Reach For the First R01 Participants

The Reach for the First R01 Workshop is offered twice a year. Up to six junior investigators are selected for this workshop each term (fall and spring), across all departments.

Current Trainees

  • Ikjae Lee, MD
  • Joshua Isaac Weiner, MD
  • Milenna Van Dijk, PhD
  • Thomas Hays, MD, PhD
  • Xuhai Orson Xu, PhD

Past Trainees

  • Julian Abrams, MD, MS
  • Brooke Aggarwal, EdD, MS
  • Shah Rukh Ali, MD
  • Mohammed AlQuraishi, PhD
  • Jennifer Amengual, MD
  • Brett Anderson, MD, MBA
  • Richard C. E. Anderson, MD
  • Estela Area Gomez, PhD
  • Anca Askanase, MD, MPH
  • Neeraj Badjatia, MD, MS
  • Matthew Baldwin, MD, MS
  • Veronica Barcelona, PhD, MSN, RN
  • Ibrahim Batal, MD
  • Robert Bauer, PhD
  • Srilaxmi Bearelly, MD
  • Melissa Beauchemin, PhD
  • Natalie Bello, MD, MPH
  • Natalie Benda, PhD
  • Angelo Biviano, MD, MPH
  • Dana Blumberg, MD
  • Amelia Boehme, PhD, MSPH
  • Randy Bruno, PhD
  • Billy Caceres, PhD, RN
  • Sarah Canetta, PhD
  • Julie Canman, PhD
  • Jiook Cha, PhD
  • Chuchun Liz Chang, PhD, MS
  • Chia-Wei Cheng, PhD
  • Simon Cheng, MD,PhD
  • Lauren S. Chernick, MD
  • Adi Cohen, MD, MHS
  • Eileen Connolly, MD, PhD
  • Cheryl Corcoran, MD, MS
  • John Crary, MD, PhD
  • Remi Creusot, PhD
  • Katherine Crew, MD, MS
  • Jennifer Ann Danielsson, MD
  • Alissa Davis, PhD
  • Changchun Deng, MD, PhD
  • Maya Deyssenroth, DrPH
  • Nataki Douglas, MD,PhD
  • Frank D'Ovidio, MD, PhD
  • Yunsuo Duan, PhD
  • Raimon Duran-Struuck, DVM, PhD
  • Vincent Duron, MD
  • Mildred Embree, DMD, PhD
  • Ana B. Emiliano, MD
  • Jessie Ford, PhD
  • Daniel Freedberg, MD
  • Zachary Freyberg, MD, PhD
  • Alexander Friedman, MD, MPH
  • Kathleen Friel, PhD, MS
  • Jianing Fu, PhD
  • Joji Fujisaki, MD, PhD
  • George Gallos, MD
  • Luis Garza, MD
  • Jeanine Genkinger, PhD, MHS
  • Dana Goin, PhD
  • Justin Golub, MD
  • Angela Gomez-Simmonds, MD
  • Tamas Gonda, MD
  • Heather Greenlee, MD, PhD
  • Rebecca Haeusler, PhD
  • Megan Hall, PhD
  • Arnold Han, MD, PhD
  • Sidney Hankerson, MD
  • Kevin Heffernan, PhD
  • Amanda Hessels, PhD, MPH, RN
  • Jennifer Higgins, PhD, MPH
  • Grace A. Hillyer, MPH, EdD
  • Eldad Hod, MD
  • Rebecca F. Hough, MD, PhD
  • Lauren Houghton, PhD
  • Joanne Hsieh, PhD
  • May Hua, MD, MSc
  • Yuefeng Huang, PhD
  • Kiyohito Iigaya, PhD
  • Ann M. Iturra-Mena, PhD
  • Benjamin Izar, MD, PhD
  • David M. Kalfa, MD, PhD
  • Kevin Kalinsky, MD, MS
  • Fay Kastrinos, MD, MPH
  • Minjae Kim, MD
  • Jean Kjellstrand, PhD, MA
  • Ulf Klein, PhD
  • Sheng-Han Kuo, MD
  • Jared Kushner, MD
  • Martin Lan, MD, PhD 
  • Matthew Lebowitz, PhD
  • Teresa Lee, MD, MS
  • Gen Li, PhD
  • Gina Lovasi, PhD, MPH
  • Stephanie Lovinsky-Desir, MD
  • Claudia Lugo, PhD
  • Catherine Marquer, MS, PhD
  • Rachel Marsh, PhD
  • Yazawa Masayuki, PhD
  • Ruth Masterson Creber, MSc, PhD
  • Barun Mathema, MPH, PhD
  • Lucas Matthews, PhD
  • Igor Matushansky, MD, PhD
  • Mathew Maurer, MD
  • Pia Mauro, PhD
  • Thomas McConville, MD
  • Jasmine McDonald, PhD
  • Laura McIntire, PhD
  • Wendy M. McKimpson, PhD
  • Maya Mikami, MD, PhD
  • Jacqueline Montes, PT, EdD, NCS
  • Andrew Moran, MD, MPH
  • Christopher N. Morrison, MPH, PhD
  • Rebecca Muhle, MD
  • Kristin Myers, PhD, MS
  • Kimberly Noble, MD, PhD
  • Tal Nuriel, PhD
  • Michelle Odlum, EdD, MPH, MS
  • Max O'Donnell, MD
  • Jonathan Overdevest, MD, PhD
  • Gabrielle Page-Wilson, MD
  • Utpal Pajvani, MD, PhD
  • Spiro Pantazatos, PhD
  • Robbie Parks, PhD
  • Sen Pei, PhD
  • Morgan Philbin, PhD
  • Rogerio Pinto, PhD
  • Paul Planet, MD
  • Timothy Joseph Poterucha, MD
  • Lori Quinn, EdD, EdM, MA
  • Tara Randis, MD, MS
  • Gissette Reyes-Soffer, MD
  • Carolyn Rodriguez, MD, PhD
  • Carlos Rodriguez, MD, MPH
  • Tawandra Rowell-Cunsolo, MA, PhD
  • Mishaela Rubin, MD, MS
  • Maya Sabatello, LLb, PhD
  • Nathaniel Sawtell, PhD
  • Rebecca Schnall, RN, PhD
  • Katharina Schultebraucks, PhD
  • Pamela Scorza, PhD
  • Jingjing Shang, PhD
  • Rachel Shelton, MPH, ScD
  • Yuichi Shimada, MD, MPH
  • Ji-Yeon Shin, PhD
  • Michele Shirasu-Hiza, PhD
  • Igor Shuryak, MD, PhD
  • Inga Sigfusdottir, PhD, MA
  • Marisa Spann, PhD
  • Catherine Spina, MD, PhD
  • Arielle Stanford, MD
  • Shakira Suglia, ScD, MS
  • Alison Taylor, PhD
  • Parisa Tehranifar, DrPH
  • Vidhu V. Thaker, MD
  • Kaveri Thakoor, PhD
  • Sarah Tom, PhD, MPH
  • Emily Tsai, MD
  • Anne-Catrin Uhlemann, MD, PhD
  • Uchenna Unachukwu, PhD
  • Linda Valeri, PhD
  • Neil Vasan, MD, PhD
  • Aaron Viny, MD
  • Clarissa Waites, PhD
  • Alexis Walker, PhD
  • Elaine Wan, MD
  • Nan-Kai Wang, MD, PhD
  • Qi Wang, MS, PhD
  • Yun-Hsin Claire Wang, MD, ScD
  • Kenneth Wengler, PhD
  • Joshua Willey, MD, MS
  • Ismee Williams, MD, MS
  • Yvon Woappi, PhD
  • June Wu, MD
  • Hannah Wunsch, MD, MSc
  • Kelley Yan, MD, PhD
  • Kelley Yan, MD, PhD
  • Hee W. Yang, PhD
  • Hee W. Yang, PhD
  • Wan Yang, PhD
  • Angela Yoon, DDS, MPH
  • Hanrui Zhang, PhD
  • Maryam Zolnoori, PhD.