Hsiao-Tuan Chao Lab

Hsiao-Tuan Chao Lab Members

Master
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Primary Investigator

People
First Name
Hsiao-Tuan
Last Name
Chao
Honorific Title
M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
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Current Members

People
First Name
Cynthia
Middle Name
L
Last Name
Power
Coord, Admin, Sr
First Name
Jacquelyn
Last Name
Bridgeman
Coord, Sr. Admin
First Name
Lihua
Last Name
Huang
Sr. research assistant
First Name
Maimuna
Last Name
Paul
Postdoctoral Associate
First Name
Jeffrey
Middle Name
S
Last Name
Kuerbitz
Honorific Title
M.D., Ph.D.
Basic Neuroscience Research Pathway
First Name
Sydney
Middle Name
L
Last Name
Michener
Research Coordinator I
First Name
Alvina
Last Name
Zia
Research Coordinator I
First Name
Claudia
Last Name
Cerezo
Genetic Counseling Student
First Name
Ashira
Last Name
Edelheit-Rice
Guest Access
First Name
Aarthi
Last Name
Kukaruban
Visiting Learner
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CTR-CAQ (Ph.D.) and NICER (M.D.) Mentees

People
First Name
John
Middle Name
Thomas
Last Name
Gebert
Medical Scientist Training Program (MD/PhD)
First Name
Brooke
Last Name
Horist
Graduate Student
First Name
Cole
Last Name
Deisseroth
Medical Scientist Training Program (MD/PhD)
First Name
Melina
Middle Name
Leigh
Last Name
Corriveau
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Trainee Fellowships, Awards, and Other Honors

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  • Arden Rae Wheeler (2024) - Class president and graduation commencement speaker, BCM Genetics Counseling Program
  • Dr. Maimuna Sali Paul, Sydney Michener, Hiuling Chan, et al (2023) - Poster presentation, 2023 American Society of Human Genetics, Mentor: Dr. Chao 
  • Dr. Kailin Mao (2022-2023) - Instructor, Hainan Medical University, China
  • Dr. Maimuna Sali Paul (2019 - present) - 2022 Society for Neuroscience, Spectrum News profile on autism research, Mentor: Dr. Chao
  • Dr. Maimuna Sali Paul (2019 - present) - 2022 National Ataxia Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship, Mentor: Dr. Chao
  • Cole Deisseroth (2019 - 2023) - 2021 Child Neurology Foundation Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Fellowship, Mentor: Dr. Chao
  • Christina Magyar (2021 - 2023) - 2021 Trentin Scholar Award, BCM Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
  • John Thomas Gebert (2020 - present) - 2021 HCS Cornerstone Grant, Mentor: Dr. Chao
  • Dr. Sahana Sreekanta Murthy (2018-2021) - 2018 NARSAD Young Investigator Award, Mentor (2018-2020) Dr. Gould (Princeton), Mentor (2020-2021): Dr. Chao (BCM)
  • Nathan Bliss (2017 - 2020) -  2019 Autism Science Foundation Undergraduate Research Fellowship, Mentor: Dr. Chao
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Master's students, NICER scholars (M.D.), PREP Scholars, SMART Scholars, Project Interns, Other Mentees

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  • Arden Rae Wheeler (2022-2024, Masters of Genetics Counseling)
  • Sabrina Amaya (2020-2024, current: UT Southwestern Child Neurology residency)
  • Ronald Franzen (2020-2024, current: UTHSC Psychiatry residency)
  • Hiuling Chan (2023 BCM SMART program)
  • Cole Deisseroth (2020-2022, BCM Medical Scientist Training Program)
  • Vanesa Lerma (2020-2022, current: University of Houston, Clinical Neuropsychology Ph.D. student)
  • Mary Clare Koebel (2022 BCM SMART program)
  • Jordan Wu (2022-2024 Rice University Master's program, current: UCLA School of Medicine M.D. student)
  • John Hayes (2020-2021, current: Texas A&M University, Industrial Engineering Ph.D. student)
  • Harim Delgado-Seo (2020-2021 BCM PREP scholar, current: BCM Neuroscience Ph.D. student)
  • Vanessa Iroegbulem (2020 BCM SMART program)
  • Aarushi Nayak (2019-2020 Project Intern)
  • Nathan Bliss (2017-2020 Project Intern, UTHSC School of Medicine M.D. student)