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
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)
Vignesh Lalgudi (MS in Medical Sciences)
Hillary Tran (MS in Medical Sciences)
Undergraduate Researchers
Chantelle Tadros (Major: Biology, Pre-Medical Track)
Sophie Kempe (Major: Biology)
Fernanda Sandoval Vargas (Major: Human Physiology)
Post-Bac Researcher
Amy Luo (B.S. in Human Physiology)
Alumni
Jessica Proctor (2024-2026) – Undergraduate researcher
Joakin Mori, PhD (2021-2026) – Postdoctoral associate
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