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Dr. Alfredo Guerra received his Ph.D. in biological chemistry from Indiana University, where he studied metal-dependent transcriptional regulation. Dr. Guerra conducted his postdoctoral work at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology…
Dr. Alireza Alavi received his Ph.D. in cell and molecular biology from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from the Wharton School. He completed his post-doctoral training at the Scripps Research Institute, focusing on regulation of cell death during tumor angiogenesis. He transitioned to…
Dr. Allison Kurti completed her Ph.D. in experimental psychology from University of Florida, after which she held positions in both academia as a research assistant professor at the University of Vermont, and within the government as a health scientist for the Center for Tobacco Products.…
Dr. Alok Mulky received a M.Sc. in microbiology from the University of Mumbai, India, studying bioremediation, enzymology, antibiotic production, biofilms, and strain improvement. He then received his Ph.D. in microbiology from the University of Alabama at Birmingham studying the molecular…
Dr. Altaf Dar received his Ph.D. in molecular biology from Friedrich-Schiller University, Jena, Germany. Following postdoctoral training at Vanderbilt University and University of California, San Francisco, he joined California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC). Dr. Dar worked as an Associate Professor…
Dr. Alyssa Gregory received her Ph.D. in immunology from Washington University in St. Louis. She completed post-doctoral training at the University of Pittsburgh, where her work focused on the role of neutrophils in a variety of chronic pulmonary diseases, including emphysema, lung cancer, and…
Dr. Amy Rubinstein serves as Chief of the Basic and Translational Cancer Review Branch (BTC RB).Dr. Rubinstein received her Ph.D. in biology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill studying the molecular genetics of pollen development in maize. As a postdoctoral fellow at the Carnegie…
Dr. Ananya Paria is an infectious disease epidemiologist with a scientific background in HIV prevention and clinical research focusing on the therapeutics efficacy of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), investigating the comparative effectiveness of Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors (NRTIs)…
Dr. Andrea Gobin studied biomimetics and received her Ph.D. from Rice University. She obtained post-doctoral training in naturally derived biomaterials, specifically silk fibroin and emodin for muscular and skin tissue engineering applications, at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.…
Dr. Andrew Wolfe received his Ph.D. in neurobiology and physiology from Northwestern University, where he studied regulation of reproductive neuroendocrine function. His post-doctoral training at Boston Children’s Hospital focused on understanding the cell-specific regulation of the gonadotropin…
Dr. Angela Boutte earned her Ph.D. in Molecular Neuroscience from Vanderbilt University, where she conducted research detailing cytoskeletal dynamics in Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD). As a research fellow at Vanderbilt University, Dr. Boutte defined myeloid cell proteomes and…
Dr. Angela Ng has a Ph.D. degree in experimental pathology from Northwestern University and a M.B.A. degree from the University of Oklahoma. Her postdoctoral training is in molecular developmental biology and endocrinology. Before joining CSR, she was a senior scientist of research and development…
Dr. Angela Thrasher received her Ph.D. in health behavior from the University of North Carolina (UNC) Gillings School of Global Public Health. Dr. Thrasher completed postdoctoral training in health disparities, social determinants of health, and minority aging research at the University of…
Dr. Anna Babakhanyan received a master’s degree in biotechnology from San Jose State University and her Ph.D. in tropical medicine from the University of Hawaiʻi School of Medicine. She evaluated naturally acquired antibody responses to pregnancy-associated malaria vaccine candidates in Cameroonian…
Dr. Anna Riley received her Ph.D. in sociology from Washington State University. Her training is in social psychology, mental health, and gerontology. She came to CSR as an SRO intern from the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan, where she was a postdoctoral research fellow…
Dr. Anne-Sophie Wattiez received a Ph.D. in neuropharmacology from the Université d’Auvergne in France, then trained at the University of Iowa on a John J. Bonica fellowship before starting her independent research in a joint position between the University of Iowa and the Iowa City Veterans…