People

Our Team
“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.”
-Helen Keller

 

 

Nayak Lab 2024
Nayak Lab, June 2024
  • Renuka Nayak, MD, PhD - Principal Investigator
  • Alex Carvidi, BS - Clinical Research Coordinator
  • Tanmayi Patharkar - Undergraduate Volunteer
  • Mohana Mukherjee, PhD - Post-doctoral Scholar
  • Chloe Heath, BS - Junior Specialist
  • Vanya Sofia Villa Soto, BS - Junior Specialist
  • Alexa Mae Castillo Miranda - Undergraduate Volunteer
  • Rahul Bodkhe, PhD - Post-doctoral Scholar
  • Ella Barrett - Arthritis Foundation Intern
  • Aayushi Alhawat - Undergradate Volunteer
  • Alexandra Degraeve, PhD - BAEF Scholar, Post-doctoral Scholar
  • Alexander Gonzales - RaMP Scholar, Junior Specialist

Alumni:

  • Michael Maturana - Visiting Undergraduate, Swarthmore College. SwatWorks Microinternship. 1/2022 - 6/2022
  • Lam Tran - UCSF HIP/SEP Intern. 6/2022 - 7/2022
  • Katrina Yan - H.S. Volunteer. 7/2022 - 8/2022. 
  • Aayushi Ahlawat - H.S. Student 7/2022 - 8/2022
  • Spencer Murphy, BS - UCSF Medical Student. Deep Explore Project. 10/2022 - 2/2023
  • Fernanda Rodriguez-Torres, BS - Junior Specialist. 9/2022 - 3/2023
  • Michael Pham - Undergraduate SwatWorks Intern 2022-2023
  • Katrina Yan - Arthritis Foundation Intern. 6/2023 - 8/2023 (and also summer of 2022)
  • Joyce Ben - Undergraduate SwatWorks Intern, Visiting Scholar 2022-2023
  • Vincent Blay, PhD - Volunteer 2023-2024 (CHORI)
  • Diego Orellana, BS - Junior Specialist, PROPEL Scholar (UCSB MARC Scholar Alum), 6/2022-6/2024. Graduate student at Washington University in St. Louis.

 

 

October 2023

 

 



January 2023