COVID Corps Biomedical Research Internship Program:
2023 Cohort
2023 Cohort Summary
We are pleased to announce our 2023 MGH COVID Corps Biomedical Research Internship Program cohort. We have selected 18 exceptional interns from a pool of 284 applications. The majority of our cohort is from groups historically underrepresented in biomedical science, with an average graduate and undergraduate GPA of 3.84. ​
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2 are Black or African American, 1 is American Indian or Alaskan Native, 13 are Asian or Asian American, and 2 are White.
Meet Our 2023 Cohort
Amina Abdalla
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Biological Engineering
Class of 2025
Mentor: Jacob Lemieux, MD, DPhil
Selina Chung
New York University
Biology
Class of 2024
COVID Corps 2022 Cohort Participant
Mentors: Yasmin Hernandez-Barco, MD
Krystal Kuan
Boston University School of Public Health
Master of Public Health
Class of 2024
Mentor: Altaf Saadi, MD, MSc
Nawon Lee
Williams College
Biology, Computer Science
Class of 2023
Mentor: Long Nguyen, MD, MS
Binbin Lu
Smith College
Biology and Psychology
Class of 2024
Mentors: David A. Drew, PhD
Evan Sang
University of California, Los Angeles
Statistics, Computational and Systems Biology
Class of 2026
Mentor: Long Nguyen, MD, MS
Oluchi Ukairo
UMass Amherst
Psychology, Pre-Med
Class of 2024
Mentors: Maria Agustina Battistone, PhD
Isabelle Ward
Boston University
Health Science
Class of 2024
Mentor: Jacob Lemieux, MD, DPhil
Andrew Zhang
Tufts University
Bachelor of Science
Class of 2026
Mentor: Russell Goodman, MD, DPhil
Sayali Bhalerao
UMass Amherst
Biology
Class of 2026
Mentors: Anne Neilan, MD, MPH, and Kenneth A. Freedberg, MD, MSc
Eren Gulbas
UMass Amherst
Applied Mathematics and Biology
Class of 2024
Mentors: Caitlin Dugdale, MD, and Emily Hyle, MD, MSc
Haeun "Grace" Lee
Williams College
Biology
Class of 2024
Mentors: April Jorge, MD
Jian Li
Upstate Medical University
Doctor of Medicine
Class of 2026
COVID Corps 2021 Cohort Participant
Mentor: Giselle K. Perez, PhD, and Stephen Bartels, MD, MS
Yohana Otto
Brandeis University
Biology and Neuroscience
Class of 2025
Mentor: Virah Shah, MD, PhD, and Jay Rajagopal, MD
An "Chau An" Tran
Tufts University
Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry
Class of 2024
Mentor: Laura Petrillo, MD
Haoyang "Kurt" Wang
Tufts University
Biochemistry
Class of 2024
Mentor: Murat Bastepe, MD, PhD
Yilun "Lilo" Wu
Yale University
Master of Biostatistics
Class of 2024
COVID Corps 2022 Cohort Participant
Mentor: Andrew Chan, MD, MPH
Cindy Zhang
Tufts University
Community Health (B.A.)
Class of 2024
Mentor: Lisa Bebell, MD, and Mark Siedner, MD, MPH
Meet Our 2023 Mentors
Laura Petrillo, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Palliative Care Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital
Program Leadership
Mackenzie Clift
Project Coordinator, Disparities Solutions Center, MGH