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Oni-Orisan.
Anna Wu

Akinyemi O. Oni-Orisan, PharmD, PhD

Principal Investigator

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Introduction: Brains and Braggadocio (audio, 50 minutes).

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Clinical validation of pharmacogenetic associations for cardiovascular therapies.

Chaphekar.

Anita Chaphekar, DO

Clinical Fellow

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Fellow Perspective: Anita Chaphekar on Finding Your Medical Passion

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Optimizing real-world health data and electronic medical records to evaluate pharmacologic dosing regimens in pediatric and adolescent populations.

Douglas.

Michael Douglas, MS

Program Manager

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Evaluating the equitable implementation of new technologies in precision medicine for cardiovascular disease, cancer, and pharmacogenomics.

Haldar.

Tanushree Haldar, PhD

Data Scientist

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Implementing statistical methods in both local and cloud computing platforms to analyze biomedical data with special emphasis on pharmacogenomics and genetic epidemiology.

Harmon.

Joseph Harmon, BS

Research Associate

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Analyzing the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of relevant medications using patient biospecimens, self-reported surveys, and electronic health records.

Kvale.

Mark Kvale, PhD

Programmer/Analyst (part-time)

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Using statistical genetics and machine learning techniques to analyze data, to infer results in large-scale genetic and genomic experiments, and to develop novel approaches to analysis.

Najera.

James Najera, MS

PhD Student in Epidemiology and Translational Science

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Using population genetics, gene-environment interaction, and integration of omics for big data analytics. As a doctoral student, I aim to address health disparities among underrepresented communities in the field of genomic research.

Alumni

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Janille Miranda, PharmD

Intensive Research Project

PharmD student

2021–2023

  Candidate genetic variants of statin-induced myotoxicity. PGY-1 pharmacy resident, Stanford University.
Cayabyab

Mari Cayabyab, PharmD

Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (CPT) postdoctoral fellow

2020–2022

 

Coronary heart disease polygenic risk score and secondary prevention of myocardial infarction.

Abstract/Award: Cayabyab et al. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2022;111: S63. Jason Morrow Trainee Award winner (2nd-best trainee abstract at the conference).

Clinical pharmacy specialist – pharmacogenomics, University of Pennsylvania.

Siem Tsegay

Summer Student Research Program (SSRP) undergraduate student

2022

  Pilot study to characterize the pharmacokinetics (PK) and pharmacodynamics (PD) of tamsulosin deprescribing Undergraduate student, Macalester College.
Lu

Brian Lu, PharmD

Pharmacogenomics Discovery Project PharmD student

2019–2021

 

Effect of SLCO1B1 T521C on statin-related myotoxicity with use of lovastatin and atorvastatin.

Publication: Lu et al. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2021 Sep;110(3):733-740. PMID: 34114646.

PGY-2 infectious diseases pharmacy resident, Stanford University.