Congratulations to Carolyn L. Kuckein Student Research Fellowship Recipient, Aiman Altaf, M3

Congratulations to Aiman Altaf, one of the 2026 recipients of the 2026 Carolyn L. Kuckein Student Research Fellowship! Her project, mentored by Dr. Charlene Ong, aims to evaluate the association between quantitative eye movements and neurologic outcomes in patients who experience coma after cardiac arrest. The goal is to establish a biomarker that can enhance […]

Congratulations to Sarnoff Research Fellowship Recipient, Camille Shantz

Congratulations to Camille Shantz on her placement at Stanford University as a Sarnoff Fellow, supported by the Sarnoff Cardiovascalar Research Foundation! While at Stanford, she will join the Marsden Lab, primarily working with Dr. Alexander Kaiser. Camille will work in a translational research lab that uses computational modeling to study blood flow in the cardiovascular […]

Student Spotlight: Sabrina Mellinghoff, M3

Sabrina Mellinghoff, M3 and 2025 MSSRP Scholar presented her poster titled “Neighborhood Concetrated Disadvantage and Risk Recurence in a Nationwide Student of US Black Women” at American Association of Cancer Research in San Diego in April. Under the mentorship of Dr. Mollie Barnard and Dr. Julie Palmer, her research investigates breast cancer recurrence in the […]

Student Spotlight: Gabrielle Ruban, M2

Gabrielle Ruban is a current M2 student, 2025 MSSRP/LEADS researcher, and CARE student. Under the mentorship of Dr. Karsten Lunze, she has been working on two projects that are based in Eastern Europe. Her main individual project is within the SCRIPT (Stigma Coping to Reduce HIV Risks and Improve Substance Use Prevention and Treatment) study, […]

Student Spotlight: Milan Dolezal, M2

Milan Dolezal is a current M2 student, 2025 MSSRP/LEADS researcher, and CARE student under the mentorship of Dr. Karsten Lunze. Her research, “Peer perspectives on the use of embodied conversational agents to improve buprenorphine retention: a community-engaged qualitative study,” explores whether an embodied conversational agent can help improve buprenorphine treatment retention for people with opioid […]

Mentor Spotlight: David Greer, MD

David Greer, MD, Chair and Chief of Neurology Dr. David Greer is Professor and Chair of the Department of Neurology at Boston University School of Medicine and the Richard B. Slifka Chief of Neurology at Boston Medical Center. He has been a neurointensivist since 2001, having trained at Massachusetts General Hospital, where he began his […]

Student Spotlight: Sophia Bahad, M2

Sophia Bahad is a current M2 student and 2025 MSSRP researcher. This past summer she presented her poster at the Boston Medical Center Pediatric Research Day titled, “Comparing Area-Based Sociodemographic Measures and Their Association with Latent TB Infection at Boston Medical Center.” Mentored by Dr. Jeffrey Campbell in the Pediatric Infectious Disease Department at BMC, Sophia’s […]

Student Spotlight: Wei Ni Zhou, M2

Congratulations to Wei Ni Zhou, a current M2 and 2025 MSSRP researcher, on her recent selection to present her research, Medical Optimization of Patients with Intermittenet Claudication in A Safety-Net Hospital Setting, at the 53rd Annual Symposium on Vascualr Surgery in March 2026. Her research explores the disease progression and treatment adherence in patients with […]

Mentor Spotlight: Daniel Roh, MD/PhD

Dr. Daniel Roh, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor in Surgery Daniel Roh, MD, PhD, specializes in plastic and reconstructive surgery. His interest in research began in high school and solidified at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine through a formative summer mentorship, which led him to pursue MSTP training to integrate science with clinical care. […]

Mentor Spotlight: Vipul Chitalia, MD/PhD

Dr. Vipul Chitalia (MD PhD) is a physician-scientist and Professor in the Department of Medicine and an affiliate at the Institute of Medical Engineering and Science at MIT. He completed his internal medicine residency in a program with Columbia University, a renal fellowship at Boston University and a postdoc fellowship at Massachusetts Institute of Technology […]