PostBac Researcher Alumni

Nathaniel Disser (2018-2020), a graduate of Gonzaga University, studied "Mechanobiology of skeletal muscle and tendon during tissue growth and regeneration" in the laboratory of Dr. Christopher Mendias.
Nate is attending The University of Texas McGovern Medical School (Houston).

Michael Pierides (2018-2020) a graduate of Cornell University College of Engineering, studied the "Contribution of the immunoproteasome in controlling TLR-induced inflammatory response" in the laboratory of Dr. Franck Barrat.
Michael is attending Fordham University.

Sara Shanaj (2018-2020), a graduate of Hunter College, City University of New York, studied “Precision medicine assays for infections and rheumatic disease" in the laboratory of Dr. Laura Donlin.
Sara is attending the College of Osteopathic Medicine- NYIT. 

Gayathri Shibu (2018-2020), a graduate of Cornell University, studied "Targeting components of transcription elongation machinery in macrophages to inhibit inflammation" in the laboratory of Dr. Inez Rogatsky.
Gayathri is attending the Weil Cornell Medicine Graduate School of Medical Sciences Immunology and Microbial Pathogenesis Program. 

Branden Sosa (2019-2020), a graduate of Hunter College, City University of New York, studied "Characterization of immune response in implant osseointegration model" in the laboratory of Dr. Xu Yang and Dr. Mathias Bostrom.
Branden is attending Weill Cornell Medical College. 

Yunwei Xia (2019-2020), a graduate of Cornell University, studied "Host immune response to bone injury in a murine tibial implant model" in the laboratory of Dr. Lionel Ivashkiv.
Yunwei is attending the MD/PhD program at Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell.