Students in Medical School
MD I Students
Leen Abbas
Email: labbas@health.ucsd.edu
Undergraduate Institution: University of Colorado at Boulder (2022), B.A. Integrative Physiology; (2024), M.S. Integrative Physiology
Suneel Banerjee
Email: s5banerjee@ucsd.edu
Undergraduate Institution: Georgetown University (2023), B.S. Neurology
David Berrios
Bandy Chen
Email: bac008@health.ucsd.edu
Undergraduate Institution: City University of New York Hunter College (2021), B.S. Nutrition and Food Science: Dietetics
Nora (Nour) Jabassini
Aidan McGinnis
Katherine Nurminsky
Maxwell Okros
Email: mokros@health.ucsd.edu
Undergraduate Institution: Grand Valley State University (2024), B.S. Mathematics, B.A. Music
Miranda Olson
Email: miolson@health.ucsd.edu
Undergraduate University: Brown University (2017), B.A. Global Health Narrative, B.S. Biomedical Engineering
Sintra Stewart
Email: sistewart@ucsd.edu
Undergraduate Institution: California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt (2020), B.S. Cellular and Molecular Biology
Lui Suzuki-Williams
Jose Vasquez
Email: jov003@health.ucsd.edu
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Irvine (2021), B.S. Neurobiology
Yifan Zhang
MD II Students
Fatema Abdurrob
Email: fabdurrob@health.ucsd.edu
Undergraduate Institution: Boston University (2014), B.A. Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, and English; M.A. in Biotechnology
Research Interests: Neurodegeneration, Gut-Brain Axis, Circadian Rhythms
Laboratory Rotation: Richard Daneman (Su '23)
Parwana Khazi
Email: pkhazi@health.ucsd.edu
Undergraduate Institution: Santa Clara University (2020), B.S. Biomedical Biology and Public Health Science, B.A. Spanish Studies; University of California, Los Angeles (2022), M.S.S. with a Concentration in Anthropology
Research Interests: Global Health, Epidemiology/Biostatistics, Anthropology, Migration, Health Policy
Laboratory Rotation: Tala Al-Rousan (Su '23)
Matthew Jundong Kim
Email: mak014@health.ucsd.edu
Undergraduate Institution: Cornell University (2019), B.S. Biological Engineering
Research Interests: Genomics, Stem Cells, Bioengineering, Regenerative Medicine
Laboratory Rotation: Neil Chi (Su '23)
Elida Kocharian
Email: ekocharian@health.ucsd.edu
Undergraduate Institution: Harvard University (2021), A.B. Earth & Planetary Sciences and Environmental Engineering
Research Interests: Biochemistry, Metabolism, Microbiology
Laboratory Rotation: Christian Metallo, Salk (Su '23)
Matthew Levy
Email: m4levy@health.ucsd.edu
Undergraduate Institution: Georgia Tech (2020), B.S. Biomedical Engineering
Research Interests: Cancer Immunology, Gene Therapies
Laboratory Rotation: Fotis Asimakpopulos (Su '23)
Ben Liebman
Email: bliebman@health.ucsd.edu
Undergraduate Institution: Hampshire College (2016), B.A. Molecular Biology; University of Vermont (2021), M.S. Pharmacology
Research Interests: Wound Healing and Tissue Regeneration
Laboratory Rotation: Richard Gallo (Su '23)
Shelby McGriff
Email: smcgriff@health.ucsd.ed
Undergraduate Institution: University of Florida (2020), B.S. Behavioral & Cognitive Neuroscience
Research Interests: Neuroscience, Pharmacology, Neuropsychiatric Disorders
Laboratory Rotation: Ed Callaway (Su '23)
Cristina Mora
Email: c1mora@health.ucsd.edu
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Berkeley (2013), B.S. Environmental Sciences; San Francisco State University (2019), M.S. Cell and Molecular Biology
Research Interests: Stem Cell Disease Modeling, Neurodevelopment, Regenerative Medicine, Neuroscience
Laboratory Rotation: Nicole Coufal (Su '23)
Foxy Robinson
Email: fprobinson@health.ucsd.edu
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Davis (2019), B.S. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, B.A. African American and African Studies
Research Interests: Cancer Biology, Stem Cell Research, Genetics
Laboratory Rotation: Christina Towers, Salk (Su '22), Leslie Crews (Sp '23), & Christian Metallo, Salk (Su/Fa '23)
Aileen Szczepanski
Taariq Woods
Email: tawoods@health.ucsd.edu
Undergraduate Institution: University of Massachusetts Amherst (2021), B.S. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Research Interests: Clinical Decision Support, Patient Risk Assessment, Computational Precision Medicine
Laboratory Rotation: Jejo Koola (Su '23)