Meet the Lab

Lab Members

 
Kord Kober

Kord M. Kober,
PhD, MA, Principle Investigator

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

Lab Manager
Staff Research Associate, and
UCSF PROPEL Trainee
Effects of anti-cancer agents on gene expression of fatigue-related pathways in PBMCs		 Shaimaa Elrefaay, RN, PhD

Shaimaa Elrefaay,
RN, PhD

Postdoctoral Scholar
Co-mentored with Aric Prather
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

Nidhi Thati

Molecular lab and Data Science Trainee
Nucleic acid isolation from blood, descriptive and inferential statistics and R programming
Junior
University of California, Los Angeles

Julia Trudeau

Doctoral Student, 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		 Caroline Le

Caroline Le

Visiting Scholar
NCI Diversity Supplement Trainee, and
UCSF PROPEL Trainee
Data-integrated multi-omic methods in cancer-related fatigue and neuropathy

Carolyn Harris,
RN, PhD

Visiting Scholar, Univ. of Pittsburg
Trajectories and epigenetics of cancer-related symptoms.

Alumni

Name Subsequent/Current Position Original Position in Lab
Isha Kotalwar Undergraduate. University of California, Irvine Data Science Trainee. Accessing the Electronic Health Records (EHR) for Research.
Anatol Sucher Retired Senior Staff Research Associate and Lab Manager
Aaron Hechmer, MSc Bioinformatics Programmer. Computational Biology and Informatics, HDFCCC Bioinformatics Programmer. Computational Biology and Informatics, HDFCCC
Lisa Morse, RN, CNS, MS Doctoral student. Age-related molecular mechanisms of cancer-related symptoms. Advised by Chris Miaskowski Doctoral student. Age-related molecular mechanisms of cancer-related symptoms. Co-advised with Chris Miaskowski
Liam Berger Student, 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, PhD Adjunct Faculty, School of Nursing & Health Sciences, Aspen University. Postdoctoral Fellow. Molecular mechanisms of psychosocial symptoms. Co-advised with Chris Miaskowski
Joosun Shin, RN, PhD Postdoctoral 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, PhD Postdoctoral 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, RN Doctoral student. Stress in patients. Advised by Cherry Leung Doctoral student. Neuropathy in patients undergoing chemotherapy. Co-advised with Chris Miaskowski
Man-Cheung Lee, MD, PhD Clinical Instructor UCSF Department of Anesthesia / Stanford Department of Anesthesia Regional Anesthesia Fellow Resident, Anesthesia; Treatment for and mechanisms of pain. Co-mentored with
Mark Schumacher
Caroline Le Research Data Analyst, Kober Lab UCSF Molecular lab and Data Science Trainee; Nucleic acid isolation from blood, descriptive and inferential statistics and R/python programming
Ying Sheng, RN, PhD Assistant 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, PhD Nurse practitioner Post-doctoral scholar; Infant epigenetics associated with birth outcomes. Co-mentored with Sandra Weiss
Carolyn Harris, RN, PhD Post-doctoral scholar, University of Pittsburgh. Doctoral student; Trajectories and epigenetics of cancer-related symptoms. Co-advised with Chris Miaskowski
Maureen Lewis Medical Student, Keck School of Medicine, USC Molecular lab and Data Science Trainee; Nucleic acid isolation from blood, descriptive and inferential statistics and R programming
Vasuda Dokiparthi Undergraduate, BS/MD Program, Penn State University Data Science Trainee; descriptive and inferential statistics and R programming. Co-mentored with Adam Olshen
Brian Yuen Medical Student, University of Central Florida Staff Research Associate
Nadia "Nate" Haas Registered Nurse Masters Student, Genetics of Exercise in Women with Breast Cancer. Co-advised with Chris Miaskowski
Kiley Charbonneau Medical Student, Loyola University Chicago Research Data Analyst
Brian Yuen Staff Research Associate Bioinformatics Trainee; Drug discovery and repurposing methods.
Sergio Diaz Staff Research Associate Staff Research Associate
India Bergeland Associate Bioinformatics Scientist at IDbyDNA Data Scientist Trainee; Bioinformatics and genomics methods.
Samantha Danison Engineering undergraduate, The George Washington University Bioinformatics Trainee; Genomics software tool development with MARSS.
Jiang Liu Bioinformatics Programmer Bioinformatics Programmer
Komal Singh Assistant Professor, Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation, Arizona State University Post-Doctoral Fellow, UCSF. Phenotypic and molecular predictors of nausea in oncology patients receiving chemotherapy. Co-advised with Chris Miaskowski
Lan Wei Consultant at Navis 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
Yiran Li Assistant 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 Bergeland Solutions Program Manager at DNAnexus 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
Marikita Marinaki Staff Data Scientist at Turo at Turo 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
Siyuan Xue M.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 Singh Post-Doctoral Fellow, UCSF. Doctoral Student. Phenotypic and molecular predictors of nausea in oncology patients receiving chemotherapy. Co-advised with Chris Miaskowski
Isabel Michael Undergraduate, Santa Clara University Volunteer; Research assistant
Sam McCollum Senior Software Engineer at Allstate Volunteer; Software developer
Mayuri Thete Researcher at Stanford University, Stanford University Staff Research Associate