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


Dr. Ortal Shimon Raz, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
ortal.shimonraz@mountsinai.org

Victoria Witerska, M.A.
Program Coordinator victoria.witerska@mountsinai.org


Betty Yuabov, M.A. 
Clinical Research Coordinator

Carmen Harrell, M.A. 
Clinical Research Coordinator

Enna Chiu, B.A.
Clinical Research Coordinator

Jayashree Balasubramanian, M.A.
Clinical Research Coordinator

William CardoneM.A.
Clinical Research Coordinator

Yibing (Jean) Shi, M.A.
Clinical Research Coordinator

Graduate Research Assistant Team

Alex Ward, M.A. candidate

Ariella Metovic

Ella Speziale, B.A. candidate

Emily Jacobo, M.A. candidate


Gianna Armenia, B.S.


Ishaa Diwakar, M.A. candidate


Julianna Tellas, MSW candidate

Kaitlyn SantosM.A candidate


Noa Yaniv, B.A.


Samantha Lefton, M.A.

Shiyu Chen, M.A.

Yaffa Bart, B.S.

Lab Alumni

Rawad El Hayek, M.D.
Erin Wheeler, Ph.D. Candidate
Amanda Edwards, M.A., Ph.D. candidate
Yasmine Khalil, M.A., Ph.D. candidate
Seraphima Ogden, M.A.
Sara Castricato, M.A. 
Arabella Crites, M.A., Ph.D. candidate
Anya Nanda, M.A.
Gabby Wira, M.A.
Tom Chalamish, M.A. candidate
Hannah Johnson, M.A.
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, Ph.D. candidate
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, Ph.D. Candidate
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