Clinical Fellow in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Stanford University
My scientific training spans over a decade of published research in the fields of vascularized bone tissue engineering, biomineralization, gene therapy, and spectral ultrasound. I earned my BS from UC Davis and MS/PhD in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Michigan. My successful research career began during my undergraduate studies where my work resulted in 3 publications and the Department of Biomedical Engineering Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award. My graduate thesis resulted in 12 publications in peer-reviewed journals in the fields of engineering and biotechnology. My graduate studies were funded by an NIH T32 Training grant and the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. My graduate work culminated in the 2013 Outstanding PhD Research Award from the Society for Biomaterials (SFB) and the 2013 Outstanding Student Award from the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Society (TERMIS). Recognizing the gap in translation of bioengineering research into clinical practice, I opted to pursue an MD at the University of Michigan to become the physician-scientist that identifies clinical problems, engineers the solution, and delivers it back to the patient to advance treatments and improve survival outcomes.
In the next phase of my training, I will complete my fellowship in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at Stanford through the Accelerated Research Pathway. Together with my research mentor Prof. Heilshorn, we have designed an innovative approach of studying cell-matrix and cell-cell interactions to improve survival outcomes in pediatric osteosarcoma. I was named a Fellow of the Pediatric Scientist Development Program (PSDP) during my first year of fellowship training and have a 100% commitment to research with 0% clinical time during the two years of PSDP funding (July 2022 – June 2024). I was awarded the Society for Pediatric Research Basic Research Award for Fellows for my abstract ot the Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting 2023 resulting from my fellowship research.
