Team
Dr. Igor Galynker, MD, PhD
Principal Investigator
igor.galynker@mountsinai.org.
Dr. Lisa J. Cohen, PhD
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
LisaJ.Cohen@mountsinai.org
Dr. Sarah Bloch-Elkouby, PhD
Assistant Professor
Sarah.Bloch-Elkouby@mountsinai.org
Dr. Yael Apter Levy, PhD
Clinical Psychologist
yael.apterlevy@mssm.edu
Ortal Shimon Raz, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
ortal.shimonraz@mountsinai.org
Rawad El Hayek, MD
Postdoctoral Fellow
rawad.elhayek@mssm.edu

Victoria Witerska Clinical Research Coordinator victoria.witerska@mountsinai.org

Erin Wheeler Clinical Research Coordinator erin.wheeler@mountsinai.org
Yibing (Jean) Shi Clinical Research Coordinator yibing.shi@mountsinai.org
Graduate Research Assistant Team

Yukti Bhatt, M.A.
Amy Hong, M.A.
Amanda Edwards, M.A. candidate

Jimmy Chen, M.A. candidate
Anya Nanda, M.A. candidate
Shiyu Chen, M.A. candidate

Arabella Crites, M.A. candidate

Sara Castricato, M.A. candidate
William Cardone, M.A. candidate
Betty Yuabov, M.A. candidate
Enna Chiu, B.A. candidate
Jayashree Balasubramanian, M.A.
Yasmine Khalil, M.A. candidate
Alex Ward, M.A. candidate

Carmen Harrell, M.A. candidate

Jackson Best, B.A.
Seraphima Ogden, M.A. candidate
Hannah Johnson, M.A.
Lab Alumni
Gail Harrison, MA
David Byoungwook Park, Ph.D. candidate
Yanzhe (Yancy) Niu, MA
Nazly Suarez, MA
Erica Garagiola, MA
Hannah Lawrence, MA
Jonathan Kogan, Ph.D. candidate
Yuechun Yao, MA
Mary King, MA
Rafaella Zanatti, MA
Bailie Schock, MA
Stephy Hsu, MA
Isabella Moti, MA
Noy Alan, MD
Danielle Ganchrow, Ph.D. candidate
Julianna Castro, Ph.D candidate
Marina Alves, BA
Connie Maerker, MA
Melissa Pierre, MA
David Park, MA
Runqin Shi, MA
Inna Concearenco, Ph.D. candidate, MA
Jenelle Richards, MA
Kayri Fernandez, Ph.D. candidate, MS
Olivia C. Lawrence, MA
Devon Peterkin, MA
Angelique Simeone, MA
Jada Flint, Ph.D. candidate, MA
Nathan Simon, BA
Amber Wolfe, MA
Fangfei Ye, MA
Mia Krumerman, MA
Anokhi Bafna, Ph.D., candidate, B.F.A
Nicolette Molina, Ph.D. candidate, NSF Graduate Research Fellow
Firouz Ardalan, Ph.D., MA
Raffaella Calati, Ph.D.
Thachell Tanis, Ph.,D.
Kayla DeFazio, MA
Allison Vespa, MBA, MA, MS
Gabriella Epshteyn, Ph.D. candidate
Erjia Cao, Ph.D., candidate, MA
Irina Kopeykina, BA
Previous Collaborators
Reetuparna Bhattacharjee, MD
Ramin Mojtabai, MD, Ph.D., MPH
Ori Benhamou, MD
Zinoviy Gutkovich, MD
Paul Rosenfield, MD
Lance M. Rappaport, Ph.D.
Elvira Rudner, MD
Skip Simpson, JD
Timothy Rice, MD