Young Investigators Research Forum

Meet the Young Investigators Research Forum 2024 Trainees

Atqiya Aishah, PhD
Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School

Velarie Ansu, PhD
Feinberg School of Medicine. Northwestern University

Daniel Callow, PhD
Johns Hopkins University

Caitlin Carroll, PhD1
Wake Forest University

Caroline Doyle, PhD
University of Pittsburgh

Alexander Erickson, PhD
VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System GRECC

Naomi Gaggi, PhD
New York University Grossman School of Medicine

Joshua Gills, PhD
New York University Langone Health

Aaron Glick, DDS2
Ember Sleep

Breanna Holloway, PhD
University of California, San Diego

Elizabeth Holzhausen, PhD
University of Colorado Boulder

Sina Kianersi, PhD, DVM
Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School

Stephen Lau, PhD
Washington University School of Medicine

Xiaoyue Liu, PhD, RN
New York University

Gina Mason, PhD1
Alpert Medical School/Bradley Hospital (EP Bradley Hospital Sleep Research Laboratory)

Kendall Nichols, MD
Emory University

Nathan Nowalk, MD
University of Chicago

Caitlin Paquet, PhD
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Oscar Ramirez Plascencia, PhD1
BIDMC Harvard Medical School

Kaitlin Potts, PhD
The Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Julia Roncoroni, PhD
University of Denver

Bruno Saconi, PhD, RN
Geisinger

Linda Sangalli, DDS, MS, MS, PhD2
Midwestern University

Aarti Sathyanarayana, PhD
Northeastern University

Brooke Shafer, PhD
Oregon Health & Science University

Rupsha Singh, PhD
National Institute on Aging

Christine So, PhD
Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center

Haoqi Sun, PhD
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Tue Te, MD
Perelman School of Medicine at University of Pennsylvania

Mark Thomas, PhD
VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System

Youmeng Wang, MD
Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Megan Wenzell, PhD, RN1
Case Western Reserve University

Sajila Wickramaratne, PhD1
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Jing Zhang, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital/ Harvard Medical School

Charlie Zhong, PhD, MPH
American Cancer Society

1Supported through a travel scholarship from the Sleep Research Society Foundation

2Supported through a travel scholarship from the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine

Andrew W. Varga, MD, PhD (Chair) Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Amy Amara, MD, PhD University of Colorado, Boulder
Omonigho Michael Bubu, MD, PhD NYU Langone
Raj Dedhia, MD University of Pennsylvania
Galit Dunietz, PhD, MPH University of Michigan
Kun Hu, PhD Harvard University
Dayna Johnson, PhD Emory University
Yue Leng, PhD University of California, San Fransisco
James Timothy McKenna, PhD Harvard University
Logan Schneider, MD Stanford University
Esra Tasali, MD University of Chicago
Terry Weaver, PhD, RN Emeritus– University of Illinois at Chicago