Aditya began journey in academic science studying agricultural microbiology, receiving his B.Sc. at the University of Mumbai, India followed by his M.Sc. at the M.S. University of Baroda, India. Transitioning to studying infectious disease, he then received his Ph.D. in microbial physiology at the University of Massachusetts Medical School studying cell cycle progression in Mycobacterium tuberculosis with Dr. Christopher Sassetti. Currently, as a postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Yonatan Grad’s lab,…
Sofia Blomqvist joined the Grad Lab in June 2024. She graduated from UMass Amherst, where she majored in Biology and conducted research on the evolution of antimicrobial proteins. She’s very excited to join the Grad Lab and pursue her interests in infectious disease and antimicrobial resistance. In her free time, Sofia enjoys crosswords, reading, going to the beach, playing the trombone, and curling up on the couch with her dog.
Hening Cui is a Research Data Analyst at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in the Department of Global Health and Population. Her work focuses on enhance individual-level decision-making regarding Latent Tuberculosis Infection (LTBI) screening and subsequent treatment in the United States. Hening holds a Master of Science degree in Biostatistics from Columbia University. Her research at Columbia focused on investigating gene expression patterns during cardiogenesis to facilitate…
Julia is a postdoctoral research fellow in the lab of Marc Lipsitch. Her research focuses on modeling antibody kinetics following SARS-CoV-2 vaccination and infection, and estimating the associated level of protection against further infection. She recently completed her PhD in Computational Biology at ETH Zurich in Switzerland, where she established models for blood glucose prediction in type 1 diabetes. In addition, Julia developed insulin treatment strategies to improve blood glucose…
Dr. Dewey is an incoming postdoc with the MIGHTE group. He completed my PhD in Epidemiology at UCLA, using network methods to assess questions from behavioral science, public health, and scientometrics. He hopes to use his background in network science and epidemiology to complement the ongoing outbreak forecasting efforts using non-traditional data. He’s also interested in the collection of high-quality data that could be used as a platform for future…
Juan Gago joined Marc Lipsitch’s Lab in June 2024. Juan, originally from Buenos Aires, Argentina, completed his MD at the University of Buenos Aires. After graduating, he decided to focus his career on population health and epidemiology. He earned his MPH from the CUNY School of Public Health and his PhD from the NYU School of Medicine. He is particularly interested in employing causal inference methods to improve antibiotic use…
At HSPH, Masa conducts research on wastewater-based surveillance for COVID-19 and measuring the social value of vaccination.
Melike H. Can is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Global Health and Population at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Her current work focuses on modeling of tuberculosis (TB) care cascade and diagnostic algorithms. She holds a BA in Economics, also has a BS and an MS in Industrial Engineering. Prior to joining Menzies Lab, she completed her PhD in Industrial Engineering at Northeastern University,…
I specialize in genomic epidemiology, and my research revolves around the examination of genomic data from both human and bacterial sources in tuberculosis patients. My research focus on investigating the association between genotype and phenotype in tuberculosis. Furthermore, I have a keen interest in understanding how immunity changes and in unraveling the transmission patterns of tuberculosis.
