Alumni Publications

Student

Levi Cervantez

Mentor

Jason Nagata, MD, MSc

Publication Citation

Nagata JM, Chu J, Cervantez L, Ganson KT, Testa A, Jackson DB, Murray SB, Weiser SD. Food insecurity and binge-eating disorder in early adolescence. Int J Eat Disord. 2023 Apr 4. doi: 10.1002/eat.23944. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37013949.

Eric Connelly

Joshua Robinson, PhD

Gonzales G and Connelly E. Disparities in Health Outcomes and Access to Care Between Sexual Minority and Heterosexual Hispanic Adults: A Non-Monolithic Approach. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health 2025;27(3):431-440.

Student

Mattias de los Rios Rogers

Mentor

Ryo Higuchi-Sanabria, PhD

Publication Citation

Higuchi-Sanabria, R, Durieux J, Kelet N, Homentcovschi S, de los Rios Rogers M, Monshietehadi S, Garcia G, Dallarda S, Daniele JR, Ramachandran V, Sahay A, Tronnes SU, Joe L, Dillin A.Divergent Nodes of Non-autonomous UPR ER Signaling through Serotonergic and Dopaminergic Neurons. Cell Rep 2020 Dec 8;33(10):108489

Sakina Bambot

Ellen Fung, PhD RD

Fung EB, Goldberg E, Bambot S, Manzo R, Lal A. Relationships among Physical activity, pain and bone health in youth and adults with thalassemia: an observational study. Thalassemia Reports 2022;12:90-100

Eric Connelly

Ash Lal, MD

Gonzales G and Connelly E. Disparities in Health Outcomes and Access to Care Between Sexual Minority and Heterosexual Hispanic Adults: A Non-Monolithic Approach. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health 2025;27(3):431-440.

Student

Troy Coaston

Mentor

Carter Lebares, MD

Publication Citation

Lebares CC, Coaston TN, Delucchi KL, Guvva EV, Shen WT, Staffaroni AM, Kramer JH, Epel ES, Hecht FM, Ascher NL, Harris HW, Cole SW. Enhanced Stress Resilience Training in Surgeons: Iterative Adaptation and Biopsychosocial Effects in 2 Small Randomized Trials. Ann Surg 2020 Jul 8, Online ahead of print.

Student

Alex Ahilon-Jeronimo

Mentor

Ryo Higuchi-Sanabria, PhD

Publication Citation

Higuchi-Sanabria R, Shen K, Kelet N, Frankino PA, Durieux J, Bar-Ziv R, Sing CN, Garcia EJ, Homentcovschi S, Sanchez M, Wu R, Tronnes SU, Joe L, Webster B, Ahilon-Jeronimo A, Monshietehadi S, Dallarda S, Pender C, Pon LA, Zoncu R, Dillin A. Lysosomal recycling of amino acids affects ER quality control. Science Advances 2020 Jun 26;6(26):eaaz9805.

Amaka Agodi

Nooshin Razani, MD MPH

Razani, N., Morshed, S., Kohn, M. A., Wells, N. M., Thompson, D., Alqassari, M., ... & Rutherford, G. W. (2018). Effect of park prescriptions with and without group visits to parks on stress reduction in low-income parents: SHINE randomized trial. PloS one, 13(2), e0192921.

Eric Garcia

Mercedes Paredes, MD, PhD

Paredes, M. F., Mora, C., Flores-Ramirez, Q., Cebrian-Silla, A., Del Dosso, A., Larimer, P., ... & Huang, E. J. (2022). Nests of dividing neuroblasts sustain interneuron production for the developing human brain. Science, 375(6579),

Elijah Goldberg

Ellen Fung, PhD RD

Goldberg EK, Fung, EB. Precision of the Hologic DXA in the Assessment of Visceral Adipose Tissue. Journal Clinical Densitometry 2020;23:4:664-672.

Elijah Goldberg

Ellen Fung, PhD RD

Nutrition in Thalassemia: A Systematic Review of Deficiency, Relations to Morbidity, and Supplementation Recommendations. Journal Pediatric Hematology Oncology 2021, In press.

Raquel Traseira

Lorrene Ritchie, PhD RD

Lee DL, Traseira R, Navarro S, Frost N, Benjamin Neelon S, Cradock A, Hecht K, Ritchie L. Alignment of state regulations with breastfeeding and beverage best practices for childcare centers and family childcare homes, United States. Public Health Rep 2020;136.

Raquel Traseira

Traseira R, Singh S. Exploring parents' perceptions on the importance and feasibility of child-centred consultations of 5-11 year olds in general practice. Educ Prim Care. 2020;31(6):349-357.

Sakina Bambot

Ellen Fung, PhD RD

Fung EB, Goldberg E, Bambot S, Manzo R, Lal A. Relationships among Physical activity, pain and bone health in youth and adults with thalassemia: an observational study. Thalassemia Reports 2022;12:90-100

Student

Mentor

Publication Citation

Aditi Desai

Carter Lebares, MD 

Lebares CC, Hershberger AO, Guvva EV Desai A et al. Feasibility of formal mindfulness-based stressresilience training among surgery interns: a randomized clinical trial. JAMA Surg 2018;153:10:e182734.

Amber Fearon

Marsha Treadwell, PhD

Fearon A, Marsh A, Kim J, Treadwell M. Pediatric residents' perceived barriers to opioid use in sickle cell disease pain management. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2019 Feb;66(2):e27535. 

Elijah Goldberg

Ellen Fung, PhD RD

Goldberg E, Neogi S, Lal A, Higa A, Fung EB. Nutritional deficiencies are common in patients with transfusion-dependent thalassemia and associated with iron overload. Journal of Food Nutrition Research, 2018; 6(10):674-681.

Abu Sikder

Felipe Jain, PhD

Sikder AT, Yang FC, Schafer R, Dowling GA, Traeger L, Jain FA. Mentalizing Imagery Therapy Mobile App to Enhance the Mood of Family Dementia Caregivers: Feasibility and Limited Efficacy Testing. JMIR Aging. 2019 Mar 21;2(1):e12850.

Robin Yu

Jennifer Price, MD PhD

Kardashian A, McKinney J, Huynh N, Yu R, Peters M, Catalli L, Price JC. Post-sustained Virologic Response Liver Stiffness May Underestimate Fibrosis After Direct Acting Antiviral-containing Therapy. Clin Infect Dis. 2019 May 2;68(10):1784-1787.

Student

Haven Allard

Mentor

Ellen Fung, PhD RD & Marcela Weyhmiller, PhD

Publication Citation

Allard H, Weyhmiller M, Lal A, Fung EB. In-accuracy of spine bone density measurements in patients with hemoglobinopathies and iron overload. Journal Clinical Densitometry 2019;22:3:329-337.

Berenice Fuentes

Coleen Sabatini, MD

Greene NE, Fuentes-Juárez BN, Sabatini CS. Access to Orthopedic care for Spanish speaking patients in CA. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2019 Sep 18;101(18):e95.

Anna Beatriz Goncalves

Sandy Calloway, PhD

Shih SY, Bose N, Goncalves ABR, Erlich HA, Calloway CD. Applications of Probe Capture Enrichment Next Generation Sequencing Assay for Whole Mitochondrial Genome and 426 Nuclear SNPs for Forensically Challenging Samples. Genes 2018; 9:1,E49.

Edwardo Lujan

Dan Granoff, PhD

Lujan E, Pajon R, Granoff DM. Impaired Immunogenicity of meningococcal Neisserial surface protein A in human complement factor H transgenic mice. Infect Immun. 2015 Nov 23;84(2):452-8.

Neelam Phalk

Ellen Fung, PhD & David Killilea, PhD

Chung J, Phalk N, Hastings C, Killilea DK, Feusner J, Fung EB. Zinc Deficiency and its Association with Treatment Related Toxicity in Children with Cancer. Pediatric Blood Cancer 2021 Sep;68(9):e29104.

Janille Miranda

Marion Peters, MD

Clarke WT, Miranda J, Neidich E, Hudock R, Peters MG, Kelly EM. Metabolic syndrome and liver steatosis occur at lower body mass index in US Asian patients with chronic hepatitis B. J Viral Hepat. 2019 Oct;26(10):1164-1169.

Brandon Sharp

Lela Bachrach, MD MS

Bachrach L, Fadadu RP, Sharp M, Irby DM. Pediatric Workplace Learning Opportunities for Medical Students: Is Scribing a Win-Win? Acad Pediatr. 2021 Apr;21(3):580-582. doi: 10.1016/j.acap.2021.01.013

Student

Siddhant Talwar, MD

Mentor

Ellen Fung, PhD RD

Publication Citation

Fung EB, Gildengorin G, Talwar S, Hagar L, Lal A. Zinc Status affects Glucose Homeostasis and Insulin Secretion in Patients with Thalassemia. Nutrients 2015;7(6):4296-307.