Lab Members
Principal Investigator
Associate Professor
Director, Translational Research Laboratory & Biospecimen Repository
Section of Hematology & Medical Oncology
Departments of Medicine and Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Boston Medical Center/Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Postdoctoral Fellows
Joakin Mori, PhD

Residents
Rishi Makkar, MD (2nd year; Internal Medicine)
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Medical Students
Lin Chen (3rd year)

Joshua Choi (2nd year)

Carlo Lanza (1st year)

Research Staff
Shugo Muratani, MS

Master’s Students
Anna Southworth (MS in Pathology Laboratory Sciences)

Undergraduate Researchers
Jessica Proctor (Major: Human Physiology)

Chantelle Tadros (Major: Biology, Pre-Medical Track)

Sophie Kempe (Major: Biology)

Alumni
Miranda Galvan (2024-2025) – Undergraduate researcher
Kenel Dufort (2024) – Research staff
Koushik Gadhachanda (2023-2024) – Undergraduate researcher
Natalia Feced Garcia (2023) – Undergraduate researcher
Alexis Kiyanda (summer 2022) – Undergraduate student in the BU STaRS Program
Marija Stojanova (2020-2022) – Lab Manager; Research staff
Griffin Salus (2021-2022) – Undergraduate researcher; MA in Biotechnology
Elizabeth Nelson (2020-2022) – Undergraduate researcher & BU STaRS Program
Rachel Choate (summer 2020) – Undergraduate student in the BU STaRS Program