Cancer Biology, Informatics & Omics Trainees
CBIO Predoctoral Trainees
| Name | Undergraduate Education | Lab | Training Period / Ph.D. Date | Current Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nathan Jameson | Arizona State; B.S. | Furnari | 2017–2018/ 2019 | Research Manager, Pfizer |
| Myan Do | UC Berkeley; B.S. | Willert | 2017–2019/ 2021 | Application Scientist, Miltenyi Biotec |
| Carlos Medina | Santa Clara University; B.S. | Dowdy | 2017–2019; 2021 | Scientist II, GenEdit |
| Erica Silva | Stanford; B.S. | Ideker | 2018–2020/2022 | Resident Physician, Stanford Health Care |
| Victoria Wu | San Jose State University; M.S. | Gutkind | 2019–2021; 2021 | Senior Scientist, Septerna |
| Meghana Padagala | Caltech; B.S, | Carter | 2019–2021/2022 | Residency/Fellowship, Radiation Oncology Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center |
| August Williams | UC Santa Barbara; B.S. | Hangauer | 2019–2021/2023 | Research Scientist, ABBOTT Labs |
| Dominic Schenone | UC Santa Cruz; B.S. | Heinz | 2020–2021 | On medical leave |
| Alexandra Tankka | UC Santa Barbara; B.S. | Yeo | 2020–2022/2024 | Postdoctoral Research, UC San Diego |
| Juan Hernandez | UC Berkeley; B.S. | Huang | 2021–2023/2023 | Biology Expert, AI training, DataAnnotation |
| Mariya Kazachkova | John Hopkins University, B.S. | Alexandrov | 2022-2024/2026 | Senior Machine Learning Scientist, Acurion |
| Fanny Zhou | Brandeis University, B.S. | Signer | 2022-2024/2026 | Business Development Manager, Biocytogen |
| Brett Taylor | Fordham University Lincoln Center | Furnari | 2023-2025 | In Training |
| Mike Wang | State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry | Hangauer | 2023-2025/2025 | Postdoctoral Research, University of Colorado Anschutz |
| Ananya Goyal | Cal Poly San Luis Obispo | Gur-Cohen | 2024-2026 | In Training |
| Kian Banihashemi | Cal Poly San Luis Obispo | Kolodner | 2025-2027 | In Training |
| Matthew Levy | Georgia Institute of Technology | Signer | 2025-2027 | In Training |
| Dorothy Tsai | University of California, San Diego | Furnari | 2026-2028 | In Training |
CBIO Postdoctoral Trainees
| Name | Previous Institution / Degree | Lab | Training Period | Current Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soo Park | University of Indiana School of Medicine; M.D. | Bajar | 2017–2019 | Associate Professor, Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, UCSD School of Medicine |
| Jason Ear | UC Los Angeles; Ph.D. | Ghosh | 2017–2019 | Assistant Professor, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona |
| Ayush Kishore | Emory University; Ph.D. | Gutkind | 2017–2019 | Principal Research Scientist, Genentech |
| Dan Lorenz | University of Michigan; Ph.D. | Yeo | 2018–2020 | Group Leader, Sanford Labs for Innovative Medicine |
| Dan Cunningham-Bryant | University of Washington; Ph.D. | Ren | 2019–2021 | Principal Scientist, Draper Laboratory |
| Donglim Park | Harvard Medical School; Ph.D. | Rich | 2019–2021 | Principal Scientist, Recludix Pharma |
| Ryan Setten | City of Hope; Ph.D. | Dowdy | 2020–2022 | Postdoctoral Research, Stanford University |
| Mark Kelly | Stanford University; Ph.D. | Ideker | 2021–2023 | Computational Biologist II, RyboDyn |
| Shiruyeh Schokrpur | UC Los Angeles; M.D., Ph.D. | Gutkind | 2021–2023 | Assistant Professor, Hematology/Oncology UC Davis School of Medicine |
| Katherine Rothamel | Vanderbilt University, Ph.D. | Yeo | 2022-2024 | Associate Director, Center of RNA Technology and Therapeutics UC San Diego |
| Hugo Medina | University of Wisconsin, Madison; Ph.D. | Yeo | 2023-2025 | Research Scientist, ABBOTT Labs |
| Alex Wenzel | UC San Diego; Ph.D. | Mesirov | 2024-2026 | In Training |
| Zane Gibbs | University of Texas, Southwestern Medical School; Ph.D. | Ren | 2024-2025 |
Director of Spatial and Functional Genomics, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons |
| Corinne McCoy | UC San Diego; Ph.D. | Hamilton | 2025-2027 |
In Training |
| Brian Ji | Columbia University, M.D., Ph.D. | Li | 2025-2027 |
In Training |
| Andrew Liu | Northwestern University, Ph.D. | Oegema | 2025-2027 |
In Training |
| Debbie Ledezma | George Washington University, Ph.D. | Glass | 2026-2028 |
In Training |