Lab Team | Shalev Lab

Primary Investigator

Daniel Shalev , M.D.

Assistant Professor of Medicine and of Medicine-in-Psychiatry

Research Focus:

Improving care for individuals with serious medical illnesses and concurrent mental health needs.

M.D. Weill Cornell Medical College
B.A. Harvard University

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Lab Members

Emily Bivano-Maldonado

Research Assistant - Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine

Research Focus:

Palliative Care, Communication, Multi-Modal Communication, Trauma informed care

Queens College, Music Performance and Chemistry, Tchaikovsky Scholar

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Rose Carlson , M.D., Ph.D.

T32 Postdoctoral Fellow & Clinical Instructor in Medicine, Division of Geriatrics & Palliative Medicine

Research Focus:

Research centered on adapting palliative care for individuals with substance use disorders. She currently focuses on palliative care for alcohol-associated liver disease.

Fellowship, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, Hospice & Palliative Medicine & Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry | Residency, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Psychiatry | M.D. Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons Ph.D. University of California Davis | B.A. Cornell University

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Maureen Ekwebelem , B.S., M.S.

Research Assistant - Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine

M.S. Fordham University, Data Science
B.S. Cornell University, Human Development

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Jeffers Guthrie

Medical Student at Weill Cornell Medical College

M.D. Candidate at Weill Cornell Medical College
B.A. Princeton University, History

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Alexander Jordan , B.S., M.D.

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

M.D. Tufts University School of Medicine
B.A. Fordham University

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Simona Lysakova

Medical Student at University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine

D.O. Candidate, University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine
B.A. in Human Biology, Hunter College (City University of New York)

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Molly Nowels , Ph.D.

T32 Postdoctoral Fellow

Research Focus:

Substance use, mental health, and palliative care for older adults

Ph.D. Rutgers School of Public Health, Health Systems & Policy | M.S. Colorado School of Public Health Biostatistics | M.A. University of Connecticut, Developmental Psychology | B.A. California Lutheran University, Psychology

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Catherine Samaniego

Medical Student at New York Medical College

M.D. Candidate, New York Medical College
B.S. University of Michigan, Biopsychology, Cognition and Neuroscience

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Alumni

Sanam Bhatia, M.D.
Current Position: Psychiatry Resident, Yale School of Medicine

Daphne Buitron, B.S.
Current Position: Researcher, Division of Geriatrics & Palliative Medicine, Riffin Lab, Weill Cornell Medicine

Isabella Hastings, B.S.
Current Position: Researcher, Division of Geriatrics & Palliative Medicine, Center on Aging, Weill Cornell Medicine

Catherine Lowenthal, M.D.
Current Position: Psychiatry Resident, Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Pritika Paramasivam, B.S., M.D. Candidate
Current Position: Medical Student, University of Texas Medical Branch

Mia Pattillo, M.D.
Current Position: Psychiatry Resident, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

Karolina Sadowska, B.S., M.D.
Current Position: Psychiatry Resident, Duke University Hospital