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Phylogeny Lab Members
(c) indicates current member

Physicians & Medical Students

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Karam Gill, MD (c)

UCLA-Olive View Internal Medicine Residency, '23

 

Research Topics:

  • Natural Models of Arrhythmia Resistance

  • Inherited Adaptations to the Diving Reflex

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Alix Masters, MD (c)

UCLA Internal Medicine Resident PGY1

 

Research Topics:

  • Postpartum Syndromes Across the Tree of Life 

  • Giraffe as Model for Resistance to Gestational Hypertension 

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Emily Schwitzer, MD (c)

UCLA Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship

 

Research Topics:

  • Giraffe as Model for Resistance to Gestational Hypertension 

  • Evolved Pulmonary Adaptations to Ambient Volcanic Matter in Other Species for Human Health 

  • Female Health Across the Tree of Life: A Community Education Project for One Health in Rwanda

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Julia Cho (c)

Harvard Medical School,

M.D. Candidate​

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Research Topics:

  • Lactation Across the Tree of Life

  • Phylogeny of Disordered Eating

Graduate Students

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Alin Mazmanian (c)

UCLA, B.S. '23

UCLA, M.S. '25

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Research Topics:

  • Cardiovascular Sex Differences

  • Sex Differences in Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy

  • Visualizations of Gene Overlap Between Physiological Processes and Diseases

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Kaitlyn Smolens (c)

UCLA, B.S. '23

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Research Topics:

  • Cardiovascular Sex Differences

  • Visualizations of Gene Overlap Between Physiological Processes and Diseases

  • Bioinformatic Approach to Evolutionary Trade-Offs  [Atherosclerosis]

Undergraduate & Secondary School Students

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Molly Abroms

UCLA, B.S. '24

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Research Topics:

  • Cardiovascular Sex Differences

  • Shared Genetic Pathways of Cardiac Diseases

  • Ventricular Tachycardia in Dogs

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Camille Dash

Harvard University, A.B. '24

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Research Topics:

  • Cardiovascular Sex Differences

  • Placental Morphology and Cardiovascular Sexual Dimorphism

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Talon Flodman

Harvard University, A.B. '25​

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Research Topics:

  • Coevolution of Inflammation and Depression

  • Bioinformatics to Find Coexpression of Biological Processes

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Siena Horton

Harvard University, A.B. '25​

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Research Topics:

  • The Use of Comparative Evolutionary Medicine to Destigmatize Drug Addictions

  • Assessing Public Understanding and Lay Beliefs about Evolution

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Zoey Marsh

Oakwood Secondary School, '24​

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Research Topics:

  • Sex Differences in Sports-Related Concussions

  • Visualizations of Gene Overlap Between Physiological Processes and Diseases

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Noa Oranim

Oakwood Secondary School, '25​

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Research Topics:

  • Masculinization of Female Phenotypes: Response to Male Harassment

  • Visualizations of Gene Overlap Between Physiological Processes and Diseases

  • Evolution of Mental Illness

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Kate Stevens (c)

Harvard University, A.B. '24​

 

Research Topics:

  • Evolved Adaptations for Ovarian Protection in Subterranean Species 

  • Menopause, Diapause, and Adaptive Reproductive Strategies

B. Natterson-Horowitz, MD, PhD​

Harvard Medical School | UCLA

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