Students in Clerkships

​​​​​MD III

Elizabeth Bird

Medical Scientist Training Program Colloquium
  • 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


  • 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
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Shannan McClain

Medical Scientist Training Program Colloquium
  • 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
Medical Scientist Training Program Colloquium
  • 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​


MD IV

Jason Adams​


  • Email: jwa002@ucsd.edu
  • Undergraduate Institution: University of Colorado (2014), B.S. Human Biology, B.A. Psychology
  • Graduate Program: Neuroscience
  • Research Interests: Neuroscience, Endocrinology/Metabolism
  • Laboratory Rotation: Jeff Kelly (Su '16), Alysson Muotri (Su '17)
  • Thesis Lab: Alysson Muotri


Joanna Coker

  • Email: jkcoker@health.ucsd.edu
  • Undergraduate Institution: University of California, San Diego (2014), B.S. Human Biology
  • Graduate Program: BMS
  • Research Interests: Microbiome, Infection, Glycobiology
  • Laboratory Rotation: Christina Sigurdson (Su '16), Anjana Rao, Karsten Zengler (Su '17)
  • Thesis Lab: Karsten Zengler
  • Publications


Erin Coonahan


  • Email: ecoonaha@health.ucsd.edu
  • Undergraduate Institution: Tufts University (2012), B.S. Biomedical Engineering; University of Oxford (2019), Ph.D. Biomedical Sciences
  • Graduate Program: NIH Partners Program (OxCam)
  • Thesis Lab: Dr. Carole Long (NIAD, NIH), Professor Maarten DeVos (Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Oxford University), Professor Joel Tarning (Mahidol Oxford Research Unit)
  • Thesis Title: An aptamer-based sensor for the detection of antimalarial drugs​​

Andrea Dickey

  • Email: adickey@health.ucsd.edu
  • Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Berkeley (2014), B.S. Bioengineering
  • Graduate Program: Biology
  • Research Interests: Biochemistry, Cytoskeleton, Neuroscience, Bioengineering​
  • Laboratory Rotation: Samara Reck-Peterson (Su '16), Larry Goldstein, Yishi Jin (Su '17)
  • Thesis Lab: Samara Reck-Peterson
  • Publications

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​Cong Dinh

Medical Scientist Training Program Colloquium
  • Email: cbdinh@ucsd.edu
  • Undergraduate Institution: Stanford University (2015), B.S. Bioengineering, Material Sciences
  • Graduate Program: Biology
  • Research Interests: Bioengineering
  • Laboratory Rotation: Shyni Varghese (Su '15), Gert Cauwenberghs and Sandra Encalada, Scripps Research (Su '16)
  • Thesis Lab: Rachel Dutton


Bethany Fixsen

Medical Scientist Training Program Colloquium
  • Email: bfixsen@health.ucsd.edu
  • Undergraduate Institution: University of Chicago (2013), B.A. Biology
  • Graduate Program: BMS
  • Research Interests: Immunology/Infection
  • Laboratory Rotation: Shane Crotty, LIAI (Su '15), Victor Nizet (Su '16), Chris Glass (Su '16)
  • Thesis Lab: Chris Glass

Emily Ho

Medical Scientist Training Program Colloquium
  • Email: e2ho@health.ucsd.edu
  • Undergraduate Institution: University of Chicago (2013), B.A. Biology, Psychology
  • Graduate Program: Neuroscience, OB/Gyn & Reproductive Sciences
  • Research Interests: Neuroscience, Reproductive Endocrinology
  • Laboratory Rotation: Rusty Gage (Su '15), John Kelsoe (Su '16), Nick Spitzer (Su '16)
  • Thesis Lab: Pamela Mellon
  • Publications​


James Hocker


  • Email: jhocker@ucsd.edu
  • Undergraduate Institution: University of Wisconsin (2014), B.S. Medical Microbiology and Immunology  
  • Graduate Program: BMS
  • Research Interests: Genetics/Gene Regulation
  • Laboratory Rotation: Cornelis Murre (Su '16), Bing Ren, Ananda Goldrath (Su '17)
  • Thesis Lab: Bing Ren


Evan Masutani


  • Email: emasutan@health.ucsd.edu​
  • Undergraduate Institution: Stanford University (2014), B.S. Engineering, Bioengineering
  • Graduate Program: Bioengineering
  • Research Interests: Radiology, Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning, Hemodynamics, Biomechanics, Bioengineering
  • Laboratory Rotation: Neil Chi (Su '16), Adam Engler, Albert Hsiao (Su '17)
  • Thesis Lab: Adam Engler & Albert Hsiao
  • Publications



Quynh Nguyen

Medical Scientist Training Program Colloquium
  • Email: q9nguyen@ucsd.edu
  • Undergraduate Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2015), B.S. Biology
  • Graduate Program: Biology
  • Research Interests: Immunology/Infection, Cancer Biology, Epidemiology/ Public Health
  • Laboratory Rotation: Ye Zheng (Su '15), Luke Wiseman (Su '16), Emily Troemel (Su '16) Ananda Goldrath (Su '16)
  • Thesis Lab: Ananda Goldrath


Meghana Pagadala


  • Email: mpagadala@health.ucsd.edu
  • Undergraduate Institution: California Institute of Technology (2016), B.S. Chemistry  
  • Graduate Program: BMS
  • Research Interests: Cancer Genomics, Machine Learning
  • Laboratory Rotation: Rommie Amaro, Ben Cravatt, Nicola Allen (Su '16), Paul Mischel, Ben Cravatt (Su '17), Hannah Carter (Wi '19),
  • Thesis Lab: Hannah Carter & Jill Mesirov


Maribel Patiño


  • Email: mapatino@ucsd.edu
  • Undergraduate Institution:  University of California, Berkeley (2014), B.A. Molecular Biology
  • Graduate Program: Neuroscience
  • Research Interests: Neuroscience
  • Laboratory Rotation: Christine Gremel (Su '16), Ed Callaway,​ Larry Goldstein (Su '17)
  • Thesis Lab: Ed Callaway, Salk Institute​​


Junmi Saikia
Medical Scientist Training Program Colloquium
  • Email: jsaikia@ucsd.edu
  • Undergraduate Institution: Duke University (2014), B.S. Neuroscience
  • Graduate Program: Neuroscience
  • Research Interests: Neuroscience
  • Laboratory Rotation: Roberto Malinow (Su '14), Subhojit Roy, Kristen Baldwin (Su '15), Greg Lemke (Su '16), Binhai Zheng (Su '17)
  • Thesis Lab: Binhai Zheng


Erica Silva

Medical Scientist Training Program Colloquium
  • Email: e5silva@ucsd.edu
  • Undergraduate Institution: Stanford University (2012), B.S. Biology
  • Graduate Program: BMS
  • Research Interests: Neuroscience, Stem Cells
  • Laboratory Rotation: Rafael Bejar (Su '14), Trey Ideker (Su '15)
  • Thesis Lab: Trey Ideker


Albert Song


  • Email: albertsong@ucsd.edu
  • Undergraduate Institution: Northwestern University (2015), B.A. Biology  
  • Graduate Program: Scripps Research
  • Research Interests: Immunology/Infection, Chemistry/Biochemistry
  • Laboratory Rotation: Ardem Patapoutian, Scripps Research (Su '16), Matt Daugherty, Gabe Lander (Su '17)
  • Thesis Lab: Gabe Lander, Scripps Research


Ben Tsuda


  • Email: btsuda@health.ucsd.edu
  • Undergraduate Institution: Harvard University (2012), B.S. Applied Mathematics/Physics; University of Cambridge (2013), M.Phil. Computational Biology   
  • Graduate Program: Neuroscience
  • Research Interests: Learning and Memory, Neuroscience, Machine Learning/AI, Bioinformatics, Endocrinology and Metabolism​
  • Laboratory Rotation: Kenta Asahina (Su '16)​, Terry Sejnowski, Salk; Geoffrey Schoenbaum, NIH (Su '17)
  • Thesis Lab: Terry Sejnowski, Salk Institute
  • Publications
  • Publications​


Helen Wang

Medical Scientist Training Program Colloquium
  • Email: h6wang@ucsd.edu
  • Undergraduate Yale University (2014), B.S. Biomedical Engineering
  • Graduate Program: Neuroscience
  • Research Interests: Neuroscience and Bioengineering
  • Laboratory Rotation: Sam Pfaff (Su '15), Nicola Allen, Salk (Su '16), Ed Callaway, Salk (Su '16)
  • Thesis Lab: Ed Calloway, Salk Institute​​


Lawrence Wang

Medical Scientist Training Program Colloquium

  • Email: ltwang@health.ucsd.edu
  • Undergraduate Institution: Haverford College (2014), B.A. Chemistry, Concentration in Biochemistry
  • Graduate Program: NIH Oxford-Cambridge Scholars Program
  • Research Interests: Vaccines, Monoclonal Antibodies, Malaria
  • Laboratory Rotation: Elizabeth Winzeler, UCSD; Robert Seder, NIH; Simon Draper, Oxford
  • Thesis Lab: Robert Seder, NIH; Simon Draper, Oxford