Meet the McGraw Lab Team

Chris McGraw MD, PhD

Assistant Professor, started Sept 2024

• BA, Rice University 2004
• PhD, Baylor College of Medicine, Developmental Biology (Huda Zoghbi) 2012
• MD, Baylor College of Medicine 2014
• Residency, Adult Neurology, UCSF 2014-2018
• Fellowship, Epilepsy, Mass General Hospital & Boston Childrens Hospital (Ann Poduri), 2018-2020
• Instructor, Harvard Medical School 2020-2024

Marisha Dhakal

Data Analyst Associate, started Dec 2024

• MS Computer Science, Florida International University 2023

• BSc, Computer Engineering, Tribhuvan University 2020

Yimeng Zhao

Research Tech, 2024

• BS, Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) 2022

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Ricky Avalos

NUIN Rotation Student, 4/2025

• BA Neuroscience, Notre Dame, 2024

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Guoqi Zhang MD

Research Tech, 2020 - 2025
Role: Now in Xin Tang Lab (BCH)

Muhammed Cagri Bayraktutan MD

Research Fellow (MGH, BCH), 2025
Role: Now a Research Fellow at Translational Genomic Medicine Core, Rosamund Stone Zander Translational Neuroscience Center (BCH)

Zoe Gardner BA

Research Tech, 2023 - 2024
Role: Went to MD/PhD Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Lauren Licursi BA

Research Tech, 2023 - 2024
Role: Went to industry, Tevard Biosciences, Boston

Cristina Baker BA

Research Tech, 2021-2023
Role: Went to grad school, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Trondheim)

Nivedita Jha MBBS

Clinical research Fellow (MGH), 2021-2022
Role: Went to Neurology Residency 2022