People

Aparna Sundaram, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine

Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care

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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 Molecular Medicine pathway for physician-scientists, and is a firm believer in the importance of longitudinal mentorship and finding joy in your work. She is always up for a cup of tea with friends.

Nalin Abeydeera Kekiriwara Godage

Nalin Abeydeera Kekiriwara Godage, PhD

Postdoctoral Scholar

M_MED-CORE-PULM

Dr. Abeydeera is a medicinal chemist, cell biologist and biomedical engineer with an interest in drug discovery and development against infectious diseases, cancers and inflammatory diseases. Dr. Abeydeera aims to identify novel drug targets to combat antimicrobial resistance, overcome resistance development in ovarian cancer, and mitigate exaggerated airway narrowing in chronic airway diseases.

Amy Nguyen-2

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, Georgia Tech

Anna Pi - PhD Student, UC Berkeley

Bella Chiu - Undergraduate Student, UC Berkeley

Kristine Sun - Undergraduate Student, UC Berkeley

Grace Ngo - MD/PhD Student, University of Colorado