Trainees
![People-Trainees-Mike-Momoko-2018](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_500/public/images/2018_05_21_UCLA_Stem_Center_Labshots_post_processed_color-16_0.jpg.jpeg?itok=MNKWqUVq)
Our Broad Stem Cell Research Center Training Program provides predoctoral students, postdoctoral scholars and clinical fellows with hands-on experience in the labs of some of the world’s top stem cell researchers. Since 2006, the program has served as a pathway for education and career development that reflects the center's commitment to fostering the next generation of leaders in the fields of regenerative medicine and stem cell science.
2023-2024 BSCRC trainees
![BSCRC trainee Auriana Arabpour](/sites/default/files/styles/square_200x200_/public/images/Auriana%20Arabpour_preferred%20headshot_0.JPG.jpeg?itok=Ll7mT2tD)
![BSCRC trainee Natella Baliaouri](/sites/default/files/styles/square_200x200_/public/images/Natella%20Baliaouri.jpg.jpeg?itok=zdNlhtL2)
![BSCRC trainee Aya Barzelay](/sites/default/files/styles/square_200x200_/public/images/Aya%20Barzelay_preferred%20headshot_0.JPG.jpeg?itok=V98zHU_L)
Aya Barzelay, M.D., Ph.D.
Cohort: Clinical fellow
Principal investigator: Steven Schwartz, M.D.
Research areas:
Eye Diseases
![BSCRC trainee Clara Cano](/sites/default/files/styles/square_200x200_/public/images/Clara%20Cano.jpg.jpeg?itok=TOQeZ9Wd)
![BSCRC trainee Chia-Chun (Olga) Chen](/sites/default/files/styles/square_200x200_/public/images/Chia-Chun%20%28Olga%29%20Chen_0.jpg.jpeg?itok=ldiPuNdR)
Chia-Chun (Olga) Chen
Cohort: Predoctoral student
Principal investigator: Owen N. Witte, M.D.
Research areas:
Cancer & Immunotherapy
![BSCRC trainee Amanda Collier](/sites/default/files/styles/square_200x200_/public/images/Amanda%20Collier_preferred%20headshot_CROPPED%20FOR%20WEBSITE.JPG.jpeg?itok=XzpR-1Ib)
![BSCRC trainee Mary Doan](/sites/default/files/styles/square_200x200_/public/images/Mary%20Doan_preferred%20headshot_USE%20FOR%20WEBSITE.JPG.jpeg?itok=Qov3yVCr)
Mary Doan
Cohort: Predoctoral student
Principal investigator: Michael Teitell, M.D., Ph.D.
Research areas:
Cancer & Immunotherapy
![BSCRC trainee Carlos Galvan](/sites/default/files/styles/square_200x200_/public/images/Carlos%20Galvan_preferred%20headshot_CROPPED%20FOR%20WEBSITE.JPG.jpeg?itok=HnKHjc1G)
![BSCRC trainee Yanruide (Charlie) Li](/sites/default/files/styles/square_200x200_/public/images/Yanruide%20%28Charlie%29%20Li.jpg.jpeg?itok=4Uv-Ilv_)
![BSCRC trainee Tasha Lin](/sites/default/files/styles/square_200x200_/public/images/Tasha%20Lin_preferred%20headshot_CROPPED%20FOR%20WEBSITE.JPG.jpeg?itok=xzU0ipbx)
![BSCRC trainee Andrew Lund](/sites/default/files/styles/square_200x200_/public/images/Andrew%20Lund_preferred%20headshot_CROPPED%20FOR%20WEBSITE.JPG.jpeg?itok=ediUvUFF)
![Headshot of BSCRC trainee Tyler McCaw](/sites/default/files/styles/square_200x200_/public/images/tyler_for_web.png.jpeg?itok=v6uT94ku)
Tyler McCaw, M.D., Ph.D.
Cohort: Clinical fellow
Principal investigator: Joseph G. Crompton, M.D., Ph.D.
Research areas:
Cancer & Immunotherapy
![BSCRC trainee Jessenya Mil](/sites/default/files/styles/square_200x200_/public/images/Jessenya%20Mil_preferred%20headshot_CROPPED%20FOR%20WEBSITE.JPG.jpeg?itok=oPS1Jyvk)
![BSCRC trainee Patricia Loren Nano](/sites/default/files/styles/square_200x200_/public/images/Patricia%20Loren%20Nano_preferred%20headshot_CROPPED%20FOR%20WEBSITE.JPG.jpeg?itok=lC4jOygK)
Patricia Loren Nano, Ph.D.
Cohort: Postdoctoral scholar
Principal investigator: Aparna Bhaduri, Ph.D.
![BSCRC trainee Christopher Ochoa](/sites/default/files/styles/square_200x200_/public/images/Christopher%20Ochoa.jpg.jpeg?itok=F1_Hsjbp)
![BSCRC trainee Cesar Perez-Ramirez](/sites/default/files/styles/square_200x200_/public/images/Cesar%20Perez-Ramirez_preferred%20headshot.JPG.jpeg?itok=f6o2ZYIs)
César Pérez-Ramírez, Ph.D.
Cohort: Postdoctoral scholar
Principal investigator: Heather Christofk, Ph.D.
![BSCRC trainee Eva Segura](/sites/default/files/styles/square_200x200_/public/images/Eva%20Segura_preferred%20headshot_CROPPED%20FOR%20WEBSITE.JPG.jpeg?itok=YP2LoS6S)
![BSCRC trainee Kuangyi Zhou](/sites/default/files/styles/square_200x200_/public/images/Kuangyi%20Zhou.jpg.jpeg?itok=wRTMS2SG)