUNG
Undergraduate Student
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NOELLE KEE
Undergraduate Student
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FANNY LODGE
Undergraduate Student
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OLIVIA ANDERSON
High School Student
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MALENA PETERS
High School Student
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PAST MEMBERS



INA PAVLOVA, PH.D.
Post-doctoral Fellow
Current Position: Associate Scientist at Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai
JENNIFER PERUSINI, PH.D.
Post-doctoral Fellow
Current Position: CEO, Neurovation Labs
REBECCA BRACHMAN, PH.D.
Ph.D. Student
Current Position: CSO, Sunrise



ANDREA MUÑOZ ZAMORA
M.S. Student
Current Position: Ph.D. Student at Trinity College Dublin
CHRISTINA LAGAMMA
Lab Manager
Current Position: M.D. Student at Penn State
SEAN LIM
Lab Manager
Current Position: M.D./Ph.D. Student at Columbia University



SHANNON SHIPLEY
Undergraduate Student
Current Position: M.D. Student at U Penn
ALEJANDRO CAZZULINO, M.D.
Undergraduate Student
Current Position: Orthopedic Surgery Resident at UCSF
STEPHANIE CAGIJAS
Undergraduate Student
Current Position: M.D./Ph.D. Student at Vanderbilt



WILL TANG
Undergraduate Student
Current Position: M.D.
EVA ALBA
Lab Manager
Current Position: M.D.
NIKKI TOMM
Undergraduate Student
Current Position: M.D.



KIMBERLY LAUGHMAN
Undergraduate Student
Current Position: Resident Physician at Northwestern Memorial Hospital
EZRA SYNDOR
Amgen Summer Scholars Program
Current Position:
OMID COHENSEDGH
Undergraduate Student
Current Position:



LILIANA LADNER
Undergraduate Student
Current Position: M.D. Student at Virginia Tech
ALLEGRA DE LANDRI
Undergraduate Student
Current Position: M.D. Student
ABHISHEK SHAH
Undergraduate Student
Current Position: Ph.D. Student at Columbia University


GABRIELLA NAPOLI
High School Student
Current Position:
RANDY MARTINEZ
High School Student
Current Position: