Principal Investigator
Eugene Semenov, MD, MA, FAAD
Yevgeniy (“Eugene”) R. Semenov, MD, MA is a board-certified dermatologist and Assistant Professor in Dermatology at Harvard Medical School with extensive experience in clinical informatics, health economics, and public health research. His research interests include epidemiology of melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer with an emphasis on improving outcomes and treatment selection for patients with advanced disease.
Collaborators
Mia DeSimone, MD, MPH
Mia is currently an associate pathologist in the Division of Dermatopathology of the Department of Pathology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) and instructor in pathology at Harvard Medical School. She completed residency in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology at BWH, where she also served as chief resident, and fellowship in dermatopathology at Mass General Brigham.
Nicholas Theodosakis, MD, PhD
I am an attending dermatologist interested in disorders of pigmentation and in racial and ethnic differences in skin disease. In addition to seeing patients with pigmentary disorders, I am also actively involved in a number of basic scientific and clinical research projects related to dyschromia and basic melanocyte biology
Nicole R. LeBoeuf, MD, MPH
Vice Chair, Department of Dermatology, Dana-Farber Brigham Cancer Center
Division Chief of Oncodermatology, Dana-Farber Brigham Cancer Center
Director, Center for Cutaneous Oncology, Dana-Farber Brigham Cancer Center
Director, The Program in Skin Toxicities from Anticancer Therapies
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School
Guihong Wan, PhD
I am working as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Semenov Lab of Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, starting from Sep 2021. Prior to that, I received my PhD degree from University of Texas at Dallas in Computer Science in Aug 2021.
Alexander Gusev, PhD
Associate Professor, Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Associate Professor, Medicine, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Hossein Estiri, PhD
Associate Professor, Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Shawn G. Kwatra, MD
Associate Professor of Dermatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Director, Johns Hopkins Itch Center
Gyorgy Marko-Varga
Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Lund University
Professor, Clinical Protein Science and Imaging, Lund University
Kun-Hsing Yu, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School
Genevive Boland, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Section Head, Melanoma/Sarcoma Surgery, Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital
Surgical Director, Termeer Center for Targeted Therapies, Cancer Center, Massachusetts General Hospital
Director, Therapeutic Intralesional Program, Cancer Center, Massachusetts General Hospital
Zoltan Maliga, PhD
Scientific Director of Tissue Imaging, Laboratory of Systems Pharmacology
Clarence Yapp, DPhil
Director of Microscopy and Computer Vision at the Laboratory of Systems Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School
Peter Sorger, PhD
Otto Krayer Professor of Systems Pharmacology, Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School
Head of Program, Harvard Program in Therapeutic Science, Harvard Medical School
Founding Director, Laboratory of Systems Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School
Sandro Santagata, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Pathology, Harvard Medical School
Neuropathologist, Pathology, Brigham And Women's Hospital
Ajit Johnson Nirmal, PhD
Principal Investigator, Department of Dermatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Director of Next Generation Tissue Analysis and Imaging Core
Bill Lotter, PhD
Assistant Professor, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School
Németh István, PhD
Department of Dermatology and Allergology, University of Szeged
David Liu, MD, MPH, MS
Assistant Professor, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School
Tuulia Vallius, MD, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, Laboratory of Systems Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School
Christine G. Lian, MD
Associate Professor, Pathology, Harvard Medical School
Associate Dermatopathologist, Pathology, Brigham And Women's Hospital
George F. Murphy, MD
Professor, Pathology, Harvard Medical School
Director, Pathology, Brigham And Women's Hospital
Roxanne J. Pelletier, MS
Team Members
Christopher Thang, BS
Christopher is a medical student in the BS/MD 3/4 Program at the John Sealy School of Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch with a B.S. in Honors Biomedical Sciences. He has been interested in immunotherapy since starting his research journey at 16 years old. He is currently working with Dr. Semenov in a clinical research fellow betwHis research interests include melanoma, acne, and atopic dermatitis. In his free time, he plays the piano, works out, and explores new places with friends.
Sara Khattab, BS
Sara attended UCLA where she studied neuroscience and French literature. There, she joined a glioblastoma lab where she first discovered her passion for immune therapy research. After graduating in 2020, she began medical school at Boston University. Sara worked clinically with Dr. Semenov through a research year from 2023-2024. She is currently a fourth year medical student. Her hobbies include cooking, baking, and anatomical color pencil drawin
Crystal Chang, BS
Crystal is an MD student at the Kaiser Permanente School and a Master's student in the Stanford Clinical Informatics Management program. She graduated from MIT, where she studied biology. She also studied briefly at the Shanghai Theatre Academy and completed the HMS Media and Medicine storytelling program. Crystal is interested in predictive analytics to better identify patients who would benefit from immunotherapy. More generally, she is interested in equitable AI development and deployment.
Boshen Yan, BS
Boshen is a Master of Biomedical Informatics student at the Harvard Medical School. He graduated from the National University of Singapore, majoring in computational biology and computer science. His research interests include developing methods to combine imaging, genetics, and other modalities for clinical decision support and biomedical knowledge discovery. In his free time, he enjoys rock climbing and cycling and is currently trying to pick up watercolor painting.
Matthew Tran, BS
Matthew received his B.S. in Biology from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and is a medical student at the University of Nevada, Reno. Matthew is taking a gap year to pursue an M.S. in Epidemiology and Clinical Research at Stanford University and learn about Dermatology in the Semenov Lab. His research interests include skin longevity and cosmetics use-related adverse events.
Emma Beagles, BS
Emma is a fourth-year medical student at Harvard Medical School. Her research interests include the epidemiology of melanoma and further advancements in therapy. She is also interested in enhancing equity and access in dermatology. In her free time she enjoys watching standup comedy, exploring coffee shops, and spending time with friends.
Cameron Moseley, BS
Cameron received his B.S. in Wildlife Biology from the University of California, Davis and is currently taking a gap year to apply for medical school and learn dermatology as a part of the Semenov Lab. His research interests include melanoma and immune therapy. During his free time, he enjoys birdwatching, collecting clothing, and tea mixology.
Chuck Lin, BS
Chuck is currently pursuing his master's in biomedical informatics from Harvard Medical School. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from the College of William & Mary. His academic focus encompasses cancer pathology, population health, and the utilization of data science and machine learning for clinical decision-making. Outside of his professional endeavors, Chuck has an interest in reading mystery novels, playing the violin, and engaging in recreational soccer.
Danica McDaniel
Danica McDaniel
Arjun Mahajan, BS
Arjun Mahajan, BS
ALUMNI
Trisha Scharff, MD, MPHS
Dermatology Resident, Washington University School of Medicine
Vartan Pahalyants, MD, MBA
Dermatology Resident, New York University
William Murphy, MD, MBA
Dermatology Resident, Washington University School of Medicine
Pearl Ugwu-Dike, MD
Dermatology Resident, New York University
Neel Raval, MD, MPHS
Dermatology Resident, Washington University School of Medicine
Shannon Wongvibulsin, MD, PhD
Dermatology Resident, Research Track, University of California Los Angeles
Nikolai Klebanov, MD
Dermatology Resident, Harvard Combined Residency Program
Abby Rosenberg, MD, MPHS
Dermatology Resident, Washington University School of Medicine
Christina Herbosa, MD, MPHS
Ob/Gyn Resident, Washington University School of Medicine
Wesley Hodges, MD, MPHS
Clinical Trial Research Fellow, Saint Louis University School of Medicine
Chenyue Lu, MBI
Computer Science PhD student, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Peter Choi, BA
Senior Manager of Strategy, Mass General Brigham
ALUMNI (CONTINUED)
Daebin Im, MD, MPH
Internal Medicine Resident
Mark Kalinich, MD, PhD
Co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer, Watershed Bioinformatics
Kathleen Roster, MDin
Dermatology Resident, Georgetown University
Ahmad Rajeh, MD
Dermatology Resident, Washington University at St. Louis
Hannah Rashdan, MD
Dermatology Resident, Rush University
Bonnie Leung, MD
Dermatology Resident, Baylor College of Medicine
Nga Nguyen, MD, MPH
Radiation Oncology Resident, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist
Elmon (Wenxin) Chen, MBI
Computer Science PhD Candidate, Cornell
Kimberly Tang, MD
Dermatology Resident, Vanderbilt University
Ruple Jairath, MD
Dermatology Resident, Indiana University
Jordan Phillipps, MD
Dermatology Resident, Mayo-Jacksonville
Fiona Wu, MPH
Fiona Wu, MPH
ALUMNI (CONTINUED)
Shijia Zhang, MBI
Biomedical Informatics & Data Science PhD Candidate, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Coleen Valery
Coleen Valery
Alexandra "Nora" Atanasova
Dermatology Resident, University of Washington (Seattle)
Nevada Cox, BS
Nevada Cox, BS
Jenny Seo, BS
Jenny Seo, BS