People

Principal Investigator

Nazish Sayed, MD, PhD is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery and The Stanford Cardiovascular Institute. Dr. Sayed earned his MD degree from the University of Mumbai, India and his PhD degree from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (Rutgers New Jersey Medical School). He has a Master’s degree in Molecular Biology from Montclair State University. He completed his postdoctoral fellowship in cardiovascular and regenerative medicine in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at Stanford University followed by an Instructor position at the Stanford Cardiovascular Institute.

Dr. Sayed has received numerous awards including the ATVB Young Investigator Award by the American Heart Association and Jay D. Coffman Young Investigator Award by the Society of Vascular Medicine. He has been a recipient of the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship (F32), AHA Scientist Development Grant and the National Institute of Health (NIH), National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute K-award. His lab is funded by the NIH-NHLBI R01 grant and Stanford SAGE center seed funding.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Chikage received her MD from Dokkyo Medical University and PhD in Molecule Pathophysiology from Nippon Medical School in Japan. She completed her residency in the Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery program in Japan.

She is currently working in the Sayed Lab studying mechanisms underlying vascular and cardiovascular disease using induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). Her current research focuses on signaling pathways and genetic mechanisms in vascular diseases, heritable cardiovascular diseases, angiogenesis, aging, and wound healing. She is board certified in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.

LSRPs

David Wu joined the Sayed Lab in August 2022 after graduating from the University of California, Santa Barbara with a B.S. in Biological Sciences. His current research involves working on a variety of projects in aging, and vascular disease.

Bioinformatician

Chris Doan, a bioinformatician, works in the Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, and the Stanford Cardiovascular Institute. He earned his B.Pharm from the Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and his MSc in Bioinformatics/Human Genetics from the VCU Life Science, VCU School of Medicine.