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Team<\/h3>\n

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\"\"
Dr. Igor Galynker, <\/strong>MD, PhD<\/em>
Principal Investigator
igor.galynker@mountsinai.org<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"
Dr. Lisa J. Cohen, <\/strong>PhD<\/em>
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
lisaJ.Cohen@mountsinai.org<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"
Dr. Sarah Bloch-Elkouby<\/strong>, PhD<\/em>
Assistant Professor
sarah.bloch-elkouby@mountsinai.org<\/a><\/p>\n

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

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

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\"\"Victoria Witerska, <\/strong>M.A.<\/em>
Program Coordinator victoria.witerska@mountsinai.org<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"
Betty Yuabov<\/strong>, M.A.\u00a0<\/em>
Clinical Research Coordinator<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"\"Carmen Harrell<\/strong>, M.A.\u00a0<\/em>
Clinical Research Coordinator<\/p>\n

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\"\"Enna Chiu, <\/strong>B.A.<\/em>
Clinical Research Coordinator<\/p>\n

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\"\"Jayashree Balasubramanian, <\/strong>M.A.<\/em>
Clinical Research Coordinator<\/p>\n

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\"\"William Cardone<\/strong>,\u00a0M.A.
<\/em>Clinical Research Coordinator<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"\"Yibing (Jean) Shi<\/strong>, M.A.<\/em>
<\/span>Clinical Research Coordinator<\/span><\/p>\n

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Graduate Research Assistant Team<\/h3>\n

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\"\"<\/p>\n

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

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Ariella Metovic<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"\"Ella Speziale<\/strong>, B.A. candidate <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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\"\"Emily Jacobo, <\/b>M.A. candidate<\/em><\/p>\n

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\"\"
Gianna Armenia<\/strong>, B.S.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\"\"
Ishaa Diwakar<\/strong>, M.A. candidate<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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\"\"
Julianna Tellas<\/strong>, <\/span>MSW candidate<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/em>Kaitlyn Santos<\/b>,\u00a0M.A candidate<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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\"\"
Noa Yaniv, <\/b>B.A.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\"\"
Samantha Lefton, <\/b>M.A.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\"\"Shiyu Chen, <\/b>M.A.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\"\"Yaffa Bart,\u00a0<\/b>B.S.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Lab Alumni<\/p>\n

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.\u00a0
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,\u00a0M.A.
Amy Hong,\u00a0M.A.
Jimmy Chen,\u00a0M.A. candidate
Jackson Best,\u00a0B.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<\/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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