Lisa Zaba M.D. Ph.D., is a Clinical Associate Professor of Dermatology, and is a translational immunologist interested in individualizing cancer care based on the immunologic and genomic characteristics of a patient’s tumor. She also specializes in autoimmune and inflammatory sequelae of cancer therapeutics and treatments.
JUNIPER HOEFT AHO
Administrative Associate III
Juniper graduated from California State University, East Bay with a degree in Strategic Communications and is a Bay Area native, raised on the Peninsula. She joined Stanford University in 2022 and has continued to build her career in academic and clinical administration. Outside of work, Juniper enjoys serving in her community, thrifting and spending time watching football with her husband and sons.
Meliea Wenya Chiu
Assistant Clinical Research Coordinator
Meliea earned a B.S. in Public Health Sciences from the University of California, Irvine. During her undergraduate training, she conducted research under the mentorship of neurobiologist Dr. Momoko Watanabe, where she presented work on the development of brain organoid models. She also completed an honors thesis under the guidance of Dr. Sora Park Tanjasiri to examine the impact of parental cancer on Asian American families within community healthcare. In her free time, Meliea enjoys vintage shopping and attending music concerts.
RIAN ALAM
Student - Graduate, Medicine
Rian Alam is a graduate of the University of Washington with a degree in Biology. Based in Seattle, Rian previously conducted research at the Paul Nghiem Lab and the MC3 Institute, where he focused on the utilization and optimization of immunotherapies for Merkel cell carcinoma. He is currently interested in investigating the mechanisms of treatment-induced rashes, specifically exploring their potential prognostic value and developing improved management strategies for these cutaneous side effects. In his free time, Rian is an avid paddle sports enthusiast who enjoys playing pickleball, squash, and badminton.
JESUTOFUNMI OMIYE
Jesutofunmi Omiye is currently a postdoc in AI-dermatology at Stanford. His research interests border on the nexus of artificial intelligence and policy to improve dermatology care, and healthcare more broadly. He received his MS in Health Policy at Stanford where he studied the utility of machine learning algorithms in clinical settings, computer vision models in surgery, and evaluated how macroeconomic policies influence mortality.
Tofunmi received his medical degree from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria where he was a Federal Government and Shell University Scholar. As a medical student, he served as the chair of a pan-African health conference where he worked with the WHO, and Gates Foundation. His work has been featured in top national and international news media including The Guardian.
Also, he is the co-founder of The Ganglion Initiative, a non-profit that has provided educational and career empowerment schemes to over 8,000 students in Nigeria. In his spare time, he enjoys traveling, soccer, tennis, studying the financial markets, and music.
tomiye@stanford.edu
MARLAYNA HARRIS
Life Science Research Professional
Marlayna graduated from the College of Wooster where she received a bachelor's degree in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and completed a thesis focusing on creating a Boolean model of crosstalk between senescence and epithelial to mesenchymal transition. Marlayna was given the opportunity to present this research over the summer at the NetBioMed 2021 Conference. Marlayna enjoys playing video games with friends, watching movies, and doing puzzles.
JOSHUA CHAN
Joshua Chan is a medical student at Stanford University. He completed his undergraduate degree in human biology, with honors, and Master’s degree at Stanford University. He previously spent several years working in the laboratories of stem cell biologist Dr. Calvin Kuo and immunologist Dr. Mark Davis, developing organoids to model autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. Joshua is currently interested in studying novel Merkel cell carcinoma biomarkers and immunotherapies; in particular, optimizing their efficacy and minimizing their off-target effects. In his free time, he plays tennis and has recently joined an ultimate frisbee team.
jechan@stanford.edu