Lab Alumni

Parikh Research Lab Alumni

Year Name / Accomplishmets Lab Role Current role
2021-2023 Temitayo Idowu   Head, Precision Nephrology-3 at Bayer Germany
2021-2023 Brenda Mendoza Flores Research Technician II Medical Student at Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
2020 Nathan Raines, M.D.
Mentoring role: research advisor. Project to elucidate mechanisms pertaining to NAD+ in human cohorts with AKI and CKD.
Accomplishments: Recipient of Benjamin Lipps Award in 2021. Recipient of Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Physician Scientist Fellowship in 2021. Manuscripts in Kidney360, KI Reports, Am J Kid Dis, and Metabolites.		 Postdoctoral fellow,
Harvard Medical School		 Instructor in Medicine,
Harvard Medical School
2020-
2023		 Huihui “Vivian” Huang, Ph.D.
Mentoring Role: research advisor.
Accomplishments: Project to elucidate mechanisms and impact of mitochondrial DNA damage in the stressed kidney		 Postdoctoral fellow,
Harvard Medical School		 Fellow in Medicine,
Harvard Medical School
2020 Pierre Postel-Vinay
Mentoring Role: research advisor. Project to identify and characterize modulators of NAD+ homeostasis in the kidney tubule.
Accomplishments: Recipient of internship training award from French Ministry		 Postdoctoral fellow,
Harvard Medical School		 Fellow in Medicine,
Harvard Medical School
2019-2020 Veronica Miguel Herranz, Ph.D.
Mentoring Role: research advisor. Project to identify novel metabolic and cellular effectors downstream of NAD+.
Accomplishments: Recipient of IMFAHE international research fellowship stipend.		 Fellow in Medicine,
Harvard Medical School		 Fellow in Medicine,
Harvard Medical School
2019-2020 Kelsey Sack, M.D., Ph.D.
Mentoring Role: research advisor. Project to study the contribution of Tie2-dependent autophagy to the regulation of endothelial thrombotic potential.
Accomplishments: Selected to present BIDMC Medical Grand Rounds, June 2020		 Fellow in Medicine,
Harvard Medical School

Fellow in Medicine,
Harvard Medical School
2018 Erin Ciampa, M.D., Ph.D.
Mentoring Role: research advisor. Project to study role of mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative stress in the pathogenesis of pre-term labor.
Accomplishments: Recipient of Society of Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology Award in 2019. Recipient of Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research Career Development Award 2022; first author manuscript in eLife		 Instructor in Anesthesia (HMS) Instructor in Anesthesia,
Harvard Medical School
2018 Alec Schmaier, M.D., Ph.D.
Mentoring Role: research advisor. Projects to study role of endothelium in thrombotic and related complications associated with aged blood vessels.
Accomplishments: Recipient of career development grant from Hemostasis and Thrombosis Research Society; recipient of LaDue Fellowship in Cardiology for physician-investigator career development; and recipient of North American Thrombosis Forum Award; K08 award in 2022. First author manuscript in J Clin Invest 2023		 Postdoctoral fellow,
Harvard Medical School		 Instructor in Medicine,
Harvard Medical School
2017 Andrew Allegretti, M.D.
Mentoring Role: research advisor.
Accomplishments: first-author manuscript in Hepatology 2018. Recipient of career development awards from AASLD and AHA. K23 award in 2021		 Instructor in Medicine (HMS) Assistant Professor of Medicine,
Harvard Medical School
2016-2018 Matthew Lynch, M.D.
Mentoring Role: research advisor.
Accomplishments: first-author manuscript in Am J Physiol; first-author manuscript in JCI Insight.		 Postdoctoral fellow,
Harvard Medical School		 Assistant Professor of Medicine, Brown University Warren Alpert School of Medicine
2016-2017 Noemie Simon-Tillaux, M.D.
Mentoring Role: research advisor.
Accomplishments: manuscript in Nature Medicine 2018, first author of book chapter.		 Medical Resident Faculty Assistance Publique Hospitaux de Paris
2015-2019 Ali Poyan Mehr, M.D.
Mentoring Role: research advisor.
Accomplishments: first-author manuscript in Nature Medicine 2018, recipient of career development award (Carl Gottschalk Award) from American Society of Nephrology in 2018. Recipient of R01 (NHLBI) in 2019.		 Instructor in Medicine,
Harvard Medical School

Director of Clinical Trials, Kaiser-Permanente San Francisco Medical Center
2015-2016 Vinod Raman, M.D.
Mentoring Role: research advisor.
Accomplishments: author of manuscript in JCI Insight 2019.		 Postdoctoral fellow,
Harvard Medical School		 Adjunct faculty, Emory University
2015-2017 Kenneth Ralto, M.D.
Mentoring Role: research advisor.
Accomplishments: first-author manuscript in Nature Medicine 2018, JCI Insight 2019.		 Postdoctoral fellow,
Harvard Medical School		 Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Massachusetts
2014-2016 Erika Drury, M.D.
Mentoring Role: research advisor.
Accomplishments: first-author manuscript in Nephron 2018. Appointment to Faculty of Medicine at University of Rochester in 2019		 Medical Resident and Fellow in Medicine,
Harvard Medical School 		 Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Rochester
2015-2016 Ramin Rokhzan, M.D.
Mentoring Role: research advisor.
Accomplishments: first-author manuscript in Lab Invest 2019		 Medical Student,
University of Hanover		 Physician, Charite Hospital, Berlin
2014-2018 Sarah Higgins, Ph.D.
Mentoring Role: research advisor.
Accomplishments: first-author manuscript in J Clin Invest 2018, recipient of post-doctoral fellowship award from American Heart Association 16POST31200017		 Postdoctoral fellow,
Harvard Medical School		 Research Scientist, Vertex Pharmaceuticals
2014-2015 Jon Hunter, B.S.
Mentoring Role: research advisor.
Accomplishments: manuscripts in PLoS One 2015 and PNAS 2016		 Research Assistant Associate Scientist, Biogen
2012-2013 Anthony Berghelli, D.O.
Mentoring Role: research advisor.
Accomplishments: manuscripts in Crit Care Med 2015 and PNAS 2015		 Research Assistant Internal Medicine at Kent Hospital, affiliate of Brown University
2010-2015 Manish Maski, M.D.
Mentoring Role: research advisor.
Accomplishments: manuscript in PLoS One 2016		 Postdoctoral fellow,
Harvard Medical School		 Global Director for Genetic Nephrology Diseases, Sanofi-Genzyme
2010-2012 Sajid Shahul, MBBS
Mentoring Role: research advisor.
Accomplishments: recipient of Hedley-Whyte grant from Beth Israel Deaconess Department of Anesthesia		 Instructor in Medicine,
Harvard Medical School		 Professor of Anesthesia and Critical Care, University of Chicago
2010-2012 Ajay Kher, MBBS
Mentoring Role: research advisor.
Accomplishment: author of Nature 2016 manuscript		 Postdoctoral fellow (HMS) Founder and Director, Vishwasth HealthCare
2009-2022 Mei Tran, B.S.
Mentoring Role: research advisor.
Accomplishments: first-author manuscripts in J Clin Invest 2011, Nature 2016, Nature Medicine 2018, and JCI Insight 2019. Two-time recipient of Chayet scholarship.		 Research Assistant Senior Research Associate, Beth Israel Deaconess
2009-2016 Chandra Ghosh, Ph.D.
Mentoring Role: research advisor.
Accomplishments: multiple first-author manuscripts, including first-author PNAS publications. AHA grant recipient, faculty appointment at Harvard Medical School		 Postdoctoral fellow,
Harvard Medical School 		 Scientist, Roger Williams University Medical center
2009-2011 Amit Bardia, MBBS
Mentoring Role: research advisor.
Accomplishments: first-author manuscript in J Clin Invest 2011.		 Research Assistant, Anesthesiology Resident and Fellow in Medicine,
Harvard Medical School		 Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Yale School of Medicine
2009-2011 Sascha David, M.D.
Mentoring Role: research advisor.
Accomplishments: multiple first-author manuscripts, secured independent funding		 Postdoctoral fellow,
Harvard Medical School		 Professor of Medicine, Director Institute of Intensive Care Medicine, University of Zurich
2007-2009 Denise Tam, M.D.

Mentoring role: research advisor.
Accomplishments:  first author manuscript in J Clin Invest 2011		 Fellow in Medicine,
Harvard Medical School 		 Affiliate faculty of University of Toronto-Scarborough Hospital