People

Dr. Tawfik is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative & Pain Medicine.

Lauren joined the Tawfik Lab as a postdoctoral research scholar in October 2019.

Amy joined the Tawfik Lab in September 2021 as a postdoctoral fellow.

Akila joined the Tawfik Lab in August 2021 as a postdoctoral scholar.

Janelle Siliezar-Doyle is a graduate student in the Neurosciences PhD program

Gabriella Muwanga is a graduate student in the Neurosciences PhD program and joined the Tawfik Lab in August 2020.

Cal joined the Tawfik Lab in June 2021 as a full-time research assistant.

Huaishuang is an Orthopedic surgeon from the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University (China)

Claire joined the Tawfik Lab as an undergraduate research assistant in January 2019.

Aysha Gardner joined the Tawfik Lab as an undergraduate research assistant in June 2020.

Dylan joined the Tawfik lab in May 2021 and is a rising junior at Washington & Jefferson College, majoring in Chemistry.

Ángel (he/him) joined the Tawfik Lab in June 2021 as an undergraduate research assistant

Juhee joined the Tawfik lab in June 2019 and is an undergraduate at the University of Georgia studying genetics.

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.

Shaogen joined the Tawfik Lab as a Postdoctoral fellow in March 2019. He moved on to a new position at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center to study neuroinflammation in Alzheimers diseases.

Nolan graduated from the University of Oregon in 2016 with a degree in Biochemistry and after 2 years in the Tawfik Lab, is now an MSTP student at the University of California at Irvine.

Fiona graduated from UC Davis and after 2 summers in the Tawfik Lab is pursuing further research at UC Davis.

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.

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.

Thomas graduated from the University of Oregon with a degree in Biology and is now at University of Colorado pursuing MD/PhD degrees.

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.

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.