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MD III

  • 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

MD IV

  • Jason Adams

    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

    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 (PubMed)
  • Erin Coonahan

    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

    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 (PubMed)
  • Cong Dinh

    Cong Dinh

    • 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

    Bethany Fixsen

    • 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

    Emily Ho

    • 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 (PubMed)
  • James Hocker

    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

    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 (Google Scholar)
  • Quynh Nguyen

    Quynh Nguyen

    • 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

    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

    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

    Junmi Saikia

    • 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

    Erica Silva

    • 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

    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

    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 (Google Scholar)
    • Publications (PubMed)
  • Helen Wang

    Helen Wang

    • 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

    Lawrence Wang

    • 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