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Assistant Professor, Principal Investigator

Gita Pathak, PhD

Dr. Pathak is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Genomic Health and the Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.  She has received the K99/R00 from National Institute for Aging, Alzheimer's Association Research Fellowship, Yale Women's Faculty Forum and the Yale ADRC Scholar Award, which have supported the establishment of the GAPsLab. 

  Outside of work, she doodles on her iPad, paints her husband's Warhammer models, plays board games, and hikes on cool mornings.

Bioinformatician

Sanjeev Sariya

Sanjeev (He/Him/His) conducts bioinformatics research employing genetics (DNA) data to identify genomic markers conferring risk and underlying mechanisms of neuropsychiatry and neurodegenerative diseases. Sanjeev has prior experience in various areas on different data types: GWAS analysis in admixed population, 16S rRNA microbiome and MLST analysis in E. coli, K. pneumoniae. Sanjeev did his MS and B.Tech from the US and India respectively.

  In his free time Sanjeev enjoys reading, practicing Iyengar yoga and walking with his dog.

Data Scientist

Ambra Sartori, PhD

Ambra is a statistical geneticist who develops computational tools to analyze large-scale genomic and biomedical data. Her work brings together methods from GWAS, polygenic risk scoring, and machine learning to better understand the genetic basis of complex traits. She earned her PhD in Genomics and Digital Health from the University of Geneva and completed her postdoctoral training at Johns Hopkins University.

  Outside of research, she enjoys cooking and spoiling her one-eyed cat.

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Data Analyst

Afrin Sultana Shaik

Afrin is a data analyst with over 4 years of experience in SQL and Python, currently leveraging R to analyze phenotype data. She is passionate about extracting insights from complex datasets and is skilled in data wrangling, visualization, and statistical modeling. In her personal time, she enjoys spending time with children and actively volunteers in environmental protection efforts

Master's Student

Sharmin Mahmud

Sharmin is a Master’s student in Biomedical Data Science at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Her research interests focus on applying machine learning and data analysis to biomedical and psychiatric data. She is passionate about using computational methods to advance healthcare research and improve patient outcomes.

Psychiatry Resident, Y1

Dona ​Kiriella, MD

Dona is currently a resident at Mount Sinai Morningside/West Psychiatry. She has an interest in understanding how psychiatric condition can contribute to physical health particularly in medical settings. In the lab, she is exploring how PTSD and MDD contribute to CVD.

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