The UCLA Human Genetics program equips scientists with the computational, intellectual, and technological skills necessary to translate insights into innovations. Our alumni lead the field in advancing research techniques, understanding human disease, developing novel computational techniques, and improving patient care.
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Hayk Barseghyan
Class: 2017
Degree: PhD
Current Institution: Childrens National Medical Center
Current Title: Postdoctoral Scholar
Matthew Bramble
Class: 2017
Degree: PhD
Current Institution: Childrens National Medical Center; UCLA Dept of Epidemiology
Current Title: Research Scientist; Postdoctoral Scholar
Steven Klein
Class: 2017
Degree: PhD
Current Institution: David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Current Title: Medical Student
Frank Lee
Class: 2017
Degree: PhD
Current Institution: Celgene
Current Title: Scientist
Elina Nikkola
Class: 2016
Degree: PhD
Current Institution: Fulgent Genetics
Current Title: Genetic Curation Scientist
Jennifer Zieba
Class: 2016
Degree: PhD
Current Institution: Baylor College of Medicine
Current Title: Postdoctoral Scholar
Christopher Sundberg
Class: 2015
Degree: PhD
Current Institution: UCLA Dept of Pathology
Current Title: Postdoctoral Scholar
Paige Taylor
Class: 2015
Degree: PhD
Current Institution: Invitae
Current Title: Clinical Genomics Scientist
Rui Luo
Class: 2014
Degree: PhD
Current Institution: Amazon
Current Title: Machine Learning Scientist
Jessica Wang
Class: 2014
Degree: PhD
Current Institution: UCLA Dept of Cardiology
Current Title: Assistant Clinical Professor
Lauren Csaki
Class: 2013
Degree: PhD
Huanhuan (Mahsa) He
Class: 2013
Degree: PhD
Current Institution: Oregon Health and Science University
Current Title: Postdoctoral Scholar
Jessica Lee
Class: 2013
Degree: PhD
Current Institution: UCSF Diabetes Center
Current Title: Postdoctoral Scholar
Lin Song
Class: 2013
Degree: PhD
Current Institution: ZestFinance, Inc.
Current Title: Lead Data Scientist
Michael Yourshaw
Class: 2013
Degree: PhD
Current Institution: University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Current Title: Bioinformatician
Valerie Arboleda
Class: 2012
Degree: PhD
Current Institution: UCLA Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Current Title: Resident Physician
Negar Ghahramani
Class: 2012
Degree: PhD
Current Institution: Ambry Genetics
Current Title: Assistant Laboratory Technical Director
Blake Haas
Class: 2012
Degree: PhD
Current Institution: Lincoln Medical Center
Current Title: Resident Physician
Tuck Ngun
Class: 2012
Degree: PhD
Current Institution: DataScience, Inc.
Current Title: Data Scientist
Imilce Rodriguez-Fernandez
Class: 2012
Degree: PhD
Current Institution: Buck Institute for Research on Aging
Current Title: Postdoctoral Scholar
Chaochao Cai
Class: 2012
Degree: PhD
Current Institution: Facebook
Current Title: Software Engineer, Machine Learning
Luz Orozco
Class: 2011
Degree: PhD
Current Institution: Genentech
Current Title: Bioinformatics Scientist
Michael Weinstein
Class: 2011
Degree: PhD
Current Institution: UCLA Dept of Molecular Cell & Developmental Biology
Current Title: Assistant Project Scientist
Michael Clark
Class: 2010
Degree: PhD
Current Institution: Personalis, Inc.
Current Title: Director, Regulatory Affairs
Tova Fuller
Class: 2010
Degree: PhD
Current Institution: The University of Washington Psychiatry Residency Program
Current Title: Resident Physician
Lilly Robino (Parr)
Class: 2010
Degree: PhD
Current Institution: Clovis Community College
Current Title: Science Instructor
Casey Romanoski
Class: 2010
Degree: PhD
Current Institution: University of Arizona
Current Title: Assistant Professor of Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Samuel Strom
Class: 2010
Degree: PhD
Current Institution: UCLA Dept of Pathology
Current Title: Assistant Clinical Professor
Sulin Wu
Class: 2010
Degree: PhD
Current Institution: Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital
Current Title: Senior Program Coordinator
Atila Van Nas
Class: 2009
Degree: PhD
Christopher Plaisier
Class: 2009
Degree: PhD
Current Institution: Institute for Systems Biology
Current Title: Senior Research Scientist
Daphna Weissglas-Volkov
Class: 2009
Degree: PhD
Current Institution: Variantyx
Current Title: Senior genomic scientist
Aaron Day-Williams
Class: 2009
Degree: PhD
Current Institution: Merck Research Laboratories
Current Title: Director, Quantitative Target Sciences
Saunders Ching
Class: 2008
Degree: PhD
Current Institution: UCSF Office of Technology Management
Current Title: Licensing Associate
Allen Day
Class: 2008
Degree: PhD
Current Institution: Google
Current Title: Evangelist (Genomics/Cloud)
Jimmy Donkor
Class: 2008
Degree: PhD
Current Institution: CEP America
Current Title: Emergency Medicine Physician
Christopher (Danny) Eller (Idryo)
Class: 2008
Degree: PhD
Current Institution: Syapse Inc.
Current Title: Sr. Software Engineer - Professional Services
Shaun Fouse
Class: 2008
Degree: PhD
Current Institution: FibroGen
Current Title: Research Scientist
Jenny Lee
Class: 2008
Degree: PhD
Yohan Lee
Class: 2008
Degree: PhD
Current Institution: Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.
Current Title: Associate
Yin Shen
Class: 2008
Degree: PhD
Current Institution: UCSF
Current Title: Assistant Professor
Mark Chin
Class: 2007
Degree: PhD
Current Institution: Amgen Inc.
Current Title: Scientist
Jian Feng
Class: 2007
Degree: PhD
Current Institution: Florida State University
Current Title: Biological Science Faculty Member
Ali Kuraishy
Class: 2007
Degree: PhD
Current Institution: Illumina, Inc.
Current Title: Product Manager for in vitro Diagnostics - Oncology Marketing
Hane Lee
Class: 2007
Degree: PhD
Current Institution: UCLA Dept of Pathology
Current Title: Assistant Clinical Professor
Ramin Nazarian
Class: 2007
Degree: PhD
Current Institution: David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Current Title: Assistant Adjunct Professor
Robert Riley
Class: 2007
Degree: PhD
Current Institution: DOE Joint Genome Institute
Current Title: Bioinformatics Analyst
Krzysztof Stanczak
Class: 2007
Degree: PhD
Gary Chen
Class: 2006
Degree: PhD
Current Institution: SupplyFrame
Current Title: Platform Engineer
Sudheer Doss
Class: 2006
Degree: PhD
Current Institution: PwC
Current Title: Director
Jennifer Stone
Class: 2006
Degree: PhD
Current Institution: Illumina, Inc.
Current Title: Sr. Manager, Global Marketing, Oncology & Cancer Research
Susanna Wang
Class: 2006
Degree: PhD
Current Institution: USC
Current Title: Research Associate
Daria Estrada-Smith
Class: 2006
Degree: PhD
Jimena Goldstine
Class: 2006
Degree: PhD
Current Institution: Shire
Current Title: Senior Manager, US Medical Affairs
Anita Iyer
Class: 2006
Degree: PhD
Current Institution: Illumina, Inc.
Current Title: Senior Scientist
Yan Zhao
Class: 2006
Degree: PhD
Current Institution: UCLA Dept of Neonatology
Current Title: Staff Research Associate
Rebecca Mar-Heyming
Class: 2006
Degree: PhD
Current Institution: Counsyl
Current Title: Assistant Laboratory Director
Ganka (Nikolova) Douglas
Class: 2006
Degree: PhD
Current Institution: GeneDx
Current Title: Assistant Director, Whole Exome Sequencing Program
Jennifer Salstrom
Class: 2006
Degree: PhD
Current Institution: Children's Hospital Colorado
Current Title: Fellow in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology/Bone Marrow Transplant
Denis Bronnikov
Class: 2005
Degree: PhD
Current Institution: Roche
Current Title: Global Licensing Director
William Freije
Class: 2005
Degree: PhD
Current Institution: UCLA Dept of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Current Title: Assistant Professor
Lisa Marja-Lanyi Mee
Class: 2005
Degree: PhD
Kathy Niakan
Class: 2005
Degree: PhD
Current Institution: Francis Crick Institute
Current Title: Group Leader
Matthew Ogdie
Class: 2005
Degree: PhD
Current Institution: Virtus Genetics
Current Title: Chief Scientific Officer and Co-Founder
Marta Starcevic
Class: 2005
Degree: PhD
Current Institution: Amgen Inc.
Current Title: Principal Scientist
Phoebe Dewing Chang
Class: 2004
Degree: PhD
Current Institution: Children's Oncology Group
Current Title: Director of Data Management
Mark Goodarzi
Class: 2004
Degree: PhD
Current Institution: Cedars Sinai Medical Center
Current Title: Director, Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Director, Endocrine Genetics Laboratory Professor, Medicine
Talin Haritunians
Class: 2004
Degree: PhD
Current Institution: Cedars Sinai Medical Center
Current Title: Research Scientist
Riki Ohira
Class: 2004
Degree: PhD
Current Institution: Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.
Current Title: Management Consultant
Jack Phan
Class: 2004
Degree: PhD
Current Institution: University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Current Title: Assistant Professor
Tao Shi
Class: 2004
Degree: PhD
Current Institution: Celgene
Current Title: Principal Scientist
Chris Ramsey
Class: 2004
Degree: PhD
Cho-Lea Tso
Class: 2004
Degree: PhD
Nicholas Wang
Class: 2004
Degree: PhD
Current Institution: Cepheid
Current Title: Senior Scientist
Daniel Chen
Class: 2003
Degree: PhD
Current Title: Physician
Brian Kirk Jordan
Class: 2003
Degree: PhD
Current Institution: Oregon Health and Science University
Current Title: Assistant Professor and Physician
Vlad Kustanovich
Class: 2003
Degree: PhD
Current Institution: UCLA Dept of Hematology-Oncology
Current Title: Public Administration Analyst
Sonal Sheth-Schropfer
Class: 2003
Degree: PhD
Current Institution: Sidwell Friends School
Current Title: Teacher
All graduating classes
Dong (Dora) Ding
Class: 2000
Degree: MS
Current Institution: Gilead Sciences
Current Title: Manager, Biostatistics
Jason Wilson
Class: 2002
Degree: MS
Current Institution: Founding Knowledge
Current Title: Founder
Alla Perlina
Class: 2008
Degree: MS
Current Institution: Human Longevity, Inc.
Current Title: Systems Biology Lead
Ariadna Martinez
Class: 2000
Degree: MS
Current Institution: Ambry Genetics
Current Title: Cardiology Reporting Genetic Counselor
John Ho
Class: 2004
Degree: MS
Robert Chin
Class: 2009
Degree: MS
Current Institution: Complete Genomics Inc.
Current Title: Senior Research Associate
Sara Hammer Riordan
Class: 2002
Degree: MS
Current Institution: Thermo Fisher Scientific
Current Title: Clinical Director, IMPACT Program
Jacqueline Duvall
Class: 2008
Degree: MS
Current Institution: Pasadena City College
Current Title: Adjunct Faculty
Mariela Martinez
Class: 2014
Degree: MS
Current Institution: Ponce School of Medicine
Current Title: Medical Student
