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MD III

  • Kelsey Baron

    Kelsey Baron

    • Email: krbaron@health.ucsd.edu
    • Undergraduate Institution: University of California, San Diego (2017), B.S. Neurosciences
    • Laboratory Rotation: Jonathan Lin (Su '18), Luke Wiseman (Su '19), Jeff Kelly (Su '19)
    • Publications (PubMed)
  • Alec Calac (Pauma Band of Luiseño Indians)

    Alec Calac (Pauma Band of Luiseño Indians)

    • Email: acalac@health.ucsd.edu
    • Undergraduate Institution: University of Arizona (2016), B.S. Molecular and Cellular Biology
    • Graduate Program: Joint Doctoral Program (UCSD/SDSU) - Public Health
    • Research Interests: Global Health, Infodemiology, Health Policy, Workforce Development
    • Laboratory Rotation: Timothy Mackey, Gretchen Bandoli, Eran Mukamel
    • Thesis Lab: Timothy Mackey
  • Morgen Chalmiers

    Morgen Chalmiers

    • Email: mchalmiers@ucsd.edu
    • Undergraduate Institution: Pomona College (2013), B.S. Women's Global Health
    • Graduate Department: Anthropology
    • Research Interests: Anthropology
    • Thesis Advisor: Thomas Csordas
  • Isabel Costantino

    Isabel Costantino

    • Email: icostantino@ucsd.edu
    • Undergraduate Institution: Dartmouth University (2012), B.A. Biology, Neuroscience
    • Graduate Program: Neuroscience
    • Research Interests: Neuroscience
    • Laboratory Rotation: Corinne Jolivalt (Su '16), Jerold Chun, Susan Ackerman (Su '17)
    • Thesis Lab: John Ravit
  • Ellis James (E.J.) Curtis

    Ellis James (E.J.) Curtis

    • Email: ejcurtis@ucsd.edu
    • Undergraduate Institution: St. Lawrence University (2017), B.S. Neuroscience
    • Graduate Program: Biomedical Sciences
    • Research Interests: Neuro-oncology, Cancer Biology, Neuroscience, Extrachromosomal DNA
    • Laboratory Rotation: Paul Mischel (Su '17), Frank Furnari, (Su '18)
    • Thesis Lab: Paul Mischel
  • James Deng

    James Deng

    • Email: jdeng@health.ucsd.edu
    • Undergraduate Institution: Massachusetts Institute for Technology (2017), B.S. Chemistry
    • Graduate Program: Neurosciences
    • Research Interests: Neuropsychiatric and Developmental Disorders, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
    • Laboratory Rotation: Bing Ren (Su '18), Nicola Allen (Su '19), Li Ye (Su '19)
    • Thesis Lab: Nicola Allen, Salk Institute
  • Imani Howard

    Imani Howard

    • Email: ihoward@ucsd.edu
    • Undergraduate Institution: Stanford University (2015), B.A. Biology, Philosophy
    • Graduate Department: Philosophy/Science Studies
    • Research Interests: Philosophy of Science, The Philosophy of Medicine, and The Philosophy of Race
    • Laboratory Rotation: Amy Non (Su '17), Michael Hardimon (Su '18)
    • Thesis Lab: Michael Hardimon
  • Saumya Jani

    Saumya Jani

    • Email: sjani@ucsd.edu
    • Undergraduate Institution: Cal State Fullerton (2017), B.S. Biological Science
    • Graduate Program: University of Washington - Lab Medicine and Pathology
    • Research Interests: Immunology/Infection, Pharma/Drug Discovery, Stem Cell Research
    • Laboratory Rotation: Matt Daugherty (Su '18), Bruce Torbett (Su '19), Cressida Madigan (Su '19)
    • Thesis Lab: Paul Nghiem, UW
  • Bojing (Blair) Jia

    Bojing (Blair) Jia

    • Email: b2jia@ucsd.edu
    • Undergraduate Institution: McGill University (2015), B.Sc. Quantitative Biology
    • Graduate Program: Bioinformatics & Systems Biology
    • Research Interests: Genomics
    • Laboratory Rotation: Gene Yeo (Su '17), Albert Hsiao, Bing Ren (Su '18), Eran Mukamel (Su '19), Kun Zhang (Su '19)
    • Thesis Lab: Bing Ren
    • Publications (Google Scholar)
  • Juliet Nicodemus

    Juliet Nicodemus

     

    • Email: jnicodem@ucsd.edu
    • Undergraduate Institution: Harvard University (2015), B.A. Neurobiology
    • Graduate Program: Neurosciences
    • Research Interests: Neuroscience, Immunology/Infection
    • Laboratory Rotation: Rich Daneman (Su '16), Amir Zarrinpar & Nicole Coufal (Su '17)
    • Thesis Lab: Jerold Chun
  • Lauren Wedekind

    Lauren Wedekind

    • Email: lwedekind@health.ucsd.edu
    • Undergraduate Institution: Stanford University (2016), B.A. Human Biology; London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (2017), M.S. Public Health; University of Oxford (2022), Ph.D. Biomedical Sciences
    • Graduate Department: Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford
    • Research Interests: Diabetes, Ophthalmology, Genetic Epidemiology, Clinical Epidemiology
    • Laboratory Rotation: NIH (National Institutes of Health Oxford-Cambridge Scholars Program)
    • Thesis Lab: Dr. Robert Hanson (NIH/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases) and Prof. Mark McCarthy (University of Oxford)
    • Publications (Google Scholar)

MD IV

  • Elizabeth Bird

    Elizabeth Bird

    • Email: embird@ucsd.edu 
    • Undergraduate Institution: University of California San Diego (2015), B.S. Bioengineering
    • Graduate Program: Bioengineering
    • Research Interests: Bioengineering
    • Laboratory Rotation: Adam Engler (Su '15), Kim Prisk (Su '16), Marc Garellek (Su '16)
    • Thesis Lab: Francisco Contijoch
  • Katherine Lee

    Katherine Lee

    • Email: k7lee@ucsd.edu
    • Undergraduate Institution: Stanford University (2013), B.S. Human Biology
    • Graduate Program: Biological Sciences
    • Research Interests: Stem Cell Research, Pharmacology/Drug Discovery
    • Laboratory Rotation: Heidi Cook-Andersen (Su '16), Mana Parast, Karen Christman (Su '17)
    • Thesis Lab: Heidi Cook-Andersen
  • Shannan McClain

    Shannan McClain

    • Email: spmcclain@ucsd.edu
    • Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Berkeley (2013), B.A. Integrative Biology, Psychology
    • Graduate Program: Neuroscience
    • Research Interests: Neuroscience, Epidemiology/ Public Health
    • Laboratory Rotation: Tom Hnasko (Su '15), Abraham Palmer (Su '16), Byungkook Lim (Su '16)
    • Thesis Lab: Matthew Banghart
  • Elischa Sanders

    Elischa Sanders

    • Email: ejsanders@ucsd.edu 
    • Undergraduate Institution: University of Washington (2013), B.S. Neurobiology
    • Graduate Program: Neuroscience
    • Research Interests: Neuroscience
    • Laboratory Rotation: Brenda Bloodgood (Su '15), Eiman Azim, Salk (Su '16)
    • Thesis Lab: Eiman Azim, Salk Institute
    • Thesis Title: Investigating the role of internal copies in dexterous forelimb movement