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

Jayashree Balasubramanian, M.A.
Clinical Research Coordinator
jayashree.balasubramanian@mountsinai.org
Yibing (Jean) Shi Clinical Research Coordinator yibing.shi@mountsinai.org
Graduate Research Assistant Team

Alex Ward, M.A. candidate
Amanda Edwards, M.A. candidate
Anya Nanda, M.A. candidate

Arabella Crites, M.A. candidate

Betty Yuabov, M.A. candidate

Carmen Harrell, M.A. candidate

Enna Chiu, B.A. candidate

Hannah Johnson, M.A.

Sara Castricato, M.A. candidate

Seraphima Ogden, M.A. candidate

Shiyu Chen, M.A. candidate

Tom Chalamish, M.A. candidate

William Cardone, M.A. candidate

Yasmine Khalil, M.A. candidate
Lab Alumni
Yukti Bhatt, M.A.
Amy Hong, M.A.
Jimmy Chen, M.A. candidate
Jackson Best, B.A.
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, MAIrina 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