HOW UCLA STEM CELL RESEARCH IS TRANSFORMING MEDICINE

2009-2010 BSCRC trainees

Headshot of Gayane Ambartsumyan, a woman with short blonde hair, smiling against a blue background.
Gayane Ambartsumyan, M.D., Ph.D.
Cohort: Clinical fellow
Principal investigator: Amander T. Clark, Ph.D.
Post-program placement: Private Practice
Pao-Yang Chen, Ph.D.
Cohort: Postdoctoral scholar
Principal investigator: Matteo Pellegrini, Ph.D.
Headshot of Akanksha Chhabra, a person with long dark hair, smiling outdoors against a blurred green tree background, wearing a white top.
Akanksha Chhabra
Cohort: Predoctoral student
Principal investigator: Hanna K.A. Mikkola, M.D., Ph.D.
Post-program placement: Sr Director, Immunology at Maro Bio
Michael Dorsi, M.D.
Cohort: Clinical fellow
Principal investigator: Leif Havton, M.D., Ph.D.
Tamar Dvash, Ph.D.
Cohort: Postdoctoral scholar
Principal investigator: Guoping Fan, Ph.D.
Headshot of Apriliana Kartikasari, a person with long dark hair, against a light background, wearing a gray jacket.
Apriliana Kartikasari, Ph.D.
Cohort: Postdoctoral scholar
Principal investigator: Anil Bhusan
Post-program placement: Research Fellow at RMIT University
Headshot of Diana Katsman, a person with long blonde hair and blue eyes, against a light textured background, wearing a dark blazer and beaded necklace.
Diana Katsman, M.D., Ph.D.
Cohort: Clinical fellow
Principal investigator: Debora Farber
Post-program placement: Vitreo-Retinal Surgery at Eye and Retina Health Center
Research areas: Eye Diseases
Headshot of Lydia Lee, a person with short dark hair and glasses, smiling in an indoor setting, wearing a white lab coat and pearl necklace.
Lydia Lee, M.D., Ph.D.
Cohort: Clinical fellow
Principal investigator: Hanna K.A. Mikkola, M.D., Ph.D.
Post-program placement: Maternal Fetal Medicine Specialist at UCLA
Headshot of Anne Lindgren, a woman with short blonde hair and glasses, smiling indoors.
Anne Lindgren, Ph.D.
Cohort: Postdoctoral scholar
Principal investigator: Amander T. Clark, Ph.D.
Post-program placement: Regulatory Affairs Specialist II at STAAR Surgical
Rita Lukacs
Cohort: Predoctoral student
Principal investigator: Owen N. Witte, M.D.
David Mulholland, Ph.D.
Cohort: Postdoctoral scholar
Principal investigator: Hong Wu, M.D., Ph.D.
Research areas: Cancer & Immunotherapy
Jeremy Reid, M.D.
Cohort: Clinical fellow
Principal investigator: Karen Lyons, Ph.D.
Headshot of Wade Richardson, a person with short wavy dark hair, in an indoor setting with a wooden door visible in the background, wearing a striped shirt.
Wade Richardson
Cohort: Predoctoral student
Principal investigator: Bruce Dunn, Ph.D.
Post-program placement: Scientist/engineer II at ImmunityBio
Headshot of Sean Sherman, a person with short dark hair and a beard, smiling against a light gray background, wearing a striped green shirt.
Sean Sherman
Cohort: Predoctoral student
Principal investigator: April Pyle, Ph.D.
Post-program placement: Senior Scientist, Cancer Immunotherapy at Fate Therapeutics Inc
Rupa Sridharan, Ph.D.
Cohort: Postdoctoral scholar
Principal investigator: Kathrin Plath, Ph.D.
Cheryl Tan, Ph.D.
Cohort: Postdoctoral scholar
Principal investigator: Michael Carey, Ph.D.
Jason Tchieu
Cohort: Predoctoral student
Principal investigator: Kathrin Plath, Ph.D.
John Vincent
Cohort: Predoctoral student
Principal investigator: Amander T. Clark, Ph.D.
Andrew White, Ph.D.
Cohort: Postdoctoral scholar
Principal investigator: William Lowry, Ph.D.
Jin Zhang
Cohort: Predoctoral student
Principal investigator: Michael Teitell, M.D., Ph.D.