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, Executive Director, USC Institute of Urology
Department of Urology
JESSE BERRY, MD
Division Chief, Ocular Oncology Service, Lucy and Berle Adams Chair in Cancer Research, Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology,
Department of Ophthalmology
ASSAD OBERAI, PHD
Hughes Professor
Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Administrative Staff
ELVIA NUNEZ
Director of Research Administration
ALLIE WELSH
Director of Finance
Research Staff
STEPHANIE SHISHIDO, PHD
Director of Clinical Research
MOHAMED KAMAL, PHD
Staff Scientist
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
ROBIN DOMINGUEZ
Systems Administrator III
Graduate Students
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 Candidate
Molecular and Computational Biology
ALIREZA REZVANI
PhD Student
Biomedical Engineering
AHMED SAADAWY
PhD Student
Molecular and Computational Biology
Undergraduate Students
VIDUR MUSRAN
Mentor: Jeremy Mason
BAISHALI CHAUDHURI
Mentor: Stephanie Shishido
SRIRAM SESHADRI
Mentor: Mina Tolou Ghani
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
ANDREW LIM
Mentor: Stephanie Shishido
EVALINA LENTINI
Mentor: Jeremy Mason
JAMIE KIM
Mentor: Stephanie Shishido
CELESTE VILLA
Mentor: Stephanie Shishido
ZACHARY EGGLETON
Mentor: Jeremy Mason
SIDDHANT CHAUDHARY
Mentor: Stephanie Shishido
TRACY WANG
Mentor: Stephanie Shishido
ETHEN CHEN
Mentor: Liya Xu
ANNA LIU
Mentor: Stephanie Shishido
