GAWAD LAB - Key Persons
Anju received her M.S. in Biomedical Research from the Morehouse School of Medicine before joining the lab as a technician focused on single-cell sequencing methods. She continued working as a technician at St. Jude when the Gawad lab moved to Stanford.
Job Titles:
- Life Science Research Professional
Job Titles:
- Life Science Research Professional
Brandon studied Molecular and Cell Biology, as well as Public Health at UC Berkeley. He is passionate about learning about single-cell data analysis methods, innovative thinking in research, research design, and question-driven analysis. He loves listening to and making music, exploring nature, and playing basketball.
Job Titles:
- Associate Professor
- Principal Investigator
I am fortunate to have such a talented and dedicated group that is focused on tackling some of the biggest challenges in biomedical research and clinical diagnostics through innovation, hard work, and perseverance. Outside of work, I enjoy anything outdoors in the bay area, as well as spending time with my family.
Veronica received her Ph.D. in Pharmacology and Toxicology from the University of Arizona. In the lab, she is passionate about working out the details of new biotechnology methods. In her free time, she enjoys gardening and spending time with her family.
Athena he joined the Gawad Lab in 2021 after getting her bachelor's in Human Biology at UC Santa Cruz. She is interested in using single cell sequencing technologies to learn more about neurodegenerative diseases and leukemia in pediatric patients. When she's not in lab, she likes to play the guitar and discover new places to eat!
Job Titles:
- Pediatric Oncology Education Program
Greg studied methods for barcoding and performing single-cell sequencing of leukemia samples while he was an undergraduate at the University of New Orleans before entering as an M.D./Ph.D student at Wayne State University.
Ian learned about single-cell sequencing while he was an undergraduate at the University of Minnesota. After graduation, he spent time as a clinical coordinator at UCSF before entering as a medical student at Cornell.
David received a BA in Biology from NYU and MS in Biomedical Sciences from Tufts, and is now a medical student at the California University of Science and Medicine. He is passionate about computational biology and creating new knowledge, tools, and therapies in medicine. He loves spending time outdoors hiking, running, rock climbing, and backpacking!
Job Titles:
- Pediatric Oncology Education Program
Morgan developed methods for single-cell mitochondrial sequencing while she was an undergraduate at the University of Virginia. She was then awarded a Cancer Research Training Award from NCI to continue her training at NIH.
Ousman received his Ph.D. in Genetics from the University of Georgia. In the lab, he developed novel computational pipelines for cell-free and single-cell sequencing before becoming a Genomics Bioinformatician at IBM Watson Health.
Rob received his Ph.D. in Biology from the University of Ottawa. In the Lab, he led the development and implementation of all computational pipelines. He then joined BioSkryb Genomics as Director of Bioinformatics.
Sarah received her MS in Pharmacology as a Fulbright Scholar while studying cell-free DNA sequencing in the Lab. She then returned to Cairo where she is a lead pharmacist at Cancer Children's Hospital, Egypt.
Ali is a Stanford Undergrad majoring in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering. He is interested in emerging and innovative medical technologies, which he works on in the Gawad Lab. In his free time, he watches movies with friends.
Job Titles:
- Medical Student Researcher
Shelby studied methods for performing single-cell sequencing of leukemia samples before starting his studies as a medical student at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
Siva received his Ph.D. in Neuroscience from Universität des Saarlandes. In the lab, he helped develop several new experimental protocols for single-cell and cell-free DNA sequencing before becoming a Staff Scientist at St. Jude.
Vibhu received his Ph.D. is Biostatistics from Stanford. He developed enose AI analytics in the lab before becoming a Senior Director of Data Science at Medidata Solutions.
Yakun received her Ph.D. in Internal Medicine (Hematology) from Peking Union Medical College in 2016. She joined the Gawad Lab as a Postdoc in 2018, and has been studying pediatric acute leukemia cell biology with single-cell genomic and transcriptomic sequencing. She is passionate about uncovering the mechanisms of leukemia development and treatment resistance.
Yuki received a BS from Brown before working in the lab as a technician focused on cell-free DNA sequencing. After working in the lab for a year, she entered the M.D./Ph.D. program at UT Southwestern.
Yuntao received his Ph.D. is Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from UPenn. In the lab, he developed novel single-cell and cell-free sequencing protocols and computational pipelines before becoming a Senior Scientist at Orchid Health.