Students in Medical School

Leen Abbas

• Email: labbas@health.ucsd.edu
• Undergraduate Institution: University of Colorado at Boulder (2022), B.A. Integrative Physiology; (2024), M.S. Integrative Physiology 
• Research Interests: Circadian Rhythms, Microbiome, Neurodegenerative disease, Development, Sleep apnea, Sleep, rehab, recovery
  
• Laboratory Rotation: Satchin Panda (Su 24)
• Publications: ORCID

Suneel Banerjee

• Email: s5banerjee@health.ucsd.edu
• Undergraduate Institution: Georgetown University (2023), B.S. Neurobiology
• Laboratory Rotation: Trey Ideker (Su 24)
• Publications: ORCID

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

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

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

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

Kat Nurminsky

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

Maxwell Okros

• Email: mokros@health.ucsd.edu
• Undergraduate Institution: Grand Valley State University (2021), B.S. Biochemistry
• Research Interests: Developmental Biology, Pediatric Diseases
• Laboratory Rotation: Ed Callaway (Su 24), Stephanie Cherqui (Su 25)
• Publications: ORCID

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

Sintra Stewart

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

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

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), Sushi Mahata (Wi & Su 25)
• Publications: ORCID

Yifan Zhang

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