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Pasqualina Colella
Senior Research Scientist, Pediatrics - Genetics
BioDr. Pasqualina Colella is a distinguished scientist with expertise in gene and cell therapy for inherited diseases. She is currently a Senior Research Scientist at Stanford University, where she leads innovative translational research on hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), microglia replacement strategies, myeloid cell recruitment to the central nervous system, and genome editing, with the ultimate goal of improving treatment outcomes for neurodegenerative lysosomal storage diseases.
Dr. Colella earned her PhD at TIGEM (Italy), where she developed gene therapies for inherited retinal disorders, including dual AAV approaches for large gene delivery targeting Usher syndrome type 1B and Stargardt disease. During her postdoctoral studies at Genethon (France), she advanced AAV-based gene therapy for Pompe disease, improving efficacy through transgene and promoter engineering. Her work has supported several ongoing clinical trials, including those for USH1B and Pompe disease.
Her research has resulted in over 30 peer-reviewed publications (16 as first author, 7 as co-corresponding) and 6 patents. She is the recipient of prestigious awards such as the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship and the Innovative Research Grant from the National MPS Society, and was a finalist for the ERC Starting Grant in 2019. -
Tia Moscarello, MS, LCGC
Staff, Medicine - Med/Cardiovascular Medicine
Clinical Assistant Professor (Affiliated), Pediatrics - GeneticsBioLicensed and certified genetic counselor with a specialization in inherited cardiovascular disease. Primary genetic counselor for the first on-call cardiovascular genetic counseling service. Clinical instructor for the Stanford University MS in Human Genetics and Genetic Counseling Program.
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Mitchel Pariani
Clinical Assistant Professor (Affiliated), Pediatrics - Genetics
BioMitchel earned his Master’s degree in genetic counseling from California State University, Northridge in 2007. At Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Mitchel served as genetic counselor and coordinator for David Rimoin, MD, PhD’s connective tissue disorders clinic and later established the cardiovascular genetics program at CSMC. At CSMC he also created the CSMC Summer Genetic Counseling Rotation Program that hosted students from genetic counseling programs around the United States. In 2014 he joined the new Stanford Center for Inherited Cardiovascular Disease to start a familial hypercholesterolemia clinic and provide genetic counseling for patients with cardiomyopathies. As the center expanded, Mitchel joined the Stanford Marfan Center as a genetic counselor and serves as program coordinator. He is the primary instructor for Stanford’s Cardiovascular Genetics course and serves as a clinical supervisor and mentor for students and volunteers.
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Jennifer Chie Schymick
Clinical Assistant Professor (Affiliated), Pediatrics - Genetics
BioPROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
∗ Medical Genetics Fellowship Stanford University (2018-2020)
∗ General Internal Medicine Residency University of Toronto (2013-2018)
∗ M.D. University of California Irvine (2009-2013)
∗ Ph.D. Oxford University & National Institutes of Health (2005-2009)
∗ B.Sc. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1998-2002) -
Linbo Yu
Clinical Instructor (Affiliated), Pediatrics - Genetics
BioLinbo Yu is a genetic counselor and a founding member of Stanford’s Genetic Testing Optimization Service (GTOS). She received her undergraduate degree from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2007 and her master’s degree in genetic counseling from the University of California, Irvine in 2009. She started her career at Ambry Genetics. In 2014, she became the first lab genetic counselor at Stanford Hospital and helped establish Genetic Testing Optimization Service (GTOS). As a passionate clinical liaison between Stanford Clinical Lab and the ordering providers at Stanford, some of her roles include assisting clinicians with selection of genetic tests, reviewing genetic test orders for clinical appropriateness and educating ordering providers about genetic diseases and test information. Linbo is also a clinical instructor of Department of Pediatrics, and she enjoys clinical supervision of genetic counseling students.
