Profiles By Name

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  Aftandilian, Catherine 
  Academic Appointments Masters Student in Interdepartmental Program, Epidemiology, admitted Autumn 2012
  Postdoctoral Medical fellow, Pediatrics, Hematology & Oncology
  
  Research Interest

  I am interested in the prevention and management of infectious complication in pediatric oncology patients. I am currently conducting a retrospective chart review of voriconazole vs. fluconazole for the prevention of invasive fungal disease after allogeneic stem cell transplant. I am also interested in developing a protocol for the management of low risk patients with fever and neutropenia.
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  Agarwal, Anubha 
  Academic Appointments MD Student, expected graduation Spring 2013
  
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  Aguirre, Jarrad Mattieu
  Academic Appointments MD Student, expected graduation Spring 2015
  
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  Ahanonu, Biafra Owowonta II
  Academic Appointments Ph.D. Student in Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences), admitted Autumn 2012
  
  Research Interest

  Basic understanding of the mechanisms underlying autophagy, chaperones, and protein quality control in the nervous system as a route to more effective therapies for neurodegenerative diseases (Alzheimer's, Frontotemporal Dementia, Huntington's, etc.).
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  Alcasid, Matthew Lawrence
  Academic Appointments MD Student, expected graduation Spring 2015
  
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  Alfa, Ronald 
  Academic Appointments MD Student, expected graduation Spring 2014
  Ph.D. Student in Interdepartmental Program, Neurosciences, admitted Summer 2009
  
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  Almario, Leanne Velasquez
  Academic Appointments MD Student, expected graduation Spring 2014
  
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  Anand, Pria 
  Academic Appointments MD Student, expected graduation Spring 2014
  
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  Anand, Shuchi 
  Academic Appointments Masters Student in Interdepartmental Program, Epidemiology, admitted Autumn 2011
  Postdoctoral Research fellow, School of Medicine
  
  Research Interest

  ESRD and physical activity ESRD and vitamin D deficiency Management of CKD and ESRD in developing regions
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  Anderson, Brian 
  Academic Appointments MD Student with Scholarly Concentration in Biomedical Ethics & Medical Humanities, expected graduation Spring 2013
  
  Research Interest

  The socio-cultural constructions behind how patients and practitioners understand psychiatric diseases and treatments, and how these understandings may ultimately affect mental health. Particular focus on how psychedelic drugs like ayahuasca are used in folk healing, and in conventional psychiatric research as experimental therapies.
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  Antonios, Joseph Kamil
  Academic Appointments MD Student, expected graduation Spring 2015
  
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  Arroyo, Sergio Estevan
  Academic Appointments MD Student with Scholarly Concentrations in Molecular Basis of Medicine / Neuroscience, Behavior, and Cognition, expected graduation Spring 2015
  Ph.D. Student in Interdepartmental Program, Neurosciences with Scholarly Concentrations in Molecular Basis of Medicine / Neuroscience, Behavior, and Cognition, admitted Spring 2011
  
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  Asaad, Mazen 
  Academic Appointments Ph.D. Student in Molecular & Cellular Physiology, admitted Autumn 2012
  
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  Austin, Daniel Robert
  Academic Appointments MD Student, expected graduation Spring 2015