The Intersections Science Fellows Symposium is structurally organized as a postdoc-driven, faculty-supported and -advised multi-institutional initiative.

ISFS January 2021

Steering Committee

  • Justin Cohen, PhD, Postdoc, Yale School of Medicine

  • Brionna Davis-Reyes, PhD, Postdoc, Yale School of Medicine

  • Arnaldo Díaz Vázquez, PhD, Assistant Dean for Research Training Programs, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

  • Thierry Emonet, PhD, Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology and Physics, Yale University

  • Aileen Fernandez, PhD, Postdoc, Yale School of Medicine

  • Giovanna Guerrero-Medina, PhD, Director, Yale Ciencia Program, Yale School of Medicine

  • Tikvah K. Hayes, PhD, Postdoc, Harvard, Dana Farber Cancer Institute

  • Anupama Hemalatha, PhD, Postdoc, Yale School of Medicine

  • Caroline Hendry, PhD, Scientific Director and Advisor to the Chair of Genetics, Yale School of Medicine

  • Elias Lolis, PhD, Professor of Pharmacology; Faculty Director, Office of Postdoctoral Affairs, Yale School of Medicine

  • Rochelle D. Smith, MS*, Associate Dean of Diversity and Inclusion, and Associate Chief Diversity Officer, Yale School of Medicine

  • Valerie A. Tornini, PhD, Postdoc, Yale School of Medicine

Senior Advisors

  • Antonio Giraldez, PhD, Professor, Chair, Department of Genetics, Yale School of Medicine

  • Darin Latimore, MD, Deputy Dean and Chief Diversity Officer and Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine

Website Committee

Anupama Hemalatha
Corentine (Coco) Laurin
Kari Price

Naomi Philip*
Preeti Sareen
Valerie Tornini

Advertising Committee

Alberto Canfrán-Duque
Anup Parchure
Anupama Hemalatha
Anil Kumar
Corentine (Coco) Laurin*
Giovanna Guerrero-Medina (F)

Izabella Pena
Justin Cohen
Melissa Polonenko
Snusha Ravikumar
Valerie Tornini

Programming Committee

Aileen Fernandez*
Alex Jaramulla Cartagena
Anup Parchure
Anupama Hemalatha
Beth Louise Evans
Elizabeth Boydston
Giovanna Guerrero-Medina (F)*
Krishna C. Mudumbi
Liz Boydston
Manni Adam*
Maria Fernanda Forni
Naomi Philip
Olga Buzovetsky

Oluwarotimi (Timi) Folorunso
Selam Woldemeskel
Silvana Bazua
Snigdha Mukerjee
Taneisha Gillyard
Tikvah K. Hayes
Valerie Tornini
Vanessa Muñoz
Walatta Mesquitta
Xin Tong
Yvon Woappi
Zhao Xuan
Yunlu Zhu

Communications Committee

Anup Parchure*
Anupama Hemalatha
Caroline Hendry (F)
Christina Cho
Christina Heil Dianne Lumaquin

Oakleigh Folkes
Snusha Ravikumar
Valerie Tornini
Youjun Wu
Zhao Xuan

Fellow Selection Committee

Aileen Fernandez Alyssa Hasty (F) Amber Stratman (F) Ann Cohen (F) Anne Eichman (F) Antentor Hinton (F) Anton Bennett (F) Antonio Giraldez (F) Aravinthan Samuel (F) Ashton Murray (F) Aya Osman Becky Lamason (F) Ben Major (F) Benedikt Mortzfeld Brionna Davis-Reyes* Bruce Walker (F) Christina Cho Danielle Tomasello Darin Latimore (F) David Piston (F)* Dhivyaa Rajasundaram (F) Elias Lolis (F) Eliezer Calo (F)* Elizabeth Boydston Erin Heckler (F) Faye Rogers (F) Giovanna Guerrero-Medina (F) Gira Bhabha (F) Harvey Lodish (F) Ilya Nemenman (F) Ira Hall (F) Itan Yuval (F) Jessica Silva-Fisher (F) Jishnu Das (F) Kara McKinley (F) Keara Michelle Lane (F) Kelsey Miller Ki Goosens (F) Kim Blenman (F)* Krishna Mudumbi Léolène Carrington* Lillian Brady Linda Jackson (F) Magdalena Janecka (F) Maria Fernanda Forni Mary Mullins (F) Merle Waxman (F) Michael Caplan (F) Michele Carpenter (F) Naomi Philip Natoya Peart Neha Bhat Oakleigh Folkes Patrick Pagano (F) Pulin Li (F) Quinton Smith (F) Rafael Perez Ray Blind (F) Robert Froemke (F) Rochelle Smith (F) Rosana Colaso-Gonzalez (F) Ruth Franklin (F) Sanford Simon (F) Sarah Fortune (F) Schahram Akbarian (F) Sherree Wilson-(F) Siva Sankari Snusha Ravikumar Suean Fontenard Sujit S. Datta (F) Tameka Clemons (F) Taneisha Gillyard Thomas Biederer (F) Tikvah Hayes Titilayo Omotade (F) Todd Douglas Venetia Zachariou (F) Vishwa Deep Dixit (F) Vivian Gama (F) Wendy Garrett (F) Youjun Wu Zack Smith (F)

Fellow Advisory Committee

David Asai (F)
Giovanna Guerrero-Medina (F)*

Javier Irazoqui (F)
Sherree Wilson (F)

(F) = Faculty, * = chair

Administrative Assistance

  • Department of Genetics Business Office, Yale School of Medicine

  • Kelley James, Senior Administrative Assistant, Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, Yale School of Medicine

  • Genevieve Cabrera, Senior Administrative Assistant Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Yale School of Medicine

  • Janet Desmarais, Yale Ciencia Initiative Project Coordinator and of the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Yale School of Medicine

Supporting Organizations

Yale Black Postdoctoral Association (YBPA)
Yale School of Medicine Diversity, Inclusion, Community Engagement, and Equity (DICE)
Yale Minority Organization for Retention & Expansion (MORE)
Yale Ciencia Initiative
Harvard Medical School (HMS) Black Postdoctoral Association
Ciencia Puerto Rico
All DEI offices of participating institutions