Back row: Nathan Whye, Dayna Melton (administrative assistant), Eric Ramos, Jordan Murray, Dr. Marcelo Tolmasky (Director), Nam Duong, Ramin Farhad, Dr. Chandra Srinivasan (US mentor), Jasleen Sidhu (former scholar-2011)
Middle row: Janette Hernandez (former scholar-2011), Danny Nguyen, Sirene Helwani, Eileen Gonzalez, Dr. Maria Soledad Ramirez (foreign mentor)
Front row: Kamiyah Smith, Katherina Chua, Hannah sunshine (former scholar-2011), Dr. Richard Deming (mentor)
Inset: Michael Li
Scholars
Nathan Whye
Dpt. of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Mentors: Dr. Daniela Centrón, Dr. Maria Soledad Ramirez
Present position:
Regulatory Compliance Analyst, CareFirst BluCross BlueShield, Baltimore, MD
Seminars, Publications, and Conference Presentations: Whye, N., Centrón, D., Piekar, M., Ramirez, M.S., and Chua, K. Evolutionary dependence of class 2 integron and Tn7 transposon among environmental and clinical samples. 2013. 25th CSUPERB Annual Symposium, Anaheim, CA, USA
Danny Nguyen
Dpt. of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Mentor: Dr. David Sherratt
Present position:
PharmD student, Pharmacy School, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Seminars, Publications, and Conference Presentations: Development of novel technologies to understand the mechanisms of dissemination of resistance genes
Nam Duong
Dpt. of Chemistry, University of York, United Kingdom
Mentor: Dr. Anthony Wilkinson
Present position:
Resident Physician, Richmond, VA
Seminars, Publications, and Conference Presentations: J. Timm, J. García-Nafría, M. Norris, N. Duong, D. González Pacanowska, K. S. Wilson. The family M17 Leucyl aminopeptidases from the TriTryps. Kinetoplastid Molecular Cell Biology Meeting 2012. Woods Hole, Massachusetts
Eileen Gonzalez
Dpt. of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Mentor: Dr. Kieran Clarke
Present position:
PhD, Associate Products Manager, BioLegend, San Diego, CA
Seminars, Publications, and Conference Presentations: Mansor LS, Gonzalez ER, Cole MA, Tyler DJ, Beeson JH, Clarke K, Carr CA, Heather LC. Cardiac metabolism in a new rat model of type 2 diabetes using high-fat diet with low dose streptozotocin. Cardiovasc Diabetol. 2013 12:136. doi: 10.1186/1475-2840-12-136
Ramin Farhad
Fundación Instituto Leloir, Argentina
Mentor: Dr. Angeles Zorreguieta
Present position:
DDS/PhD graduate student. UC San Francisco, CA
Adjunct Faculty, University of California, San Francisco, CA
Seminars, Publications, and Conference Presentations: Utilization of EGS technology to overcome the problem of multidrug resistance infections
Katherina Chua
Dpt. of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Mentors: Dr. Daniela Centrón, Dr. Maria Soledad Ramirez
Present position:
Postdoctoral researcher, Pharmacogenomics - Translational Bioinformatics - Computational Biology, University of California, San Francisco, CA
Seminars, Publications, and Conference Presentations:
Whye, N., Centrón, D., Piekar, M., Ramirez, M.S., and Chua, K. Evolutionary dependence of class 2 integron and Tn7 transposon among environmental and clinical samples. 2013. 25th CSUPERB Annual Symposium, Anaheim, CA, USA.
Traglia, G. M., et al. (2014). "Whole-genome sequence analysis of the naturally competent Acinetobacter baumannii clinical isolate A118." Genome Biol Evol 6(9): 2235-2239
Kamiyah Smith
Department of Community Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Mentor: Dr. Phongtape Wiwatanadate
Seminars, Publications, and Conference Presentations:
Correlation of stigma, and socio-economic statuses with health care satisfaction among HIV/AIDS positive patients
Eric Ramos
Department of Community Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Mentor: Dr. Phongtape Wiwatanadate
Present position:
Inside Sales Representative. Irvine Scientific, CA
Seminars, Publications, and Conference Presentations: Health care conditions of people living with HIV with one or two more chronic illnesses within the chronic care model at Sarapee Community Hospital
Jordan Murray
Department of Community Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Mentor: Dr. Phongtape Wiwatanadate
Present position:
Communicable Disease Control Investigator, Umatila County Public Health Department, Pendleton, OR
Seminars, Publications, and Conference Presentations: Li, M, Murray, J., Suwanteerangkul, J., Wiwatanadate, P. Stigma, social support, and treatment adherence among HIV-positive patients in Chiang Mai, Thailand. AIDS Education and Prevention 2014 26 471-483
Murray, J. K., et al. (2016). Displacement and HIV: Factors Influencing Antiretroviral Therapy Use by Ethnic Shan Migrants in Northern Thailand.
J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care 27(5): 709-721
Michael Li
Department of Community Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Mentor: Dr. Phongtape Wiwatanadate
Present position: Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine, Center for Behavioral and Addiction Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
Seminars, Publications, and Conference Presentations: Li, M, Murray, J., Suwanteerangkul, J., Wiwatanadate, P. Stigma, social support, and treatment adherence among HIV-positive patients in Chiang Mai, Thailand. AIDS Education and Prevention 2014 26 471-483
Sirene Helwani
Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, King's College London, United Kingdom
Mentor:Dr. Richard Harvey
Present position:
Registered Nurse, Cedars-Sinai, Los Angeles, CA
Seminars, Publications, and Conference Presentations: Virulence of methicillin-resistance S. aureus (MRSA)
