Biswas Fellows
Launched in 2025 by the MIT Health and Life Sciences Collaborative (MIT HEALS), the Biswas Postdoctoral Fellowship program provides four years of salary support to exceptional early-career postdoctoral researchers at MIT. By supporting cutting-edge research in the health and life sciences, the program aims to transform healthcare and improve the lives of millions worldwide.
Cohort 1
Tom Dillon
Research Project: Ultrasound-guided augmented reality for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Repair (TAVR)
Department: Institute for Medical Engineering and Science
Janaina Macedo da Silva
Research Project: Implementing EGFR-based therapy in glioblastoma: Omics mapping of tumors treated with the novel tyrosine kinase inhibitor CM93 using the INSIGHT platform
Department: Department of Biological Engineering
Adiya Rakymzhan
Research Project: Wearable technologies to enable real-time monitoring and modulation of brain arousal state
Department: Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Rachel Silverstein
Research Project: Transcription-aware genome language models for the discovery of novel RNA-guided enzymatic activities
Department: Department of Biology
Constantine Tzouanas
Research Project: Decoding and designing the signaling language of human cells and tissues
Department: Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Cohort 2
Lauren Bird
Project title: Defining the Cellular Basis of Pathogen Tolerance in Ticks
Department: Department of Biology
Evan Groover
Project title: Decoding Endosperm Epigenomics to Engineer Quantitative Traits in Seed Crops
Department: Department of Biology, Whitehead Institute
Kelly Hiersche
Project title: Improving Aphasia Outcomes by Upregulating the Language System During the Window of Post-Stroke Increased Plasticity
Department: Brains and Cognitive Science (BCS), McGovern Institute
Tai Le
Research Project: A Closed-Loop Nasal Interface for Ambulatory Respiratory and Autonomic Modulation
Department: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), Computer Science and AI Laboratory (CSAIL)
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