Cancer Biology, Immunology, Bioinformatics
B.S., University of California, Los Angeles, 2021
M.D., University of California, Davis (In progress)
Ann researches the diverse trajectories of stem cells in regenerative medicine and cancer.
She graduated summa cum laude from UCLA, where she became interested in the ability of cells to alter their fates. At UCLA under the guidance of Dr. John Adams, she researched alternative splicing of RNA in bone marrow stem cells that differentiate into adipocytes or osteoblasts at the Orthopaedic Hospital Research Center. After graduating from UCLA in 2021, she spent two years in the Dr. Arnold Chin Lab at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine elucidating the relationship between the immune system and bladder cancer in patients. In 2023, she began her training as a MD/PhD student at University of California Davis School of Medicine.
As an NIH-Oxford Scholar, Ann will investigate the cancer-immune connection with mentorship from Dr. Adrian Wiestner (NHLBI) and Professor Anna Schuh (Oxford). She will harness insights from computational analyses of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) cells to uncover the mechanisms that allow them to proliferate over time and dampen the immune system response.
In her free time, Ann enjoys producing her own music, playing violin in orchestra, and drawing new fashions.
Dr. Adrian Wiestner (NHLBI)
and Prof. Anna Schuh (Oxford)