Meet the Lab
Lab Members
Kord M. Kober,
PhD, MA, Principle Investigator
Associate Professor, DPN
Faculty, BCHSI
Member, HDFCCC
NCBI Bibliography
Esther Chavez-Iglesias
Lab Manager
Staff Research Associate, and
UCSF PROPEL Trainee
Cytotoxic effects of anti-cancer agents on PBMCs.
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.
Junior
University of California, Berkeley
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
Alumni
| Name | Subsequent/Current Position | Original Position in Lab |
|---|---|---|
| Aeron Gurskis | Student, Carlmont High School, Belmont, CA | Data Science Trainee. Torch-eCpG project. |
| Orion Gurskis | Student, Carlmont High School, Belmont, CA | Data Science Trainee. Torch-eCpG project. |
| Rohan Yadavalli | Student, Carlmont High School, Belmont, CA | Data Science Trainee. Torch-eCpG project. |
| Caroline Le | Visiting scientist. Epigenetic characterization of Fatigue in oncology patients receiving chemotherapy. | Research Data Analyst, Kober Lab UCSF |
| Carolyn Harris, RN, PhD | Assistant Professor, University of California San Francisco. | Visiting scientist, University of Pittsburgh. |
| 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 |