COVID Corps Biomedical Research Internship Program:
2022 Cohort
2022 Cohort Summary
We are pleased to announce our 2022 cohort of the MGH COVID Corps Biomedical Research Internship Program. We have selected 15 exceptional interns from a pool of 76 applications. 100% of our cohort are from groups historically underrepresented in biomedical science, with an average graduate and undergraduate GPA of 3.68.
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8 are cisgender women, and 2 are genderqueer, non-binary, questioning or unsure.
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4 are Black or African American, 2 are Hispanic or Latinx, and 10 are Asian or Asian American.
Meet Our 2022 Cohort
Elizabeth Abe
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
DO Candidate
Class of 2024
Mentors: Jehan Alladina, MD, and Benjamin Medoff, MD

Sebastian Cota
Boston College
Applied Psychology and Human Development
Class of 2024
Mentor: Altaf Saadi, MD, MSc

Kenechukwu "Kenny" Egbuonu
MIT
Biology
Class of 2021
Mentors: Caitlin Dugdale, MD, and Emily Hyle, MD, MSc

Ramla Hagi
UMass Boston
Biology and Political Science
Class of 2022
Mentor: Zachary Wallace, MD, MSc

Meghna Iyer
Northeastern University
Health Science
Class of 2022
Mentor: Stephen Bartels, MD, MS

Shilei "Lisa" Li
Smith College
Biochemistry
Class of 2024
Mentors: Lauren Breithaupt, PhD, and Randy Gollub, PhD, MD

Leonardo Nguyen
Boston College
Neuroscience
Class of 2024
Mentor: Aswita Tan-McGrory, MBA, MSPH

Taylor Chiang
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
MD Candidate
Class of 2024
Mentors: Karen Sepucha, PhD, Lauren Leavitt, MA

Vicki Do
Tufts University
Biology and Philosophy
Class of 2023
Mentors: Kenneth Shelton, MD, and Jonathan Ludmir, MD

Christina Exilhomme
Northeastern University
American Sign Language
Class of 2024
Mentor: John Hsu, MD, MBA, MSCE

Buuthien Hang
UMass Amherst
Computer Engineering
Class of 2024
Mentors: Zachary Wallance, MD, MSc

Jian Li
Columbia University Mailman Public Health
Public Health
Class of 2022
Mentor: Alice Ho, MD, MBA

Adna Mohamed
Williams College
Political Economy
Class of 2022
Mentor: Peggy Lai, MD, MPH

Won Shin
Pacific Lutheran University
Biology
Class of 2021
Mentor: Mathey Tobey, MD, MPH

Meet Our 2022 Mentors
Lipeng Ning, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, MGH, Harvard Medical School

Program Leadership
Mackenzie Clift
Project Coordinator, Disparities Solutions Center, MGH
