Professional Overview
Education History
| JYA: | King's College London, Medicine (2007) |
| Bachelor of Science: | Haverford College (2008) |
| MD: | Stanford University, Medicine (2014) |
Honors and Awards
- Markowski-Leach Scholarship, Horizon Foundation (2012, 2013)
- Beckman Medical Scholar Award, Stanford University School of Medicine (2011)
- Research Trainee Award, American Society of Hematology (ASH) (2011)
- Ariel Loewy Prize for Senior Research, Haverford Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology (2008)
- High Honors, Haverford Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology (2008)
- Howard Hughes Interdisciplinary Research Scholar, HHMI (2006, 2007)
Scientific Focus
Research Projects
- Hedgehog Signaling and Axon Guidance in the Developing Eye (Dissertation)
- TGF-Beta Signaling in Mesendoderm Fate Choices (Dissertation)
Publications
- Medical Student Comfort and Preparedness in Caring for LGBT Patients Teaching and Learning in Medicine: An International Journal. 2013; (1): 112
- Ipilimumab and cancer immunotherapy: a new hope for advanced stage melanoma. Yale J Biol Med. 2011; (4): 381-9
- The discovery of novel targets of Activin A/nodal signaling during endoderm specification from embryonic stem cells (Abstract). Keystone Symposia: Stem Cell Differentiation & Dedifferentiation. 2010
- Xenopus sonic hedgehog guides retinal axons along the optic tract. Dev Dyn. 2010; (11): 2921-32
- Xenopus sonic hedgehog is involved in retinal axon guidance. Developmental Biology. 2008; (1): 540
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