People
Current Members
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Vivianne Tawfik, MD, PhD Assistant Professor, Principal Investigator
Dr. Tawfik is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative & Pain Medicine.
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Shaogen Wu, MD, PHD Postdoctoral Scholar
Shaogen joined the Tawfik Lab as a Postdoctoral fellow in March 2019.
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Lauren Donovan, PhD Postdoctoral Scholar
Lauren will join the Tawfik Lab as a postdoctoral research scholar in October 2019.
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Nolan Huck, BS Research Assistant
Nolan graduated from the University of Oregon in 2016 with a degree in Biochemistry.
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Huaishuang Shen, MD Visiting Postdoctoral Scholar
Huaishuang is an Orthopedic surgeon from the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University (China)
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Janelle Siliezar-Doyle Graduate Student
Janelle Siliezar-Doyle is a graduate student in the Neurosciences PhD program
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Claire Jordan Undergraduate Research Assistant
Claire joined the Tawfik Lab as an undergraduate research assistant in January 2019.
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Fiona Dale-Huang Undergraduate Research Assistant
Fiona is an undergraduate at UC Davis studying Biological Sciences.
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Gabriella Muwanga Graduate Student
Gabriella Muwanga is a graduate student in the Neurosciences PhD program and joined the Tawfik Lab in August 2020.
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Aysha Gardner Undergraduate Research Assistant
Aysha Gardner joined the Tawfik Lab as an undergraduate research assistant in June 2020.
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Juhee Vyas Undergraduate
Juhee joined the Tawfik lab in June 2019 and is an undergraduate at the University of Georgia studying genetics.
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Ranjini Reddy Administrative Associate
Lab Alumni
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Ryosuke Ishida, MD PhD Visting Scholar
Ryo joined the Tawfik Lab in June 2019 as a visiting scholar. He has returned to Shimane University, Japan, where he works as an anesthesiologist and emergency physician.
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Emily Johnson Clinical Research Assistant
Emily joined the Tawfik Lab as a Clinical Research Assistant in May 2018. She currently works for the Children’s Health Council in Palo Alto.
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Stephanie Cordonnier Medical Student Intern
Stephanie joined the Tawfik Lab in May 2018 for a summer internship. She is now back at the University of Toledo finishing her MD degree.
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Thomas Forman, BS Research Assistant
Thomas graduated from the University of Oregon with a degree in Biology and is now at University of Colorado pursuing MD/PhD degrees.
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Elena Haight Research Assistant
Elena joined the Tawfik Lab as an undergraduate research assistant in 2016. She is currently a medical student at Dartmouth Medical School in Hanover, NH.
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Yoshinori Takemura, MD, PhD Visiting Assistant Professor, Toyama University
After a year as a Visiting Scholar in the Tawfik Lab, Yoshinori is now back working as an anesthesiologist and pain clinician at the University of Toyama, Japan.