Students in Medical School

​​​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, 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.edu

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

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

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)

Mark Buckup

Email: mbuckup@health.ucsd.edu

Undergraduate Institution: Stanford University (2019), B.S. with Honors in Bioengineering
Research Interests: Biomedical Imaging, Regenerative Medicine, Medical Devices, Bioengineering
Laboratory Rotation: Shaochen Chen (Su '22), Albert Hsiao (Su '23), & Francisco Contijoch (Su '23)

Michael Ko

Email: mlko@health.ucsd.edu

Undergraduate Institution: Stanford University (2020), B.A. Psychology, M.S. Statistics
Research Interests: Computer Vision, Medical Imaging, Data Analytics, Precision Health
Laboratory Rotation: Albert Hsiao (Su '22), Francisco Contijoch (Wi '23), & Andrew McCullough (Su '23)

Tanya Kumar

Email: tkumar@health.ucsd.edu

Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Berkeley (2019), B.S. Microbial Biology
Research Interests: Microbiome, Immunology/Infection, Bioengineering
Laboratory Rotation: Rob Knight (Su '21), Gurol Suel (Wi '23), & Jeff Hasty (Su '23)

Min Jun Li

Email: mil084@health.ucsd.edu

Undergraduate Institution: Smith College (2020), B.A. Neuroscience
Research Interests: Neuroscience, Cancer Biology, Immunology
Laboratory Rotation: Axel Nimmerjahn (Su '22), Richard Daneman (Su '23), & Jing Yang (Su '23)

Brandon Liu

Email: brandonmliu@health.ucsd.edu

Undergraduate Institution: California State University, Los Angeles (2019), B.S. Biochemistry
Research Interests: Chemical Biology, Pharmacology, Drug Discovery
Laboratory Rotation: Christopher Parker, Scripps Research (Su '22), Neal Devaraj (Su '22), & Michael Erb, Scripps Research (Su '23) 
Publications​

Grace McAuley

Email: gmcauley@health.ucsd.edu

Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Los Angeles (2020), B.S. Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Research Interests: Hematopoietic Stem Cell Gene Therapy, Immunotherapy, Immunology, Regenerative Medicine, RNA Therapeutics Laboratory Rotation: Dan Kaufman (Su '23), Gene Yeo (Su '23), Don Cleveland (Su '23)
Pubmed Publications
ASH Publications

Katie Mostoller

Rachel Oshiro

Email: rloshiro@health.ucsd.edu

Undergraduate Institution: Harvard University (2019), A.B. Molecular and Cellular Biology
Research Interests: Developmental Biology, Bioengineering, Biochemistry
Laboratory Rotation: Joseph Gleeson (Su '22), Xin Jin, Scripps Research (Su '23), & Bing Ren (Su '23)

Logan Sigua

Email: lsigua@health.ucsd.edu

Undergraduate Institution: Boston University (2019), B.S. Chemistry
Research Interests: Chemical Biology, Chromatin Biology
Laboratory Rotation: Fleur Ferguson (Su '22), Michael Erb, Scripps Research (Su '22), Ben Cravatt, Scripps Research (Su '23), & Li Ye, Scripps Research (Su '23)

Anna Tifrea

Email: atifrea@health.ucsd.edu

Undergraduate Institution: California Institute of Technology (2022), B.S. Physics
Research Interests: Biophysics, Bioengineering, Medical Imaging
Laboratory Rotation: Wouter-Jan Rappel (Su '22), Elizabeth Villa (Su '23), and Karen Cristman & Mariana Alperin (Su '23)

Ellen Wang

Email: ewangfan@health.ucsd.edu

Undergraduate Institution: Pomona College (2020), B.A. Molecular Biology
Research Interests: Neuroscience, Neuroimmunology, Neurodegenerative Diseases
Laboratory Rotation: Nicole Coufal (Su '22), Matthew Shtrahman (Su '23), & Nicola Allen (Su '23)

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, Opthalmology, Genetic Epidemology, 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