Meet the Investigator Pamphlet 2 - Harvard Medical School

Dan Finley, PhD
Chinfei Chen, MD PhD
David Hafler, MD
Sangeeta Bhatia, MD PhD
Christine Seidman, MD PhD
Tom Kirchhausen, PhD
David Pellman, MD
David Altshuler, MD PhD
2008 Discussion Series
Meet the Investigator
The Harvard MD PhD Meet the Investigator series was started in response
to students’ desires to engage in candid conversations with medical
scientists about the broad range of joys and challenges in their careers. The
seminars serve as a space to discuss our invited speakers’ personal stories
of how their science is done. The seminars are sponsored by the Harvard
MD PhD Program and its first year students.

Meet the Investigator
All MD PhD students are welcome to join, but space is limited.
Sangeeta Bhatia MD PhD
Thursday | 18 September 2008 | 12:30 PM | Folin Wu Room
Dr. Bhatia is an Associate Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as well as a Howard Hughes
Medical Institute Investigator. Her work focuses on using micro- and nanotechnology tools to repair damaged
tissues.
David Hafler MD
Thursday | 2 October 2008 | 12:30 PM | Folin Wu Room
Dr. Hafler is the Breakstone Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School. His laboratory studies the basic
understanding of human autoimmune and infectious diseases.
Chinfei Chen MD PhD & Dan Finley PhD
Thursday | 23 October 2008 | 12:30 PM | Folin Wu Room
Dr. Chen is Assitant Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School, and studies neurological disorders that
result from aberrant synaptic connections. Dr. Finley is Professor of Cell Biology at Harvard Medical School, and
studies the ubiquitin-protease system. Dr. Finley and Dr. Chen are married, and will lead the session together.
David Pellman MD
Thursday | 30 October 2008 | 12:30 PM | Folin Wu Room
Dr. Pellman is Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and a Ted Williams Senior Investigator
at Dana Farber Cancer Institute. His laboratory uses a combination of genetics, biochemistry and live-cell imaging
to study cell division and the maintenance of genome stability.
David Altshuler MD PhD
Friday | 14 November 2008 | 12:30 PM | Folin Wu Room
Dr. Altshuler is Assistant Professor of Molecular Genetics at Harvard Medical School and a founding member of
the Broad Institute. His lab focuses on genetic causes of common diseases.
Christine Seidman MD PhD
Thursday | 20 November 2008 | 12:30 PM | Folin Wu Room
Dr. Seidman is Professor of Medicine and Genetics at Harvard Medical School and an Investigator at the Howard
Hughes Medical Institute. She studies the genetics of human disease, focusing on genes that increase
cardiovascular disease risk.
Tom Kirchhausen PhD
Thursday | 11 December 2008 | 12:30 PM | Location TBD
Dr. Kirchhausen is Professor of Cell Biology at Harvard Medical School. His work focuses on the processes that
mediate and regulate the movement of membrane proteins throughout cells.
The Folin Wu Room is on the first floor of Building C on the Harvard Medical School Quadrangle.