Students and Alumni of the Youth Neurology Education & Research Program
During the summers of 2020 and 2021, the MGH Youth Neurology Education and Research Program employed 60 brilliant and talented student interns from across the Greater Boston Area and Massachusetts in paid, mentored research. The students identified as 74% female or non-binary, 74% Black, Latinx, or Indigenous, 34% immigrant, and 72% first-generation students, representing communities disproportionately affected by neurologic disease and underrepresented in the neurology workforce. These undergraduate and high school students engage in collaborative teams across numerous neurology labs spanning basic, translational, clinical, and health services research across neurologic conditions.
Our students develop their critical thinking abilities while exploring complex scientific questions and work towards novel discoveries in the field of Neurology. At the conclusion of the program, filled with literature reviews, data analyses and teamwork, students share their research findings with the broader scientific community through professional presentations. We look forward to supporting them in their future accomplishments and witnessing their contributions to healthcare and Neurology.
2020 Youth Neurology Education & Research Participants worked remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic2021 Students
2021 Undergraduate Students
Angel Wanjiku Muthemba
Mentor:Dr. Andrea Harriott
Aya ElHassan
Mentor: Dr. Lidia Moura
Balwant-Amrit Virk Singh
Mentor: Dr. Amanda Guidon
Briana Maldonado Granados
Mentor: Dr. Ann-Marie Wills
Diara Canton
Mentor: Dr. Shibani Mukerji
Gina O'Brien
Mentor: Dr. Florian Eichler
Hridhi Islam
Mentor: Dr. Craig Blackstone
Jazzmine Sanderson
Mentor: Dr. Isabel Arrillaga-Romany
Marc-Kendy Paul
Mentor: Dr. Brian Edlow
Mariya Emille Inocentes
Mentor: Dr. Sabrina Paganoni
Matthew Freire Freitas
Mentor: Dr. Ghazaleh Sadri Vakili
Nildaliz Enamorado-Rodriguez
Mentor: Dr. Marcello Matiello
Taif Al Halabi
Mentor: Dr. Taylor Kimberly
Tatiana Vasquez
Mentor: Dr. Eric Klawiter
Victoria Derosla
Mentor: Dr. Yakeel Quiroz
2021 High School Students
Ahado Ali
Mentor:Dr. Shibani Mukerji
Arthur De Los Santos
Mentor: Dr. Marcello Matiello
Asia Eleanor Adams-Lemar
Mentor: Dr. Andrea Harriott
Chindara DeTillio-Eam
Mentor: Dr. Florian Eichler
Elias Omar Carrillo Pineda
Mentor: Dr. Taylor Kimberly
Hafcha Khanam
Mentor: Dr. Isabel Arrillaga-Romany
Ibta Chowdhury
Mentor: Dr. Amanda Guidon
Jenifer Chavez Reyes
Mentor: Dr. Ann-Marie Wills
Mariasusana Garcia
Mentor: Dr. Ghazaleh Sadri Vakili
Nawal Jemil Ibrahim
Mentor: Dr. Yakeel Quiroz
Nayeli Senayda Garmendia
Mentor: Dr. Brian Edlow
Rafael Silva Ferreira
Mentor: Dr. Eric Klawiter
Sarah Kathryn Oliveira Condelli
Mentor: Dr. Lidia Moura
Selena Davis
Mentor:Dr. Sabrina Paganoni
Sharina Castillo
Mentor: Dr. Craig Blackstone
2020 Students
Undergraduate Students
Amy Ly
Mentor: Dr. Shibani Mukerji
Plans for 2020-2021 Academic Year: Junior at Tufts University
Alisha Shrestha
Mentor: Dr. Ghazaleh Sadri-Vakili
Plans for 2020-2021 Academic Year: Junior at Suffolk University
Alivin Morales-Giron
Mentor: Dr. Isabel Arrillaga-Romany
Plans for 2020-2021 Academic Year: Sophomore at Dartmouth College
Daniel Joseph Jr.
Mentor: Dr. Marcello Matiello
Plans for 2020-2021 Academic Year: Junior at Rochester Institute of Technology
Daniela Brea-Baez
Mentor: Dr. Lidia Moura
Plans for 2020-2021 Academic Year: Senior at University of Massachusetts Amherst
Janiel Lewis
Mentor: Dr. Altaf Saadi
Plans for 2020-2021 Academic Year: Junior at Worcester State University
Juan Antonia Brea-Baez
Mentor: Dr. Yakeel Quiroz
Plans for 2020-2021 Academic Year: Sophomore at Salem State University
Juleen Lewis
Mentor: Dr. Andrea Harriott
Plans for 2020-2021 Academic Year: Senior at University of Texas at Arlington
Luqman Shariff
Mentor: Dr. Ghazaleh Sadri-Vakili
Plans for 2020-2021 Academic Year: Senior at University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Mariana Quintero-Tapasco
Mentor: Dr. Eric Klawiter
Plans for the 2020-2021 Academic Year: Senior at Boston College
Patrick Adolphus
Mentor: Denitza Raitcheva
Plans for the 2020-2021 Academic Year: Junior at Harvard College
Mentor: Dr. Florian Eichler
Plans for 2020-2021 Academic Year: First semester in the M.S. of Medical Sciences program at the Boston University School of Medicine.
High School Students
Adrianna Fusco
Mentor: Dr. Yakeel Quiroz
Plans for 2020-2021 Academic Year: Senior at Revere High School
Alisa Regassa
Mentor: Dr. Yakeel Quiroz
Plans for 2020-2021 Academic Year: Freshman at Harvard College
Aliyah Rodriguez
Mentor: Dr. Shibani Mukerji
Plans for 2020-2021 Academic Year: Senior at Community Charter School of Cambridge
Angel Lugo
Mentor: Dr. Eric Klawiter
Plans for 2020-2021 Academic Year: Freshman at University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Carlos Mendoza
Mentor: Dr. Lidia Moura
Plans for 2020-2021 Academic Year: Senior at East Boston High School
Cynthia Hydes
Mentor: Dr. Marcello Matiello
Plans for 2020-2021 Academic Year: Freshman at Florida Institute of Technology
Dania Hallak
Mentor: Dr. Altaf Saadi
Plans for 2020-2021 Academic Year: Freshman at Amherst College
Emily Santos
Mentor: Dr. Altaf Saadi
Plans for 2020-2021 Academic Year: Senior at St. Mary’s High School
Frehiwot Tachebele
Mentor: Dr. Eric Klawiter
Plans for 2020-2021 Academic Year: Senior at Chelsea High School
Mentor: Dr. Lidia Moura
Plans for 2020-2021 Academic Year: Freshman at Boston University
Jason Acosta
Mentor: Dr. Ghazaleh Sadri-Vakili
Plans for 2020-2021 Academic Year: Freshman at Dartmouth College
Jenipher Silva
Mentor: Dr. Florian Eichler
Plans for 2020-2021 Academic Year: Senior at Revere High School
Jessica Feng
Mentor: Dr. Marcello Matiello
Plans for 2020-2021 Academic Year: Senior at Revere High School
Mahmoud Hallak
Mentor: Dr. Isabel Arrillaga-Romany
Plans for 2020-2021 Academic Year: Senior at Revere High School
Mariana Crisanto
Mentor: Dr. Andrea Harriott
Plans for 2020-2021 Academic Year: Freshman at Mount Holyoke College
Maya Jean Mary
Mentor: Dr. Florian Eichler
Plans for 2020-2021 Academic Year: Freshman at Howard University
Salma Hazimeh
Mentor: Dr. Isabel Arrillaga-Romany
Plans for 2020-2021 Academic Year: Freshman at Cornell University
Sarah Reyes
Mentor: Dr. Shibani Mukerji
Plans for 2020-2021 Academic Year: Senior at Revere High School
Stefania Yee
Mentor: Dr. Andrea Harriott
Plans for 2020-2021 Academic Year: Senior at New Mission High School
We look forward to working with you in 2021!
Our free-of-cost interactive video career chats with leading neurologists and neuroscientists will continue over the winter. Details about paid summer internships will be available in the spring.