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Neurobiology Research Internships
Overview
If you have a curiosity about the nervous system, please consider pursuing it at Boston Children's Hospital. We continuously seek to invigorate our research programs with new perspectives.
We are pleased to highlight a partnership between the F.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center and Bunker Hill Community College's Learn & Earn program. Through this partnership, BHCC students conduct summer research in neuroscience labs while earning course credit and wages.
Prior research experience is not required.
Contact information is at the bottom of this page.
Program Details
The Research Internship is a semester-long experience that pairs BHCC students with labs of Boston Children's Hospital. Each intern experiences how scientific questions are posed and pursued, whether those questions concern the nervous system's basic workings, diseases, or treatments. Interns have opportunities to make discoveries, hone skills, and gain colleagues. The internship has three main components:
RESEARCH PROJECT
Research is the primary focus of the program. Interns gain experience in the steps that lead from posing a scientific question to communicating the findings, whether the approach is experimental, computational, or theoretical.
Interns are immersed in their host labs, where they interact with the principal investigator and lab members. We encourage each lab to designate a mentor who provides day-to-day guidance and helps to ensure a meaningful research experience. Interns present their research in a poster session at the conclusion of the semester.
BOOT CAMP
Interns are oriented with a series of modules concerning neuroscience, laboratory skills, and practicalities like biosafety. This boot camp lasts about a week. It is operated by members of our research community.
WORKSHOPS
Customized, periodic workshops foster the scientific and professional development of our interns. Among the topics covered are science communication, critical reading of the scientific literature, and career development. Workshops are led by members of our research community.
BCH Neurobiology labs and their research interests may be found in the web pages of the F.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center and the Rosamund Stone Zander and Hansjoerg Wyss Translational Neuroscience Center. We are interconnected with communities that include Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, and the Division of Sleep Medicine of Harvard Medical School. Thus, interns have opportunities to connect with the wider research community.
The Team
Leadership
Michael Do
Founder and Director
Jordan Bessette
Coordinator
With gratitude to those who helped launch and shape the program: Elizabeth Engle, Kristin Driscoll, Michela Fagiolini, Judith Steen, and Paola Matos-Ruiz
Administration
Karen Caballero
Amy Weinberg
Interns and Labs
Fall 2021: Kendra Morrison, Do lab; Ivan Feliciano, Poduri lab; Jawahir Noor, Sahin lab; Carla Dos Santos, Stevens lab; and Jason Saturno, Steen Lab
Spring 2022: Anna Kwon, Engle lab; Timothy Cha, Geleoc lab; Iman Cherif, Kreiman lab; John Colangeli, Rotenberg lab; and Nitara Vishwanath, Do lab
Summer 2022: Adrianna Bethea, Lehtinen Lab; Tiffany Gosheff, Rotenberg Lab; Nevalee Hawkins, IDDRC Physiology and Behavior Core; Drew Nelson, Woolf Lab; Isabel Rodriguez, Umemori Lab; Melissa Roe, Lipton Lab; and Zahraa Salloum, X. He Lab
Summer 2023: Abrielleliah Caze, IDDRC Physiology and Behavior Core; Cesar Orellana Aguilar, Rotenberg Lab; Courtney Chimamaka Obiajulu, Lehtinen Lab; Dagmawi Haile, Engle Lab; Jenna Russo, Poduri Lab; Jessica Schneider, Woolf Lab; and Nicee Roger Zoyem, Sahin Lab
Summer 2024: Karen Alvarado, Rotenberg Lab; William (Liam) Barter, Fagiolini Lab; Edgar Garcia, Neurodevelopmental Behavioral Core; Angelina Kekhia, Lehtinen Lab; Jesus Rosario, Lipton Lab; Dakota (Kody) Shatto-Rivali, Woolf Lab; and Annie Yuan, Rao Lab
Summer 2025: Raymond Chai, Lehtinen Lab;
Madelene Etienne, Ferguson Lab; Lovepreet Gill, Farrell Lab; Sarah Pitan, Woolf Lab; Ellis Simorangkir, Steen Lab; Fan Yang, Osterweil Lab; and Olivia Zelenkovas, Umemori Lab
Curriculum Directors
Fall, 2021: Yvanka de Soysa, Martine Therrien
Spring 2022: Alicia Walker, Sarah Murphy, Tina Yang
Summer, 2022: Jill Falk, Sindhuja Gowrisankaran, Angelica D'Amore
Summer, 2023: Jill Falk, Sindhuja Gowrisankaran, Angelica D'Amore
Summer, 2024: Angelica D'Amore,
Sindhuja Gowrisankaran
Summer, 2025: Sindhuja Gowrisankaran, Alan Consorti
The original curriculum was developed by Yvanka de Soysa, Martine Therrien, Alicia Walker, and Sarah Murphy
Lab Mentors
Fall 2021 and Spring 2022: Nickesha Anderson, Mustafa Hameed, Franklin Caval-Holme, Yvanka de Soysa, Kyle Higgins, Mark LaCoursiere, Arthur Lee, Philippe Morquette, Volha Shubina-Aleinik, Patric van Zalm, and Alicia Walker.
Summer 2022: Dario Figueroa Velez, Mustafa Hameed, Nate Hodgson, Patricia Awad, Sara Hakim, Mariel Seiglie, Erin Johnson-Venkatesh, Ilaria Barone, and Danilo Predes.
Summer 2023: Angelica D'Amore, Rasheen Powell, Nate Hodgson, Mustafa Hameed, Alexandra Hochstetler, Dharmendra Puri, Christopher LaCoursiere, Catherine Salussolia, Henry H.C. Lee, and Anastassiya Kokhanova.
Summer 2024: Eboni Arnold, Hannah Blume, Alan Consorti, Murillo Duarte Silva, Nate Hodgson, Henry H.C. Lee, Jill Jones, and Dan Taub
Summer 2025: Joel Christie, Chloe DiScipio, Kelvin De Leon, Kathleen Esfahany, Keunjung Heo, Georg Jocher, Jill Jones, Beatriz Maio, and Ricardo Silva
Teaching Volunteers
Fall 2021 and Spring 2022: Lauren Ayers, Yvanka de Soysa, Angelica D'Amore, Sara Hakim, Aakanksha Jain, Erin Johnson-Venkatesh, Audrey Kim, Tomasz Kula, Yisi Lu, Sarah Murphy, Veselina Petrova, Tammy Ray, Israel Robinson, Sandeep Satapathy, Erin Schoenbeck, Poppy Sephton-Clark, Alicia Walker, Dosh Whye, and Tina Yang.
Summer 2022: Aditya Gautham, Israel Robinson, Carl Nist-Lund, Hannah Blume, Ilaria Barone, Selwyn Jayakar, Rasheen Powell, Whitney Gibbs, Erin Johnson-Venkatesh, Isabel Haviland, Caitlin Green, Angelica D'Amore, and Leeyup Chung.
Summer 2023: Jill Falk, Lauren Miner, Katrin Wenger, Rasheen Powell, Tomasz Kula, Tiffany Berry, Huixin Xu, Takuma Sonoda, Hannah Blume, Isabel Haviland, Erin Johnson-Venkatesh, and Tobias Henke.
Summer 2024: Kellen Winden, Pamela Podell, Rose Glass, Jiyoon Lee, Alan Consorti, Gabriela Carrillo, Takuma Sonoda, Tracy Yang, Nicolai Pena, Ivan Jara-Marquez, and Carl Nist-Lund.
Summer 2025: Laura Alvarez, Liam Barter, Justin Bucalo, Alan Consorti, Ada Glynn, Erin Johnson-Venkatesh, Takuma Sonoda, Eddy Lee, Jiyoon Lee, Nic Pena, Victoria Amstrup Vold, Dosh Whye, Sophia Weinbar, and Tracy Yang
Contacts
BHCC Students
Please contact your institution's Learn & Earn representative for more information about our program.
Non-BHCC Students
Please reach out to labs that interest you. They may have internships of their own to offer. If you come, let us know so we can try to involve you in program events (contact Jordan Bessette).
BCH Neurobiology Members
We welcome your involvement and any feedback you may have on how to improve the program further. Please contact Jordan Bessette.
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