Danielle Marcone received her Bachelor of Science in Biology from Quinnipiac University in Hamden, CT. She is pursuing a Master of Science in Public Health Microbiology and Emerging Infectious Diseases at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University. She previously worked at Western Connecticut State University studying tick-borne disease intervention methods and surveillance.
Madison Galerston is an Undergraduate Research Assistant at the ARAC. She is a fourth-year student completing a BS in Biology with a concentration in Cell and Molecular Biology with minors in Psychology and Public Health. She has previously worked as a learning assistant for Genetics classes and is interested in pathology and immunology.
Elaine Fekadu is an undergraduate research assistant at the ARAC. She is a third student currently pursuing a BS in Management Information Systems and Business Analytics. She has previous experience in analytics and has an interest in antibiotic resistance in relation to data science and management.
Edward Sung is a developing bioinformatician, providing bioinformatic support for the ARAC lab by designing and integrating the latest software tools and pipelines for genomic discovery and analysis by utilizing high performance computing, along with expanding laboratory automation using Hamilton Robotics. He received his BS in biotechnology with an emphasis on microbiology and bioinformatics from the University of California, Davis in 2016, as well as a Data Science certificate from Springboard in 2022. He is currently taking classes at GWU, with plans to pursue a higher degree to further contribute to the fight against antibiotic resistance.
Morganne Halpin is an Undergraduate Research Assistant at the ARAC. She is a fourth-year student completing her BS in Biology with a concentration in Cell and Molecular Biology with a minor in Psychology. She has previously done research in genetic mapping of fruit fly sperm, and is interested in antibiotic resistance in bacterial and fungal pathogens.
Lauren Schneider is an undergraduate research assistant at the ARAC. She is a second year student currently pursuing a BS in Public Health and a minor in Chemistry. She has previously worked at UCSF Parkinson's research lab and is interested in antibiotic resistance in fungal pathogens.
Heather Deaton-Carsel serves as a Communications Advisor to ARAC. Before officially joining the team in January of 2022, Heather worked as an intern for ARAC. In addition to advising on our overall communication strategy, Heather manages our social media platforms and creates content for ARAC. Her work brought us our beautiful new superbugsarenotfunny.com site, monthly newsletters, blogs and eye-catching videos. Heather loves interacting with our network, so feel free to say hi or send potential content and ideas her way! heathermorgan@gwu.edu
Heather earned her Masters in Public Health from George Washington University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Anthropology from the University of California at Davis. She has a background in photography, graphic design, and social media management.
Annie is an MPH student in Epidemiology at the Milken Institute School of Public Health. She has experience interning in Congress, at the Office of National Drug Control Policy, and as Co-President of GlobeMed at GWU. At ARAC, Annie will be focusing on a project related to urgent care antibiotic stewardship quality improvement.
