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Alumni

Peter Kim and Alumna Rheba Rutkowski at Dr. Kim's Lecture

Former Member Peter S. Kim and Alumna Rheba Rutkowski at Dr. Kim's Lecture, "From Whitehead to Merck".

Whitehead Institute Alumni—former Fellows, postdocs, graduate students, technicians, and visiting scientists—number well over 2,000. Institute alumni have gone on to prestigious careers in academia and industry and many stay connected to Whitehead, attending institute events, mentoring current WI scientists and contributing to the annual fund.

Whitehead Alumni Association

An online Alumni Directory has been created to help you reconnect with old friends and find new colleagues. Registration is simple and membership is free.

Alumni News

  • Twenty-eight current Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigators are also Whitehead Institute alumni or principal investigators, including newly appointed David Sabatini. June 2008 (link).
  • Drug Hunters: Six years ago a team of postdocs-turned-entrepreneurs got an idea for a company. Their success Is surprising even themselves. Discovery, Summer 2004 (616k PDF).
  • Former Whitehead Scientists Honored by U.S. National Academy of Sciences. Discovery, Summer 2004 (130k PDF).

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