Maya Talukdar, PhD profile page

Maya Talukdar is an MD/PhD student in the Harvard/MIT MD-PhD program. She completed her PhD in Biomedical Informatics in 2025, where she was jointly mentored by Christopher Walsh at Boston Children’s Hospital and David Page at the Whitehead Institute. Her dissertation research focused on the genetic basis of neurological disorders, with a particular emphasis on autism. In recognition of this work, she received the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Graduate Student Innovator in Neuroscience Award. She earned her B.A. in Computer Science and Biology from Columbia University in 2020, graduating magna cum laude and as a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She matriculated into the Harvard/MIT MD-PhD program the same year. She is currently a third-year medical student at Harvard Medical School. She plans to pursue either pediatrics or obstetrics and gynecology, with a long-term interest in advancing maternal and fetal health through genetically informed therapeutics.