{"id":563,"date":"2015-12-14T15:20:56","date_gmt":"2015-12-14T20:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.grad.uchc.uconn.edu\/?page_id=563"},"modified":"2025-10-17T14:24:37","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T18:24:37","slug":"officers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-school\/current\/gso\/officers\/","title":{"rendered":"Officers and Program Representatives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Please find below a list of the incoming officers for 2025-26 as well as the GSO constitution.<br \/>\nFeel free to email us with your concerns or comments, certainly those pertaining to graduate education policy which we can bring up at Graduate Programs Committee (GPC) meetings. We are interested in getting input regarding the GSO!<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2025\/10\/DSC00304-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2025\/10\/DSC00304-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"443\" height=\"295\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-5444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2025\/10\/DSC00304-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2025\/10\/DSC00304-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2025\/10\/DSC00304-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2025\/10\/DSC00304-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2025\/10\/DSC00304-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2025\/10\/DSC00304-272x182.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 443px) 100vw, 443px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2025\/10\/DSC00311-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2025\/10\/DSC00311-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"442\" height=\"294\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-5445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2025\/10\/DSC00311-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2025\/10\/DSC00311-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2025\/10\/DSC00311-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2025\/10\/DSC00311-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2025\/10\/DSC00311-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2025\/10\/DSC00311-272x182.jpg 272w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2025\/10\/DSC00311-scaled-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 442px) 100vw, 442px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nPictured above: 2025-26 GSO officers and reps (<em>not pictured: Noah Pereira<\/em>)<\/h6>\n<h3>2025-26 GSO Officers<\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"header\"><b>President: <\/b><a href=\"mailto:elahmad@uchc.edu\">Perla El Ahmad<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"header\"><b>Vice President:<\/b> <a href=\"mailto:emcarlson@uchc.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Emma Carlson<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"header\"><b>Treasurer: <\/b><a href=\"mailto:btailor@uchc.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Breeya Sagan<\/a><a href=\"mailto:elamin@uchc.edu\"><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Class\u00a0Representatives<\/h3>\n<p><strong>1st Year Rep:<\/strong> TBD<br \/>\n<strong>2nd Year Rep: <\/strong><a href=\"mailto:bizink@uchc.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sophie Bizink<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>3rd Year Rep:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"mailto:bhattacharya@uchc.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Moumita Bhattacharya<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>4th Year Rep: <\/strong><a href=\"mailto:adak@uchc.edu\">Sanjucta Adak<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>5th Year Rep:<\/strong> <a href=\"mailto:rmukherjee@uchc.edu\">Rudradeep Mukherjee<\/a><a href=\"mailto:jzhou@uchc.edu\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>AoC and Program Representatives<\/h3>\n<p><b>Cell Biology: <\/b><a href=\"mailto:cindli@uchc.edu\">Cindy Li<\/a><br \/>\n<b>Genetics and Developmental Biology:<\/b> <a href=\"mailto:srajendran@uchc.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sakthi Rajendran<\/a><br \/>\n<b>Immunology:<\/b> <a href=\"mailto:eboafo@uchc.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Emmanuel Boafo<\/a><br \/>\n<b>Molecular Biology and Biochemistry: <\/b><a href=\"mailto:abebe@uchc.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Betty Abebe<\/a><br \/>\n<b>Neuroscience: <\/b><a href=\"mailto:galdenzi@uchc.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zelda Galdenzi<\/a><br \/>\n<b>Skeletal Biology and Regeneration: <\/b><a href=\"mailto:stetsiv@uchc.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marta Stetsiv<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Systems Biology<\/strong>: <a href=\"mailto:abdalla@uchc.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maya Abdalla<\/a><br \/>\n<b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Public Health Rep:<\/b> <a href=\"mailto:pprakash@uchc.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Priya Prakash<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Masters in Dental Science Rep:<\/strong> <a href=\"mailto:ozcelik@uchc.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mary Catherine Ozcelik<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Biomedical Engineering Liaison:<\/strong> <a href=\"mailto:npereira@uchc.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Noah Pereira<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>International Student Rep:<\/b> <a href=\"mailto:dbansal@uchc.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Deep Bansal<\/a><b><br \/>\nDEI Committee Rep:<\/b><a href=\"mailto:mmiranda@uchc.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Martina Miranda<\/a><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Committee Chairs<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Academic Chair:<\/strong> <a href=\"mailto:bhattacharya@uchc.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Moumita Bhattacharya<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Social Events Chair: <\/strong><a href=\"mailto:papile@uchc.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lucy Papile<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Social Events Committee<\/strong>: <a href=\"mailto:adak@uchc.edu\">Sanjucta Adak<\/a>, <a href=\"mailto:galdenzi@uchc.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zelda Galdenzi<\/a>, <a href=\"mailto:agore@uchc.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arundhati Gore<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Social Media Chair:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"mailto:fracz@uchc.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zuzanna Fracz<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:santorella@uchc.edu\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2015\/12\/GSOConstitution-31May2016.pdf\"><br \/>\nGSO Constitution <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: xx-small\">rev 8\/25<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please find below a list of the incoming officers for 2025-26 as well as the GSO constitution. Feel free to email us with your concerns or comments, certainly those pertaining to graduate education policy which we can bring up at Graduate Programs Committee (GPC) meetings. We are interested in getting input regarding the GSO! 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