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Meet The Team

Principal Investigator

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Farah Sheikh

Professor of Medicine

Post-Doctoral Fellows + Project Scientists

Project Scientist

Education

B.S. in Biological Science, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University

Ph.D. in Neurobiology, Zhejiang University

Awards and Honors: 

2017: Poster Presentation Award, Alternative Muscle Club

2018: Poster Presentation Award, Alternative Muscle Club

2018-2020: American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellowship

Jing Zhang

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Post-doctoral Fellow

Education:

M.B.B.S. in Medicine, Taishan Medical University

B.A. in English/Language Arts Teacher Education, Taishan Medical University 

M.Sc in Physiology and Pathophysiology, University of Manitoba

Ph.D. in Physiology and Pathophysiology, University of Manitoba

Awards and Honors: 

2014: Edwin Kroeger Award for Excellence in Cellular Physiology

2015: Research Manitoba Studentship Award

2016: Have a Heart Bursary Program

Jie Wang

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Post-doctoral Fellow

Education:

B.S. in Bioengineering, Yamagata University

Ph.D. in Bioengineering, Yamagata University

Awards and Honors: 

2015: The Shimemura Young Author Prize Award

2015: QE Best Presentation Award

Kyohei Fujita

Erika Gutierrez Lara

Post-doctoral Fellow

Education:

Pharmacist degree: Pharmacy Faculty, Autonomous University of the State of Morelos (UAEM)

M.S. in Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmacy Faculty, Autonomous University of the State of Morelos (UAEM), with mention honorific

Ph.D. in Neuropharmacology, Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute (CINVESTAV)

Awards and Honors: 

2018: Newton International Fellowship, from the Royal Society and AMS

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Post-doctoral Fellow

Education:
B.S. in Life and Earth Sciences, Lebanese University
M.S. in Behavioral and Cognitive Neurosciences, Lebanese University
Ph.D. in Medical and Biological Sciences, Saint-Joseph University of Beirut and the Lebanese
University


Awards and Honors:
2018-2021: Doctoral fellowship from the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) in
Lebanon

Afaf Jreije

Post-doctoral Fellow

Education: 

B.S. in Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Washington

Ph.D. in Cellular & Molecular Physiology, Yale University

 

Awards and Honors: 

2019: NIH F31 Predoctoral NRSA

2021: Ivy+ and Yale 3 Minute Thesis Competition 1st Place Winner

Matthew Ellis

Undergraduate Students

Lab Assistant

Education:

B.S. Human Biology Candidate, UC San Diego


Charlize Duron

Volunteer Research Assistant

Education:

B.S. Human Biology Candidate, UC San Diego


Jessica Jiang

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Lab Assistant

Education:

B.S. Molecular & Cell Biology Candidate, UC San Diego

Kimia Shojaee

Lab Personnel

Aryanne Do

Research Associate

Education:

B.S. in Human Biology, UC San Diego


Research Associate

Education:

B.S. Human Biology, UC San Diego


Lena Nguyen

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Tsui Min Wang

Research Associate

Education:

Ph.D in Medical Science, Taipei Medical University


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