The UCLA Medical Scientist Training Program

                                                   Student Directory

Name Undergrad Institution Department Advisor E-mail

1st year medical students
Justin Barad UC Berkeley David Geffen                    School of Medicine Kelsey Martin jbarad@ucla.edu
John Colby UC San Diego David Geffen                    School of Medicine Stephen Smale johncolby@ucla.edu
Victoria Ho Claremont McKenna College David Geffen                    School of Medicine Stephen Smale vmho@ucla.edu
Charles Hummel Pomona College David Geffen                    School of Medicine Stephen Smale cshummel@ucla.edu
Amit Lakhanpal Harvard University David Geffen                    School of Medicine Kelsey Martin amitlakhanpal@ucla.edu
Kevin McEvoy UC Berkeley David Geffen                    School of Medicine Kelsey Martin kmcevoy@ucla.edu
Alejandro Meruelo CIT David Geffen                    School of Medicine Stephen Smale ameruelo@ucla.edu
Jessica Reddy UC Irvine David Geffen                    School of Medicine Kelsey Martin jreddy1@ucla.edu
Jeffrey Rudie Wash. Univ. St. Louis David Geffen                    School of Medicine Kelsey Martin rudie@ucla.edu
Oscar Silva Santa Clara University David Geffen                    School of Medicine Stephen Smale osilva@ucla.edu
Elif Torres CSU - Sacramento David Geffen                    School of Medicine Stephen Smale esozmen@ucla.edu

2nd year medical students
David Akhavan UC Berkeley David Geffen                    School of Medicine Kelsey Martin akhavan@ucla.edu
Erik S. Anderson Univ.  of Pennsylvania David Geffen                    School of Medicine Stephen Smale Esa2@ucla.edu
Margaret Cheng UC Los Angeles David Geffen                    School of Medicine Kelsey Martin
Margaret.chang@ucla.edu
Amir Ghaffari UC Irvine David Geffen                    School of Medicine Stephen Smale
Amirali_g@yahoo.com
Nzinga Graham-Hines Mt.  St. Mary's College David Geffen                    School of Medicine Kelsey Martin
nzingagraham@yahoo.com
Kishan Gupta UC Berkeley David Geffen                    School of Medicine Stephen Smale
kishang@ucla.edu 
Binghai Ling CIT David Geffen                    School of Medicine Stephen Smale
binghai@ucla.edu
Su-Yang Liu Brown University David Geffen                    School of Medicine Stephen Smale
suyangliu@ucla.edu
Evan D. Nair-Gill Univ. of Chicago David Geffen                    School of Medicine Stephen Smale
evann@ucla.edu 
Vishal Patel Brown University David Geffen                    School of Medicine Kelsey Martin
Vishal.patel@ucla.edu
Besim Uzgil UC Los Angeles David Geffen                    School of Medicine Kelsey Martin
buzgil@ucla.edu 
Jonathan Young Reed College David Geffen                    School of Medicine Stephen Smale
youngjw@ucla.edu

1st year graduate students
Tova Fuller UC Los Angeles Human Genetics Steve Horvath suprtova@ucla.edu
Lotus Loo UC Los Angeles Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics Genhong Cheng
lotusloo@ucla.edu
Bahram Razani Rice University Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics Genhong Cheng razani@ucla.edu
Ezra Rosen MIT Neuroscience Dan Geschwind erosen@ucla.edu
Ophir Vermesh Stanford University Chemistry James Heath ophir25@yahoo.com
Kellen Winden UC San Diego Neuroscience Dan Geschwind kwinden@ucla.edu
Ghiam Yamin UC Santa Cruz Neuroscience David Teplow gyamin@ucla.edu

2nd year graduate students
Kate Baicy Univ. of Arizona Neuroscience Edythe London kbaicy@ucla.edu
Chris Crowley Univ. of Montana Molecular Biology Todd Yeates ccrowley@ucla.edu
Mark Dodson Univ. of N. Carolina Molecular Biology Ming Guo mdodson@ucla.edu
Matthew Frank MIT Experimental Pathology Mike Teitell franklym@ucla.edu
Julia Goodnough Stanford University Pathology Tomas Ganz juliabg@ucla.edu
Steven Jonas Univ. of Michigan Biomedical Engineering Michael Teitell sjonas@ucla.edu
John Phillips Yale University  Chemistry/Caltech Kelsey Martin jwp7@ucla.edu
Ryan Schmidt Univ.  of Pennsylvania Neuroscience Yi Sun schmidtr@ucla.edu
Caroline Sham Univ.  of Chicago Biological Chemistry Siavash Kurdistani cwsham@ucla.edu
David Van Valen MIT Engineering/Caltech Stanley Korenman vanvalen@ucla.edu
Jessica Zellhoefer Cornell University Neuroscience Yi Sun jzellhoe@ucla.edu

3rd year graduate students

Vikram C. Anand

 UC Los Angeles Biological Chemistry Greg Payne vik@ucla.edu
Jimmy Donkor CSU San Bernardino Human Genetics Karen Reue jdonkor@ucla.edu
Jennifer Fulcher Univ. of Washington Cellular & Molecular Pathology Benhur Lee jfulcher@ucla.edu
Stacey Maskarinec Univ. of Chicago Chemistry/Caltech David Tirrell samaskar@ucla.edu
Bob Medhekar Georgetown Univ. Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics Jeff F. Miller bmedheka@ucla.edu
Ramin Salehi-Rad UC Los Angeles Chemistry & Biochemistry Michael Jung rsalehi@ucla.edu
Arash Shahangian UC Los Angeles Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics Genhong Cheng ashtenn@ucla.edu
Carrie Shilyansky CIT Neuroscience Alcino Silva cshilyan@ucla.edu
Adam J.T. Smith Emory University Chemistry & Biochemistry Kendall Houk ajtsmith@ucla.edu
Adam Sperling UC Santa Cruz Biological Chemistry Michael Grunstein asperlin@ucla.edu
Jason Tarpley Dickinson College Neuroscience Tad Blair jtarpley@ucla.edu
David Wu Univ. of Chicago  Bioengineering/Caltech Scott Fraser davewu@ucla.edu

4th year graduate students
Allen Ardestani UC Los Angeles Neuroscience Joaquin Fuster aardesta@ucla.edu
Nathan Hageman Johns Hopkins Univ. Neuroscience Arthur Toga nhageman@ucla.edu
Brent Kious CIT Philosophy Barbara Herman kious@ucla.edu
Esther Melamed UC Los Angeles Neuroscience Arthur Arnold emelamed@ucla.edu

5th year graduate students
Yuri Bunimovich Cornell University Chemistry/Caltech James Heath ylb1@caltech.edu
Asha Iyer Stanford University Biology/Caltech Richard Anderson asha@klab.caltech.edu
Rajan Kulkarni Stanford University Biochemistry/Caltech Scott Fraser rkulkarn@its.caltech.edu
Nicholas Nickols Pomona College Biochemistry/Caltech Peter Dervan nickols@caltech.edu
Yan Poon UC Berkeley Chemistry/Caltech Douglas Rees ysp@caltech.edu
Patricio Riquelme UC Berkeley Neurobiology/Columbia Fiona Doetsch par2013@columbia.edu

6th year graduate student
Calvin Yang Johns Hopkins Univ. Biomedical Engineering Jack Judy calviny@ucla.edu

3rd year medical students
Caleb Behrend Andrews University David Geffen                    School of Medicine Stephen Smale behrend@caltech.edu
Bede Broome, PhD Princeton University David Geffen                    School of Medicine Biology ~ Caltech Gilles Laurent bbroome@ucla.edu
Arthur Chou, PhD UC Riverside David Geffen                    School of Medicine Neuroscience      Jeff Bronstein artie@ucla.edu
Nima Gharavi, PhD UC Los Angeles David Geffen                    School of Medicine Pathology        Judith Berliner ngharavi@ucla.edu
Supriya Saha, PhD Harvard University David Geffen                    School of Medicine MIMG       Genhong Cheng saha@ucla.edu
Jennifer Salstrom, PhD UC Davis David Geffen                    School of Medicine Human Genetics York Marahrens jsalstrom@mednet.ucla.edu
Eric Zollars, PhD Univ. of Maryland David Geffen                    School of Medicine Chemistry~Caltech  Stephen L. Mayo zollars@caltech.edu

4th year medical students
Michael Burgess, PhD UC Berkeley David Geffen                    School of Medicine Molecular Biology    Charles Sawyers chevette@ucla.edu
Joseph Hernandez, PhD Harvard University David Geffen                    School of Medicine Mol & Cell Pathology Linda Baum jdhernan@ucla.edu
Thomas Leung, PhD Stanford University David Geffen                    School of Medicine Biology ~ Caltech David Baltimore thl@caltech.edu
Robert Moccia Suffolk University David Geffen                    School of Medicine Kelsey  Martin moccia@ucla.edu
Gagik Oganesyan, PhD UC Los Angeles David Geffen                    School of Medicine MIMG      Genhong Cheng gagik@ucla.edu
Matthew Solomon, PhD Stanford University David Geffen                    School of Medicine Policy Analysis ~ Rand  Jose Escarse mattsol@ucla.edu