Alumni
Mary Banks earned her MD from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. Mary started her postdoctoral fellowship after completing…
Ingrid Christophersen is originally from Norway. She earned her M.D. from Copenhagen University, Denmark in 2007, and subsequently did a…
Sebastian Clauss obtained his medical degree in 2009 from the Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) in Munich, Germany. After medical school he started…
Elena Dolmatova obtained her medical degree in 2008from the Medical School of the Moscow State University, which is widely known for its…
Amelia Hall, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Amelia Weber Hall is a computational biology Research Fellow in Medical and Population Genetics She performs functional genomics experiments at the bench, in addition to data analysis for a number of projects.
Alan attended medical school at the National University of Ireland, Galway. Following this, he trained in internal medicine and general cardiology.…
Bill Hucker earned his MD and PhD degrees from Washington University in St. Louis in 2009. His PhD work focused…
Steven joined Dr. Ellinors lab in2008 and is studying the genetic basis of atrial fibrillation in collaborationwith investigators from the…
Vincenzo Macri joined the Ellinor lab in the summer of 2011.He completed his BSc (Kinesiology) and MSc from Simon Fraser…
Saagar Mahida earned his medical degree in the United Kingdom in 2002 and completed his cardiology fellowship in 2010. He…
Elena Mahmoudi's research has focused on pre-clinical cardiovascular diseases.
Seiko worked in the lab as a research technician from 2005 to 2009. She received a Bachelor degree in agriculture…
In April 2009 Michiel joined the Ellinor lab as post-doctoral fellow, as part of his Cardiology training at the University…
Moritz earned his MD from Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich, Germany and a Doctoral Degree in Medicine from the Technische University…
Nathan Tucker obtained his Ph.D. from Washington State University in Cell Biology and Genetics. His research there focused on the…
Abir Yamak, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Abir's work is currently focused on understanding the role of Asb2, a member of the ubiquitin proteasome system, in heart development as well as in the adult heart under stress conditions.
Martin Zhu, MD, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Martin is a Research Fellow currently studying novel genetic risk factors for coronary artery disease.
Research Scientists
Seung Hoan Choi, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Seung Hoan Choi's long-term interests are developing and applying novel statistical methods to elucidate the genetic basis of complex diseases.
Caroline Herndon works as a research scientist in the Program in Medical and Population Genetics of the Broad Institute of…
Bidur Bhandary, PhD
Staff Scientist
Bidur is focused on identifying and characterizing novel cardiovascular therapeutic targets in the partnership program between Broad Institute and Bayer Healthcare.
Brandon Chalazan, MD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Brandon is focused on using high throughput technology to uncover new candidate genes and potential novel therapeutics targets for atrial fibrillation.
Bryan MacDonald, PhD
Staff Scientist
Bryan focused on applying his training and experience to identify and characterize new cardiovascular drug targets in collaboration with Bayer HealthCare.
Jiangchuan focuses on identifying atrial fibrillation-related SNPs and studying the underlying mechanisms by the use of cell and animal models.
Research Associates
Ondine is from Cairo, Egypt. She studied in the UK and just graduated from a MSc by research in Biochemistry…
Kayla Bendinelli, BS
Research Associate
Kayla is excited to be learning new techniques about cardiovascular disease.
Lizzie Lee, BS
Research Associate
Lizzie is currently involved in the differentiation of induced pluripotent stem cells into cardiomyocytes for use in target validation and assay development.
Liz graduated from Boston University in 2014 with a B.S. in Human Physiology. She started out working in the lab…
Miranda worked in the Ellinor lab at MGH as a technician studying the molecular mechanisms of atrial. She is currently…
Rebecca earned a Bachelor of Arts from Wellesley College with a major in biology and a minor in studio art.…
Julie graduated from Cornell University in January 2015 and spent last spring at Cornell working in a plant biology lab…
Micheal graduated in 2012 with a Bachelors in chemistry and biotechnology from Assumption College in Worcester, MA. He began study…
Rachel was the first member of the Ellinor lab. After working as a technician in the lab, she became an…
Edwin earned a Bachelor of Arts from Swarthmore College with a major in biology. He joined the lab in 2004…
Victoria graduated Lafayette College in Easton, PA in 2015 with a bachelors degree in Biology and joined the Ellinor lab…
Nick Popp, BS
Research Associate
Nick joined the lab to work on genetic targets involved in atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.
Eileen Tang, BS
Research Associate
Eileen is a Research Associate in the Cardiovascular Disease Initiative at the Broad Institute. She received her B.S. from the…
Justin focuses on using gene editing techniques in stem cell models to study genetic and molecular mechanisms of cardiac electrophysiology diseases.
Therese Ton, BS
Research Associate
Therese conducted biochemistry research studying the co-evolution of the HIV envelope and broadly neutralizing antibodies to inform HIV-1 vaccine design.
Mike joined Dr. Ellinor’s Lab at the end of 2008, after finishing a B.S. in chemical engineering at Johns Hopkins.…
Administrative
Brian received his Ph.D. in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering from the Johns Hopkins University, where his research was focused on…
Alice is an Alliance Manager who oversees several key strategic alliances within the Broad Cardiovascular Disease Initiative.
Lauren Mineo
Sr. Program Manager Massachusetts General Hospital Cardiovascular Research Center (CVRC)
Lauren is responsible for operational, administrative and project management. She also serves as the Human Resource Manager for the CVRC.