Members
Andrew C. Hsieh
Title: Professor & Associate Director,
Division of Human Biology
Email: ahsieh@fredhutch.org
Hometown: Originally from Torrance, CA
Education: B.A., UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
M.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
Internship - Postdoc, UCSF, San Francisco, CA
Featured Researcher Profile
Physician Profile
Rashmi Mishra
Hometown: Originally from Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
Education: B.Tech, Allahabad Agricultural Deemed University, India
M.Tech, VIT University, Vellore, India
Ph.D., Ulm University, Germany
Postdoc, Sanford Burnham, La Jolla, CA
Fellowships: Fred Hutch Interdisciplinary Training Grant (non-NRSA) and SPORE DRP Grant
Yeon Soo Kim
Hometown: Originally from Seoul, South Korea
Education: B.A., Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
M.A., Columbia University, New York, NY
Ph.D., Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA
Fellowship: DOD PCRP Early Investigator Research Award
Pushpa Itagi
Hometown: Originally from Hubli, Karnataka
Education: B.E, BVBCET, Karnataka, India, M.Tech, IIIT-Hyderabad, India,
PhD, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
Fellowship: Fred Hutch TDS IRC Fellowship
Steve Blinka
Hometown: Originally from Greendale, WI
Education: B.A., UW-Madison, Madison, WI
M.D., Ph.D., Medical College of WI, Milwaukee, WI
Residency: University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Fellowships: Training in Cancer Biology and Transplantation (T32 CA009515), ASCO YIA
Jenny Waters
Title: Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Email: jwaters2@fredhutch.org
Hometown: Originally from Encinitas, CA
Education: B.S., San Diego State University, San Diego, CA; PhD, University of California, San Diego, and San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
Fellowship: NCOR KUH TL1 Training Program
Samantha Schuster
Hometown: Originally from Los Angeles, CA
Education: B.S., UC Davis, Davis, CA,
Ph.D., University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Fellowships: UW CMBTG (T32 GM007270), CCEH Pilot Grant, NIH NRSA (F31 CA206920), Fred Hutch TDS IRC Fellowship
Joe Taylor
Hometown: Originally from Southampton, United Kingdom
Education: BSc., University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom, MRes., University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom, PhD., University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
Fellowship: PCUK Career Acceleration Fellowship (TLD-CAF22-001)
Sonali Arora
Hometown: Originally from Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India
Education: B.Tech., SRM University, India
M.S., Ichan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
Dmytro Rudoy
Hometown: Originally from Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine
Education: B.S., Seattle University
Jin Yeong Kim
Hometown: Originally from Milledgeville, GA
Education: B.S., Georgia College & State University
Dave Young
Hometown: Originally from Issaquah, WA
Education: University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Fellowships: Mary Gates Research Scholarship, Levinson Emerging Scholars Award
Sihyeon (Jake) Song
Hometown: Originally from Jeonju, South Korea
Education: University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Ava Tsou
Title: Student Intern
Email: atsou@fredhutch.org
Hometown: Originally from Belmont, CA
Education: University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Anika Gowda
Title: Student Intern
Email:agowda@fredhutch.org
Hometown: Originally from San Jose, CA
Education: University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Yisoo Hwang
Title: Student Intern
Email: yhwang@fredhutch.org
Hometown: Originally from Busan, South Korea
Education: University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Dhruv Choradia
Title: Student Intern
Email: dchoradi@fredhutch.org
Hometown: Originally from Mumbai, India
Education: University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Kristi Schurman
Education: B.A., Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
Former Lab Members: Where They Went Next
Postdoctoral Fellows
2017-2023: Sujata Jana - Postdoctoral Research Fellow. Staff Scientist, Spatial Profiling, Fred Hutch. Fellowships: Fred Hutch Interdisciplinary Training Grant (non-NRSA) and DOD PRCRP Horizon Award
2015-2021: Yiting Lim - Postdoctoral Research Fellow. Senior Scientist, Just – Evotec. Fellowships: DOD PCRP Postdoctoral Award, AACR Postdoctoral Fellowship, and AACR NextGen Star
2017-2018: Brian Winters - Urologic Oncology Fellow. Attending Urologist, Kaiser Permanente Washington. Fellowship: BCAN Young Investigator Award
2017-2018: William (Bill) Hardin - Postdoctoral Research Fellow. Genomics Specialist, Shared Resources, Fred Hutch Cancer Center
2016-2018: Kalyan Banda - Postdoctoral Research Fellow. Assistant Professor, Division of Oncology, University of Washington. Fellowships: ASCO Young Investigator Award and DOD PCRP Postdoctoral Award (declined)
2015-2016: Li-Jie Wang - Postdoctoral Research Fellow. Scientist, Sonoma Biotherapeutics. Fellowship: Fred Hutch Interdisciplinary Training Grant (non-NRSA)
Ph.D. Students
2024: Alex Orellana - MCB rotation student. MCB Ph.D. Candidate, University of Washington
2018-2023: Alex Germanos - MCB Ph.D. student. Postdoctoral Fellow, Lund University (PI = Cristian Bellodi). Fellowship: Fred Hutch Interdisciplinary Training Grant (T32 CA080416)
2021: Laura Baquero Galvis - MCB rotation student. MCB Ph.D. Candidate, University of Washington Biologics
2021: Jodiene Johnson - MCB rotation student. MCB Ph.D. Candidate, University of Washington
2020: Sam Nutt - MCB rotation student. MCB Ph.D. Candidate, University of Washington
2020: Valentina Grilloa Alvarado - MCB rotation student. MCB Ph.D. Candidate, University of Washington
2015: Joseph Pangallo - MCB rotation student. MCB Ph.D Candidate, University of Washington
Predoctoral Members
2019-2024: Cindy Wladyka - Lead Technician. Fred Hutch EH&S
2020-2024: Patrick Hoang - Student Intern-Technician. UCSF MSTP Program
2023-2024: Amy Shiuan - Student Intern. Undergraduate, University of Washington
2023: Caitlin Brown - Student Intern. Undergraduate, Yale University
2023: Saron Mulugeta - Summer High School Internship Program
2023: Rita Noemi Ventura - Research Technician
2021: Heidi Lee - Student Intern. Undergraduate, University of Washington
2020: Alla Kozubenko - University of Washington, Medical Student. M.D. Candidate UW School of Medicine
2018-2020: Rowan Hough - Student Intern. Undergraduate, University of Washington
2018-2020: Evan Anderson - Student Intern. Saint Louis University School of Medicine. Fellowship: Mary Gates Research Scholarship
2015-2019: Yuzhen Liu - Research Technician. MCB Ph.D. Candidate, University of Washington
2015-2019: Jessie Horn - Research Technician. Patient Care Technician, Fresenius Kidney Care
2017-2019: Rucha Deo - Student Intern. Research Technician, Sarkar-Kalia Lab, Seattle Children's Hospital
2018-2019: Sophia Chen - Student Intern. Undergraduate, Princeton University
2018: Mimi Lexiaochuan Wen - Drexel University College of Medicine, Medical Student. Mayo Clinic, Urology Residency
2016-2017: Lukas Corey - Student Intern. Undergraduate, Yale University
2016-2017: Asha Goodman - Research Technician. Ph.D Candidate, SDSU/UCSD (Joint Program)
2015: Prachi Keni - Summer intern. Medical Student, Carle Illinois College of Medicine
2014-2015: Ariana Marcassa - Research Technician. Immune Monitoring Specialist, Shared Resources, Fred Hutch Cancer Center
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