2017-2018 BSCRC trainees
Cody Aros
Cohort: Predoctoral student
Principal investigator:
Brigitte Gomperts, M.D.
Post-program placement: Fellow Physician in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA)
Di Chen, Ph.D.
Cohort: Postdoctoral scholar
Principal investigator:
Amander T. Clark, Ph.D.
Post-program placement: Assistant Professor at ZJU-UoE Institute Zhejiang University
Fangtao Chi
Cohort: Predoctoral student
Principal investigator:
Utpal Banerjee, Ph.D.
Vivian Fajardo, M.D., Ph.D.
Cohort: Clinical fellow
Principal investigator:
Atsushi (Austin) Nakano, M.D., Ph.D.
Post-program placement: Neonatologist at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
Research areas:
Heart & Lung Diseases
Joanna Gell, M.D., Ph.D.
Cohort: Clinical fellow
Principal investigator:
Amander T. Clark, Ph.D.
Post-program placement: Assistant Professor at University of Connecticut
Michael Hicks, Ph.D.
Cohort: Postdoctoral scholar
Principal investigator:
April Pyle, Ph.D.
Post-program placement: Assistant Professor, University of California Irvine
Steven Jonas, M.D., Ph.D.
Cohort: Clinical fellow
Principal investigator:
Paul S. Weiss, Ph.D.
Research areas:
Bioengineering & Nanotechnology
Sophia Lewis
Cohort: Predoctoral student
Principal investigator:
Leanne Jones, Ph.D.

Suwen Li
Cohort: Predoctoral student
Principal investigator:
Gay M. Crooks, M.D.
Post-program placement: Postdoctoral Fellow, Seet Lab UCLA
Sree Deepthi Muthukrishnan, Ph.D.
Cohort: Postdoctoral scholar
Principal investigator:
Harley Kornblum, M.D, Ph.D.
Christopher Seet, M.D., Ph.D.
Cohort: Clinical fellow
Principal investigator:
Gay M. Crooks, M.D.
Post-program placement: Assistant Professor, Hematology/Oncology at UCLA
Momoko Watanabe, Ph.D.
Cohort: Postdoctoral scholar
Principal investigator:
Bennett Novitch, Ph.D.
Post-program placement: Assistant Professor at UC Irvine
Yurun Zhang
Cohort: Predoctoral student
Principal investigator:
John Chute, M.D.