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Principal Investigator

Mark W. Feinberg, MD

Director, Program in Cardiovascular RNA Biology
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Associate Program Director, BWH Cardiology Fellowship Training Program

Dr. Mark W. Feinberg is a Cardiologist and vascular biologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) and an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Feinberg is Director, Program in Cardiovascular RNA Biology that investigates mechanisms leading to the development of a range of macrovascular (e.g. atherosclerosis and coronary and peripheral artery disease) and microvascular disease (e.g. diabetic wound healing). His group has elucidated the functional role of non-coding RNAs (microRNAs and lncRNAs) in endothelial cells and has translated these findings into novel therapeutic approaches for ischemic cardiovascular disease states. Dr. Feinberg has held various leadership roles in cardiovascular research including his service on national peer review study sections, editorial service, and as a Co-Chair of the Brigham Research Institute’s Cardiovascular, Diabetes, and Metabolic Disorders Center. Dr. Feinberg completed his Cardiovascular Medicine fellowship training at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, where he subsequently joined the faculty. He serves as Associate Program Director of the BWH Cardiology Fellowship training program. Dr. Feinberg is a member of the American Society of Clinical Investigation and has received several major research awards including an AHA Louis N. and Arnold M. Katz Prize Finalist and the David W. Haack Memorial Award.

Postdoctoral Research Fellows

Emre Bektik, PhD
Amit Chandra, PhD
Jingshu Chen, PhD
Vinay Randhawa, PhD
Anurag Jamaiyar, PhD
Michael McCoy, PhD
Shruti Rawal, PhD
Madhur Sachan, PhD
Grasiele Sausen, PhD
AKM Khyrul Wara, PhD

Graduate/Medical Students

Carmel Assa
Adam Berger
Sam Eley

Recent Alumni
David Gross, MD, PhD (Postdoctoral Research Fellow)
Stefan Haemmig, PhD (Postdoctoral Research Fellow)
Basak Icli, PhD (Instructor)
Daniel Perez-Cremades, PhD (Postdoctoral Research Fellow)
Viorel Simion, PhD  (Postdoctoral Research Fellow)
Xilan (Karen) Yang, MD (Postdoctoral Research Fellow)
Henry Cheng, PhD (Postdoctoral Research Fellow)
Jacob Pierce (MD Student)
Haoyang Zhou, MD, PhD (MD/PhD Student)
Ivana Hollanova, MD (Visiting Professor)
Lei Chen (Postdoctoral Research Fellow)
Haifeng Chen (MD/PhD Student)
Yu Zhang (PhD Student)
Shaolin He (MD/PhD Student)
Fang Fang (MD/PhD Student)
Wenhui Peng (Postdoctoral Research Fellow)
Danny Wong (MD Student)
Chun (Melody) Wu (MD/PhD Student)
Denizhan Ozdemir (MD/PhD Student)
Yihuan Deng (MD/PhD Student)
Dafeng Yang (MD/PhD Student)
Shijia (Scarlett) Wang (MD/PhD Student)
Winona Wu (MD Student)
Hao Li (MD/PhD Student)
Jibin Lin (MD/PhD Student)
Xinghui Sun (Instructor)
Nathan Belkin (MD Student)
Dakota Becker-Greene (Research Assistant)
Meghan Cahill (Research Assistant)
Rulin Zhuang (MD/PhD Student)
Summer Students

Jennifer Lyman
Alan Sit
Monique Tulley
Tristan Swatts
Daniel Freeman
Seyma Avci
Amelia Joyce
Merve Kurt
Shanelle Mendes
Mishayla Mitchell
Ceren Oyku Aydogan
Michael Dean

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