People

People

This page documents the people connected through mentorship, shared research, and teaching—not a formal laboratory roster. It includes current trainees, alumni, collaborators, and educational work across computational neuroscience, biomedical data science, scientific software, neuroHIV, and translational brain health.

Current Trainees
Aparna Bhattacharyya, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow · Johns Hopkins Neurology

Focus: Contributes to translational brain health, data science, and biomarker-focused analyses.

K Ridgeway, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow · Johns Hopkins Neurology

Focus: Works across computational phenotyping, neuroHIV, and translational data science projects.

Hannah Moore PhD Candidate · Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology

Focus: Contributes to interdisciplinary biomedical research at the interface of pathology, neuroscience, and quantitative methods.

Avey Ye Undergraduate · Biomedical Engineering

Focus: Contributes to biomedical engineering, software, and data science projects.

Alumni
Cynthia Lo Former trainee · AI Resident in Biomedical Imaging, Microsoft Research

Focus: Former trainee working at the intersection of biomedical imaging, AI, and translational data science.

Eran Shorer Neurology Resident · Mount Sinai

Focus: Former trainee whose work connected clinical neurology with translational brain health research.

Jonathan Ye Master's advisee · Technical Solutions Engineer at Epic

Focus: Former master's advisee whose work connected computational and translational research workflows.

Rahul Srinivasaragavan Former trainee · Master's student in Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Focus: Former trainee pursuing graduate training in biostatistics and quantitative biomedical research.

Collaborators
Leah Rubin Collaborator · Johns Hopkins

Focus: Collaborates on NeuroHIV, cognitive phenotyping, cohort science, and translational brain health.

Yanxun Xu Collaborator; Co-director, Data Science and Mathematical Modeling Core · Johns Hopkins University

Focus: Collaborates on statistical modeling, biomedical data science, and Brain Health Program infrastructure.

Rebecca Veenhuis Collaborator; Co-director, Biomarker Core · Johns Hopkins

Focus: Collaborates on biomarkers, neuroimmunology, and JH-CAHN translational infrastructure.

Alba Azola Collaborator · Johns Hopkins

Focus: Collaborates on Long COVID, rehabilitation, clinical phenotyping, and translational brain health.

David Vance Collaborator · University of Alabama at Birmingham

Focus: Collaborates on cognitive aging, HIV, and neuropsychological outcomes.

Scott Letendre Collaborator · University of California San Diego

Focus: Collaborates on NeuroHIV, clinical cohorts, and neurological outcomes.

Ron Ellis Collaborator · University of California San Diego

Focus: Collaborates on NeuroHIV, neurology, and cohort-based brain health research.

Beau Ances Collaborator · Washington University in St. Louis

Focus: Collaborates on neuroimaging, cognitive decline, and translational neuroscience.

Kathleen Weber Collaborator · Rush University

Focus: Collaborates on MWCCS/MACS-WIHS cohort science, HIV, aging, and women's health.

Audrey French Collaborator · Rush University

Focus: Collaborates on MWCCS/MACS-WIHS, sleep analytics, HIV, and cognitive outcomes.

Teaching & Mentorship

SOUL: Hands-on Matlab App Development for Biomedical Applications

Undergraduate teaching connecting biomedical applications, app development, and scientific programming.

Programming, modeling, biomechanics, and biomedical engineering labs

Teaching foundation across computation, experimental design, and engineering practice.