Charles Kinzig, MD, PhD

Charlie is an internal medicine resident at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital who has joined the Tothova lab during his residency to pursue a translational research project. He developed a special interest in leukemia based on his interactions with patients with leukemia as a resident and prior research experience in molecular biology and genetics. Having grown up outside Philadelphia, Charlie earned his BS in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry at Yale University, where he studied triple-helical RNA with Prof. Joan Steitz. He completed his MD and PhD at Weill Cornell Medicine and The Rockefeller University, respectively, through the Tri-Institutional MD/PhD Program in New York City. His graduate thesis in Prof. Titia de Lange’s laboratory unveiled a new, genome-destabilizing role for telomerase in the aberrant synthesis of neotelomeres at DNA double-strand breaks, which are ordinarily safeguarded from this threat by the ATR kinase. Outside the lab and hospital, Charlie enjoys running and cycling around Boston, making homemade espresso, and cheering on the Philadelphia Eagles and Phillies.