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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 Scientist, Zentalis Pharmaceuticals
Myan Do UC Berkeley; B.S. Willert 2017–2019; 2021 Project Manager, Amberstone Biosciences
Carlos Medina Santa Clara University; B.S. Dowdy 2017–2019 Scientist II, GenEdit
Erica Silva Stanford; B.S. Ideker 2018–2020 Medical school
Victoria Wu San Jose State University; M.S. Gutkind 2019–2021; 2021 Senior Scientist, Septerna
Meghana Padagala Caltech; B.S, Carter 2019–2021 Residency/Fellowship, Radiation Oncology
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
August Williams UC Santa Barbara; B.S. Hangauer 2019–2021 Postdoctoral Scholar
UC San Diego
Dominic Schenone UC Santa Cruz; B.S. Heinz 2020–2022 In Training
Alexandra Tankka UC Santa Barbara; B.S. Yeo 2020–2022 In Training
Juan Hernandez UC Berkeley; B.S. Huang 2021–2023 Scientist
Biotech
Mariya Kazachkova John Hopkins University, B.S. Alexandrov 2022-2024 In Training
Fanny Zhou Brandeis University, B.S.  Signer 2022-2024 In Training
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 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 Assistant 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 Associate Director of Research, Elipse Bioinnovations
Dan Cunningham-Bryant University of Washington; Ph.D. Ren 2019–2021 Scientist, Draper Laboratory
Donglim Park Harvard Medical School; Ph.D. Rich 2019–2021 Senior Scientist, Recludix Pharma
Ryan Setten City of Hope; Ph.D. Dowdy 2020–2022 Scientist, Sapient Bioanalytics, LLC
Mark Kelly Stanford University; Ph.D. Ideker 2021–2023 In Training
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 In Training
Alex Wenzel UC San Diego; Ph.D. Mesirov 2024-2026 In Training
Zane Gibbs University of Texas, Southwestern Medical School; Ph.D. Ren 2024-2026 In Training