ZDMS Early Career Investigator (ECI) Committee
The purpose of the ECI committee is to have early-career ZDMS researchers drive the events catered to their growth and to give them a voice and representation in the greater ZDMS community. The ECI committee is comprised of graduate students, postdocs, and junior faculty. There are at-large members + junior RIG leaders.
Responsibilities:
Organize Early Career Investigator Events for the annual ZDMS meeting, such as selecting the topics for the career development sessions, inviting the participants, and planning ECI social event.
Help organize and offer insight on mentoring sessions at annual meeting and throughout the year.
Contribute content and ideas for a quarterly newsletter, website, and social media pages, such as comments on exciting new papers, outstanding seminars at scientific conferences, and other interesting events in zebrafish research.
Provide input for and assistance in the development of RIG webinars and workshops in coordination with RIG leaders.
ECI Junior RIG leaders
Aging
Maximilian Breuer, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, University Potsdam, Germany
Maximilian.Breuer.1@uni-potsdam.de
Cancer
Miranda Hunter, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA
hunterm@mskcc.org
GI & Metabolism Diseases
Lesha Pretorius, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
19058098@sun.ac.za
Hematologic Disorders
Brandon Gheller, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Boston Children’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School, USA
Brandon.gheller@childrens.harvard.edu
Infection & Immunity
Tracey Ollewagen, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
19687052@sun.ac.za
Neural Disorders
Deepika Dogra, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Calgary, Canada
deepika.dogra@ucalgary.ca
Muscle and Cardiac Disease
Jared Talbot, Ph.D.
Junior Faculty, The University of Maine, USA
jared.talbot@maine.edu
Skeletal System Disease
Zoe Irons
Graduate Student, University of Oregon, USA
zirons@uoregon.edu
Beth Bearce
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Oregon, USA
bearceea@uoregon.edu
Toxicology
Morgan Walcheck, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Medical School/Boston Children’s Hospital, USA
Morgan.Walcheck@childrens.harvard.edu
ECI At-large Members
Kaushik Chowdhury
PhD Student, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
kaushik@ibms.sinica.edu.tw
Chaunte Lewis, DVM
PhD Student, Michigan State University, USA
lewisc45@msu.edu
Sureni H. Sumathipala, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, North Carolina State University, USA
phsumath@ncsu.edu
Wade Sugden, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Medical School/Boston Children’s Hospital, USA
wade.sugden@childrens.harvard.edu
Sam Wattrus, Ph.D.
Junior Fellow/Principal Investigator, Massachusetts General Hospital, USA
swattrus@mgh.harvard.edu
Nicole M. Anderson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, University of Mississippi Medical Center, USA
nanderson1@umc.edu
Harini Iyer, PH.D.
Assistant Professor, Rice University, USA
iyer@rice.edu
Uzoamaka Nwagbo
University of Utah, USA
u.nwagbo@utah.edu
Yunlu Zhu, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, USA
yunlu.zhu@nyulangone.org
Shipra Bhatia, PH.D.
Research Fellow, MRC Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, UK
shipra.bhatia@ed.ac.uk