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

Undergraduate Researchers
Jessica Proctor (Major: Human Physiology)

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

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