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Lab Alumni

See where our recent lab alumni are now.

POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS AND RESIDENTS      

Name

Years

Program or School

Current Affiliation

Gary Kohanbash, PhD

2012 - 2016

Postdoctoral Scholar

Assistant Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh

Seunggu Han, MD

2014 - 2015

Resident of Neurosurgery, UCSF

Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University

Yafei Hou, PhD

2014 - 2017

Associate Researcher

Staff Scientist I, SENS Research Foundation

Tohru Kotani, PhD

2015 - 2017

Visiting Scholar

Ono Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

Diego Carrera, MD

2015 - 2019

Postdoctoral Scholar

Clinical Intern, University of New Mexico

Zinal Chheda, PhD

2016 - 2018

Postdoctoral Scholar

Sanofi Pharmaceutical

Polly Chuntova, PhD

2016 - 2021

Postdoctoral Scholar

Specialist, Kasahara lab, Neurological Surgery, UCSF

Bindu Hegde, PhD

2018 - 2021

Postdoctoral Scholar

Senior Scientist, 3T Biosciences

Hirokazu Ogino, MD, PhD

2019 - 2021

Visiting Scholar

Associate professor/Lecturer, Department of Respiratory Medicine and Rheumatology, Tokushima University, Japan

Lauren Ferrerosa, MD

2020 - 2022

Fellowship Scholar, Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital

Medical Director, IQVIA

Jacob Young, MD

2021 - 2022

Resident of Neurosurgery, UCSF

Resident, Department of Neurological Surgery, UCSF

Atsuro Saijo, MD, PhD

2021 - 2023

Postdoctoral Scholar

Department of Respiratory Medicine and Rheumatology, Tokushima University, Japan

 

 

 

 

PREDOCTORAL STUDENTS SUPERVISED OR MENTORED   

Name

Years

Program or School

Current Affiliation

Shuming Liu

2015 - 2016

Visiting Scholar 

Research Associate, Harvard Medical School 

Shruti Shrivastav

2014 - 2016

Senior Research Associate

Senior Consultant at L.E.K. Consulting

Naznin Jahan

2016 - 2017

Junior Specialist

PhD candidate (Graduate Student) at UCSF BMS Program

Kira Downey

2016 - 2021

Junior Specialist

MD-PhD Candidate at UCSF MSTP Program

Ryosuke Naka

2016 - 2017

Medical Student at Kyoto University School of Medicine

MD, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Japan

Tastsuo Maeda

2017 - 2019

Visiting Scholar

Ono Pharmaceutical Co.

Neil Almeida

2017 - 2019

Medical Student at George Washington Univ.

Medical Student at George Washington Univ.

Maryam N. Shahin

2017 - 2018

Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine

Neurosurgery Resident at Oregon Health and Science University

Bunta Kakihara 

2018 - 2019

Kyoto University School of Medicine

MD, Kansai Electric Power Hospital

Jared Taitt

2018 - 2020

Junior Specialist

Medical Student at David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Ryan Gilbert

2018 - 2020

Junior Specialist

Medical Student at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Abigail Mende

2019 - 2021

Junior Specialist

Graduate Student in Immunology Graduate Program at UC Berkeley

Yitzhar Goretsky

2019 - 2021

Junior Specialist

Medical Student at the University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine

Tiffany Chen

2020 - 2022

Junior Specialist

Graduate Student at the Dartmouth College, Molecular and Cellular Biology (MCB) Program 

David Diebold

2020 - 2021

Junior Specialist

Clinical Development Engineer at Intuitive Surgical

Psalm Pineo-Cavanaugh

2021 - 2023

Junior Specialist

Medical Student at UCSF

Christian Jimenez

2021 - 2023

Junior Specialist

Medical Student at UCSF

Keith Kyewalabye

2021 - 2023

Junior Specialist

MD/PhD Program at SUNY Upstate Medical University

Shayan Amir-Kabirian

2023

Student Intern

San Juan Bautista School of Medicine