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Students in Medical School

MD I Students

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    Leen Abbas

    • Email: labbas@health.ucsd.edu
    • Undergraduate Institution: University of Colorado at Boulder (2022), B.A. Integrative Physiology; (2024), M.S. Integrative Physiology 
    • Publications: ORCID
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    Suneel Banerjee

    • Email: s5banerjee@ucsd.edu
    • Undergraduate Institution: Georgetown University (2023), B.S. Neurology
    • Publications: ORCID
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    David Berrios

    • Email: daberrios@health.ucsd.edu
    • Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Davis (2019), B.S. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
    • Research Interests: Metabolism/Diabetes, Developmental Biology, and Immunology
    • Laboratory Rotation: Vira Kravets (Su 24)
    • Publications: ORCID
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    Bandy Chen

    • Email: bac008@health.ucsd.edu
    • Undergraduate Institution: City University of New York Hunter College (2021), B.S. Nutrition and Food Science: Dietetics
    • Laboratory Rotation: Ardem Patapoutian, Scripps Research (Su 24)
    • Publications: ORCID
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    Nora Jabassini

    • Email: njabassini@health.ucsd.edu
    • Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Los Angeles (2020), B.S. Biochemistry
    • Research Interests: Neuroimmunology, Neurodegeneration , Glial cells
    • Laboratory Rotation: Richard Daneman (Su 24)
    • Publications: ORCID
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    Aidan McGinnis

    • Email: aimcginnis@health.ucsd.edu
    • Undergraduate Institution: Duke University (2020), B.S. Biology
    • Laboratory Rotation: Christian Metallo, Salk Institute (Su 24)
    • Publications: ORCID
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    Katherine Nurminsky

    • Email: knurminsky@health.ucsd.edu
    • Undergraduate Institution: University of Chicago (2022), B.S. Mathematics
    • Lab Rotation: Andrew McCulloch (Su 24)
    • Publications: ORCID
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    Maxwell Okros

    • Email: mokros@health.ucsd.edu
    • Undergraduate Institution: Grand Valley State University (2024), B.S. Biochemistry
    • Research Interests: Developmental Neuroscience
    • Laboratory Rotation: Ed Callaway (Su 24)
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    Miranda Olson


    • Email: miolson@health.ucsd.edu
    • Undergraduate University: Brown University (2017), B.A. Global Health Narrative, B.S. Biomedical Engineering
    • Research Interests: Health Policy, Disability Studies, Women & Gender, Science & Technology, Global Health
    • Laboratory Rotation: David Serlin (Su 24)
    • Publications: ORCID
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    Sintra Stewart

    • Email: sistewart@ucsd.edu
    • Undergraduate Institution: California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt (2020), B.S. Cellular and Molecular Biology
    • Laboratory Rotation: Leslie Crews (Su 24)
    • Publications: ORCID
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    Lui Suzuki-Williams

    • Email: lsuzukiwilliams@health.ucsd.edu
    • Undergraduate Institution: University of Georgia (2021), B.S. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
    • Research Interests: Immunology/Infection, Microbiology, and Infectious Disease
    • Laboratory Rotation: Sujan Shresta (Su 24)
    • Publications: ORCID
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    Jose Vasquez

    • Email: jov003@health.ucsd.edu
    • Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Irvine (2021), B.S. Neurobiology
    • Research Interests: Neuropsychiatric Illness, Substance Abuse, Neurodegeneration, and Plasticity
    • Laboratory Rotation: Tom Hnasko (Su 24)
    • Publications: ORCID
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    Yifan Zhang

    • Email: yiz276@health.ucsd.edu
    • Undergraduate Institution: Haverford College (2021), B.S. Biology
    • Laboratory Rotation: Prashant Mali (Su 24)
    • Publications: ORCID

MD II Students

  • ​​​Fa​tema Abdurrob

    ​​​Fa​tema 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, Glia, Learning & Memory
    • Laboratory Rotation: Richard Daneman (Su 23), Rusty Gage (Su 24), Nicola Allen (Su 24)
    • Publications: ORCID
  • Parwana Khazi

    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)
    • Publications: ORCID
  • Matthew Jundong Kim

    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)
    • Publications: ORCID
  • Elida Kocharian

    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)​, Neal Devaraj (Su 24), Bradley Moore, Scripps Research (Su 24)
    • Publications: ORCID
  • Matthew Levy

    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)
    • Publications: ORCID
  • Ben Liebman

    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)
    • Publications: ORCID
  • Shelby McGriff

    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)​, Nicola Allen (Su 24), Kay Tye (Su 24)
    • Publications: ORCID
  • Cristina Mora

    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)
    • Publications: ORCID
  • Foxy Robinson

    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)
    • Publications: ORCID
  • Aileen Szczepanski

    Aileen Szczepanski

      • Email: aiszczepanski@health.ucsd.edu
      • Undergraduate Institution: Carthage College (2019), B.A. Biology
      • Research Interests: Cancer Biology, Cardiovascular Research, Regenerative Medicine, Gene Regulation, Epigenetics
      • Laboratory Rotation: Neil Chi (Su '23)
      • Publications: ORCID
  • Taariq Woods​

    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)
    • Publications: ORCID