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)
Medical Students
Lin Chen (3rd year)
Joshua Choi (2nd year)
Carlo Lanza (1st year)
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)
Post-Bac Researcher
Amy Luo (B.S. in Human Physiology)
Alumni
Shugo Muratani (2024-2026) – Research staff
Sin-Han (Henry) Chen (2025-2026) – Research internship
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