Marina Hawkin

Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) and therapist with seven years of experience delivering counseling services using analytic and evidence-based techniques, including CBT, EFT, psychodynamic therapy, and motivational interviewing. Skilled in organizing complex information, creating engaging presentations, and producing educational video content. Holds a PhD in Biochemistry with extensive research experience in molecular biology, selenoproteins, and kidney disease models. Passionate about interdisciplinary applications of AI in mental health, combining scientific research skills with therapeutic expertise to advance evidence-based interventions. Seeking opportunities to contribute to research projects bridging biochemistry, neuroscience, and psychological care.

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, 2015-01-01, 2018-01-01, Developed new technology for rapid high-throughput detection of gene expression., Investigated mechanisms of establishment and regulation of monoallelic gene expression., Explored the function of monoallelic genes in individual-to-individual variability.
• Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Division of Nephrology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA, 2013-01-01, 2015-01-01, Evaluated the role of suPAR in Focal Segmental Glomerular Sclerosis., Designed and conducted clinical studies to determine pathological forms of suPAR and estimate its predictive value in kidney failure., Developed diagnostic approaches to predict recurrence of kidney failure post-transplantation.
• Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Biochemistry, Tufts University Medical Center, Boston, MA, 2012-01-01, 2013-01-01, Applied molecular approaches to identify pathways involved in programmed necrosis., Evaluated inflammatory signaling associated with necrotic cell death., Identified novel inhibitors of necrotic cell death.
• Doctoral Research Associate, Division of Genetics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 2009-01-01, 2011-01-01, Applied molecular approaches to identify functions of selenoproteins., Developed and characterized knockout mouse models., Used transgenic/knockout mouse models to characterize consequences of selenium deficiency.
• Junior Researcher, Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, Moscow, Russia, 2005-01-01, 2006-01-01, Studied influence of chronic bacterial infection on signal transduction pathways associated with malignant transformation., Optimized PCR protocols for analysis of bacterial pathogens in human tumor biopsy samples.
• Undergraduate Research Assistant, Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia, 2001-01-01, 2005-01-01, Analyzed regulation of protymosin α expression in transformed cell lines., Analyzed prothymosin α expression in various human cancers and characterized its clinical significance.

• Reduced Utilization of Selenium by Naked Mole Rats Due to a Specific Defect in GPx1 Expression, Annual Retreat of the Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 2010-01-01, Oral Presentation
• Reduced Utilization of Selenium by Naked Mole Rats Due to a Specific Defect in GPx1 Expression, Trace Element Metabolism in Biology and Medicine, Snowmass Village, CO, 2010-01-01, Poster Presentation
• Reduced Utilization of Selenium by Naked Mole Rats Due to a Specific Defect in GPx1 Expression, Annual Retreat of the Redox Biology Center, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Nebraska City, NE, 2010-01-01, Oral Presentation
• Involvement of Sep15 Family Members in Immune Response, Experimental Biology, New Orleans, LA, 2009-01-01, Oral Presentation
• The Role of Selenoproteins in Immune Response, Annual Retreat of the Redox Biology Center, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Nebraska City, NE, 2009-01-01, Poster Presentation
• The Role of Selenium in Hepatocarcinogenesis, Annual Retreat of the Redox Biology Center, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Nebraska City, NE, 2008-01-01, Oral Presentation
• Prothymosin α as a Potential Tumor Marker, Advances in Sciences for Drug Discovery, Moscow, Russia, 2005-01-01, Poster Presentation

• Cell state transition analysis identifies interventions that improve control of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection by susceptible macrophages, Yabaji, S.M., Rukhlenko, O.S., Chatterjee, S., Bhattacharya, B., Wood, E., Kasaikina, M., Kholodenko, B.N., Gimelbrant, A.A., & Kramnik, I., Science Advances, 9, 39, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adh4119
• Pharmacological targeting of actin-dependent dynamin oligomerization ameliorates chronic kidney disease in diverse animal models, Schiffer, M., Teng, B., Gu, C., Shchedrina, V., Kasaikina, M., Pham, V., Hanke, V., Tossidou, I., Park, J.K., Haller, H., Erschow, S., Hilfiker-Kleiner, G., Schroeder, P., Staggs, L., Wei, C., Hakroush, S., Song, R., Gueler, F., Selig, M., Vasilyev, A., Reiser, J., Chen, C., Tardi, N., Merscher, S., & Sever, S., Nature Medicine, 21, 6, 2015, https://doi.org/10.1038/nm.3843
• Contrasting roles of dietary selenium and selenoproteins in chemically induced hepatocarcinogenesis, Kasaikina, M.V., Turanov, A.A., Avanesov, A.A., Schweizer, U., Seeher, S., Bronson, R.T., Novoselov, S.N., Carlson, B.A., Hatfield, D.L., & Gladyshev, V.N., Carcinogenesis, 34, 5, 2013, https://doi.org/10.1093/carcin/bgt011
• Understanding selenoprotein function and regulation through the use of rodent models, Kasaikina, M.V., Hatfield, D.L., & Gladyshev, V.N., Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects, 1820, 3, 2012, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbagen.2012.02.018
• Genome sequencing reveals insights into physiology and longevity of the naked mole rat, Kim, E.B., Fang, X., Fushan, A.A., Huang, Z., Lobanov, A.V., Han, L., Marino, S.M., Sun, X., Turanov, A.A., Yang, P., Yim, S.H., Zhao, X., Kasaikina, M.V., Stoletzki, N., Peng, C., Polak, P., Xiong, Z., Kiezun, A., Zhu, Y., Chen, Y., Kryukov, G.V., Zhang, Q., Peshkin, L., Yang, L., Bronson, R.T., Buffenstein, R., Wang, B., Han, C., Li, Q., Chen, L., Zhao, W., Sunyaev, S.R., Park, T.J., Zhang, G., Wang, J., & Gladyshev, V.N., Nature, 479, 7372, 2011, https://doi.org/10.1038/nature10533
• Dietary selenium affects host selenoproteome expression by influencing the gut microbiota, Kasaikina, M.V., Kravtsova, M.A., Lee, B.C., Seravalli, J., Peterson, D.A., Walter, J., Legge, R., Benson, A.K., Hatfield, D.L., & Gladyshev, V.N., The FASEB Journal, 25, 7, 2011, https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.11-181990
• Reduced utilization of selenium by naked mole rats due to a specific defect in GPx1 expression, Kasaikina, M.V., Lobanov, A.V., Malinouski, M.Y., Lee, B.C., Seravalli, J., Fomenko, D.E., Turanov, A.A., Finney, L., Vogt, S., Park, T.J., Miller, R.A., Hatfield, D.L., & Gladyshev, V.N., Journal of Biological Chemistry, 286, 19, 2011, https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M110.216267
• Roles of the 15-kDa selenoprotein (Sep15) in redox homeostasis and cataract development revealed by the analysis of Sep15 knockout mice, Kasaikina, M.V., Fomenko, D.E., Labunskyy, V.M., Lachke, S.A., Qiu, W., Moncaster, J.A., Zhang, J., Wojnarowicz, M.W., Kumar, S.N., Malinouski, M.M., Schweizer, U., Tsuji, P.A., Carlson, B.A., Maas, R.L., Lou, M.F., Goldstein, L.E., Hatfield, D.L., & Gladyshev, V.N., Journal of Biological Chemistry, 286, 38, 2011, https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M111.259218
• X-ray fluorescence microscopy reveals the role of selenium in spermatogenesis, Kehr, S., Malinouski, M., Finney, L., Vogt, S., Labunskyy, V.M., Kasaikina, M.V., Carlson, B.A., Zhou, Y., Hatfield, D.L., & Gladyshev, V.N., Journal of Molecular Biology, 389, 4, 2009, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmb.2009.04.035
• A highly efficient form of the selenocysteine insertion sequence element in protozoan parasites and its use in mammalian cells, Novoselov, S.V., Lobanov, A.V., Hua, D., Kasaikina, M.V., Hatfield, D.L., & Gladyshev, V.N., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 104, 19, 2007, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0610683104

Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC), Commonwealth of Massachusetts, May 2024

Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award, June 2014
Mentored Clinical Research Experience (Certificate of completion), December
2014