Endocrinology

Current and Recent Alumni

Current and Recent PhD Graduates

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Rozeta Avetisyan, PhD
Trainee with Karen Reue
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Lara Bideyan, PhD
Former trainee with Peter Tontonoz (2022)
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Anthony Jones, PhD
Graduate trainee with Ajit Divakaruni
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Jennifer Ngo, PhD
Graduate trainee with Orian Shirihai – postdoctoral fellow
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Norma Sandoval, PhD
Trainee in the Correa Laboratory

 

Rising Fellows

Alvin P. Chan, MD
Vallim Laboratory – STAR Fellow
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Laura Cortes, PhD
Correa Laboratory
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Kelsey Jarret, PhD
Tarling Laboratory
Kevin Qian
Kevin Qian, MD, PhD
Tontonoz Laboratory – MSTP Fellow
Matthew Romero
Matthew Romero, PhD
Hevener & Pyle Laboratories
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Carrie Wiese, PhD
Reue Laboratory

 

Fellows to Faculty

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Melissa Lechner, MD, PhD
Former Endocrine Fellow STAR (2018)
Albert Shieh, MD
Former Endocrine Fellow (2018)
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Tara TeSlaa, PhD
Former graduate trainee with Mike Teitell (2017)
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Claudio Villanueva, PhD
Former postdoctoral trainee with Peter Tontonoz (2012)
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Xia Yang, PhD
Former postdoctoral trainee with Jake Lusis (2006)
Zhenqi Zhou, Ph.D.
Zhenqi Zhou, PhD
Former postdoctoral trainee with Andrea Hevener (2018)

 

Featured UCLA STAR Program Alumni

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Mark Goodarzi, MD, PhD
Director of Division of Endocrinology at Cedars-Sinai
Susanne B. Nicholas, MD, MPH, PhD
Professor of Nephrology, UCLA
Tamer Sallam, MD, PhD
Vice Chair, Department of Medicine at UCLA
Karol E. Watson, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine & John Mazziotta Endowed Chair Director, UCLA women’s Cardiovascular Center