by Brett Brackett | Jan 31, 2026
David Zhang, MD, MS is a clinician researcher investigating common and rare genetic risk factors for understanding disease risk and resiliency in patients with pulmonary fibrosis. He is an assistant professor at Columbia University Medical Center and a clinic provider...
by Brett Brackett | Jan 31, 2026
Dailey Nettles, PhD, is a postdoctoral scholar studying ultra-rare neurodevelopmental disorders at the Medical University of South Carolina in the lab of Stefano Berto, PhD. As an electrophysiologist, she investigates the functional roles of CHAMP1 and IL1RAPL2 genes...
by Brett Brackett | Jan 31, 2026
Melissa DeLeeuw, PhD, is a neuroscientist from Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), Department of Neurology, in Nashville, TN. Her research focuses on the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying SLC6A1-related developmental epileptic encephalopathies...
by Brett Brackett | Jan 31, 2026
Sunanjay Bajaj is a neurology resident at UTHealth Houston and an aspiring physician-scientist whose work bridges developmental neuroscience with translational applications for rare disease. Born and raised in Kathmandu, Nepal, he was first introduced to the...
by Brett Brackett | Jan 31, 2026
Dr. Jeronimo Lukin was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is a Postdoctoral Fellow in Silvia De Rubeis’ lab at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, where he investigates the molecular and circuit mechanisms underlying autism spectrum disorder, with a focus on...
