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Daniel Kahn, MD PhD

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Daniel Kahn, MD, PhD

Hometown:  Columbus, Ohio

B.S.:    The Ohio State University, Chemistry
Ph.D.: UC, San Diego
Advisor: Carolyn Kelly 
M.D.:  UC, San Diego
Residency (OB/GYN):  UCLA
Fellowship (Maternal-Fetal Medicine): UCLA
Post-Doc:  California Institute of Technology
                  Advisor: David Baltimore
Fun Fact:  Amateur car mechanic and Opera lover.
Phone:  310-206-9734
Email:  dkahn@mednet.ucla.edu
Biosketch (PDF) 
 
 Staff  

Andrea Snead (Loewendorf), PhD

Hometown: Berlin, Germany
BS:  Martin-Luther University, Halle an Der Saale, Germany, Biology
PhD:  Martin-Luther University, Halle an Der Saale, Germany
Advisor: Martin Messerle, PhD
Post-Doc:  La Jolla Allergy and Immunolog
Advisor:  Chris Benedict, PhD
Fun Fact:  Loooooong distance running.
Phone: 310-825-8612
Email: ASnead@mednet.ucla.edu
Biosketch (PDF)
   
Maria Yesayan

Hometown: Burbank, CA
BA: UC, Berkeley, Political Science
Fun Fact: I can recite the alphabet backwards in three different languages (English, French and Armenian). 
Phone: 310-825-4050
Email: MYesayan@mednet.ucla.edu
[CV
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 Fellows  

Heather Cook, MD

Hometown:  Fresno, CA
B.S.:  UCLA, Psychobiology
M.D.:  USC
Residency (OB/GYN):  UCLA
Project:  Disruption of Tregs during pregnancy unleashes unique maternal effector NKT cells at the UPI.
Fellowship (Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility): UCLA
Fun Fact:  2 kids + 2 dogs + 2 cars = 1 husband.
Phone: 310-825-4050
Email: HCook@mednet.ucla.edu
[CV
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Tina Nguyen, MD

Hometown:  Whittier, CA
B.S.:  CSULA, Biology
M.D.:  Mt. Sinai
Residency (OB/GYN):  Mt. Sinai
Fellowship (Maternal-Fetal Medicine): UCLA
Project: Uterus as an immune barrier.
Fun Fact:  Doogie Howser looks up to her.
Phone: 310-825-4050
Email: TinaANguyen@mednet.ucla.edu
CV (PDF)
Residents  
Ai-Ris Collier, MD
Hometown:  Tucson, AZ 

B.S.: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
M.D: Harvard
Residency (OB/GYN):  UCLA
Project:  Localization of effector lymphocytes to the UPI.
Phone: 310-825-4050
Email: ACollier@mednet.ucla.edu
[CV]

   
Debra Linker, MD
Hometown:  San Antonio, TX
B.S.: Harvard
M.D.:Columbia
Residency (OB/GYN):  UCLA
Project:  Role of Prokineticin in the onset of labor.
Fun Fact:
Phone: 310-825-4050
Email: DLinker@mednet.ucla.edu
[CV
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Students

 

Rebecca Gonzalez
Hometown:
B.S.:
M.D.: UCLA 2014
Project: Fetal response to maternal vaccination.
Fun Fact:
Phone: 310-825-4050
Email: ReGonzalez@mednet.ucla.edu
[CV
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Nina Vyas

Hometown:  Yorba Linda, CA

B.S.: UC, San Diego, Human Biology & Dance
M.D.:  UCLA 2016
Project:  Treg trafficking in preeclampsia
Fun Fact:  I like to sing while I cook!
Phone: 310-825-4050
Email: NinaVyas@mednet.ucla.edu
[CV
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Thalia Nguyen
Hometown:  Whittier, CA 
B.S.: UCLA 2016
Project:  The impact of impaired maternal Treg functionality on trans-generational in utero growth restriction
Fun Fact:  Valedictorian AND homecoming queen!
Phone: 310-825-4050
Email: tmtn94@yahoo.com
[CV]
Alumni  

Sonal Patel

Currently: Graduate student in biology at Caltech
Year(s) 2010 - 2012
Email:  sonalie@caltech.edu

   
Carrie Wambach, MD  Current info:  REI in private practice in Beverly Hills
Year(s) 2011 - 2012
   
Joy Cuerten  Currently:  Munich, Germany
Year(s) 2012
   
Amy Flick Currently:  Faculty MFM at St. Louis University
Year(s): 2011
   
Margarida Lei Currently:  Super duper tech in Carla Janzen's Lab.
Year(s): 2010

 

 

 

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