Alumni

Gotzone Garay, PhD 

  • Clinical Research Coordinator II
  • Project - Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) registry
  • Member 2017 - 2018
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Yujun Yang    

  • Research Assistant
  • Member 2016 – 2018
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Qinglan Zhao, PhD  

  • Postdoc
  • Project – Inflammatory pathways in acute and chronic pancreatitis
  • Member 2016 – 2018

Linh P. Nguyen, PhD

Senior Scientist at Applied Molecular Transport

Member 2011-2017

 

Vishal Sharma    

•Research Assistant

•Member 2013 – 2016

•Current position – PhD student at The University of Alabama in Birmingham

Chohee Yun, MD 

•GI Fellow

•Project – Single-cell immune phenotyping in IBD

•Member 2013 – 2015

Current Position – Associate Director, Clinical Research – Inflammation and Respiratory Therapeutic Area, Gilead Sciences    

Davis Lok Sim, MD    

•GI Fellow

•Project – Metabolomics in colitis

•Member 2013 – 2015

Marisol Chang, PhD    

 

•Postdoc

•Project – The role of HO-1 in gastrointestinal diseases

•Member 2012 – 2015

•Current position – taking care of two precious boys

Jing Xue, PhD

 

•Postdoc

•Project – The role of macrophages in acute and chronic pancreatitis

•Member 2011 – 2015

•Current position –  Professor at the Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

Cuiping Li, MD, PhD    

•Postdoc

•Project – Mast cell function in experimental mouse models of IBD, Effects of macrophages on the proliferation of pancreatic cancer cells

•Member 2011 – 2012

Song-Joon Koh, M.D., Ph.D.

 

  • Visiting Associate Professor
  • Project - Role of trafficking receptors in inflammatory bowel disease
  • Member 2017
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David Nguyen

-Research Assistant

-Member 2011 - 2017

 

Previous Interns

*Claire Lei - 2018 SIMR student, worked with Andres Gottfried

•Felipe Ayala – MD candidate at Southern Illinois University, HO-1 project with Marisol, AGA Investing in the Future Student Research Fellowship awardee summer of 2013

•Johee Han – MD candidate at University of Michigan, IBD project with Davis, AGA Student Research Fellowship awardee summer of 2014

•Kashif O Smith - MD candidate at Columbia University, IBD project with Chohee, AGA Investing in the Future Student Research Fellowship awardee summer 2014

•Luis Miguel Vasquez Montesano – MD candidate at University of Puerto Rico, Colitis project with Linh, AGA Investing in the Future Student Research Fellowship awardee summer 2015

•David Nguyen – Stanford undergraduate, Pancreatitis project with Jing, AGA Student Research Fellowship awardee and Stanford University Grant Awardee

*Hiwot Araya – Stanford Medscholar Program MD candidate, IBD project with Dr. Shamita Shah, currently medicine resident at UCLA

*Akshar Patel - Undergraduate - GPR15 project with Linh

*Harpriya Singh, MD - IBD project with Linh

*Bryce Liao - High School student, GPR15 project with Linh, AGA Student Research Fellowship awardee summber 2016

*Naveen Heragu - Undergraduate, IBD project with Linh, Stanford University Major Grant Awardee

*Jaspreet Gill - Undergraduate, GI motility project with Laren

*Anika Ullah - Undergraduate, IBD project wit Sid and Linh

*Anuj Vyas, MD - residency in Texas, IBD project