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Anthony Harris

Anthony Harris is a postdoctoral researcher in Dr. Nicolas Altemose’s lab within the School of Medicine. His research focuses on understanding mechanisms governing the transmission of genetic information in DNA from parent to progeny during a cellular program called meiosis. Specifically, he seeks to gain a more holistic understanding of factors that facilitate compaction and reorganization of DNA during early meiosis. Anthony completed his B.S.… Continue reading »

Nowah Afangbedji

Dr. Nowah Afangbedji is a postdoctoral scholar in the Porteus lab at Stanford University’s School of Medicine, in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology Oncology, Stem Cell Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine. His research focuses on using the CRISPR/AAV system to develop a gene engineering strategy aimed at correcting the beta-globin gene in hemoglobinopathies. Additionally, Dr. Afangbedji serves on the American Society of Hematology’s trainee… Continue reading »

Nancy Paniagua

Nancy Paniagua (she/her/ella) is a Propel Postdoctoral Scholar in Aaron Straight’s lab in the Department of Biochemistry. Nancy is deeply interested in understanding how noncoding RNA define genome organization. Her research focuses on how chromatin associated RNA impact chromosome structure and gene regulation. Nancy received her B.S. in Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology from the University of California Santa Cruz and then earned her Ph.D.… Continue reading »

Mariame Diabate

Mariame Diabate, PhD (she/her) is a postdoctoral scholar in the HIPE Lab (Healthcare Innovation, Policy and Equity), mentored by Dr. Alyce S. Adams in the Stanford Cancer Institute and the Departments of Health Policy/Epidemiology and Population Health, and Pediatrics and Dr. Tainayah Thomas in the Department of Epidemiology and Population Health. A two-time Buckeye, she earned her PhD in Biomedical Sciences and BS in Biology… Continue reading »

Amara Thind

Amara Thind is a postdoctoral scholar in Dr. Elizabeth Egan’s lab in the Department of Pediatrics at Stanford University’s School of Medicine. Her research focuses on red blood cell (RBC) host factors that are important for Plasmodium spp. infection to help develop new approaches to treat malaria. Her work also involves understanding erythrocyte development and biology through genetically modifying RBCs from primary hematopoietic stem cells… Continue reading »

Elleni Hailu

Elleni (she/her) is a Postdoctoral Scholar in the School of Medicine with Dr. Suzan Carmichael (Pediatrics) and Dr. Michelle Odden (Epidemiology and Population Health). Broadly, her research employs interdisciplinary theories and advanced epidemiologic methods to assess how structural racism and its manifestations shape racial health inequities across the life-course, with the goal of informing equitable interventions and policies. Her work to date has examined multi-level… Continue reading »

Astrid N. Zamora

Astrid (she/her/ella) is a postdoctoral scholar in the HEARTS Lab within the Department of Epidemiology and Population Health. To date, her work has examined the impact of diet and environmental pollutant exposure on psychosocial and metabolic health outcomes during adolescence and midlife. As a postdoc, she is receiving training in study design and citizen science methods, learning how to bridge her epidemiology training with community-based… Continue reading »