Research Staff

Masaoki Kawasumi, MD, PhD

Principal Investigator
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Kostantin Kiianitsa

Research Scientist
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Paul Nghiem, MD, PhD

Principal Investigator
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Song Park, MD

Acting Instructor 
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Tomoko Akaike, MD

Acting Instructor
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Krista Lachance, MS

Research Manager
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Rima Kulikauskas

Senior Research Scientist
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Carina Morningstar

Research Scientist 
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Candice Church, PhD

Research Scientist 
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Rongxiang Lin

Research Scientist 
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Jung Hyun Lee, PhD

Research Fellow
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Rashmi Bhakuni, PhD

Research Fellow
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Saumya Jani

MD/PhD Student 
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Haroldo Rodriguez

PhD Student 
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Alex Fu

Research Coordinator 
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Kate Biese

Research Coordinator 
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Emily Gong

Undergraduate Research Assistant 
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Ally Remington

Undergraduate Research Assistant 
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Rian Alam

Undergraduate Research Assistant 
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Ankita Menon

Research Coordinator
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Macy Gilmour

Undergraduate Research Assistant 
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Smitha Chandrasekhar

Undergraduate Research Assistant 
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Ariel Finberg, MD

Clinical Research Fellow
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Austin Jabbour, MD

Clinical Research Fellow
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Tomas Bencomo

MD/PhD Student
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Cory Simpson, MD, PhD

Principal Investigator
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Afua Tiwaa

Research Scientist 
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Jessica Ayers

UW PhD Student (M3D PhD Program)
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Christopher Johnson

UW Medical Student
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Reeteka Kudallur

Undergraduate Researcher
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Whitney Tran

Undergraduate Researcher
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Shiv Zaver

UW MD/PhD Student
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Akshata Aravind

Undergraduate Researcher
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