HSE PhD Students

First class of PhD in Health Sciences Engineering

We are thrilled to welcome the inaugural class of our Health Systems Engineering (HSE) Ph.D. program:

Priti Balchandani, Ph.D.

Lucille Brown

University of Virginia

Biomedical Engineering, BS

Deepak Vashishth, Ph.D.

Shuangzhe Lin

University of Pennsylvania

Biotechnology, MS

University of Michigan

Biochemistry, BS

Zahi Fayad, Ph.D.

Kaylan Pan

Columbia University

Biomedical Engineering, MS

Barnard College

Neuroscience & Behavior, BS

Jonathan S. Dordick, Ph.D.

Gauri Saxena

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Biological Neuroscience, BS

2026 Class – Health Sciences Engineering PhD

We are thrilled to welcome the next class of our Health Systems Engineering (HSE) Ph.D. program:

Priti Balchandani, Ph.D.

Ines Drissi Qeytoni

University of Rochester

Biomedical Engineering, BS (Cell and Tissue Engineering) 

Deepak Vashishth, Ph.D.

Alexis Diaz

Johns Hopkins University

Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, MS

Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, BS

Zahi Fayad, Ph.D.

Adam Friedman

McGill University

Computer Science, BS

Jonathan S. Dordick, Ph.D.

Hannah Goldberg

Tufts University

Biomedical Engineering, BS

Priti Balchandani, Ph.D.

Tal Malka

Ichan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Biomedical Data Science and AI, MS

The New School

Psychology, MS

Open Univeristy of Isreal

Philosophy, BS 

Deepak Vashishth, Ph.D.

Jiayi (Elaine) Liu

University of California Berkley

Chemical Biology, BS