#  Our Students 

 



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##  Students in the News 

 



  [### Making Important Contributions To Understanding Rett Syndrome, Autism

 ](/news/2026/06/making-important-contributions-understanding-rett-syndrome-autism) June 01, 2026 

 PhD graduate Devorah Kranz brings to research the creativity and holistic thinking she developed growing up in a Hasidic Jewish community. READ MORE. 

 

 

   ![Woman standing in front of a column and smiling.](/sites/g/files/omnuum3501/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-06/848%20Devorah%20Kranz.jpg?itok=RIEkJ_-p) 

 



 

 

   [### First rule of a disease fighter: Be curious

 ](/news/2026/05/first-rule-disease-fighter-be-curious) May 22, 2026 

 Ph.D. candidate Isaac Witte retraces ‘incremental advances’ that unlocked CRISPR technique. READ MORE. 

 

 

   ![Man in lab coat sitting on stool and smiling](/sites/g/files/omnuum3501/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-05/041626_CommProfileIsaacWitte_081-copy.jpeg?itok=ozDH-HkE) 

 



 

 

   [### How Music Moves the Brain

 ](/news/2026/05/how-music-moves-brain) May 18, 2026 

 Christine Junhui Liu graduated from the Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences in November 2025 with a PhD in speech and hearing bioscience and technology. She discusses her early passion for the viola, how curiosity about music... 

 

 

   ![colorful confocal microscope image of neurons](/sites/g/files/omnuum3501/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-05/confocal%20microscope%20image2-liu.jpeg?itok=tfY67JQr) 

 



 

 

   [### Persistence Brought This First-Generation Student to a Career in Neuroscience

 ](/news/2026/05/persistence-brought-first-generation-student-career-neuroscience) May 18, 2026 

 PhD graduate Dionnet Bhatti Mazo explores how our brain interprets the world. READ MORE. 

 

 

   ![portrait of man with dark hair and mustache smiling](/sites/g/files/omnuum3501/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-05/Dionnet%20Bhatti%20Mazo%20portrait%20copy.jpg?itok=oAkCKMgv) 

 



 

 

   [### Stopping Cervical Cancer Before It Starts

 ](/news/2026/05/stopping-cervical-cancer-it-starts) May 12, 2026 

 A researcher focused on developing therapeutic vaccines for the human papillomavirus (HPV), Alton Gayton will graduate from the Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences in May 2026 with a PhD in virology. He discusses his pioneering... 

 

 

   ![male scientist doing lab work at a bench](/sites/g/files/omnuum3501/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-05/202605_GaytonA_CR_001.png?itok=E_9iIylV) 

 



 

 

   [### Changing the World, One Vaccine at a Time

 ](/news/2026/05/changing-world-one-vaccine-time) May 01, 2026 

 From machine learning to clinical care, graduating MD-PhD student Anusha Nathan tackles infectious disease. READ MORE. 

 

 

   ![Female Scientist using a pipette](/sites/g/files/omnuum3501/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-05/848%20anusha%20nathan.jpg?itok=eiKzWgE5) 

 



 

 

  

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