Jaehyuk Choi, MD PhD
Jack W. Graffin Associate Professor
College: Harvard University
Graduate School: Yale University
Hobbies: Reading, National Parks, MTV’s the Challenge, Playing with my Kids
Sunghee Hwang, PhD
sunghee.hwang@northwestern.edu
Postdoctoral Scholar
College: Incheon National University
Graduate School: Incheon National University
Hobbies: Listening to music, walking, reading, solving/collecting twisty puzzles
John Devany, PhD
jdevany@northwestern.edu
Postdoctoral Scholar
College: University of California, Santa Barbara
Graduate School: University of Chicago
Hobbies: Reading, cooking, biking
Calvin Law
Calvin.law@northwestern.edu
Graduate Student
College: University of Minnesota
Graduate School: Northwestern University Driskell Graduate Program
Hobbies: Rock climbing, hiking
Zachary Reinstein
zachary.reinstein@northwestern.edu
MD PhD Student
College: BYU
Graduate School: Northwestern University MSTP
Hobbies: House music, arboretums
Yue Zhang
yue.zhang2@northwestern.edu
Medical Student
College: MIT
Graduate School: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Hobbies: Running, Hiking, Reading, Watching basketball
Kathleen Cheng
kathleen.cheng@northwestern.edu
MD PhD Student
College: University of Toronto
Graduate School: Northwestern University MSTP
Hobbies: Working out, eating, plants
Lucy Liu
qing.liu1@northwestern.edu
Graduate Student
College: UC San Diego
Graduate School: Northwestern University Driskell Graduate Program
Hobbies: Piano, musicals, TV shows, ice skating
Julia Yescas
julia.yescas@northwestern.edu
Graduate Student
College: New Mexico State University
Graduate School: Northwestern University Driskell Graduate Program
Hobbies: Thrifting, buying shoes
Brandon Li Hancock
brandon.hancock@northwestern.edu
Graduate Student
College: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Graduate School: Northwestern University Driskell Graduate Program
Hobbies: Working out, reading, bouldering
Kristy Tefft
kristy.tefft@northwestern.edu
Pre-Doctoral Research Fellow
College: University of Virginia
Graduate School: New York Medical College School of Medicine
Hobbies: Painting, traveling, crossword puzzles
Ahmed Usman, MBBS
ahmed.usman@northwestern.edu
Clinical Trials Research Fellow
Medical School: Services Institute of Medical Sciences
Hobbies: Movies
Arundhati Pillai
arundhati.pillai@northwestern.edu
Research Technician
College: University of Chicago
Hobbies: Badminton, reading, working out
Victoria Chu
victoria.chu@northwestern.edu
Research Technician
College: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Hobbies: Painting, driving range, traveling
Caroline Bell
caroline.bell1@northwestern.edu
Research Technician
College: Columbia University
Hobbies: Reading, baking, fitness
Elizabeth Lakoma
elizabethlakoma2025@u.northwestern.edu
Undergraduate Research Assistant
College: Northwestern University
Hobbies: Art, listening to music, learning languages
Amy Wang
amywang2024@u.northwestern.edu
Undergraduate Research Assistant
College: Northwestern University
Hobbies: Reading, eating, taking nature walks
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