CTSC TL1 Pre and Postdoctoral Clinical Research Training Program Scholars | UC Davis CTSC

2023-2025

• Catrina Andaya Calub, Ph.D.
  Mentor: Julie Schweitzer, Ph.D., Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

2022-2024

• David Young, Ph.D.
  Mentors: Carolynn Patten, Ph.D., P.T., F.A.P.T.A., Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation; Wilsaan Joiner, Ph.D., Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior

2022-2023

• Yue Yu, Ph.D.
  Mentor: Aubyn Stahmer, Ph.D., Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

2020-2022

• Benjamin Osipov, Ph.D., M.Sc.
  Mentor: Blaine Christiansen, Ph.D., Orthopaedic Surgery
• Jacqueline Overton, Ph.D.
  Mentor: Ignacio Saez, Ph.D., Neurological Surgery

2019-2021

• Mikel Delgado, Ph.D. (2017-2020)
  Mentors: Tony Buffington, D.V.M., M.S., Ph.D., DACVN; Melissa Bain, D.V.M., DACVB, DACAW, M.S.
• Hannah Savage, Ph.D., D.V.M. (2019-2021)
  Mentor: Andreas Baumier, Ph.D.
• Jared Stokes, Ph.D. (2017-2020)
  Mentors: Joy J. Geng, Ph.D.; Julie Schweitzer, Ph.D.; Arne Ekstrom, Ph.D.

2018-2020

• Brandon Brown, Ph.D. (2017-2019)
  Mentor: Heike Wulff, Ph.D.
• Mikel Delgado, Ph.D. (2017-2020)
  Mentors: Tony Buffington, D.V.M., M.S., Ph.D., DACVN; Melissa Bain, D.V.M., DACVB, DACAW, M.S.
• Jared Stokes, Ph.D. (2017-2020)
  Mentors: Joy J. Geng, Ph.D.; Julie Schweitzer, Ph.D.; Arne Ekstrom, Ph.D.

2017-2018

• Brandon Brown, Ph.D. (2017-2019)
  Mentor: Heike Wulff, Ph.D.
• Erin Olsan, Ph.D.
  Mentor: Andreas Bäumler, Ph.D.
• Shamira Sridharan, Ph.D.
  Mentors: Laura Marcu, Ph.D.; Marc Dall’Era, M.D.

2016-2018

• Suren Bandara, Ph.D. (2016-2017)
  Mentors: Pamela J. Lein, Ph.D., Molecular Biosciences; Heike Wulff, Ph.D., Pharmacology
• Brandon Brown, Ph.D. (2017-2019)
  Mentor: Heike Wulff, Ph.D., Pharmacology
• Erin Olsan, Ph.D.
  Mentor: Andreas Bäumler, Ph.D., Medical Microbiology and Immunology
• Shamira Sridharan, Ph.D.
  Mentors: Laura Marcu, Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering; Marc Dall’Era, M.D., Urology

2024-2025

• Araiye Lee Nicole Medlock, B.S.
  Mentor: Courney Lyles, Ph.D., Public Health, Center for Health Policy and Research
• Brian Christopher Howard, B.S.
  Mentors: Deborah K. Lieu, Ph.D., Internal Medicine; Nipavan Chiamvimonvat, M.D., Internal Medicine

2023-2024

• Matthew Lara, B.S.
  2023 Daniel T. O'Connor, M.D. Memorial Research Grant
  Mentors: Jonathan Riess, M.D., M.S., Internal Medicine; Frederick J. Meyers, M.D., M.A.C.P., Internal Medicine
• Nithya Sivakumar, B.S.
  Mentors: Satyan Lakshminrusimha, M.D.; Cherie Ginwalla, M.D., Pediatrics
• Benjamin K. Yang, B.S.
  Mentor: Ala Moshiri, M.D., Ph.D., Ophthalmology

2022-2023

• Anna Awolope, B.S.
  Mentor: Javier Lopez, M.D., M.A.S., Internal Medicine
• Dagoberto Pina, Jr., B.S.
  Mentor: Hai Le, M.D., M.P.H., Orthopaedic Surgery
• Ernesto Javier Rivera, B.A.
  Mentor: Luis Fernando Santana, Physiology and Membrane Biology
  
• Samantha Wong, M.S.
  2022 Daniel T. O'Connor, M.D. Memorial Research Grant
  Mentor: Elysia Alvarez, M.D., M.P.H., Pediatrics

2021-2022

• Morgan Kumro, B.S.
  Mentor: Kia Shahlaie, M.D., Ph.D., Neurological Surgery
• Niraj Punjya, B.S.
  Mentor: David Segal, Ph.D., Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine

2020-2021

• Greg Disse, B.S.
  Mentor: Karen Moxon, Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering
• Shering Torres, B.S. (2019-2021)
  Mentor: Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D., Cell Biology and Human Anatomy

2018-2019

• Alejandra Gonzalez, B.S.
  Mentor: Bryn Mumma, M.D., M.A.S., Emergency Medicine
• Monica Lieng, B.S.
  Mentors: James Marcin, M.D., M.P.H., Pediatric Critical Care; Peter Yellowlees, M.B.B.S., M.D., Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
• Anna Sadovnikova, B.A., M.P.H., M.A.
  Mentors: Russell Hovey, Ph.D., Animal Science; Caroline Chantry, M.D., Pediatrics

2017-2018

• Thinh Chau, B.S.
  Mentor: Maxwell A. Fung, M.D., Dermatology
• Catherine Le, B.S.
  Mentor: William J. Murphy, Ph.D., Dermatology
• Annica Stull-Lane, B.A.
  Mentor: Renee M. Tsolis, Ph.D., Medical Microbiology and Immunology

2016-2017

• Ashley Clark
  Mentor: Raja Sivamani, M.D., M.S., Dermatology
• Lucy Ogbu-Nwobodo
  Mentors: Kia Shahlaie, M.D., Ph.D.; Gene Gurkoff, Ph.D., Neurological Surgery
• Lillian Zhang
  Mentor: Andreas Bäumler, Ph.D., Medical Microbiology and Immunology

2015-2016

• Arjang Ahmadpour
  Mentor: Kiarash Shahlaie, M.D., Ph.D., Neurological Surgery
• Nghiem B. Ha
  Mentors: Mindie H. Nguyen, M.D., M.A.S., FAASLD, Gastroenterology and Hematology, Liver Transplant — Stanford; Laurel A. Beckett, Ph.D., Public Health Sciences
• Andrew Ligsay
  Mentor: Randi Hagerman, M.D., Pediatrics
• Vivian Vuong
  Mentor: Glenn Yiu, M.D., Ph.D., Ophthalmology

2014-2015

• Parker Beasant Goodell
  Mentors: Michelle James, M.D. and Andrea Bauer, M.D., Orthopedic Surgery — Shriners
• Sven Gunther
  Mentor: David Greenhalgh, M.D., F.A.C.S., Burn Surgery
• Jennifer Ornelas
  Mentor: Raja Sivamani, M.D., M.S., C.A.T., Dermatology
• Michael Robbins
  Mentors: Eric Klineberg, M.D.; Dominik Haudenschild, Ph.D., Orthopedic Surgery

2013-2014

• Jason Farrow
  Mentors: Christopher P. Evan, M.D., F.A.C.S.; Joy Yang, Ph.D., Urology and Surgical Oncology
• Andrew Mamalis
  Mentors: Jared Jagdeo, M.D., M.S.; R. Rivkah Isseroff, M.D., Dermatology
• Daniel O’Brien
  Mentors: Rodney Diaz, M.D., Otolaryngology; Deborah Diercks, M.D., M.Sc., Emergency Medicine
• William Tuong
  Mentor: Audrey Wang, M.D., Dermatology

2012-2013

• Sophia Fang
  Mentor: J. Kent Leach, Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering
• Sascha Horowitz
  Mentor: Nicolas Kenyon, M.D., Pulmonary Medicine and Critical Care
• Arica Nesper
  Mentor: James F. Holmes, M.D., M.P.H., Emergency Medicine
• Can Sungur
  Mentor: William J. Murphy, Ph.D., Dermatology
• Greg Westin
  Mentor: Tina Palmieri, M.D., Burn Surgery

2011-2012

• Sahar Doctorvaladan
  Mentor: Don Hilty, M.D., Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
• Anna Peter
  Mentor: William Murphy, M.D., Internal Medicine
• Russell Witt
  Mentor: Ming-Sing Si, M.D., Surgery
• Andrew Wong
  Mentor: Katherine Ferrara, Ph.D., Biological Engineering

2010-2011

• Vidya Atluri
  Mentor: Renee Tsolis, Ph.D., Medical Microbiology and Immunology
• Andrew Bregman
  Mentor: Michael Minzenberg, M.D., Psychiatry
• Jenny Lam
  Mentor: Heike Wulff, Ph.D., Pharmacology
• Melissa Loja
  Mentor: N. Nitin, Ph.D., Department of Biological Engineering
• Renu Rehal
  Mentor: Rivkah Isseroff, M.D., Dermatology

2009-2010

• Cindy Chambers
  Mentor: April Armstrong, M.D., Dermatology
• Hillary Davis
  Mentor: J. Kent Leach, Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering
• Nicolas Prionas 
  Mentor: John Boone, Ph.D., Radiology and Biomedical Engineering
• Lindsey Sheffler
  Mentor: Michelle James, M.D., Orthopedic Surgery
• Nicholas Wettersten
  Mentor: Nipavan Chiamvimonvat, Ph.D., Molecular and Cellular Cardiology

2008-2009

• Benjamin Lin
  Mentor: Jan Nolta, Ph.D., Internal Medicine
• Yen Chen Liu
  Mentor: Rivkah Isseroff, M.D., Dermatology
• Amilcar Rizzo
  Mentor: Rivkah Isseroff, M.D., Dermatology

2007-2008

• Amir Abu-Khalil
  Mentor: Ronald Li, Ph.D., Cell Biology and Human Anatomy
• Ranti S. Bolaji
  Mentor: Rivkah Isseroff, M.D., Dermatology
• Randie Kim
  Mentor: Richard Bold, M.D., Surgery
• Nhat To
  Mentor: Amir Jamali, M.D., Orthopedic Surgery

2023-2025

• Yufei (David) Zhu, B.S.
  Mentor: Audrey Fan, Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering and Neurology

2022-2024

• Justin James Fitzgerald, B.S.
  Mentor: Wilsaan Joiner, Ph.D., Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior
• Casiana Gonzalez, B.S.
  Mentors: Kyle Fink, Ph.D., Neurology; Jan Nolta, Ph.D., Internal Medicine
• Valerie Alexandria Porter, B.S.
  Mentors: Abhijit J. Chaudhari, Ph.D., Radiology; Pamela Lein, Ph.D., Molecular Biosciences, School of Veterinary Medicine

2022-2023

• Victor Rivas, B.S.
  Mentor: Joshua Stern, D.V.M., Ph.D., Medicine and Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine

2021-2023

• Vanessa Hull, B.S., B.A. M.S.
  Mentor: David Pleasure, M.D., Neurology
• Pablo Juarez, B.S.
  Mentor: Verónica Martinez-Cerdeño, Ph.D.

2020-2022

• Kaitlin Clark B.S., M.A.
  Mentors: Diana Farmer, M.D., Surgery; Aijun Wang, Ph.D. Surgery
• Gregory Wheeler, B.S.
  Mentor: Audrey Fan, Ph.D., Neurology and Biomedical Engineering

2019-2021

• Aki Chaffin, B.A.
  Mentor: Karen K. Ryan, Ph.D., Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior
• Marcus Deloney, B.S.E., M.S.E.
  Mentor: Alyssa Panitch, Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering
• Peter Deng, B.S. (2018-2020)
  Mentor: Jan Nolta, Ph.D., Internal Medicine
• Karen Holcomb, B.S.
  Mentor: Christopher M. Baker, Ph.D., Pathology, Immunology and Microbiology
• Alexander Schmidt, B.S.
  Mentor: Cristina Davis, Ph.D., Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

2017-2019

• Rajpreet Chahal, B.S.
  Mentor: Amanda E. Guyer, Ph.D., M.D., Human Ecology and Center for Mind and Brain
• Nicholas Ellinwood, B.S., M.P.H. (2017-2018)
  Mentors: Eleonora Grandi, Ph.D., Pharmacology; Heike Wulff, Ph.D., Pharmacology
• Albert (Chi-Kwong) Lee, B.S.
  Mentors: Konstantinos Zarbalis, Ph.D., Pathology and Lab Medicine ; Laura Borodinsky, Ph.D., Physiology and Membrane Biology
• David Silberstein, B.S.
  Mentors: Karen McDonald, Ph.D., Chemical Engineering; Carroll Cross, M.D., Physiology and Membrane Biology

2015-2016

• Phylicia Robins Aaron
  Mentor: Angela Gelli, Ph.D., Pharmacology
• Carlos Ruvalcaba
  Mentor: J P Delplanque, Ph.D., Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Hannah Starcevich
  Mentor: Scott Dawson, Ph.D., Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
• Jamie White
  Mentor: Kyriacos Athanasiou, Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, Orthopedic Surgery

2014-2015

• Dorothy Kieffer
  Mentors: Sean H. Adams, Ph.D. and Roy J. Martin, Ph.D., Nutrition
• Nicole Narayan
  Mentor: Dennis Hartigan-O’Connor, M.D., Ph.D., Medical Microbiology and Immunology
• Hannah Savage
  Mentor: Nicole Baumgarth, D.V.M., Ph.D., Veterinary Medicine
• Catalina Simion
  Mentors: Colleen Sweeney, Ph.D., Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine and Fred Chedin, Ph.D., Molecular & Cellular Biology

2013-2014

• Lisa Martinez
  Mentor: Adela de la Torre, Ph.D., Chicano Studies
• Colin Shane McCoin
  Mentor: Sean H. Adams, Ph.D., Nutrition
• Christopher Nosala
  Mentor: Scott Dawson, Ph.D., Microbiology
• Erika Suzuki
  Mentor: Iannis E Adamopoulos, D.Phil., Internal Medicine
• Kyla Walter
  Mentors: Issac Pessah, Ph.D.; Birgit Puschner, D.V.M, Ph.D., Molecular Biosciences

2012-2013

• Terza Brostoff
  Mentors: Patricia Pesavento, Ph.D.; David Clark, Ph.D., Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology
• Brad Elmer
  Mentor: Kimberly McAllister, Ph.D., Neurology
• Brad Hartl
  Mentor: Laura Marcu, Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering
• Eric Nonnecke
  Mentor: Bo Lönnerdal, Ph.D., Nutrition and Internal Medicine
• Morteza Roodgar
  Mentor: David Glenn Smith, Ph.D., Anthropology

2011-2012

• Bonnie Dixon
  Mentor: Bruce German, Ph.D., Food Science and Technology
• Amy Fabritius
  Mentor: Francis McNally, Ph.D., Molecular and Cellular Biology
• Zhen Luo
  Mentor: Nitin Nitin, Ph.D., Biological and Agricultural Engineering
• Samantha McDonnel
  Mentor: Brian Murphy, D.V.M., Ph.D., Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
• Natalie Yuen
  Mentor: Martha O'Donnell, Ph.D., Physiology and Membrane Biology

2010-2011

• Nanelle Barash
  Mentor: Scott Dawson, Ph.D., Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
• Ryan Hunsaker
  Mentor: Robert Berman, Ph.D., Neurological Surgery
• Diana Morales-Hernandez
  Mentor: Kent Leach, Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering
• Jessica Morgan
  Mentor: Clare Yellowley, Ph.D., Anatomy, Physiology and Cell Biology

2009-2010

• David Chin
  Mentor: Patrick Romano, M.D., Internal Medicine
• Crystal Coolbaugh
  Mentor: David Hawkins, Ph.D., Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior
• Collin Ellis 
  Mentor: John C. Rutledge, M.D., Internal Medicine
• Amber Roegner
  Mentor: Birgit Puschner, D.V.M., Molecular Biosciences

2008-2009

• Mia Afanador
  Mentor: David Amaral, Ph.D., Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
• Shannon Matzinger
  Mentor: Chris Miller, D.V.M., Ph.D., Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
• Karina Nakayama
  Mentor: Alice Tarantal, Ph.D., Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Pediatrics
• Christopher Schwarz
  Mentor: Owen Carmichael, Ph.D., Neuroscience
• David Woessner
  Mentor: Scott Dawson, Ph.D., Microbiology and Molecular Genetics

2007-2008

• Whitney Cheung
  Mentor: Kent Leach, Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering
• Alexander Davies
  Mentor: Kenneth Kaplan, Ph.D., Molecular and Cellular Biology
• Jennifer Neugebauer
  Mentor: David Hawkins, Ph.D., Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior
• Arzu Ulu
  Mentor: Bruce Hammock, Ph.D., Entomology