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Team<\/h3>\n

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Dr. Igor Galynker, MD, PhD<\/strong>
Principal Investigator
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Dr. Lisa J. Cohen, PhD<\/strong>
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
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Dr. Sarah Bloch-Elkouby<\/strong>, PhD<\/em>
Assistant Professor
Sarah.Bloch-Elkouby@mountsinai.org<\/p>\n

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\"\"Dr. Yael Apter Levy, PhD<\/strong>
Clinical Psychologist
yael.apterlevy@mssm.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

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Ortal Shimon Raz<\/strong>, PhD<\/em>
Postdoctoral Fellow
ortal.shimonraz@mountsinai.org<\/a><\/p>\n

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Rawad El Hayek, MD
Postdoctoral Fellow
rawad.elhayek@mssm.edu<\/p>\n

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Victoria Witerska Clinical Research Coordinator victoria.witerska@mountsinai.org<\/span><\/p>\n

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Erin Wheeler Clinical Research Coordinator erin.wheeler@mountsinai.org<\/p>\n

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Jayashree Balasubramanian, M.A.<\/strong>
Clinical Research Coordinator
jayashree.balasubramanian@mountsinai.org<\/a><\/p>\n

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Yibing (Jean) Shi Clinical Research Coordinator yibing.shi@mountsinai.org<\/p>\n

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Graduate Research Assistant Team<\/h3>\n

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Alex Ward<\/strong>, M.A. candidate<\/em><\/p>\n

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\"\"Amanda Edwards<\/strong>, M.A. candidate<\/em><\/p>\n

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\"\"Anya Nanda<\/strong>, M.A. candidate<\/em><\/p>\n

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Betty Yuabov<\/strong>, M.A. candidate<\/em><\/p>\n

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Carmen Harrell<\/strong>, M.A. candidate<\/em><\/p>\n

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Enna Chiu<\/strong>, B.A. candidate<\/em><\/p>\n

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Hannah Johnson<\/strong>, M.A.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Sara Castricato<\/strong>, M.A. candidate<\/em><\/p>\n

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Seraphima Ogden<\/strong>, M.A. candidate<\/em><\/p>\n

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Shiyu Chen<\/strong>, M.A. candidate<\/em><\/p>\n

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Tom Chalamish<\/strong>, M.A. candidate<\/em><\/p>\n

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William Cardone<\/strong>, M.A. candidate<\/em><\/p>\n

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Yasmine Khalil<\/strong>, M.A. candidate<\/em><\/p>\n

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Lab Alumni<\/p>\n

Yukti Bhatt,\u00a0M.A.
<\/em>Amy Hong,\u00a0M.A.
<\/em>Jimmy Chen,\u00a0M.A. candidate
<\/em>Jackson Best,\u00a0B.A.
<\/em>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<\/p>\n

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Previous Collaborators<\/p>\n

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<\/p>\n

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