Our Team
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Our Center brings together a team of talented individuals from clinical research, laboratory research, basic science and the community to propel our mission.
Our Team Members
Directors
Kari Nadeau, MD, PhD
Director
Professor
Stanford Medical School and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine
Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics
Courtesy appointment, Department of Otolaryngology
Director
Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research at Stanford University
Naddisy Family Foundation Professor of Medicine
Director
FARE Center of Excellence at Stanford University
Faculty Fellow
Center for Innovation and Global Health
Chief Investigator
Food allergy studies at Stanford
Sharon Chinthrajah, MD
Associate Professor
Director, Clinical Translational Research Unit
Dr. Chinthrajah joined the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy & Asthma Research at Stanford in August 2013 and established herself as a translational researcher investigating immune mechanisms in food allergy and asthma under the mentorship of Dr. Kari Nadeau. She is the Director of the Clinical Translational Research Unit of the Sean N Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research where she leads the team to conduct novel and impactful Phase 1-3 studies in food allergy, asthma, allergic rhinitis, and atopic dermatitis. Dr. Chinthrajah received her MD from Drexel University College of Medicine, completed her Internal Medicine training and a chief residency at California Pacific Medical Center, and subspecialized in Pulmonary/Critical Care and Allergy/Immunology at Boston Medical Center.
Physicians
Sharon Chinthrajah, MD
Associate Professor
Director, Clinical Translational Research Unit
Dr. Chinthrajah joined the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy & Asthma Research at Stanford in August 2013 and established herself as a translational researcher investigating immune mechanisms in food allergy and asthma under the mentorship of Dr. Kari Nadeau. She is the Director of the Clinical Translational Research Unit of the Sean N Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research where she leads the team to conduct novel and impactful Phase 1-3 studies in food allergy, asthma, allergic rhinitis, and atopic dermatitis. Dr. Chinthrajah received her MD from Drexel University College of Medicine, completed her Internal Medicine training and a chief residency at California Pacific Medical Center, and subspecialized in Pulmonary/Critical Care and Allergy/Immunology at Boston Medical Center.
Katharine Fast, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Katie Fast has had a hand in sensory research since her first air conditioned summer job washing test tubes at Yale Medical School. She studied history and literature at Harvard and fine arts at Columbia before returning to Yale for her MD and work in Linda Bartoshuk’s lab. She arrived in Palo Alto for internship and residency in internal medicine and was the last fellow in the combined Stanford-UCSF allergy-immunology fellowship. She practiced in San Francisco until joining our team at the end of 2020. Dr. Fast is fascinated by itch and gets up every day keen to help more people be comfortable in their skin. Her passion is for seeing patients in clinic, and she is excited to be part of the Sean N. Parker Center and work with such an amazing team.
Lisa Patel, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
Lisa Joined the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research at Stanford University in 2021. Lisa Patel received her undergraduate degree in Biological Sciences from Stanford University. After college, she worked in Egypt, Brazil, and India on international development projects with community-based organizations and non-profits, focusing on conservation and development efforts. She then obtained her Master's in Environmental Sciences from the Yale School of the Environment and went on to be a Presidential Management Fellow for the Environmental Protection Agency, coordinating the US Government's efforts on clean air and safe drinking water projects in South Asia in collaboration with the World Health Organization. Realizing the critical and inextricable links between children's health and environmental issues, she obtained her medical degree from Johns Hopkins University and completed her residency in pediatrics at UCSF. For the last several years, she has used her extensive experience working for government, community organizations, and non-profits to advocate for children's health priorities in the US. She is previously the co-chair for the American Academy of Pediatrics Advocacy Committee, California Chapter 1 (AAP-CA1) and in her time helped launch the inaugural Advocating for Children Together conference for Northern California that is now a yearly occurrence. She co-founded the Climate and Health task force for AAP-CA1, and sits on the Executive Committee for the AAP's national Council on Environmental Health. She is the Advocacy and Policy Lead for the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research where she focuses on climate change and health. She is also the rotation director for the pediatric resident's Community Pediatrics and Child Advocacy Rotation.
Sayantani (Tina) Sindher, MD
Clinical Associate Professor
Dr. Sindher joined the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy & Asthma Research at Stanford University in January 2017. She is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Allergy and Immunology in the Department of Medicine, division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine. She divides her time between clinical trials and outpatient clinical care of pediatric and adult allergy and immunology patients. Tina completed her Pediatric residency at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Children’s Hospital at Montefiore in Bronx, NY and her fellowship in Allergy and Immunology at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), Philadelphia, PA. While at CHOP, she was a sub-investigator on multiple food allergy trials and participated in laboratory research focused on characterizing the peripheral and epithelial immune regulatory responses in children and adults with eosinophilic esophagitis.
William J Collins, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor and Faculty Fellow
Dr. Collins has been a Clinical Assistant Professor at the Stanford School of Medicine since 2018 and joined the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research at Stanford University in 2019. He works as a hospitalist at the Stanford Hospital in Palo Alto, CA and works on clinical research at the Sean N. Parker Center. He is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and completed his residency at UC San Diego. He received his medical training from UCSF.
Kathleen Jia, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Dr. Jia is a Clinical Assistant Professor at Stanford School of Medicine. She joined the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy & Asthma Research at Stanford in 2021. She graduated from Stanford University with a B.S. in Biology and received her medical degree at Baylor College of Medicine. She completed her residency training at Stanford Hospital and currently works as a hospital medicine physician at Stanford ValleyCare hospital.
Study Coordinators & Assistant Study Coordinators
Julia Ye
Clinical Research Coordinator
Julia joined the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research as a Lead Clinical Research Coordinator in April 2021. She earned her B.A. in Psychology and Education from the University of California at Berkeley and most recently worked in cognitive developmental neuroscience research as well as Covid-19 clinical trials at Stanford University. She also previously worked as a Registered Behavior Technician providing therapy for children with autism. She is passionate about helping others especially within education and healthcare and believes in being a lifelong learner! Julia enjoys spending time with friends and family and hopes to travel the world with her dog Kippy.
Frida Calderon
Clinical Research Coordinator
Before joining the Sean N. Parker Center in September 2021, Frida worked as a Clinical Research Associate at Yale’s Clinical and Translational Research Accelerator (CTRA), where she supported the establishment of a Nephrology biobank seeking to discover novel biomarkers for various kidney pathologies. She graduated from Yale in 2020 with a major in medical anthropology, and is taking two gap years before entering medical school. She is allergic to cats but hopes to own one someday anyway, and loves to read in her spare time.
Humayra Mohiuddin
Clinical Research Coordinator
Humayra Mohiuddin joined the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research at Stanford University as a Clinical Research Coordinator in February 2021. She earned her B.S in Biopsychology from UC Davis and is currently a Master's in Public Health Candidate at the University of San Francisco. She is passionate about reducing health disparities and making healthcare more accessible for all. Humayra has previous research experience from her time at the UC Davis Center for Mind and Brain studying learning and memory in children. In her free time, Humayra enjoys traveling and exploring new places, especially hiking, and enjoying the outdoors.
Jessica Rogers
Assistant Clinical Research Coordinator
Jessica joined the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research Center in June 2021 as an Assistant Clinical Research Coordinator. She recently received her bachelor's degree in Public Health with a minor in Women's Studies from San Jose State University. She also recently finished school with Bay Area Medical Academy where she received her Phlebotomy license. Having dealt with allergies her entire life, Jessica wanted to work with the Sean Parker Center so that she can help others like herself. Her main goal is to be a part of a team that works to make long lasting health changes for people so that they can live happy and healthy lives. In her downtime, Jessica loves spending time with family, friends, and her cat.
Kristine Martinez
Clinical Research Coordinator
Kristine joined the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research in June 2020. She earned a Medical Assisting Diploma in 2003 locally in San Jose, CA. She have over 10 years of experience in Allergy and Asthma while working with adult and pediatric patients. Currently she is pursuing her BS in Healthcare Administration.
Reena Rajcoomar
Clinical Research Coordinator
Reena joined the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research in September 2021. She is currently a registered nurse in Canada and the U.S. with experience in the pharmaceutical and research sector. Her interest in the scientific realm started with her experiences in Dr. Gunning's medicinal chemistry and cancer research lab back at the University of Toronto and in the pharmaceutical sector. Her continued passion for patient care and advocacy for patient safety in tandem with her interests in novel/experimental medicines has led her to pursue the clinical research profession. She enjoys hiking, swimming, and doing DIY house repairs in her free time!
Marleni Albarran
Assistant Clinical Research Coordinator
Marleni recently joined the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research at Stanford University as an assistant clinical research coordinator in April 2021. She is part of the Stanford COMET fellowship within the school of medicine - currently working on depression research as well as scribing at the Ravenswood clinic in East Palo Alto. She worked on pediatric cancer research and with Camp Kesem at UCSC where she graduated from Spring of 2021. On her time off, Marleni enjoys hiking, baking and going to coffee shops!
Alyssa Rodriguez
Research Assistant
Alyssa joined the Sean Parker team as a Research Assistant in January 2021. She earned her B.S. in Human Biology (with a minor in Classical Studies) and is currently pursuing a Master’s in Community Health and Prevention Research from the Stanford School of Medicine. Alyssa is passionate about reducing health disparities and utilizing digital health technologies. Alyssa’s previous research experience was at the Scripps Research Translational Institute in La Jolla, California studying health literacy in underrepresented populations within the All of Us Precision Medicine Initiative. In her free time, Alyssa enjoys skiing, spending time with her dogs and cats, and reading.
Research Assiatant
Grace Hardwick
Research Assistant
Grace started at the Sean N. Parker Center in the beginning of 2022. She is a current junior at Northeastern University in Boston, studying Biology with a minor in Criminal Justice. Grace began her clinical experience as an ophthalmic technician at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and Harvard Medical School in the Spring of 2020, and she is excited to explore a new sector of medicine while working here. Due to her own personal experiences with food allergies her whole life, Grace is passionate about helping others who share similar challenges with their allergies, and she is eager to assist in cutting-edge allergy research that can greatly improve the quality of life for many individuals. Grace grew up in Colorado, and in her spare time enjoys hiking, reading, and spending time with her family and friends.
Phlebotomists
Angelo Buendia
Phlebotomist
Angelo Buendia joined the Sean N.Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research in April 2021 as a phlebotomist. He is a certified phlebotomy technician since 2006. Angelo has over 15 yrs of experience working at the lab, collecting blood sample from the patients and examining them in a laboratory.
Regulatory & Program
Olivia Lecomte Raeber, PhD
Medical Writer & Regulatory Document Manager
Olivia joined the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research at Stanford University in April 2015. She received her PhD in immunology from the University Paris VI, France. After a post-doctoral fellowship at Stanford University, she held various drug development positions in the biotech Industry, focusing on the discovery of fully human monoclonal antibodies and small molecule drugs against oncology and inflammation targets.
Hilary Tang
Clinical Program Manager
Hilary earned her B.A. in Integrative Biology from University of California, Berkeley. Hilary has previous research experience studying social determinants of health within emergency medicine in California and global health in the Philippines. Most recently, she worked as a Site Lead Clinical Research Coordinator on COVID-19 public health surveillance studies at Stanford. On her free time, you can find her boxing or exploring nature locally and during travels.
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Laurie Kost
Clinical Research Manager
Laurie joined the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research at Stanford University as a clinical research coordinator in May 2016. Laurie has previous research experience in comparative physiology at Stanford’s Hopkins Marine Station. Additionally, she has participated in public health research projects in India and Thailand. She completed her MS in Epidemiology from Harvard School of Public Health, and MS and BS with Honors in Biological Sciences from Stanford University.
Database
Quinlan Hampton
Data Analyst/Data Manager
Quinlan joined the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy & Asthma Research at Stanford in January 2021 as a Data Analyst. She has over 3 years of application management and database analytic experience with Altman Clinical and Translational Research Institute at UCSD. She graduated from UCSD with a B.S. in Psychology, with a specialization in Clinical Psychology.
Mihir Mukesh Shah
Data Entry/Research Assistant
Mihir joined the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research in December 2020. He is currently a student at UC Berkeley studying Molecular and Cellular Biology. With a strong interest in research, he has previous experience in wet-lab and computational work. In addition, he has been a volunteer with public health organizations and active in Berkeley's student-run healthcare consulting group.
Tianyu Mu
Data Manager/Research Analyst
Tianyu joined the Sean N. Parker Center at Stanford University in September 2021. He has over 2 years’ experience providing statistical programming support for clinical studies and projects, developing and modifying programs and Macros to perform statistical analyses with Abbott Laboratories. He graduated from Rutgers with Master degree of Pharmaceutical Engineering.
Allie Lee
Data Entry/Research Assistant
Allie joined the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research in September 2020. She is taking a gap year before studying Human Biology and History at Stanford University next fall. With interests at the intersection of scientific understanding and social policy, Allie previously researched herbicide residues in household American food products and has been active in The Atlantic’s COVID Tracking Project, peer education for HIV/AIDS awareness, and California’s 33rd Congressional District’s Youth Advisory Council.
Pharmacist
Brent Anderson, Pharm.D
Investigational Drug Pharmacist
Brent joined the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research at Stanford University in August 2019, assisting with clinical trials and the management of investigational drug products. He received his BS in Biology and Doctorate of Pharmacy from the University of Wisconsin – Madison.
Scientific Grant Writer
Andrew (Andy) Chin
Scientific Grant Writer
Andy joined the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research in December 2021. He received his B.A. in biology from Humboldt State University and his Ph.D. in biology from the Irell & Manella Graduate School of Biological Sciences at City of Hope. During his post doctorate at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center he developed a passion for scientific writing and has since focused on the development and writing of manuscripts and grants. In his spare time, he enjoys reading and cooking.
Therapist
Marté Matthews, MA, MFT
Consulting Family Therapist
Marté joined the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research at Stanford University in 2015. In her role as a consultant to the research team and supporting the families of clinical trial participants, she addresses emotional and behavioral issues that may arise in children during their participation in the study. She has previously worked as a supervisor for master’s level graduate students in practicum and as a clinician with children’s behavioral health care providers throughout Santa Clara County. Before becoming a therapist, she was a health educator for 13 years on topics such as reproductive health, oncology, and nutrition. She completed her Bachelor of Arts in Applied Behavioral Sciences at U.C. Davis and her Master of Arts at John F. Kennedy University. Marté currently has a private practice at the Child & Family Counseling Group in San Jose.
GMP Facilities (Good Manufacturing Practices)
Margie Woch, RDN
Dietitian
Margie, a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, first began working with Dr. Nadeau in 2010 in the initial stages of research in OIT for food allergy at Stanford University. She rejoined the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research in 2015. She has also previously worked at Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hopsital at Stanford and Santa Clara Valley Medical Center as a pediatric clinical nutritionist in Allergy-Pulmonary Medicine and Neurology. Her degree in Nutrition & Food Science is from San Jose State University and she did her training at Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston.
Cillione Tan
GMP Lab Assistant
Cillione joined the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research at Stanford University in January 2020. She assists with preparing allergen for study participants at GMP department. Cillione received her bachelor's degree double majoring in Chemistry and German from University of California, Santa Barbara.
Jhanelle Cervantes
GMP Lab Assistant
Jhanelle is our lab assistant in the GMP facility preparing patient doses of food allergen. She graduated from San Jose State University with a Bachelor of Science majoring in Kinesiology, along with a concentration of Inclusive Physical Activities in Communities (IPAC).
April Antoinette Ramos Josue
GMP Lab Assistant
April joined the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research at Stanford University in November 2021. She prepares doses of food allergen for patients at the GMP department. April earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Biology with a Concentration in Physiology and Minor in Chemistry at San Francisco State University.
Elizabeth Chen
GMP Lab Assistant
Elizabeth joined the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research at Stanford University in April 2019. In the GMP facility, she verifies food manufacturing processes by preparing doses of allergen for study participants and assists with programs regulatory audits. She obtained her BS in Nutrition and Dietetics with a minor in Food Science from California State University, Long Beach.
Barrie Ann Shapiro, PhD
GMP Lab Assistant
Barrie holds a PhD in Chemistry from the University of Wisconsin and a BS in Chemistry from the University of California at Berkeley. She joined the GMP facility team of the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research in February of 2021. Her previous work includes management of non-clinical operations at a private practice oral immunotherapy clinic and analytical instrumentation research and development.
Camila Raygada
GMP Lab Assistant
Camila joined the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research in November 2021. She works in the GMP facility as a lab assistant preparing patient doses of food allergens for the research studies. Camila recently received her MS in Food Science, Nutrition, and Metabolism at the University of Navarra in Spain and previously completed her BS in Nutritional Sciences at San Jose State University. Camila has had experience working as a dietary aide and is interested in becoming a registered dietitian. In her free time she loves to spend time with family and friends, walk her dog and try new recipes!
Annie Le
GMP Lab Assistant
Annie joined the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research in December 2021. She went to San Jose State University where she studied Public Health with a minor in Nutrition Food Science. She previously worked at Stanford Health Care where she gained experience as a dietetic assistant and worked with patients to help them order food based on their allergies and dietary needs. She has a passion for anything related to nutrition and helping others. She loves to learn and gain more experience so she knew this position at SNP would only continue to benefit her personal growth.
Faculty
Maya Kasowski, PhD, MD
Assistant Professor in the University Tenure Line
Dr. Kasowski is a Clinical Instructor in Pathology and joined the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy & Asthma Research at Stanford University in August 2019. She investigates links between genetic variants and molecular mechanisms of allergic inflammation. Dr. Kasowski completed her MD/PhD at Yale University, followed by postdoctoral training in Genetics and residency in Clinical Pathology at Stanford. She is Assistant Director of the Stanford Molecular Pathology Core, a laboratory which assists in the translation of molecular assays into Stanford Pathology clinical tests.
Barbara Erny, MD
Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor
Dr. Erny joined the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy & Asthma Research at Stanford University in June of 2021. She is an Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor of Allergy and Immunology in the Department of Medicine, Division of Med/Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and is part of the Sean Parker Task Force and Pollution Center. A Stanford alumna, she completed her medical school and residency training here before joining Palo Alto Medical Foundation as a board-certified ophthalmologist for 26 years. Currently,she works in global health, serving as the ASCRS (American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery) Foundation Medical Liaison for International Programs. A strong advocate for advancing environmental health, Dr. Erny spent many years on sustainability committees at Sutter Health. Currently she serves on the Physicians for Social Responsibility Environmental Health Committee, Steering Committee for the Medical Societies Consortium on Climate and Health, and she is a member of the Climate Action Working Group of the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness. Dr. Erny is on the editorial board of the new online Journal of Climate Change and Health.She is mentoring Stanford medical students to infuse climate change education into their curriculum and is coordinating efforts of Stanford, UCSF and UC Davis to integrate climate change education into all levels of physician training. Dr. Erny is faculty for the medical school elective “Climate Change and Health,” and gives lectures throughout Stanford University and in the community.
Scientists
Rosemarie H. DeKruyff, PhD
Senior Research Scientist, Cellular Biology
Rosemarie joined the Nadeau Laboratory at the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research at Stanford University in 2016. Her decades of research have illuminated key discoveries of the mechanisms underlying the development of allergy and asthma. Her research currently focuses on the role of TIM molecules and the RGMb pathway in development of oral tolerance to food allergens, and in the development of food allergy. Increased understanding of the molecules that modulate function of Treg cells, conventional CD4 T cells and iNKT cells in the development of asthma, respiratory tolerance and oral tolerance could lead to therapies for treatment of allergic disease. Rosemarie has an extensive history of publications, patents, NIH grants, and teaching. She received her PhD in Biology/Immunology from NYU and completed her post-doctoral training at Cornell Medical College and at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School. She has previously held faculty positions at Harvard Medical School and Stanford School of Medicine.
Monali Manohar, PhD
Senior Research Scientist
Dr. Monali Manohar obtained her PhD from Indian Institute of Science. She joined Prof. Kari Nadeau’s laboratory for her second postdoc in late 2013, and has continued to work with the group as a Senior Research Scientist. Her work in recent years has been focused upon understanding the immune mechanism of desensitization and tolerance to food allergens through allergen-specific oral immunotherapy (OIT). Towards this goal, her group primarily employs techniques such as high dimensional mass cytometry, single-cell and bulk RNA-Seq, and ex vivo functional assays to study post-OIT immune changes in a defined cohort of food allergic study participants. She has also been involved with the center's COVID-19 immunity-focused clinical studies since 2020.
Mary Prunicki, PhD, MD
Senior Research Scientist
Dr. Prunicki joined the Nadeau laboratory at the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy Research at Stanford in July 2014. Her research investigates the impact of air pollution, including wildfires, on the immune system in both healthy and asthmatic individuals. Mary received her PhD from Northwestern University and her MD from Southern Illinois University. After taking time off to raise her small children, Dr. Prunicki resumed her career by becoming an NIH re-entry scientist.
Xiaoying Zhou, MD, PhD
Research Scientist
Dr. Zhou joined the Nadeau Laboratory at the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma at Stanford in June 2015. Her research involves understanding the regulatory mechanisms through which environmental air pollution exposure impacts immune cell function in asthmatic children. Specifically, she analyzes of the composition of the T cell subpopulations using CyTOF mass cytometry technology. Her studies also involve the induction of type 1 regulatory cells in food allergy patients. She received her PhD in hematology at Central South University, China. She completed her postdoctoral training in stem cell biology and hematopoiesis at University of Southern California.
Lab Manager
Diane Dunham
Lab Manager
Diane Dunham joined the Nadeau Laboratory at the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma at Stanford in May 2017. Her current role as a research assistant supports various projects in the lab that utilize Cytof and flow cytometry to study changes in immune markers from clinical participants. She received her MS degree in Biology from the University of Illinois. The focus of her research was understanding hormone components on immune function. Her last position at the Boyce Thomson Institute for plant biology lab was as a lab manager. In this position and others over the years, she gained skills in molecular biology, immunology, virology and protein chemistry.
Life Science Research Professionals
Heather Ha
Life Science Research Professional III
Dr. Ha joined the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy & Asthma Research at Stanford in June 2021. As an LSRP III, she leads NIH and biotech industries funded projects. She works on the oral immunotherapy clinical trials for food allergies and COVID-19 vaccine trials, to understand the molecular underpinnings of immunology, allergies and asthma. Before joining the Sean N. Parker Center, Dr. Ha completed her postdoctoral training in infectious diseases at Harvard Medical School, and later pursued research in fast-paced pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. She obtained bachelor’s degree in Molecular Biotechnology with the 1st Class Honors, and Ph.D. in Protein Biochemistry at University of Sydney.
Iris Chang
Life Science Technician II
Iris joined the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research at Stanford University in February 2016. She assists the research coordinators in data entry process for clinic trails. She also helps with processing research samples in the Nadeau Laboratory. She graduated from Seattle University with a BS degree in Biology.
Monica Vel
Life Science Research Technician II
Monica joined the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy & Asthma research at Stanford University in January of 2021. She is a recent graduate of University of California, Davis where she studied Cognitive Science with a Neuroscience emphasis. She processes samples for the various studies being conducted by our lab and helps with data entry.
Meije (Mark) Benjamins Tiersma
Life Science Research Technician I
Mark joined the Kasowski laboratory at the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy Research at Stanford in June 2021. He helps with processing research and clinical samples in the lab. He received a BA in Molecular and Cellular Biology with an emphasis in Genetics and Genomics from UC Berkeley, whilst doing research on plant-pathogen interactions.
Ceena Nafarzadegan
Life Science Research Professional I
Ceena joined the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research at Stanford University in March 2021. In the GMP facility, he verifies food manufacturing processes by preparing doses of allergen for study participants and assists with programs regulatory audits. He obtained his BS in Molecular, Cell, and Developmental biology from University of California, Santa Cruz.
Andrea Fernandes
Life Science Research Professional II
Andrea joined the Laboratory at the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research at Stanford University in April 2019. Andrea graduated from Northeastern University with a Masters in Biotechnology. During her there, she participated in cancer research at a Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital Lab. Her work focused on looking at drug induced resistance in Multiple Myeloma.
Evan Do
Life Science Technician II
Evan joined the Nadeau laboratory at the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy Research at Stanford in April 2019. She helps with processing research samples in the lab. Shereceived her BS in Psychology with a Biology emphasis from UC Davis as well as a minor in sociology.
Zoe Lew
Research Assistant and Administrator
Zoe works at the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy Research at Stanford since June 2021. She helps with developing a community-based environmental justice symposium for health professionals and works on wildfires and school preparedness research. She is currently an undergraduate at the University of Washington studying environmental studies.
Hana Seastedt
Life Science Research Professional I
Hana joined the Laboratory at the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research at Stanford University in November 2021. Hana graduated from the London School of Hygiene in Tropical Medicine with a Master of Science in Public Health in 2021. Prior to that she obtained her BS degree in Public Health with a minor in Biology from Santa Clara University. Her past research experience included conducting latex agglutination tests for infectious diseases and evaluating disparities in accessing medical care in the United States and globally.
Research Assistant
Jo Ann Efobi
Graduate Research Assistant
Jo Ann is a master’s student at Stanford who joined Dr. Nadeau’s lab in January 2022. She graduated magna cum laude with a degree in Neuroscience from Northwestern University. As an undergraduate, she performed research on child development and supported survivors of torture in receiving primary care by serving as a French translator and social work volunteer among other activities. She previously worked in the Shudo lab investigating tissue engineering-based treatments for myocardial infarcts.
Post-Doctoral Scholars
Xiaorui Han, PhD
Post-Doctoral Scholar
Dr. Han joined the Nadeau laboratory at the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research at Stanford in January 2018. She currently focus on mechanistic research on antigen-specific T cells and how they are involved with the tolerance in allergic patients during immunotherapy. She uses molecular biology techniques to study the effects of immune cells and their molecular signatures on tolerance in models of human allergy and immunological diseases. She received her PhD in biotechnology from Peking University.
Juan Aguilera
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Dr. Aguilera is a postdoctoral research fellow at Stanford University and joined the Nadeau Laboratory at the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy & Asthma Research in September 2020. His research focuses on understanding the impact of air pollution on cardiorespiratory health in at-risk populations. Juan obtained his Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Health Sciences from the University of Texas at El Paso and his MD from the Autonomous University of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. He investigated the negative effects of traffic-related air pollutants on physical activity in children with asthma as well as the associations of traffic and transportation-related variables with cardiorespiratory biomarkers in low-income populations from a border community.
Database
Ella Parsons
Data Manager
Ella Parsons joined the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy & Asthma Research at Stanford in June of 2021 as a data manager. She obtained a BA in Anthropology from the University of Oklahoma and completed her MPH in Biostatistics and Epidemiology from the University of California, Berkeley. Her past research experiences have focused on a variety of topics from air pollution, social and psychological effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, host pathogen interactions, and epigenetics. In addition to data management, her current research uses omics-based approaches to better understand the etiology of allergy and immunological diseases.
Bioinformatics & Computational Team
Abhinav Kaushik, PhD
Post-Doctoral Scholar
Dr. Kaushik joined the Nadeau Laboratory at the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research at Stanford in July 2018. He received his PhD in Bioinformatics from the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, India in 2017. Before joining the Nadeau Laboratory, he worked as a Visiting Researcher in the Pathogen Genomics laboratory at Kings Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia.
Dr. Kaushik’s core area of research includes applications of systems biology and algorithm development for big-data analysis. He has developed and published a number of Bioinformatics Software and databases targeting high-throughput genomic data analysis. His current research focuses on the understanding of the expression of blood based immune markers of individuals undergoing oral immune therapy using CyTOF data analysis.
Shu Cao
Biostatistician
Shu joined the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy & Asthma Research at Stanford in February 2019. As a biostatistician, she implements statistical analysis in the allergy and asthma research to explore the potential clinical and molecular risk factors that associated with severe symptoms. Before joining the Sean N. Parker Center, she worked as a biostatistician in the Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center at University of Southern California. She obtained dual bachelor’s degree in Biological Engineering and International Economics and Business at Shandong University of Science and Technology and an MS in Statistics from West Virginia University.
Finance & Operations
James Chou
Finance Manager
James joined the Sean Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research in December 2021. He has worked at Stanford in various departments for the past 22 years. His last worked at Biomedical Data Science as their Manager of Finance and Administration. James is an avid Bay Area sports fan and enjoys listening to music and attending live concerts in his spare time.
Angela Hy
Executive Administrator, Supporting:
Dr. Sharon Chinthrajah
Dr. Sayantani Sindher
Dr. Katharine Fast
Angela joined the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research at Stanford University in 2018. She directly supports Director Dr. Sharon Chinthrajah. She graduated from Maryland Institute College of Art with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration and Graphic Design.
Aracelis Rivera
Administrative Associate
Aracelis joined the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research in November 2021. Previously she worked as an Administrative analyst for the Mental Health Initiative Program. She has over 9 years of experience organizing campaigns, evenets, workshops and trainings. During her free time, Aracelis enjoys dancing, skydiving, traveling, camping with friends, and creating unique culinary recipes and desserts from scratch.
Roxanne Garcia
Research Administrator II, Grants Specialist
Roxanne joined the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research at Stanford in 2014. She graduated from Los Angeles with a Bachelor's Degree in Biology and has research experience with infectious diseases and mucosal innate immunity.
Our Basic Research Team is a cross-disciplinary world-renowned Stanford group that focuses on cutting-edge innovation to discover immune mechanisms of how therapy works and examines the causes of allergies and asthma to improve diagnostics, prognostics, and therapies.
Kari Nadeau, MD, PhD
Professor
Stanford Medical School and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine
Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics
Courtesy appointment, Department of Otolaryngology
Director
Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research at Stanford University
Naddisy Family Foundation Professor of Medicine
Director
FARE Center of Excellence at Stanford University
Faculty Fellow
Center for Innovation and Global Health
Chief Investigator
Food allergy studies at Stanford
Steve Galli, MD
Professor, Pathology
Member, Bio-X
Member, Stanford Cancer Institute
Professor, Microbiology & Immunology
Michael Snyder, PhD
Professor and Chair of Genetics
Director, Stanford Center for Genomics and Personalized Medicine
Member, Bio-X
Member, Child Health Research Institute
Member, Stanford Cancer Institute
Member, Stanford Neurosciences Institute
Mark Davis, PhD
Professor, Microbiology & Immunology
Member, Bio-X
Member, Stanford Cancer Institute
Andy Fire, PhD
A biologist and professor of pathology and of genetics at the Stanford University School of Medicine. He was awarded the 2006 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, along with Craig C. Mello, for the discovery of RNA interference (RNAi) — research conducted at the Carnegie Institution of Washington and published in 1998.
Mark Nicolls, MD
Division Chair, Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
Associate Professor, Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
Joint Appointment, Immunology & Rheumatology
Member, Cardiovascular Institute
Member and Faculty, CVI/Vera Moulton Wall Center for Pulmonary Vascular Disease
Member, Child Health Research Institute
Member, Institute for Immunity, Transplantation and Infection
Director, Lung Immunology
Vanitha Sampath
Content Development
Vanitha joined the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research at Stanford University in 2015. She completed her PhD in Nutrition at UC Davis, where she conducted clinical research on the effects of dietary calcium on fat metabolism. After working in industry and academia for a few years as a research scientist, she eventually combined her scientific background with her passion for writing and communications to become a medical and scientific writer. At the Center, she enjoys being in the midst of ground-breaking research in asthma and allergy and is committed to communicating the scientific advances of the Center and spreading awareness of its mission and vision.
Lindsey Hincks
Development Officer
As the Associate Director of the Children's Fund at the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health, Lindsey serves as the development officer for pediatric allergy and asthma at the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy & Asthma Research Center at Stanford University. She is dedicated to raising funds to advance the groundbreaking research and clinical trials being conducted at the Center and serving as an advocate nationwide to further our mission and vision. Contact Lindsey about major gifts and other opportunities for support.
Community Council Advis0rs
Justine Stamen Arrillaga Shirley Orsak
Caroline Chen Michelle Sandberg
Diane Eiger Chris Suroweic
Diana Hewitt Melanie Thernstrom
Melissa Kepner Stephanie Winston-Wolkoff
Marnie Marcin
Our Basic Research Team is a cross-disciplinary world-renowned Stanford group that focuses on cutting-edge innovation to discover immune mechanisms of how therapy works and examines the causes of allergies and asthma to improve diagnostics, prognostics, and therapies.
Our Scientific Advisory Board brings together a cross-disciplinary team of world-renowned scientists to improve diagnostics, prognostics and therapies.
Sean N. Parker
Kari Nadeau, MD, PhD
Cezmi Akids, MD, PhD
Mübeccel Akdis, MD
Katrina Allen, MBBS, PhD
Scott Boyd, MD, PhD
Carlos A. Camargo, Jr., MD, DrPH
Howard Y. Chang, M, PhD
Yueh-Hsiu Chien, PhD
R. Sharon Chinthrajah, MD
Mark Davis, PhD
Manisha Desai, PhD
Andrew Fire, PhD
Stephen Galli, MD
Christopher Gardner, PhD
Jacob Glanville
Rohit Gupta
Ruchi Gupta, MD
Theodore Jardetsky, PhD
Purvesh Khatri, PhD
Chaitin Khosla, PhD
Gideon Lack, MD
Donald Leung, MD, PhD
Dave Lewis, MD
Holden Maecker, PhD
Lloyd Minor, MD
Cathryn R. Nagler, PhD
Mark Nicolls, MD
Garry Nolan, PhD
Julie Parsonnet, MD
Bali Pulendran, PhD
Stephen Quake, PhD
Maria Grazia Roncarolo, MD
Michael Snyder, PhD
Justin Sonnenburg, PhD
Steve F. Ziegler, PhD
Harry L. Allen
Hannah Valantine
Gretchen Daily