People — Smith Lab UCSF

Meet our team!

Catherine Smith, MD

**Principle Investigator**
Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology
Primary Affiliation: Cancer Biology & Cell Signaling
Secondary Affiliation: Human Genetics
Catherine.Smith@ucsf.edu

Cheryl Peretz, MD

Assistant Professor Cheryl.Peretz@ucsf.edu

Timothy Ferng, MD

**Assistant Professor** Timothy.Ferng@ucsf.edu

Bogdan Popescu, MD, PhD

**Postdoctoral Scholar** Bogdan.Popescu@uscf.edu

Vanessa Kennedy, MD

Postdoctoral Scholar Vanessa.Kennedy@ucsf.edu

Matthew Jones, MD, DPhil

**Postdoctoral Scholar** Matthew.Jones2@ucsf.edu

Elaine Tran, BS

**Junior Specialist/Lab Manager** Elaine.Tran@ucsf.edu

Samantha Pintar, BA

**Junior Specialist** Samantha.Pintar@ucsf.edu

Nikki Lei, BS

**Data Analyst** Nikki.Lei@ucsf.edu

Andrew Koh

**Junior Specialist** andrew.koh@ucsf.edu

Anushka Walia, BS

**Medical Student/Volunteer** Anushka.Walia@ucsf.edu

Abraham Hong

**Volunteer** abesenpai43600@berkeley.edu

Natalie Tantisira

**Volunteer** Natalie.Tantisira@ucsf.edu

Interested in joining?

We’re always looking for new post-docs, graduate students, and volunteers! We frequently participate in the CCSF-UCSF collaborative research internship, have taken summer medical students in the past, and are open to undergraduates joining. Please contact Dr. Smith at Catherine.Smith@ucsf.edu with a copy of your CV.

Alumni

Staff

Lisa McGary, Junior Specialist (2017-2019), Cornell University, Medical Scientist Training Program

Jimmy Sit, Academic Assistant (2015-2019)

Tanya Kumar, Junior Specialist (2019 - 2021), UC San Diego, Medical Scientist Training Program

Theodore Tarver, Lab Manager (2016 - 2021), Octant, Research Associate

Past Volunteers

Caroline Lee (2019 - 2020)

Hunter Jackson (June - August 2019), UCSF, Medical Student

Katarina Wang

Fihr Chaudhary (June 2021 - August 2021), UCLA

Sydney Wishner (June 2021 - September 2021, June 2022 - September 2022), Amherst College