Uplifting Athletes
Dr. Wu Chen

Dr. Wu Chen

Dr. Chen was born and raised in China. From 2008 to 2012 he pursued his research interest under the guidance of Dr. Alan Chiu at Louisiana Tech University. After Dr. Chen received his PhD, he worked with Dr. William Stacey at the University of Michigan in the...
Zain Awamleh

Zain Awamleh

Dr. Awamleh is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada. She earned her doctoral degree in biochemistry and developmental biology from Western University in Ontario, Canada in 2019 after receiving her Honors Bachelor’s degree...
Steven Baker

Steven Baker

Dr. Baker is a clinical pathologist specializing in transfusion medicine and hemostasis. He completed his MD and PhD training in the combined MSTP at Baylor College of Medicine where his studies focused on Rett syndrome, a rare pediatric neurological disorder. He...
Riley E. Perszyk

Riley E. Perszyk

Dr. Perszyk is doing a collaborative post-doctoral position between Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University working with Dr. Craig Forest, where he combined his undergraduate and graduate fields of study to work on developing a novel automated patch-clamp...
Nishanthi Mathiyalagan

Nishanthi Mathiyalagan

Dr. Mathiyalagan recently joined the lab of Dr. Vandana Gupta, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School to investigate the mechanisms underlying genetic neuromuscular diseases. She completed her PhD in developmental genetics at La Trobe University,...