Vanden Brink Lab

Our Team





Principal Investigator
Heidi Vanden Brink





Senior Research Associate

Joy Kim





Graduate Student
Joelle Sfeir







Graduate Student
Amber Chang





Wet Lab Manager
Christopher Denison





Research Assistant
Valeria Popoca





Undergraduate Student

Ellie Goen










Undergraduate Student

Savli Patel





Undergraduate Student

Ava Matt





Undergraduate Student


Gabriela Rivera-Vega





Undergraduate Student


Riya Tom






Undergraduate Student

Samhitha Radhakrishnan





Undergraduate Research Assistant

Hannah Lamar





MD Student

Ella Nonni

Affiliated Team Members





Medical Student

Manasa Gadiraju