The Genetics Society of America (GSA) is excited to announce the latest cohort of student, postdoc, and early-career research leaders joining the Early Career Leadership Program. 

Participants receive training and mentoring while serving on committees charged with understanding the needs, interests, concerns, and challenges of early career scientist members of the GSA. As part of this leadership and professional development program, appointees develop programming and resources to advocate for the interests of the GSA, highlight important advancements originating within the genetics community, and build relationships with scientists in all sectors of the workforce. Learn more about the program and current participants here.

Accessibility

Blessing Erinwusi, member
Graduate Student, Centre for Genomic Research in Biomedicine

Brian Kirz, member
Graduate student, University of Rochester
Preferred pronouns: he/him/his

Johanna Rhodes, member
Postdoc, Radboud University Medical Centre

Samuel Isife, member
Graduate student, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Preferred pronouns: he/him/his

Sanjana Sundararajan, co-chair
Postdoc, National Institutes of Health
Preferred pronouns: she/her/hers

Yu-Ying Phoebe Hseh, member
Postdoc, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Preferred pronouns: she/her/hers

Career Development Subcommittee

Blessing Olabosoye, member
Graduate student, Iowa State University

Fiona Nelima Mumoki, member
Postdoc, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Preferred pronouns: she/her/hers

Ling Loh, member
Graduate student, George Washington University
Preferred pronouns: she/her/hers

Olufemi Osonowo, member
Graduate student, Dalhousie University
Preferred pronouns: he/him/his

Pablo Augusto de Souza Fonseca, co-chair
Postdoc, Universidad de Leon
Preferred pronouns: he/him/his

Sara McPherson, member
Graduate student, Queen’s University

Communications & Outreach

Camille Bédard, member
Graduate student, Université Laval

Hector Mendoza, member
Postdoc, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Preferred pronouns: he/him/his

Lauren Dineen, member
Postdoc, University of North Carolina, Charlotte
Preferred pronouns: she/her/hers

Mohab Helmy, member
Postdoc, University of Cambridge

Sumitra Tatapudy, co-chair
Postdoc, University of Washington
Preferred pronouns: she/her/hers

Zoé Gillespie, member
Postdoc, University of Toronto

Community & Membership

Anvita Kulshrestha, co-chair
Graduate student, Duke University

Ikele Chinyere Mary-Cynthia, member
Graduate student, Osaka University, Japan
Preferred pronouns: she/her/hers

Edward Pietryk, member
Graduate student, Baylor College of Medicine
Preferred pronouns: he/him/his

Haoran Cai, member
Graduate student, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mahmoud Izadi, member
Graduate student, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar
Preferred pronouns: he/him/his

Rebecca Arnold, member
Graduate student, Institute of Science and Technology, Austria
Preferred pronouns: she/her/hers

Multimedia

Alex McElwee-Adame, co-chair
Graduate Student, San Diego State University

Debraj Manna, member
Graduate student, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
Preferred pronouns: he/him/his

Faye Romero, member
Graduate student, University of Rochester
Preferred pronouns: she/her/hers

Jevithen Nehru, member
Graduate student, University of Toronto

Kazeem Alayande, member
Postdoc, North-West University, South Africa
Preferred pronouns: he/him/his

Laetitia Chauve, member
Postdoc, Trinity College Dublin
Preferred pronouns: she/her/hers

Policy & Advocacy

Bahaar Chawla, member
Graduate student, University of Michigan
Preferred pronouns: she/her/hers

Maddelyn Harden, co-chair
Graduate Student, University of Southern California
Preferred pronouns: she/her/hers

Montana Kay Lara, member
Postdoc, University of California, San Diego
Preferred pronouns: she/her/hers

Oluwabukola Mary Farodoye, member
Graduate student, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Rosty Brichko, member
Graduate student, University of California, Irvine

Ujani Hazra, member
Graduate student, Georgia Institute of Technology
Preferred pronouns: she/her/hers

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