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Aparna Sundaram, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine

Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care

Aparna is a California native. She completed her undergraduate, medical school, internship, and residency in Chicago, before returning to California for fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and postdoctoral research training at UCSF. She co-directs the Physician Scientist Training Program for physician-scientists in internal medicine, and is a firm believer in the importance of longitudinal mentorship and finding joy in the things you do.

Nalin Abeydeera Kekiriwara Godage, PhD

Postdoctoral Scholar

M_MED-CORE-PULM

Dr. Abeydeera is a bioorganic chemist and biomedical engineer with research interests in drug discovery and development for infectious diseases, cancers, and inflammatory diseases. He aims to identify novel drug targets to combat antimicrobial resistance, overcome the development of drug resistance in ovarian cancer, and mitigate exaggerated airway narrowing in chronic airway diseases. His scientific approach integrates chemistry, microbiology, and immunology to address urgent clinical needs.

Amy Nguyen

Staff Research Associate

M_MED-CORE-PULM

Amy graduated from UC Davis with a BS in Genetics. She is interested in exploring how smooth muscle interacts with the extracellular environment in chronic airway diseases. Outside of the lab, Amy enjoys spending time with her Pomeranian, working on arts and crafts, reading, and gaming.

Alumni

Sean Liu - MD Student, Dartmouth University

Christopher Carlson - PhD Student, Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Tech

Anna Pi - PhD Student, Metabolic Biology, UC Berkeley

Bella Chiu - Undergraduate Student, UC Berkeley

Kristine Sun - PhD Student, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, UCLA

Grace Ngo - MD/PhD Student, University of Colorado