Faculty
PETER KUHN, PHD
Director, CSI Cancer
University Professor of Biological Sciences, Medicine, Biomedical Engineering, Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering, and Urology
JAMES HICKS, PHD
Professor of Research, Deputy Director, CSI Cancer
Department of Biological Sciences, Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences
JEREMY MASON, PHD
Assistant Professor of Research, Director of Data Science
Department of Urology, Keck School of Medicine
LIYA XU, PHD
Assistant Professor of Research, Director of Applied Genomics
Department of Ophthalmology, CHLA
Institute Fellows
JORGE NIEVA, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
Department of Medicine
INDERBIR GILL, MD
Chair and Distinguished Professor of Urology, Associate Dean for Clinical Innovation
Department of Urology
JESSE BERRY, MD
Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology, Associate Director of Ocular Oncology
Department of Ophthalmology
Administrative Staff
ELVIA NUNEZ
Director of Research Administration
ALLIE WELSH
Director of Finance
Research Staff
ANAND KOLATKAR, PHD
Director of Data Science and Infrastructure
STEPHANIE SHISHIDO, PHD
Director of Clinical Research
MOHAMED KAMAL, PHD
Staff Scientist
KAHLEN OUYANG, PHD
Director of Product Development and Commerical Strategy
LIZ QI, PHARMD
Clinical Research Regulatory Administrator
Technical Support Staff
VALERIE HENNES
Research Lab Specialist
ANDRÉS RIVERA
Research Lab Technician, Supervisor
AVERY LIN
Specialized Lab Technician
Software Engineering (Devops & IT) Staff
RAFAEL NEVAREZ
Research Programmer I
WILLIAM KIM
Programmer Analyst II
RAJIV MANDYA NAGARAJU
Associate Data Scientist
ROBIN DOMINGUEZ
Systems Administrator III
Postdoctoral Scholars
BRIAN ZHANG
Postdoc – Research Associate
Graduate Students
NIKKI HIGA
PhD Candidate
Cancer Biology and Genomics
AMIN NAGHDLOO
PhD Candidate
Mechanical Engineering
DOANNA PHAM
PhD Candidate
Molecular and Computational Biology
MINA TOLOU GHANI
PhD Candidate
Molecular and Computational Biology
DEAN TESSONE
PhD Student
Molecular and Computational Biology
Undergraduate Students
ANYA SHAH
Mentor: Stephanie Shishido
SRIKAR KOLLURU
Mentor: Stephanie Shishido
EMMETT LILJEGREN
Mentors: Liz Qi, Stephanie Shishido
THERESA LUO
Mentor: Liya Xu
BRANDON YE – CURE Co-Lead
Mentor: Jeremy Mason
AMY HUANG
Mentors: Mina Tolou, Stephanie Shishido
ANDREW UDOV – CURE Co-Lead
Mentor: Stephanie Shishido
ASHLEY ASANTE-MANU
Mentor: Stephanie Shishido
SAM LIU
Mentor: Jeremy Mason
MONICA RODRIGUEZ – CURE Co-Lead
Mentor: Dean Tessone
VIDUR MUSRAN
Mentor: Jeremy Mason
STEVE SOTO TRUJILLO
Mentor: Stephanie Shishido
CAMILLA PLASCENCIA
Mentor: Stephanie Shishido
BAISHALI CHAUDHURI
Mentor: Stephanie Shishido
ANNA LIU
Mentor: Doanna Pham
SRIRAM SESHADRI
Mentor: Mina Tolou Ghani
JEFFREY KANG
Mentor: Dean Tessone
CLAUDIA BJERREGAARD
Mentor: Stephanie Shishido
ANDREW NGUYEN
Mentor: Liya Xu, Stephanie Shishido
KATE OLSEN
Mentor: Mohamed Kamal
AYLA SEDDIGHNEZHAD
Mentors: Mohamed Kamal, Olga Eremina and Pegah Bagheri (Zavaleta Lab)
ANMOL SINGHAL
Mentor: Liya Xu
