DISCOVeR Lab Alumni

KATIE HASTINGS

Katie was formerly the lab's Program Manager, overseeing the Social Sciences research and administration. Katie graduated from Kalamazoo College with a dual BA degere in Biology and Spanish, and from University of Southern California with a Master's of Public Health, with a concentration in Global Health. She had startd out at Palo Alto Medical Foundation Research Institute with Dr. Palaniappan where she primarily worked as a study coordinator trial. Katie is now a Research Manager for the division of Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery at Stanford University.

MARIA BREGENDAHL, MS, RESEARCH CONSULTANT

Maria consults on multiple DISCOVER Lab projects in the areas of Genomics and Diabetes. She earned her Bachelor's degree in Sports Science (with honors) at the University of the Philippines and her Masters degree in Exercise Science at Texas Tech University. Her graduate research addressed the needs of older adults with respect to fall prevention. She investigated the effect of manipulated verbal feedback on the functional motor performance of older women.

BETHANY FAY, BS, GENEPOOL RESEARCH COORDINATOR

Bethany Fay graduated from the University of California, Santa Cruz. She obtained a B.S. in Human Biology and later plan on attending nursing school. She hopes to one day obtain her Masters degree and become a Nurse Practioner. She helped run both adult and child genetic research trials. In these studies, they looked for potentially hazardous biomarkers that could correlate to a genetic disease.

CARLA COELHO, MD/MBA, CLINICAL TRIAL COORDINATOR

Carla N. Coelho earned her medical degree from the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil in 1998 and her MBA from IBMEC, Brazil in 2008. Besides being a physician for many years in Brazil, she has previous experience at Stanford investigating the mechanisms of action of drugs and clinical research with a new medical device. She joined the DISCOVeR Lab in late April 2018, and she is very excited to be a member of the team in her new roles as a Clinical Trial Coordinator, helping individiuals living with diabetes.

KATHERINE VERA, BS, CLINCIAL RESEARCH COORDINATOR ASSOCIATE

Katherine recently graduated from Stanford University with her Bachelor’s degree in Bioengineering. She has been working with the DISCOVeR clinical research team for the past two years helping with the IMPACT and STRONG-D Studies. Katherine is interested in medicine and patient-centered care, and really appreciates the opportunity to work with and learn from patients on a regular basis. As a Diabetes Paraprofessional, she is passionate about helping diabetics better manage their blood glucose levels and have a healthier lifestyle.

MYO WONG, BA, ASSISTANT CLINICAL RESEARCH COORDINATOR

Myo Wong gradduated from UC Berkeley with honors in Molecular and Cell Biology. He loves working with patients and was the clinical coordinator of the Hep B Project serving underpriviledged populations in the East Bay Area. He has also done outcome based research at the VA hospital investigating prognostic markers for patients with chronic heart failure. He is excited to be working at the DISCOVeR Lab to help conduct clinical research and combat another chronic disease, diabetes.