Principal Investigator

Paul Nghiem, M.D., Ph. D.
George F. Odland Endowed Chair in Dermatology
Head, Division of Dermatology
Department of Medicine
University of Washington School of Medicine
Professor, Division of Dermatology
Department of Medicine
University of Washington School of Medicine
Adjunct Professor
Department of Pathology
Department of Oral Health Sciences
University of Washington School of Dentistry
1986 – A.B. Biological Sciences, Harvard University, Boston, MA
1994 – Ph.D. Stanford University, Program in Cancer Biology Stanford, CA
1994 – M.D. Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
Email: pnghiem[@]uw.edu
Pronouns: he/him/his
Current Members

Song Park, MD
2016-present

Tomoko Akaike, MD
2018-present

Lindsay Gunnell, MD
2021-present

Krista Lachance, M.S.
2016-Present

Rima Kulikauskas, B.S.
2015-present

Candice Church, PhD
2014-present

Carina Morningstar, B.S.
2020-presenet

Jung Hyun Lee, PhD
2018 – Present

Shira Tabachnick-Cherny, PhD
2019-present

Pete Goff, MD, PhD
2019-Present

Rashmi Bhakuni, PhD
2020-present

Thomas Pulliam, B.S.
2017-present

Saumya Jani, B.S.
2021-present

Haroldo Rodriguez, B.S.
2021-present

Kelsey Cahill, B.S.
2018-present

Lauren Zawacki, B.S.
2018-present

Marika Bierma
2019-present

Alex Fu
2019-present

Emily Huynh
2020-present

Nikhil Harikrishnan
2020-present

Emily Gong
2021-present

Ally Remington
2021-present

Rian Alam
2022-present

Ankita Menon
2022-present
Former Members

Olga Afanasiev
2009-2013

Allene Fonseca, MD
2020-present

Austin Anderson

AImee Angle-Zahn
2003-2004

Amy Bestick
2012-2015

Aric Colunga, PhD
2016-2019

Astrid Blom, MD
2012-2014

Jay Bradner, MD
2001-2002

Ryan Carlson
2015-2017

Yassi Moshiri
2019-present

Naomi Yamamoto
2020-present

Megan Maerz
2020-present

Nora Alexander
2017-Present

Maclean Cook
2015-2019

Ryan Doumani
2013-2015

Julia Dumesh
2010-2012

L. Christine Fang, MD
2007-2009

Michelle Heath, MD
2006-2007

Tim Heffernan, PhD
2005-2006

Erin Higgins
2007-2009

Paul Homer
2010-2012

Dafina Ibrani
2011-2013

Jayasri Iyer, MD
2008-2014

Natalia Jaimes, MD
2005-2006

Ilsa Juhlin
2015-2017

Sheela Kerstetter (Gupta), MD
2003-2005

Carolyn Kim (Choi), MD
2000

Yong-son Kim, MD
2000-2004

Shinichi Koba, MD
2008-2010

Sang-Wahn Koo, MD, PhD
2003-2005

Natasha Lee
2010-2012

Sherry Lee
2009-2011

Bianca Lemos, MD
2007-2009

Douglas Levine
2004-2005

Chris Lewis

Isabel Longo
2002-2003

Jackie Malekirad
2008-2011

Tessa Marx

Aubriana McEvoy
2015-2017

Natalie Miller
2010-2014

Ata Moshiri
2013-2016

Kotaro Nagase, MD, PhD
2010-2012

Peter Park
1999-2001

Kaushik Parvathaneni
2011-2015

Kelly Paulson, MD, PhD

Pablo Penas, MD, PhD
2005

Stephanie Pietromonaco
2010-2011

John Pylman
2007

Jamil Qazi
2014-2017

Nathan Rodland
2017-2018

Miranda Schmidt
2011-2012

Erica Shantha, MD.
UW Derm Resident

Neha Singh
2016-2019

Heather Sloan, RN
2008-2010

Michael Star
2005-2006

Galya Stetsenko, MD
2007-2009

Seesha Takagishi

Andrew Tegeder, MD
2009-2010

Renee Thibodeau
2008-2010

Hannah Thomas
2014-2018

Zoe Thuesmunn
2016-2018

Martina Ulrich (Gellenthin), MD
2004-2005
Dermatology Faculty at Charite Hospital, Berlin

Natalie Vandeven
2012-2018

Ashley Warcola-Street
2007-2008

Lola Yelistratova
2012-2013