The Agnel Sfeir Lab

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Agnel Sfeir, PhD

PaineWebber Chair in Cancer Genetics

• The Sfeir Lab investigates pathways that ensure genome fidelity and plasticity.
• PhD, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Texas (2006)
• Post-Doc, The Rockefeller University, New York (2011)

Members

Mike Al Kareh, MSc

Research Assistant

• MSc, American University of Beirut (2015)

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Ron Baik

BCMB Student

• BSc, Andrews University (2013)

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David Billing, MD, PhD

Radiation Oncology Fellow

• MD, Columbia University (2019)
• PhD, Columbia University (2018)

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Alessandra Brambati, PhD

Post-Doc

• PhD, University of Pavia (2015)

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Emily DeBitetto

BCMB Student

• B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2021)

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Bill Diplas, MD, PhD

Radiation Oncology Fellow

• PhD, Duke University School of Medicine (2018)
• MD, Duke University School of Medicine (2019)

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Tamar Kavlashvili, Ph.D.

Research Fellow, 2023–PRESENT

• Ph.D. - Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN (2022)

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Megan E. Kelley, Ph.D.

Research Fellow, 2024–PRESENT

• Ph.D. - The Rockefeller University, New York, NY (2023)

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Toby Lieber, PhD

Senior Research Scientist

• Post-Doc, The Rockefeller University (1995)
• PhD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine (1987)

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Cara Monaco

SKI Lead Admin

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212-639-3929

Office Phone

212-717-3738

Office Fax

Madison Rex

Tri-Institutional MD-PhD Student

• B.S. University of Texas - Austin, Texas - 2020

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Monica Selvaraj

BCMB Student

• B.S., University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2020

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212-638-7418

Lab Phone

Hina Shah

BCMB Student

• B.S., Cornell University (2019)

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Mingxuan (Anthony) Wei

Visiting Master's Student

• B.S., University of California, Davis (2020)

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Raymond Barry

MSTP Student

• BSc, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (2014)

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Jessica Das

Student

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Yi Fu, MSc

Research Fellow

• MSc New York University (2015)

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Neelang Parghi, MS

Research Technician

• MS, New York University (2018)

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Sarina Porcella, PhD

Post-Doc

• PhD, New York University (2021)

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Olivia Sacco

Research Technician

• BS, New York University (2021)

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Michael Smith, PhD

Post-Doc

• PhD, Columbia University Medical Center, NY (2018)

Marco Tigano, PhD

Visiting Investigator

• PhD University of Parma (2012)

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Samuel Tremblay-Belzile, PhD

Post-Doc

• PhD, University of Montreal, Quebec, Canada (2018)

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Lab Alumni

Achievements

• Damon Runyon-Rachleff Innovator Award
• Human Frontier Science Program Young Investigator Award
• V-Foundation Scholar
• Pew-Stewart Scholar for Cancer Research
• NIH Director’s New Innovator Award

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