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 Cardone, M.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 Santos, M.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