Lab Members
Lisandra Vila Ellis, M.D.
Research Scientist
R01 diversity supplement 2017–2020
K99/R00 2021–present
LVila@MDAnderson.org
Jonathan Bywaters
Research Assistant
JDBywaters@MDAnderson.org
Vanja Krneta-Stankic, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
VStankic@MDAnderson.org
Maria Jose Gacha Garay
MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Student
Larry Deaven Ph.D. Fellowship in Biomedical Sciences 2022
MJGacha@MDAnderson.org
Kamryn Gerner-Mauro
Baylor Graduate Student
NSF Graduate Research Fellowships Program honorable mention 2021
Kamryn.Gerner-Mauro@bcm.edu
Dalia Hassan
MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Student
DHassan@MDAnderson.org
Vera Hutchison
Baylor Graduate Student
Vera.Hutchison@bcm.edu
Celine Kong
MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Student
Dr. John J. Kopchick Fellowship 2021–present
CKong@MDAnderson.org
Anne Lynch
Baylor Graduate Student
F31 2022–present
Anne.Lynch@bcm.edu
Richa Nayak
MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Student
RNayak@MDAnderson.org
Past Lab Members
Erin Best (research assistant 2013–2014)
Margo Cain (Ph.D. student and postdoctoral fellow 2017–2021)
Daniel Chang (research assistant 2011–2013)
Belinda Hernandez (master's student and research assistant 2012–2017)
Danielle Little (Ph.D. student F31 fellowship 2015–2020)
Denise Martinez Hicks (research assistant 2011–2013)
Odemaris Narvaez del Pilar (Ph.D. student F31 fellowship 2017–2021)
Jun Yang (postdoctoral fellow 2014–2017)