Current PostBac Researchers

Erin Berube graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a degree in Biomedical Engineering. She works with Dr. Carl Imhauser in the Biomechanics Department, were she studies knee joint stability. Her current research focuses on understanding how knee laxity, bony morphology, and quantitative MRI measurements relate to risk of ACL injury and ACL graft healing. She has also studied the effects of surgical decision making on knee laxity in total knee arthroplasty (TKA).

Mark Bubnovich graduated from Hunter College, CUNY with a degree in Biochemistry. He works with Dr. Ugur Ayturk in the Research Institute, where he studies the bone healing process. His current research focuses on understanding of contribution of Clec3b+ osteoprogenitor cells found in interstitial muscle to fracture healing and heterotopic ossification by doing histology, quantifications, and microCT.

Amalya Charytan is a graduate of New York University. Her research focuses on cellular and molecular mechanisms of Rheumatoid Arthritis and Immune Body Myositis (IBM) in the laboratory of Dr. Laura Donlin.

Swaneet Jha is a graduate of Stony Brook University. He works with Dr. Carl Imhauser in the Biomechanics Department, focusing on developing and validating a TKA-specific patient-reported outcome measure (PROM) to improve patient satisfaction following Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA). He is also involved in a study using a novel knee tester to understand the correlation between objective knee laxity and patient perceptions of instability. Swaneet collaborates closely with Dr. Brian Chalmers, who leads the clinical component of this research.

Mary Huang graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is studying "Inflammation-mediated signal transduction crosstalk between cytokines in monocytes" in the laboratory of Dr. Lionel Ivashkiv.

G. Quentin Melnick-Kelley is a graduate of Binghamton University (SUNY). His research focuses on the cellular and molecular mechanisms of Rheumatoid Arthritis under Dr. Melanie Smith in the laboratory of Dr. Laura Donlin.

Isabella Gomez Hjerthen graduated from Harvard College with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. Her research in Dr. Carl Imhauser’s group focuses on predicting graft failure in ACL reconstruction using quantitative imaging, knee stability, and patient-specific knee modeling.

Aahna Rathod is a graduate of The College of New Jersey. Her research is focused on immune system responses in systemic lupus and the role of the vascular-stromal environment in skin photosensitivity to UV rays in the laboratory of Dr. Theresa Lu.

Devorah Scheinfeld graduated from the Brooklyn College Macaulay program with a degree in Chemistry. She works in Dr. Lionel Ivashkiv’s Lab where she studies cytokine signaling pathways in Rheumatoid Arthritis mouse models. Her current research focuses on elucidating the signaling pathways in IRF1 knockout mice.

Ketsia Seide is a graduate of Hunter College, City University of New York. She is studying “Transcriptional and epigenomic processes that control inflammatory gene expression in macrophages and in vivo” in the laboratory of Dr. Inez Rogatsky.

Will Stein graduated from the University of Pennsylvania. His research in the laboratory of Dr. Inez Rogatsky focuses on the transcriptional and epigenomic control of inflammation, specifically the molecular mechanisms of glucocorticoids and their impact on macrophage function.