Elizabeth Kahn
PhD Candidate
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolElizabeth Kahn is a third-year MD/PhD candidate in Neuroscience at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, studying the epigenetic basis of addiction in the Nestler lab. A 2021 Brown University graduate with an Honors Sc.B. in Neuroscience, she brings over a decade of combined research, clinical volunteerism, and leadership experience across academic labs and community health programs. She founded and led KDSAP@Brown and served as president of Best Buddies, demonstrating a sustained commitment to translating biomedical knowledge into community impact. Her background spans developmental and neuroscience research fellowships from Penn to Mount Sinai, pairing rigorous bench skills with clinical exposure. Colleagues describe her as driven by both curiosity about molecular mechanisms and a practical focus on improving patient outcomes.
11 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Science - Sc.B., Neuroscience, Bachelor of Science - Sc.B., Neuroscience at Brown UniversityHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Friends' Central SchoolMD/PhD, MD/PhD at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Github Skills (9)
pathogen7
genome7
bioinformatics6
infectious-diseases6
genomics6
genome-assembly6
pipeline5
surveillance5
assembly5
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
webste01/scripts
Feb 2015 - Jan 2019
Contributions:42 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 11 months
webste01/CDI_genome_analysis
Nov 2016 - Feb 2019
Contributions:62 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 3 months
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