The Yale Center for Clinical Investigation (YCCI) has named its 2026 Scholars—early-career researchers who will receive added support as they build their careers. YCCI Scholars include junior faculty, postdoctoral trainees, and predoctoral trainees.
Junior faculty named 2026 YCCI Scholars are:
- Gabrielle Agin-Liebes, PhD, Psychiatry
- Megan Baker MD, PhD, Internal Medicine (Nephrology)
- Bryan Benitez, PhD, Psychiatry
- Simone Blaser, MD, Internal Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
- Alexander Ghincea, MD, Internal Medicine (Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine)
- Oluwole Jegede, MD, PhD, Psychiatry
- Andrew Johnston, MD, PhD, Dermatology
- Brandon Lee, MD, PhD, Internal Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
- Joseph Luchsinger, MD, PhD, Psychiatry
- Puja Mehta, MBBS, PhD, Internal Medicine (Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology)
- Deanna Nardella, MD, MHS, Pediatrics
- Evangelos Oikonomou, MD, DPhil, Internal Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine)
The 2026 postdoctoral trainees are:
- Daniel Armendariz, PhD, Microbial Pathogenesis
- Erica Cao, PhD, Psychiatry
The 2026 predoctoral trainees are:
- Ruchi Gupta, Immunobiology
- Tyler Harvey, Social and Behavioral Sciences
- Megha Nair, Microbial Pathogenesis
- Melody Rivera-Hernandez, Cellular and Molecular Physiology
- Elizabeth Zhang, Internal Medicine (Infectious Diseases)