The UCLA Medical Scientist Training Program

Student Directory

 

Please welcome the 2008 incoming MSTP students:
  

Jacob W. Aptekar, Harvard University

 

Valerie Arboleda, Columbia University (PhD1)

 

Andria Balogh, MIT

 

Anthony Daggett, UC San Diego

 

Scott M. Knowles, Tulane University

 

Anthony J. Linares, Pomona College

 

Arnav Mehta, Duke University

 

Onika D. Noel, University of Rochester

 

Ivan Osokine, UC Berkeley

 

Neelroop N. Parikshak, Rice University

 

Anna D. Reichardt, Stanford University

 

Rebecca B. Rojansky, Stanford University

 

Shiru Schokrpur, UC Berkeley

 

 

2nd year Medical Students - David Geffen School of Medicine

Name

Undergraduate Institution

Ramsey A. Al-Hakim Georgia Tech
Marvin G. Chang Johns Hopkins Univ
Kathryn A. Cross Univ. of Pennsylvania
Adam C. Frank Univ. of Pittsburgh
Omid Kohannim UC Los Angeles
Lisa A. Kohn UC Berkeley
Alissa F. Minkovsky UC Los Angeles
Kelley C. O'Donnell St. John's College
Kristin L. Sharar UC Berkeley
Megan Y. So Stanford Univ
Liu "Jimmy" Y. Zhao UC Berkeley
Jonathan E. Zuckerman Johns Hopkins Univ

 

PhD Trainees

Name Undergraduate Institution Advisor/Graduate Department
Valerie Arboleda Columbia Univ E. Vilain/Human Genetics
David Akhavan UC Berkeley P. Mischel/Mol & Med Pharmacology
Erik S. Anderson Univ. of Pennsylvania D. Black/Molecular Biology IDP
Allen Ardestani UC Los Angeles J. Fuster/Neuroscience IDP
Margaret Cheng UC Los Angeles B. Lee/Pathology (CMPC)
John Colby UC San Diego E. Sowell/BME
Chris Crowley Univ. of Montana T. Yeates/Molecular Biology IDP
Mark Dodson Univ. of N. Carolina M. Guo/Molecular Biology IDP
Matthew Frank MIT M. Teitell/Pathology
Tova Fuller UC Los Angeles S. Horvath/Human Genetics
Amir Ghaffari UC Irvine G. Chang/Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics
Julia Goodnough Stanford Univ T. Ganz/Pathology
Kishan Gupta UC Berkeley H. T. Blair/Neuroscience IDP
Nathan Hageman Johns Hopkins Univ A. Toga/Neuroscience IDP
Victoria Ho Claremont McKenna College K. Martin/ Neuroscience IDP
Charles Hummel Pomona College E. Wright/Physiology
Steven Jonas Univ. of Michigan B. Dunn/Engineering
Brent Kious Caltech B. Herman/Philosophy
Amit Lakhanpal Harvard Univ M. Elowitz/Biology - Caltech
Binghai Ling Caltech P. Tontonoz/Molecular Biology IDP
Su-Yang Liu Brown Univ G. Chang/Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics
Lotus Loo UC Los Angeles G. Chang/Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics
Stacey Maskarinec Univ. of Chicago D. Tirrell/Chemistry - Caltech
Kevin McEvoy UC Berkeley C. Portera-Cailliau/Neuroscience IDP
Alejandro Meruelo Caltech J. Bowie/Molecular Biology IDP
Evan D. Nair-Gill Univ. of Chicago O. Witte/Mol & Med Pharmacology
Vishal Patel Brown Univ A. Toga/Biomedical Engineering
John Phillips Yale Univ P. Dervan/Chemistry - Caltech
Yan Poon UC Berkeley D. Rees/Chemistry - Caltech
Bahram Razani Rice Univ G. Cheng/Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics
Jessica Reddy UC Irvine MSTP Office
Jessica Rexach Cornell Univ L. H. Wilson (Y. Sun)/Neuroscience IDP
Patricio Riquelme UC Berkeley F. Doetsch/Neurobiology - Columbia
Ezra Rosen MIT D. Geschwind/Neuroscience IDP
Jeffrey Rudie Wash. Univ. St. Louis M. Dapretto/Neuroscience IDP
Ramin Salehi-Rad UC Los Angeles M. Jung/Chemistry & Biochemistry
Ryan Schmidt Univ.  of Pennsylvania K. Plath/Neuroscience IDP
Caroline Sham Univ.  of Chicago J. Braun/Pathology
Carrie Shilyansky Caltech A. Silva/Neuroscience IDP
Oscar Silva Santa Clara Univ C. Miceli/Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics
Elif Sozmen CSU - Sacramento T. Carmichael/Neuroscience IDP
Adam Sperling UC Santa Cruz M. Grunstein/Biological Chemistry
Besim Uzgil UC Los Angeles K. Martin/Neuroscience IDP
David Van Valen MIT R. Phillips/Engineering - Caltech
Ophir Vermesh Stanford Univ J. Heath/Chemistry - Caltech
Kellen Winden UC San Diego D. Geschwind/Neuroscience IDP
David Wu Univ. of Chicago  S. Fraser/Bioengineering- Caltech
Ghiam Yamin UC Santa Cruz D. Teplow/Neuroscience IDP
Jonathan Young Reed College M. Elowitz/Biology - Caltech

 

3rd Year Medical Students - David Geffen School of Medicine

Name

Undergraduate Institution

Vikram Anand, PhD UC Los Angeles
J. Kate Baicy, PhD Univ. of Arizona
Jimmy Donkor, PhD CSU - San Bernardino
Jennifer Fulcher, PhD Univ. of Washington
Vaibhav "Bob" Medhekar, PhD

Georgetown Univ.

Arash Shahangian, PhD

UC Los Angeles

Adam J.T. Smith, PhD

Emory Univ

Jason Tarpley, PhD

Dickinson College

Asha Iyer, PhD

Stanford Univ

 

4th Year Medical Students - David Geffen School of Medicine

Name

Undergraduate Institution

Rajan Kulkarni, PhD Stanford Univ
Esther Melamed, PhD UC Los Angeles
Nicholas Nickols, PhD Pomona College
Calvin Yang, PhD Johns Hopkins Univ