Lab Members

Joshua Corbin, Principal Investigator and Professor of Pediatrics 

Joshua G. Corbin, Ph.D.

Principal Investigator and Professor of Pediatrics at the Children’s National Research Institute at the Children’s National Health System

Professor, Departments of Pediatrics, Pharmacology, and Physiology, GW SMHS

Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

B.A. from Rutgers University

jcorbin@childrensnational.org

Li Wang, Assistant Research Faculty

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Assistant Research Professor, Department of Pediatrics, GW SMHS

Center for Neuroscience Research, Children’s National Research Institute

Manager of Animal Neurobehavioral Evaluation Core, DC-IDDRC

Ph.D. in Psychology, Behavior & Neuroscience from McMaster University: Hamilton, Canada

M.D. at Qilu Medical School, Shanda University in Jinan, China

lwang@childrensnational.org

Nandkishore Prakash, Post doctoral fellow

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Ph.D. in Biology from University of California, San Diego, California

B.E., M.Sc., BITS-Pilani K.K. Birla Goa Campus, Goa, India

nprakash@childrensnational.org

Ameair ABU IRQEBA, POST DOCTORAL FELLOW

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Ph.D. in Biology-Cellular and Molecular Regulation (CMR) from Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri
 
B.A. in Biology from Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri
 
 

Alice abbondanza, post doctoral fellow

 
PhD, Charles University, Prague/Sorbonne Universite, Paris
 
Undergraduate, Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Technology, University of Milan
 

Vladimir Butyrkin, Graduate Student

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Graduate student in the Neuroscience and Cognitive Science program at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Cell Biology and Neuroscience degree from Rutgers University, New Brunswick.

LINDSEY HEIER, RESEARCH Technician II

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M.S. in Bioinformatics & Molecular Biochemistry from George Washington University, Washington, D.C.

B.S. in Neuroscience from George Washington University, Washington, D.C.

 
Mary Temam, Undergraduate research volunteer
 
 
Undergraduate Student at George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
 
 
Nora hill, Undergraduate research volunteer
 
 
Undergraduate Student at University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania  
 
 
Geetanjali Raju, undergraduate research volunteer
 
 
Undergraduate Student at The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
 
 
Sashwath Sundar, research volunteer
 
 
High School Student at The International School Bangalore (TISB)
 
 
Alumni Lab Members

Post-Doctoral Fellows:

Heidi Matos Galicia (Health Program Specialist, NINDS)

Maria Jesus Herrero (Faculty of Medicine, Universidad San Sebastian, Santiago, Chile)

Livio Oboti (Postdoctoral Fellow, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany)

Katie Sokolowski  (Principal Toxicologist, Denali Therapeutics San Francisco, CA)

Brandon Martin (Senior Analyst, E3 Federal Solutions, Department of Defense)

Kevin Jones (Assistant Professor at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI)

Rebecca Vislay (Principal Data Scientist, Clinical & Regulatory at Moderna, MA)

Shigeyuki Esumi (Assistant Professor, Kumamoto University, Japan)

Luis Olmos-Serrano (Senior Director, Business Development at Unlearn.AI, Boston, MA)

Tsutomu Hirata (Senior Research Fellow, Ehime University, Japan)

Rosalind Carney (Freelance Principal Medical Writer, Manchester, UK)

Allyson L. Schreiber (Fellow, Newborn Medicine Department, Washington University, St Louis, MO)

Graduate Students:

Sara Felsen (Received Masters from The George Washington University, Washington, DC)

David Saxon (Received Ph.D., Candidate for M.D., Georgetown University, Washington, DC)

Allison Rusk (Received Masters from The George Washington University, Washington, DC)

Julieta Lischinsky (Earl Stadtman Tenure Track Investigator, NIEHS, Durham, NC)

D.R. Mawhinney

Sebila Kratovac (Writer and editor, Open Mirrors)

Laura Cocas (Assistant Professor, Santa Clara University)

Kelly McVearry (Managing Partner, Hypatia Group, Washington, DC)

Undergraduate Students and Research Technicians:

Gabrielle Walker (Undergraduate Student, Howard University)

Tyla Mcaffity (Undergraduate Student, Howard University)

Treasure Cephas (METEOR High School Student, Oxon Hill High School, Oxon Hill, MD)

Lindsay Funes (METEOR High School Student, McKinley Tech High School, Washington, DC)

Jyothi Polackal (Undergraduate student)

Nya Campbell (Masters Program in Health Data Science, University of California San Francisco)

Isabella Atrachji (Undergraduate student)

Adejimi Aromolaran (Special Masters Program, Brown University)

David Hernandez-Pineda (Graduate School, Johns Hopkins University)

Elena Tenore (Graduate School, University of Virginia)

Luke Tsai (Candidate for M.D. at University of Toledo: College of Medicine and Life Sciences)

Wendolin Martinez (BS in Biochemistry University of New Mexico)

Meredith Goodrich (Candidate for Masters of Science in Nursing at Georgetown University)

Jenny Lee (Undergraduate student at Brown University)

Saarthak Sethi (Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology)

Mena Mohamed (Graduate in Neuroscience from George Mason University)

Albino Giovanni Folcarelli (Undergraduate student at Columbia University)

Brandon Corydon (Undergraduate Student at University of Maryland)

Meera Krishnamoorthy (Undergraduate Student at University of Maryland)

Tuyen Tran (B.S. from The George Washington University)

Margaret Carter (Undergraduate at American University)

Miranda Eaves-Leaños (Undergraduate, Carnegie Mellon University)

Sherri Chanelle-Brighthaupt (Undergraduate at Columbia University)

Jennifer-Martinez Cruz (Garfield High School, Maryland)

Manar Zaghula (PhD Student, Baylor University)

Daniel Feldman

Andrew Lam (M.D., University of Virginia)

Yasmin Kamal (MD/PhD Student at Dartmouth Medical)

Kevin Mansfield (MD Resident, University of Louisville)

Ho Tuan (Chief Product Officer, Raydiant, San Francisco, CA)

Sonia Sebaoui (PhD student, Tumor Biology program, Georgetown University)