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Lida Safarnejad
Postdoctoral Scholar, Vascular Surgery
BioDr. Lida Safarnejad is a postdoctoral research fellow at Stanford University School of Medicine. She currently works in Ross lab, directed by Dr. Elsie Gyang Ross. Her research focuses on applying Computer Vision and NLP techniques to build models that detect Peripheral Artery Disease PAD. Dr. Safarnejad obtained her Ph.D. in Software and Information Systems from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Her doctoral dissertation particularly focused on devising novel computational methods to effectively employ social media in the public health, especially for healthcare crisis management.
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Melissa Salm
Postdoctoral Scholar, Infectious Diseases
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsGlobal health, medical anthropology, and biosecurity with a focus on the One Health approach to infectious disease epidemiology, viral discovery and risk characterization of pandemic potential pathogens, global health governance, and transdisciplinary approaches to public health innovation
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Matteo Salvador
Postdoctoral Scholar, Cardiology
BioMatteo Salvador is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Cardiovascular Biomechanics Computation Lab led by Professor Alison Marsden.
His main research topics are related to cardiac modeling, model-order reduction and uncertainty quantification.
Matteo Salvador received his Bachelor of Science in Mathematical Engineering and his Master of Science in Computational Science and Engineering from Politecnico di Milano.
He completed his PhD in Mathematical Models and Methods for Engineering at Politecnico di Milano under the supervision of Professor Alfio Quarteroni. He worked in the framework of the iHEART project, whose aim is to create a fully integrated human heart for the accurate and efficient numerical simulation of the cardiac function. Specifically, he developed comprehensive mathematical models blended with novel numerical methods and Scientific Machine Learning for cardiac electromechanics. -
Shengtian Sang
Postdoctoral Scholar, Radiology
BioShengtian Sang is currently a post-doctoral scholar at the Laboratory of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine and Biomedical Physics in the department of Radiation Oncology at Stanford University. He received his Ph.D. degree from the College of Computer Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China. His current research interests are high-dimensional data mining, medical image computing, and machine learning. In his Ph.D. study, he worked on the biomedical literature-based discovery and data mining.
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Benjamin Seiler
Postdoctoral Scholar, Epidemiology
BioBen Seiler is a postdoctoral research fellow in the department of Epidemiology and Population Health at the Stanford School of Medicine with Mike Baiocchi. He specializes in developing and deploying interpretable, while still effective, statistical learning methods. As part of the Stanford Human Trafficking Data Lab, Ben currently works on quantitative approaches to issues of labor trafficking and child labor in Brazil. He holds a PhD in Statistics from Stanford University where he was advised by Art B. Owen. Before Stanford, he earned a BA magna cum laude in physics, economics, and mathematics from Williams College. After completing his BA, he worked as a foreign exchange derivatives trader at Goldman Sachs from 2013 to 2018.
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Heather Selby
Postdoctoral Scholar, General and Vascular Surgery
BioHeather Selby is a postdoctoral scholar at the S-SPIRE Center in the Stanford Department of Surgery. She is advised by Dr. Arden Morris, Dr. Todd Wagner, Dr. Sandy Napel, and Dr. Vipul Sheth. Her research focus is building MRI-based AI models to identify patients with locally advanced cancer patients who achieve a clinical complete response to neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy to spare them from surgery and its associated risks.
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Rushil Shah, MBBS, DNB, MHS
Postdoctoral Scholar, Cardiovascular Medicine
BioRushil Shah, MBBS, DNB, MHS is actively pursuing a Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Cardiovascular Medicine at Stanford University, CA awarded by the prestigious American Heart Association AF SFRN.
Dr. Shah’s team is trying to develop a CMR-compatible large animal isolated heart model (Langendorff’s Apparatus). Up until now they were working on developing a Shared Decision-Making Tool for AF Stroke Prevention as part of the ENHANCE-AF trial under Paul J. Wang, MD. Dr. Shah’s other projects are focused on pulsed field ablation of the heart and delineating clinical applications of Magneto-Cardiography in patients with cardiac arrhythmias.
Rushil recently completed another three-year long Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship in Cardiac Electrophysiology at Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, United States. Rushil conducted translational research centered on advancements in Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging, VT Ablation, Atrial Fibrillation, Cardiac Sarcoidosis, Cardiac Sympathetic Denervation and Hypothermia Induction in the animal experiment lab at Johns Hopkins under the supervision of Harikrishna Tandri, MD, FACC.
Rushil secured his master’s degree in Medical Immunology & Molecular Microbiology from the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School in Baltimore, MD, USA.
Previously, Rushil attended medical school at the Topiwala National Medical College & B.Y.L Nair Hospital in Mumbai, India and subsequently, completed his three-years of medicine residency there. Additionally, Dr. Shah has some experience of working as a Hospitalist in a Cardiology Care Unit (CCU) under the supervision of Yash Lokhandwala, MD, DM at Bandra HFH in Mumbai.
Dr. Shah recently got ECFMG-certified to actively practice medicine in the United States. Rushil is a member of the American Heart Association, Dallas, TX and the Heart Rhythm Society in Washington DC. Rushil aspires to complete his cardiology training and become a cardiac electrophysiologist here in the United States. -
Kat Adams Shannon
Postdoctoral Scholar, Psychology
BioKat studies how young children adapt their attention and learning behaviors to best match different early environments, with particular focus on understanding variability and strengths in contexts of early adversity. A key aim of her research is to create and collaborate on innovative uses of technology and statistical methods to support education and developmental science.
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Disha Sharma
Postdoctoral Scholar, Cardiovascular Medicine
BioI am currently a Postdoctoral Fellow with Dr. Thomas Quertermous at Stanford University. I have joined the lab with more than 7 years of research experience in the field of computational biology wherein I have worked with multi-omics data for multiple diseases to get a deeper understanding of the disease identification and progression.
My background in engineering and bioinformatics provide an excellent background for the studies proposed in this application, which proposes to investigate the genetics and genomics of smooth muscle cell biology in the context of vascular disease. I first pursued a Bachelor's in Biotechnology program at one of the premier institutes in India, Banasthali Vidyapeeth and received my degree in 2007. After qualifying with the IIT-JAM exam in 2010, I joined the Master’s in Science (Biotechnology) program at the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee in a program of engineering and technology. After my Master's, I joined Dr. Vinod Scaria’s lab at CSIR-IGIB as a Project Fellow. During the tenure as Project fellow from 2012-2014, I had the opportunity to work with different transcriptomics data from model organisms including zebrafish, rat and human cell lines to understand the role of long non-coding RNAs and miRNAs. I also worked on clinical datasets of autoimmune disorders. With one and half years of research experience and a UGC fellowship awarded through the NET-JRF examination, I continued working with Dr. Vinod Scaria to pursue my PhD. My research interest for the degree focused on the identification and characterization of circular RNAs, and this work has now been published in multiple manuscripts listed below. Over the years at CSIR-IGIB, I have had the chance to work on interesting ideas with multiple collaborating groups. One of them was Dr. Sridhar Sivasubbu, with whom I worked to understand the transcript-level interactions between mitochondria and the nucleus, using zebrafish as a model organism.
In view of my interest in the translational aspects of biology, I obtained the opportunity to work as part of the GUaRDIAN Consortium with Dr. Vinod Scaria and Dr. Sridhar Sivasubbu at CSIR-IGIB. This pioneering project is the largest network of researchers and clinicians in India pursuing sequencing patient DNAs to identify rare SNVs and structural variants responsible for muscular dystrophy in these patients. In the interest of advancing genomics in clinical and healthcare settings, I was selected as Intel Fellow 2019 to work for the Intel-IGIB collaboration focussing on “Accelerating Clinical Analysis and Interpretation of Genomic Data through advanced tools/libraries”. Our project was selected among top 3 from 50 premier research institutes and I was awarded the Intel-India Fellowship for a year to pursue this project. I was also part of the core team of IndiGen (Genomes for Public Health in India). With the spread of COVID-19 around the world, our group contributed by sequencing and analysing COVID19 genomes to get a better understanding of the disease and I had the opportunity to be part of the core team to analyse the viral sequencing datasets and viral assembly.
I am extremely pleased to have joined the Quertermous lab at Stanford to the study of the molecular mechanisms of cardiovascular disease. Work that I am pursuing in this laboratory, and proposed in this application, are directly in line with my personal aspiration to start an independent career in the field of scientific research to work on projects with high translational value and of interest to the public health. -
Saurabh Sharma
Postdoctoral Scholar, General and Vascular Surgery
BioDr. Sharma’s current endeavor is focused on addressing the critical need for effective therapies in CNS metastases of melanoma, an area in which modern systemic therapy has made minimal progress with patients continuing to show extremely poor outcomes in checkpoint refractory disease. Dr. Sharma has shown an aptitude for meticulous drug development and has rapidly developed important skills in the unique modeling of the metastatic tumor environment. Recently, Saurabh's application was accepted to the SITC Sparkathon-2023 in prestigious program for promising early investigators to develop high priority immunotherapy projects under direct mentorship of society leaders for development of brain nano targeted immunotherapy. Recently he has applied for the 2023 Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) Bristol Myers Cancer Immunotherapy Translational Fellowship Award. Prior to joining the Prof. Amanda R. Kirane (Director of cutaneous melanoma surgery) at Surgery Department, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford university, Dr. Sharma got the opportunity to work on novel immuno-nanoconjugates for brain cancer (Glioblastoma) as a Postdoctoral Chemist and Pharmacologist under the mentorship of Prof. Ali Khademhosseini (Biomaterial, Tissue Engineering Pioneer, EX-MIT and EX-UCLA Professor and Current CEO, Terasaki Institute) and Prof. Eggehard Holler (EX-Director of Nanomedicine, Cedar Sinai Medical Research Center, Los Angeles, California) at Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation, Los Angeles, California, USA. He worked as an assistant Professor at Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Health Sciences, UPES Dehradun, India. He pursued his Ph.D (Doctoral Degree) from BITS-Pilani, Pilani Campus, Rajasthan, India. During the PhD research work, Dr. Sharma has designed & developed the novel drug delivery systems for the delivery of the genetic materials (e.g., miRNA, siRNA) and chemotherapeutic agents. The research has a significant contribution in the field of developing novel treatment strategies for cancer therapy. He has experienced significant success in his early career, prior to joining post-doctoral program, as evidenced by his guest Speaker in VIT, Parul University and International Virtual Conference on Recent Trends in Life Sciences. He received a Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR-SRF) Senior Research Fellowship Award and several presentation awards at various International conferences. Further in detail, Dr. Sharma has shown significant success and contribution in his field as evident by: Dr Sharma holds two granted patents one US patent, PCT and other Indian patent in the field of developing novel drug delivery systems. Dr. Sharma published more than 24 publications (Since 2018, Citations:218, h-Index:10, I10-Index:10) his work at Internationally reputed high-Impact factor journal which included: Advance Science, Small, Lab On a Chip, Acta Biomaterialia, Biomaterials Advances (Materials Science and Engineering: C), Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine, Regenerative Biomaterials, Applied Surface Science, Molecular pharmaceutics, International Journal of Pharmaceutics etc several others.
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Seth Andrew Sharp
Postdoctoral Scholar, Endocrinology and Metabolism
BioSeth is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Translational Genomics of Diabetes lab located at Stanford Research Park under the supervision of Professor Anna Gloyn. Seth completed a B.E. in Applied Mathematics before studying a PhD at the University of Exeter with Dr Richard Oram where he researched the use of genetics to predict common autoimmune disorders. Seth studied at the Alan Turing Institute in London where he used machine learning and artificial intelligence methods to predict autoimmunity and has worked collaboratively to improve screening of Type 1 diabetes from birth. Seth's postdoctoral studies focus on using genetic, transcriptomic and epigenetic data to understand the mechanisms by which both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes occur in the human pancreas. He is also interested in ways to quantify genetic risk such as polygenic risk scores and their application in both research and clinic.
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Sushruta Surappa
Postdoctoral Scholar, Radiology
BioSushruta Surappa is a postdoctoral researcher at the Canary Center for Early Cancer Detection at Stanford University. His current research focuses on developing various MEMS-based tools for the separation and capture of extracellular vesicles for medical diagnostics. Sushruta received his MS (‘15) and PhD (‘21) degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology, where he developed a new class of nonlinear MEMS transducers with applications in wireless power transfer, sensing and energy harvesting. He is passionate about developing low-cost, miniature technologies for medical diagnostics and is a keen proponent of science communication.
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Xiwei She
Postdoctoral Scholar, Neurology and Neurological Sciences
BioDr. Xiwei She is a postdoctoral scholar in the Department of Neurology. He received his B.S. degree in Computer Science from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2013, and his M.S. degree in Biomedical Engineering from Zhejiang University in 2016. Worked as a research assistant at the USC Neural Modeling and Interface Laboratory, he received his Ph.D. degree in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Southern California in 2022. After graduation, he joined Stanford University as a postdoctoral scholar at the Pediatric Neurostimulation Laboratory (Baumer Lab) and Wu Tsai Neuroscience Institute.
His research interests are largely directed toward identifying the causal relationship of neurons/brain regions and understanding how information is encoded in neural signals by employing machine learning models. Specifically, his postdoc research focuses on applying machine learning modeling techniques on EEG and TMS-EEG data to better understand the impact of interictal epileptiform discharges (IEDs) on brain activity in children with childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes (CECTS). -
Jou-Ho Shih
Postdoctoral Scholar, Genetics
Bio2011 B.S., Life Science, National Tsing Hwa University, Taiwan
2019 Ph.D., Genome and Systems Biology Degree Program, National Taiwan University, Taiwan; Advisor: Dr. Yuh-Shan Jou
2019-2020 Postdoctoral Fellow, Biomedical Science, Academia Sinica, Taiwan; Advisor: Dr. Yuh-Shan Jou
2020-present Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. Genetics, Stanford University, CA; Advisor: Dr. Michael Snyder -
Zahra Shokri Varniab
Postdoctoral Scholar, Radiology
BioZahra Shokri Varniab, MD, studied medicine at Tehran University of Medicine Sciences, Iran, and earned her medical degree in 2020. Her goal in novel cellular and molecular imaging is to develop novel in vivo imaging approaches to visualize, characterize and quantify molecular and cellular processes involved in developing brain tumors. She intends to utilize non-invasive imaging techniques to assess tumor microenvironment to understand their role in cancer, develop a method for determining tumor profiles, and also using brain MR Imaging to assess treatment response. She hopes cancer to be history.
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Prakamya Singal
Postdoctoral Scholar, Psychiatry
BioPrakamya is an M.D. physician-scientist from New Delhi, India who joined the Brain Stimulation Lab as a Postdoctoral Fellow in 2023. She completed her M.D. at the prestigious Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital in 2021 and gained extensive clinical experience treating hundreds of patients with severe psychiatric disorders using pharmacotherapy and neuromodulation therapies. She was a frontline worker during the pandemic in India and co-founded an online telehealth service providing accessible healthcare to thousands of people in remote areas.
Her interest in Psychiatry is fuelled by her curiosity surrounding the mysteries of neurobiological mechanisms underlying mental disorders. As a primary caregiver of a parent with mental illness, her dream is to pursue a career in research and identify novel therapies and potential diagnostic biomarkers that can aid diagnosis, early screening and evidence-based medicine, and help patients understand their illness better.
Some of her work focuses on exploring the potential utility of neurotrophic growth factors in patients with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and the use of an AI-based screening tool using subtle behavioural markers to help screen children with Autism at an early age in remote areas. She joined the coveted All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi as the leading Scientist at the Centre for Advanced Research and Excellence in Neuromodulation. Her work there focused on exploring the efficacy and safety of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in various disorders such as schizophrenia, somatic symptom disorder, mood disorders, and stroke, and combining neuromodulation modalities with other interventional tools such as nanoparticles, assistive rehabilitation robotics and psychological and cognitive assessment tools.
When not working, Prakamya enjoys travelling, painting, exercising, reading and attempting to cook palatable food. -
Benjamin Singer
Postdoctoral Scholar, Infectious Diseases
BioBen Singer is a postdoctoral scholar with interests in mathematical epidemiology and global public health. Ben's research career began with an internship at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, where he applied quantitative skills he had learnt studying physics at the University of Oxford to the study of nematode locomotion. Ben further pursued quantitative methods in life sciences in the Interdisciplinary Bioscience Doctoral Training Partnership at the University of Oxford, earning a DPhil (PhD equivalent) in mathematical methods for evaluating pandemic risk and control. During these studies he maintained an interest in global public health policy, interning with the UK government's Department for International Development, where he developed models of international COVID-19 vaccine distribution. Ben is now working in Nathan Lo's research group at Stanford, creating infectious disease models informing public health policy for schistosomiasis, hepatitis E, and other infections.
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Gulshan Singh
Postdoctoral Scholar, Gastroenterology
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsMy current research interest is to understand the host-microbial pathways in intestinal inflammation. I am working to explore cellular heterogeneity at single immune cell level in systemic and local regions of the intestine that are associated with different Inflammatory bowel disease conditions.
