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Meet the Lab


Lab Members

Kord Kober

Kord M. Kober,
PhD, MA, Principle Investigator

Associate Professor, DPN 
Faculty, BCHSI
Member, HDFCCC
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Esther Chavez-Iglesias

Lab Manager
Staff Research Associate, and
UCSF PROPEL Trainee
Cytotoxic effects of anti-cancer agents on PBMCs.

Shaimaa Elrefaay, RN, PhD

Shaimaa Elrefaay,
RN, PhD

Postdoctoral Scholar
Co-mentored with Aric Prather and Elissa Epel
Exploration of the intersection of genomics and environmental stressors in understanding mental health phenotypes among susceptible populations

Isabella Hui

Molecular lab and Data Science Trainee
CURE Intern
Cytotoxic effects of anti-cancer agents on PBMCs.

Nidhi Thati

Molecular lab and Data Science Trainee
Gene expression profiles associated with symptoms in cancer survivors.
Senior
University of California, Los Angeles

Julia Trudeau

Doctoral Student, Chan Lab, UC Irvine
Data Science Trainee
Identifying biomarkers of cancer-related cognitive impairment, clinical sample analysis, cancer epidemiology

Ritu Roy,
MS

Senior BioStatistician
Computational Biology
and Informatics, HDFCCC

Alumni

NameSubsequent/Current PositionOriginal Position in Lab
Aeron GurskisStudent, Carlmont High School, Belmont, CAData Science Trainee. Torch-eCpG project.
Orion GurskisStudent, Carlmont High School, Belmont, CAData Science Trainee. Torch-eCpG project.
Rohan YadavalliStudent, Carlmont High School, Belmont, CAData Science Trainee. Torch-eCpG project.
Caroline LeVisiting scientist. Epigenetic characterization of Fatigue in oncology patients receiving chemotherapy.Research Data Analyst, Kober Lab UCSF
Carolyn Harris, RN, PhDAssistant Professor, University of California San Francisco.Visiting scientist, University of Pittsburgh.
Isha KotalwarUndergraduate. University of California, IrvineData Science Trainee. Accessing the Electronic Health Records (EHR) for Research.
Anatol SucherRetiredSenior Staff Research Associate and Lab Manager
Aaron Hechmer, MScBioinformatics Programmer. Computational Biology and Informatics, HDFCCCBioinformatics Programmer. Computational Biology and Informatics, HDFCCC
Lisa Morse, RN, CNS, MSDoctoral student. Age-related molecular mechanisms of cancer-related symptoms. Advised by Chris MiaskowskiDoctoral student. Age-related molecular mechanisms of cancer-related symptoms. Co-advised with Chris Miaskowski
Liam BergerStudent, Design Tech High School, Redwood City, CA.Data Science Trainee. Big data software tools using parallel computing (GPUs). Co-mentored with Adam Olshen
Sandra Schimmel, RN, PhDAdjunct Faculty, School of Nursing & Health Sciences, Aspen University.Postdoctoral Fellow. Molecular mechanisms of psychosocial symptoms. Co-advised with Chris Miaskowski
Joosun Shin, RN, PhDPostdoctoral Fellow. Univ. of Massachusetts Boston – Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center.Doctoral Student. Molecular mechanisms of cancer-related shortness of breath and dyspnea. Co-advised with Chris Miaskowski
Kate Oppegaard, RN, PhDPostdoctoral Fellow. Univ. of Massachusetts Boston – Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center.Doctoral Student. Molecular mechanisms of cancer-related cogitive impairment and anxiety. Co-advised with Chris Miaskowski
Lily Xu, RNDoctoral student. Stress in patients. Advised by Cherry LeungDoctoral student. Neuropathy in patients undergoing chemotherapy. Co-advised with Chris Miaskowski
Man-Cheung Lee, MD, PhDClinical Instructor UCSF Department of Anesthesia / Stanford Department of Anesthesia Regional Anesthesia FellowResident, Anesthesia; Treatment for and mechanisms of pain. Co-mentored with
Mark Schumacher
Caroline LeResearch Data Analyst, Kober Lab UCSFMolecular lab and Data Science Trainee; Nucleic acid isolation from blood, descriptive and inferential statistics and R/python programming
Ying Sheng, RN, PhDAssistant Professor, Vanderbilt University.Post-doctoral scholar, Indiana University; Genetics of palpitations in patients with cancer. Co-mentored with Janet Carpenter and Chris Miaskowski
Sarah Richoux, RN, PhDNurse practitionerPost-doctoral scholar; Infant epigenetics associated with birth outcomes. Co-mentored with Sandra Weiss
Carolyn Harris, RN, PhDPost-doctoral scholar, University of Pittsburgh.Doctoral student; Trajectories and epigenetics of cancer-related symptoms. Co-advised with Chris Miaskowski
Maureen LewisMedical Student, Keck School of Medicine, USCMolecular lab and Data Science Trainee; Nucleic acid isolation from blood, descriptive and inferential statistics and R programming
Vasuda DokiparthiUndergraduate, BS/MD Program, Penn State UniversityData Science Trainee; descriptive and inferential statistics and R programming. Co-mentored with Adam Olshen
Brian YuenMedical Student, University of Central FloridaStaff Research Associate
Nadia "Nate" HaasRegistered NurseMasters Student, Genetics of Exercise in Women with Breast Cancer. Co-advised with Chris Miaskowski
Kiley CharbonneauMedical Student, Loyola University ChicagoResearch Data Analyst
Brian YuenStaff Research AssociateBioinformatics Trainee; Drug discovery and repurposing methods.
Sergio DiazStaff Research AssociateStaff Research Associate
India BergelandAssociate Bioinformatics Scientist at IDbyDNAData Scientist Trainee; Bioinformatics and genomics methods.
Samantha DanisonEngineering undergraduate, The George Washington UniversityBioinformatics Trainee; Genomics software tool development with MARSS.
Jiang LiuBioinformatics ProgrammerBioinformatics Programmer
Komal SinghAssistant Professor, Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation, Arizona State UniversityPost-Doctoral Fellow, UCSF. Phenotypic and molecular predictors of nausea in oncology patients receiving chemotherapy. Co-advised with Chris Miaskowski
Lan WeiConsultant at NavisData Scientist Researcher, M.Eng student in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research (IEOR) at UC Berkeley. Development of machine learning models using demographic, clinical, activity, and gene expression data to predict weight loss. Co-mentored with Elena Flowers
Yiran LiAssistant Analyst at the National Information Center Economic Consulting Center (国家信息中心经济咨询中心).Data Scientist Researcher, M.Eng student in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research (IEOR) at UC Berkeley. Development of machine learning models using demographic, clinical, activity, and gene expression data to predict weight loss. Co-mentored with Elena Flowers
India BergelandSolutions Program Manager at DNAnexusData Scientist Researcher, M.Eng student in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research (IEOR) at UC Berkeley. Development of machine learning models using demographic, clinical, activity, and gene expression data to predict weight loss. Co-mentored with Elena Flowers
Marikita MarinakiStaff Data Scientist at Turo at TuroData Scientist Researcher, M.Eng student in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research (IEOR) at UC Berkeley. Development of machine learning models using demographic, clinical, activity, and gene expression data to predict weight loss. Co-mentored with Elena Flowers
Siyuan XueM.Eng Candidate in IEOR at UC Berkeley.Data Scientist Researcher, M.Eng student in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research (IEOR) at UC Berkeley. Development of machine learning models using demographic, clinical, activity, and gene expression data to predict weight loss. Co-mentored with Elena Flowers
Komal SinghPost-Doctoral Fellow, UCSF.Doctoral Student. Phenotypic and molecular predictors of nausea in oncology patients receiving chemotherapy. Co-advised with Chris Miaskowski
Isabel MichaelUndergraduate, Santa Clara UniversityVolunteer; Research assistant
Sam McCollumSenior Software Engineer at AllstateVolunteer; Software developer
Mayuri TheteResearcher at Stanford University, Stanford UniversityStaff Research Associate