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Hsiao-Tuan Chao Lab Members

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Primary Investigator

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

People
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First Name
Lihua
Last Name
Huang
Sr. research assistant
Kuerbitz
First Name
Jeffrey
Middle Name
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Last Name
Kuerbitz
Honorific Title
M.D., Ph.D.
Basic Neuroscience Research Pathway
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First Name
Ashira
Last Name
Edelheit-Rice
Guest Access
Wheeler
First Name
Arden
Middle Name
Rae
Last Name
Wheeler
Genetic Counseling Student
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First Name
Katherine
Middle Name
Elizabeth
Last Name
Dullen
Research Technician II
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First Name
Cecilia
Middle Name
Jane
Last Name
Haag
Genetic Counseling Student
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First Name
Ekaterina
Last Name
Sanchez Romero
Research Coordinator II
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First Name
Isaiah
Middle Name
Matthew
Last Name
Valentine
Research Coordinator I
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First Name
Nina
Middle Name
Nina
Last Name
Shetty
MEDICAL STUDENT
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First Name
Siqi
Last Name
Yuan
Postdoctoral Associate
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First Name
Eriel
Middle Name
M
Last Name
Eaglin
Coordinator, Business Operations
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First Name
Maitreyi
Last Name
Shrikhande
Visiting Learner
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First Name
Saanvi
Middle Name
Lee
Last Name
Doddaballapur
Guest Access
Ferretti
First Name
Gabriella
Last Name
Ferretti
Postdoctoral Associate
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NICER (M.D.) Mentees

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Nina
Middle Name
Nina
Last Name
Shetty
MEDICAL STUDENT
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Trainee Fellowships, Awards, and Other Honors

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  • Dr. Jeffrey S. Kuerbitz (2024-present) - awarded 2026-2028 K12 NeuralCODR fellowship
  • Dr. Maimuma Paul (2019-2024) - Assistant Professor, Manipal University, India
  • 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) - Assistant Professor, 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 Mentee Alumni

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  • Maitreyi Shrikhande (2025 BCM SMART Program)
  • Claudia Cerezo (2023-2025, Master's of Genetic Counseling)
  • Melina Corriveau (2022-2025, NICER, current: BCM School of Medicine)
  • Brooke Horist (2022-2024, CTR-CAQ, current: BCM Genetics & Genomics PhD program)
  • John Thomas Gebert (2021-2024, CTR-CAQ, current: BCM MSTP)
  • Arden Rae Wheeler (2022-2024, Masters of Genetic 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)