Meet the academics and researchers in the Goods Lab.
Group members
Brittany Goods
Dr Britt Goods’ research lies at the intersection of reproductive health, immunology, and biological engineering. Britt received her PhD in Biological Engineering from MIT and she received her B.Eng. from The Thayer School of Engineering in 2011. She is broadly interested in creating tools, approaches, and the requisite biological knowledge to address pressing clinical problems in reproductive health and immunology. She also enjoys hiking, running, and hanging out with her family.
britt.goods@unimelb.edu.au
Olivia Palmer
Olivia is a first year PhD student interested in mapping the effects of sex hormones on macrophage fate and function using RNA-sequencing technologies. Originally from Florida, Olivia enjoys being outside and her goal is to hike all the 4,000 foot mountains in New Hampshire before she graduates.
olivia.g.palmer.th@dartmouth.edu
Rachel Huang
I’m Rachel, a PhD student in Good’s lab. Originally from China, I graduated from Boston College with degrees in Biology, Computer Science and Philosophy. My research interests mainly focus on interdisciplinary biology, where computational and statistical methods are applied. I’m currently working on finding drug targets for female-targeted non-hormonal contraceptives and would love to explore how single-cell sequencing analysis contributes to ovarian biology. In my spare time, besides taking naps in the New England afternoon sun under a warm fluffy blanket, I love to eat, read and do some drawings.
ruixu.huang.th@dartmouth.edu
Laasya Devi Annepureddy
Hi Everyone, my name is Laasya and I am from India. I did my under-graduation in Biomedical Engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago. I am a first year Ph.D. student at Goods lab and my research interests are in maternal and fetal immunology. In my free time, I like to go hiking, exploring the city, and trying different kinds of food.
laasya.devi.annepureddy.th@dartmouth.edu
Rutuja R Phatate
Rutuja is a Ph.D. Candidate at the Thayer School of Engineering. She has worked on several projects related to the application and development of bioinformatics methods to understand women’s health, including ovulation, aging in cumulus-oocyte complexes and for reproductive-focused pathway mining. As of 2026, Rutuja will also transition to Dr. Margie Ackerman’s lab.
rutuja.r.phatate.th@dartmouth.edu
Olha Kholod
Originally from Ukraine, I joined the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth in 2023 as a postdoctoral scholar. I received my Ph.D. in Biomedical Informatics at the Institute for Data Sciences & Informatics at University of Missouri-Columbia in 2022. I was also a recipient of Fulbright Graduate scholarship from Ukraine (2015 – 2017). My current research interests include reproductive immunology, systems biology, and bioinformatics. Outside of the lab I enjoy outdoor activities, strength training and taking care of my guinea pigs.
olha.kholod@dartmouth.edu
Ian Gingerich
I am a PhD candidate in Dartmouth’s Quantitative Biomedical Sciences program, specialising in computational biology and spatial transcriptomics. My research focuses on developing computational tools for analysing complex spatially-resolved transcriptomic data from platforms like Xenium and Visium HD. I advance spatially informed dimension reduction methods and adapt single-cell models to incorporate spatial context, providing insights into tissue architecture and cellular interactions. I am also passionate about translational research, using spatial transcriptomics to uncover the mechanisms behind contraceptive-induced menstrual changes (CIMC), aiming to inform clinical strategies.
Ian.Gingerich.GR@dartmouth.edu
Greta Richardson
Greta is an undergraduate student studying Engineering Sciences. In Goods Lab, she is studying the effect of sex hormones on T cells. Outside of academics and lab work, she also enjoys playing the harp, gymnastics, and skiing.
Greta.B.Richardson.26@dartmouth.edu
Hannah VanBenschoten
Hannah joined the Goods Lab as a postdoc after receiving her PhD in bioengineering from the University of Washington where she studied drug delivery and transport in the female reproductive tract. She is interested in using systems biology frameworks and innovative computational tools to understand ovulation and identify non hormonal contraceptive targets. In her free time, Hannah enjoys being outdoors – hiking, biking, rock climbing, and skiing.
Hannah.M.VanBenschoten@dartmouth.edu
Sonia Meytin
Sonia’s work in the Goods Lab is focused on using transcriptomic approaches to understand reproductive health. Their work has focused on understanding ovarian follicles in the ovarian cortex and medulla, how disruption of MOS impacts oocytes transcriptionally and via imaging, and how sex hormones impact vaginal cell lines.
Alumni
Lydia Freedman
Lydia is a dual degree BE student studying biomedical engineering. She received a BA in Biochemistry from Vassar College in 2025. In the lab, she is working on in silico confirmation of potential target genes for non-hormonal ovarian contraceptives. Following her BE, she plans on applying to PhD programs with a focus in reproductive bioengineering.
Lydia.M.Freedman.TH@dartmouth.edu
Angel Alejandro Avila
Angel has worked on the application of several single-cell RNA-seq tools to study trajectories in ovarian organoid formation.
Angel.A.Avila.28@dartmouth.edu
Crystal Wang
Crystal’s work in the lab is focused on understanding how hormones impact macrophage cell lines, including their activation status as assessed by methods like flow cytometry.
Crystal.Z.Wang.28@dartmouth.edu
Onyeka Ozuzu
Onyeka has been responsible for overseeing much of the recruitment and consent for participants in the Goods Lab fresh milk collection study. Onyeka works to recruit donors, explain the study, and coordinate their participation.
Onyeka.Ozuzu.26@dartmouth.edu
Hien Bui
Hien is a dual-degree student whose work has focused on leveraging cell-cell interaction tools to understand how cell interactions are altered both across barrier tissues and reproductive diseases.
Alliya Parvez
Alliya’s work in the lab has focused on using single-cell RNA-sequencing to better understand how hormones impact mucus production in the cervix as part of a collaboration with Dr. Leo Han’s group at OHSU.