Formation, makeup, and membership of the MRP

The School will form a research trainee (student/postdoc)-led panel to: (1) serve as a sounding board for students or postdocs with concerns about mistreatment; (2) recommend or pursue appropriate steps or actions to resolve the conflict or situation; and (3) assist in school-wide education about this topic.

Members of the panel will be elected by their peers annually and will receive MRP orientation and training at the beginning of the 1-yr term. The Ombudsperson will administer the training. For continuity, terms will be staggered so that no more than one-half the trainee membership turns over every 6 months.

In addition to faculty advisors, the MRP will comprise two subgroups: a group of representative postdocs and a group of representative graduate students. The following representatives will convene bimonthly.

Faculty Advisors: 

• Basil Hanss
  • Senior Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Career Development
• George Huntley
  • Ombuds officer for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows
• Guy Montgomery
  • Faculty representative, Office of Postdoctoral Affairs
• Scott Russo
  • Faculty Advisor

Graduate Students:

• Evan Bardot (co-chair)
  • PhD in BMS – Developmental and Regenerative Biology evan.bardot@icahn.mssm.edu
• Malika Garg (co-chair)
  • PhD in Clinical Research malika.garg@icahn.mssm.edu
• Olivia Torre
  • PhD Student olivia.torre@icahn.mssm.edu
• Alicia Quay
  • MPH Program Alicia.Quay@icahn.mssm.edu
• Daniel Ilg
  • MA, Genetic Counseling Program daniel.ilg@icahn.mssm.edu

Postdoctoral Fellows:

• Maria José Rosa (co-chair)
  • Environmental Medicine and Public Health maria.rosa@mssm.edu
• Aleksandra Wroblewska (co-chair)
  • Genetics and Genomic Sciences aleksandra.wroblewska@mssm.edu
• Letizia Amadori
  • Genetics and Genomics Sciences letizia.amadori@mssm.edu
• Richard O’Connor
  • Neuroscience Richard.oconnor@mssm.edu