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Moogdho Mim Mahzab
Postdoctoral Scholar, Infectious Diseases
BioMoogdho is a postdoctoral scholar at the Woods Institute for the Environment. He is a development economist, concentrating on political economy, environment and public health. He received his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Virginia (UVa) in 2021. His research at UVa focused on how dishonest politicians (tax-evaders) affect public goods provision and public health in constituencies the politicians represent. At Stanford, he is working at the Luby Lab on improving Brick Kilns operations in South Asia to reduce air pollution and facilitate better public health.
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Hector Rodrigo Mendez
Postdoctoral Scholar, Cardiovascular Medicine
BioDr. Hector Rodrigo Mendez is a Medical Geneticist from Argentina. Rodrigo completed a residency program in Medical Genetics at Centro Nacional de Genetica Medica – ANLIS (Buenos Aires, Argentina) and a Master’s program in Medical Molecular Biology at Buenos Aires University.
Rodrigo continued his scientific career at a German Genomic Start-up, working as a human geneticist and providing his experience in rare disorders, genomic data (WGS/WES/gene panels) analysis, variant interpretation, and its integration with a deep focus on genotype-phenotype correlation.
Rodrigo’s areas of expertise are rare disorders, NGS technology, Whole Genome Sequencing analysis, and ACMG interpretation guidelines, and his research aims are:
- Collection and analysis of clinical data through deep-learning phenotyping approaches.
- Multi-omic data integration to elucidate complex and rare genetic disorders.
- International collaborations to break down barriers to research participation amongst those who have been under-represented.
At Stanford University, under the supervision of Dr. Matthew Wheeler, he is conducting his postdoctoral research studies to achieve his scientific goals. -
Cynthia Messina
Postdoctoral Scholar, Endocrinology, Gerontology, and Metabolism
BioDr. Cynthia Messina joined the Medicinal Chemistry Knowledge Center as a postdoctoral scholar in April of 2022. She works in collaboration with Prof. Justin Annes laboratory developing novel therapeutic strategies to prevent and treat disorders of endocrine cell growth. Cynthia obtained her Ph.D. in synthetic organic chemistry from the laboratory of Prof. Pat Forgione at the Concordia University in Montréal, Canada. Her research focused on developing new practical and green methodologies for facile access to multi-arylated heteroarenes.
