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CIMCR Staff

Lab Staff
Clinical Research Coordinators
Nurses
Administrative Staff
Trainees

Lab Staff

Darbaz Adnan, MBChB.

Darbaz Adnan, MBChB

Laboratory Research Assistant 3

Phillip Engen, MS.

Phillip Engen, MS

Lab Manager

Kristi M Lawrence, BS.

Kristi M Lawrence, BS

Laboratory Research Assistant 3

Corey Baker

Corey Baker, BS, BFA

Laboratory Research Assistant 3

Not pictured.

Shohreh Raeisi, MS

Lab Project Manager

Not pictured.

Maliah Shaikh, MS

Research Administrator

Lijuan Zhang, MD.

Lijuan Zhang, MD

Lab/Faculty

Clinical Research Coordinators

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Daynia Sanchez-Bass, MS

Research Coordinator

Not pictured.

Michelle Villanueva, MS

Manager - Research Coordinator

Lena DiBenedetto, BS.

Lena DiBenedetto, BS

Research Coordinator

Nurses

Not pictured.

Alexis Munoz, BSN, RN

Nurse

Administrative Staff

Ruben Aguallo.

Ruben Aguallo

Administrative Assistant 2

Current Trainees

Mariah Barnett

Mariah Barnett, BS

Former Trainees

Malia R Gasteir.

Malia Gasteier

Richard Manfready

Richard Manfready, MD

Not pictured.

Laura Tran

PhD Student

Luca Santovito

Luca Santovito, MD

Netanel Zilberstein

Netanel F Zilberstein, MD

Zoe Post

Zoe Post

Research Fellow