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Current Lab Members

Principal Investigators

Jeffrey N Bruce, MD
- Vice Chairman of Academic Affairs
- Edgar M. Housepian Professor of Neurological Surgery Research
- Co-Director, Brain Tumor Center
Peter D Canoll, MD, PhD
- Director of Neuropathology
- Professor of Pathology & Cell Biology

Laboratory Staff

Nelson Humala, MBA
- Laboratory Manager
- nelson
- nh2560@cumc.columbia.edu
Misha Amini
- Staff Associate
- ma4557@cumc.columbia.edu
Julia Furnari, BS
- Tumor Bank Technician
- jf3394@cumc.columbia.edu
Aayushi Mahajan, MS
- Staff Associate
- am4518@cumc.columbia.edu
Clara Stucke
- Tumor Bank Technician
- cs4265@cumc.columbia.edu

Associate Research Scientists

Athanassios Dovas, PhD
- Associate Research Scientist
- ad3106@cumc.columbia.edu
Liang Lei, PhD
- Associate Research Scientist
- ll2239@cumc.columbia.edu
Angeliki Mela, PhD
- Associate Research Scientist
- am2904@cumc.columbia.edu
Alexandre Sosunov, MD, PhD
- Associate Research Scientist
- aas190@cumc.columbia.edu

Residents and Fellows

Yu Sun, MD
- Neuropathology Fellow
- ys3271@cumc.columbia.edu
Nathan J. Winans, MD
- Neurosurgery Resident
- njw2130@cumc.columbia.edu

Graduate Students

Abby Brand, BASc, MS, MPhil
- PhD Student
- ab5435@cumc.columbia.edu
Nkechime Ifediora, BS
- PhD Student
- ni2251@cumc.columbia.edu
Brianna Pereira, BA
- MD/PhD Student
- bp2401@cumc.columbia.edu
Ashwin Viswanathan, BA
- MD/PhD Student
- av2984@cumc.columbia.edu

Medical Students

Nadine Khoury
- Medical Student
- nmk2156@cumc.columbia.edu
Nathaniel Rofle
- Medical Student
- nwr2109@cumc.columbia.edu
Wisdom (Elom) Yevudza, BA
- Medical Student
- wdy2102@cumc.columbia.edu

Undergraduate Students

Cady Chen
- Undergraduate Student
- cc4920@cumc.columbia.edu