PROFILES OF CURRENT GROUP MEMBERS

Dr. Cassano is serving on committees of 2 PhD students

PAST GROUP MEMBERS

Post-doctoral researchers and Staff members
Bonnie Patchen, R.D., Ph.D. [Cornell ‘22]
Lindsay Burwell, Ph.D.
Kjersti Danielsen, M.D./Ph.D.
Kristin Guertin, Ph.D. [Cornell '05, Cornell '13]
Kathyrn Ritchie, D.D.S./Ph.D. [B.S., Cornell '08]
Monica Bertoia, M.P.H., Ph.D. [B.S. Cornell '04]

Ph.D. Students
Bonnie Patchen, R.D., Ph.D., ’22, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
Jiayi Xu, Ph.D., ’19, Research Associate, Yale University, New Haven, CT
Katie C. Hootman, Ph.D., ’15, Director, Nutrition and Metabolic Research Core, CTSC Weill Cornell Medicine, NY, NY
Wenbo Tang, Ph.D., '13; Senior Principal Statistician, Boehringer Ingleheim, Danbury CT
Joyanna G Hansen, Ph.D., '13; Sr. Medical Science Liaison, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., Portland, OR
Kristin Guertin, Ph.D., '13; Asst. Prof. Of Public Health Sciences, University of Connecticut, UConn Health, Farmington, CT
Brian Reardon, Ph.D. '11; Scientific Curator, La Jolla Institute for Immunology, La Jolla, CA
Anne Agler, Ph.D. '11; through 8/‘24 was Director, Adult Nutrition Research, Abbott, Columbus OH
Susan Wernimont, Ph.D. '11, R.D.N.; Director, Research and Innovation, Hill’s Pet Nutrition, Lawrence, KS
Amy Bentley, Ph.D. '10; Staff Scientist, National Human Genome Research Institute
Farbod Raiszadeh , Ph.D. '07; Cardiologist, NYC Health + Hospitals, NY, NY
Unhee Lim , Ph.D. '02; Professor (Researcher), Population Sciences in the Pacific Program (Cancer Epidemiology), University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center, Honolulu HI

Masters Students
Alexander Vonderschmidt, R.D.N., M.S. ‘21
Eun Ah Song, M.S. ’19; Ph.D. student Tufts University, Boston MA
Xuan-Mai Nguyen, M.S. '08 (also Cornell Ph.D. '10); MD, UCLA; VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston MA
Livia Navon, M.S. '01; Cancer Epidemiology Field Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Chicago IL

Undergraduate Students
Katheryn Bass, ’22, currently medical school 
Samantha Rettig, ’18, M.D.
Jared Feldman ’16, D.O.
Alexandra Munson '12, M.P.H.
Alex Gileta, '12,  Ph.D.
John LaBarre, '12,  B.S./R.N.
Rachael Grant ' 11; P.A.
Ellen Smith '10;  Ph.D.
Jessica Brownell '08; Ph.D.
Priya Malhotra '08;  Ph.D.
Allison Gordon '07, D.D.S.
Parastu Emrani '06, M.D.
Kristen Pellingra '06, M.P.H.
Kathyrn Ritchie '05, D.D.S./Ph.D.
Paul Nielsen '05, M.D.
Melissa Wei '04, M.D./M.P.H.
Ellen Katch '04, M.D.
Jennifer Elges '03
Rachel Rubin '02, M.D.