Dr. Han Zhu is an Assistant Professor of Medicine whose clinical and research expertise focuses on cardio-oncology and cardio-immunology. She specializes in the cardiovascular care of patients undergoing therapies for cancer, with a particular focus on the effects of immunotherapies on the heart. She received a bioengineering degree from MIT, medical degree from Case Western Reserve University, and completed clinical cardiology fellowship and internal medicine residency training at Stanford University School of Medicine. Dr.

The Phillips Pediatric Research and Innovations in the Molecular Genetics of Epilepsy (P²RIME) laboratory studies the molecular biology of the human brain and the impact of somatic mutations on neurologic diseases with a focus on the genetics underpinnings of epilepsy.

Dr. H. Westley Phillips is an Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery. Dr. Phillips specializes in pediatric neurosurgery and directs a research program focused on pediatric epilepsy.

Dr. Jason Tucciarone is an Assistant Professor with Stanford School of Medicine’s Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. He works collaboratively in the department’s Neuropsychiatry clinic and his clinical focus includes treating patients with diverse and complex presentations at the interface of psychiatry and neurology with particular interest in functional neurological disorders.

Dr. Ayelet Voskoboynik is an expert in the field of comparative immunology and stem cell biology. Her studies significantly contribute to the development of the colonial chordate Botryllus schlosseri as a model system to study stem cell biology, aging, and the evolution of immunity.

Dr. Lauren Goins is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Developmental Biology. The Goins Lab aims to understand how cells make decisions. Their research focuses on how young, immature blood stem cells, with the potential to become many different cell types, choose between these cell fates by studying the fundamental molecular and cellular mechanisms that control the decision-making process.

Dr. Tino Pleiner was born in the small town Zeitz near Leipzig in East Germany. Dr. Pleiner is a First Generation college graduate. He studied biochemistry and molecular biology in Leipzig and Göttingen, Germany. Dr. Pleiner holds a PhD in Molecular Biology from the University of Göttingen, Germany, where he did his lab work at the Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences with Dirk Görlich. He then escaped the rainy weather in Göttingen to do a postdoc with Rebecca Voorhees at Caltech in sunny Pasadena, California. 

Dr. Glaivy Batsuli, MD is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Stanford University in the Division of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology, Stem Cell Transplantation & Regenerative Medicine. She is a practicing Pediatric Hematologist with the Bass Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Diseases at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital. Dr. Batsuli received her B.S. in Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and her M.D. from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in Pittsburgh, PA. Dr.

Dr. Nathan Lo is an Assistant Professor of Infectious Diseases. His research group studies the transmission of infectious diseases and impact of public health strategies with an ultimate goal of informing public health policy. His research blends diverse computational methodologies, including tools of epidemiology, modeling, pathogen genomics, and policy analysis. His interest spans across multiple infectious diseases including neglected tropical diseases, vaccine-preventable infections, and COVID-19.

Dr. William Goodyer is a physician scientist who specializes in Pediatric Cardiology and Electrophysiology. Dr. Goodyer graduated from McGill University (Montreal, Canada) with a BSc in Biology prior to completing his graduate studies at Stanford University in the Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP). He subsequently completed residency training in Pediatrics at Boston Children’s Hospital before returning to Stanford to complete a fellowship in Pediatric Cardiology and advanced fellowship in Pediatric Electrophysiology.

Dr. Michael Jewett is a Professor of Bioengineering at Stanford University. He received his B.S. from UCLA and PhD from Stanford University, both in Chemical Engineering. He completed postdoctoral studies at the Center for Microbial Biotechnology in Denmark and the Harvard Medical School. Jewett was also a guest professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich). His research group focuses on advancing synthetic biology research to support planet and societal health, with applications in medicine, manufacturing, sustainability, and education.