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MCRI Researchers + Staff

The Molecular Cardiology Research Institute (MCRI) at Tufts Medical Center is led by a four-person executive team and 13 investigators and physician-scientists who work with over 40 highly-trained staff and engaged trainees.
Researchers
Robert Blanton

Robert M. Blanton, Jr., MD

 

 

 

Howard Chen

Howard H. Chen, PhD

 

 

 

Michael Chin

Michael T. Chin, MD, PhD

 

 

 

Isabelle Draper

Isabelle Draper, PhD

 

 

 

Jen Dupont

Jennifer DuPont, PhD

 

 

 

Jonas Galper

Jonas B. Galper, MD, PhD

 

 

 

Miranda Good

Miranda Good, PhD

 

 

Gordon Huggins

Gordon S. Huggins, MD

 

 

 

Icli Basak

Basak Icli, MS, PhD

 

 

Iris Jaffe

Iris Z. Jaffe, MD, PhD

 

 

Navin Kapur

Navin K. Kapur, MD, FAHA, FACC, FSCAI

 

 

 

Lakshmi Pulakat, PhD, M.Phil., M. Sc.

Affiliated faculty

MariaPilar Alcaide Alonso, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine

Staff

Mark Aronovitz
Director, Mouse Physiology Core

Wendy Baur
Director, Cell Culture Core

Dionne Bradford
Research Administrator, MCRI

Xhulia Kanani
Administrative Research Coordinator, MCRI

Patricia Griffiths-Rossiter
Research Administrator, MCRI

Debbie Slater, MHSA
Director, Administration and Finance, MCRI

Lab members

Peiwen Liu
Research Associate - Blanton Lab

Suchita Pande, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Blanton Lab

Asma Boukhalfa, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Chen Lab

Christina Codden, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Chin Lab

Chun Chou, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Chin Lab

Gayani Perrera
Research Associate - Chin Lab

Junya Awata
Research Associate - Chin Lab

Amy Larson, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Chin Lab 

Maria Tomas-Garcia
Research Associate - Good Lab

Colleen Duffy
Research Associate - Good Lab

Lauren Biwer, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Jaffe Lab 

Nick Camarda
Research Associate - Jaffe Lab

Jaime Ibarrola
Research Associate - Jaffe Lab

Qing Lu 
 Research Associate - Jaffe Lab

Elizabeth Moss
MD/PhD Student - Jaffe Lab

Olga Kashpur, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Wallingford Lab

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