Lab Alumni
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Yeong-ran (Lucie) Ahn
Research Technician
B.S., Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, 2015
Hometown: Yangpyung, South Korea
Wood lab, 2016-18
Current Position: M.D./Ph.D. student, Case Western Reserve University
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Moiez Ali
M.D./Ph.D. student
Ph.D., Molecular Cancer Biology, Duke University, 2020
B.S., M.S., Biology, Emory University, 2012
Hometown: Suwanee, GA
Wood lab, 2016-20
Current Position: Resident, Internal Medicine/ABIM Research Pathway, University of Pennsylvania
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Gray Anderson
Graduate student
Ph.D., Molecular Cancer Biology, Duke University, 2018
B.S., Biology, Biotechnology, UNC-Greensboro, 2013
Hometown: San Diego, CA
Wood lab, 2013-18
Current Position: Senior Scientist, Cell Engineering Team Lead, 64x Bio
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Hazel Ang
Graduate Student
B.S., Pharmacy, National University of Singapore, 2012
Hometown: Singapore
Wood lab, 2017-21
Current Position: Postdoctoral fellow, Karolinska Institute
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Kayleigh Askin
Research Technician
B.A., Biophysics, Columbia University, 2017
Hometown: Warren, NJ
Wood lab, 2018-20
Current Position: M.D. student, University of Pittsburgh
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Chris Bassil, M.D., Ph.D.
M.D./Ph.D. student
M.D., Ph.D., Molecular Cancer Biology, Duke University, 2024
B.S., English, Duke University, 2012
Hometown: Durham, NC
Wood lab, 2018-24
Current Position: Resident Physician, Duke Pediatric Research Scholars program
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Merve Cakir
Graduate student
Ph.D., Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Duke University, 2018
M.S., Computer Engineering, Bilkent University, 2013
B.S., Molecular Biology and Genetics, Bilkent University, 2011
Hometown: Ankara, Turkey
Wood lab, 2013-18
Current position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Krogan Lab, UCSF
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Christian Cerda-Smith, M.D., Ph.D.
M.D./Ph.D. student
M.D., Ph.D., Molecular Cancer Biology, Duke University, 2024
B.S., Biochemistry and Zoology, Miami University of Ohio, 2013
Hometown: Lakewood, OH
Wood lab, 2018-24
Current Position: Prelim Intern, Duke Dermatology/Internal Medicine
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Arunangshu Chakrabarty
Research Technician
B.S.E., Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, 2023
Hometown: Chapel Hill, NC
Wood lab, 2023-25
Current Position: Research Technician, Floyd Lab, Duke University
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Lorin Crawford, Ph.D.
Graduate student (Statistical Science, with Sayan Mukherjee, Ph.D.)
Ph.D., Statistical Science, Duke University, 2017
B.S., Mathematics, Clark Atlanta University, 2013
Hometown: Chino Hills, CA Hometown: Cooper City, FL
Wood lab, 2014-2017
Current Position: Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research New England and Associate Professor, Biostatistics, Brown University
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Chris Delaney, Ph.D.
M.D./Ph.D. student
B.S., Biology, University of Chicago, 2014
Hometown: Richmond, VA
Wood lab, 2019-2025
Current Position: M.D. student, Duke University School of Medicine
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Zixuan Dong
Research Technician
B.S., Zoology/Animal Biology, North Carolina State University, 2024
Hometown: Xi’an, China
Wood lab, 2025-2026
Current Position: Graduate Student, NC State University
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Christine Eyler, M.D., Ph.D.
Medical Instructor, Dept. of Radiation Oncology
Instructor, Harvard Medical School, 2017-20
Residency, Harvard Radiation Oncology Program, 2017
M.D., Duke University, 2012
Ph.D., Molecular Cancer Biology, Duke University, 2010
B.S., Chemistry, Duke University, 2004
Hometown: Denver, CO
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Duke Dept. of Radiation Oncology
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Alex Gooding, M.D., Ph.D.
M.D., Case Western Reserve University, 2020
Ph.D., Cancer Biology, Case Western Reserve University, 2018
B.S., Pharmacology & Toxicology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2012
Hometown: Milwaukee, WI
Wood lab, 2023-2025
Current Position: Private practice
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Ying Guo, M.D., Ph.D.
Research Analyst
Ph.D., Saga Medical School, Saga, Japan, 2015
M.D., Shenyang Medical School, Shenyang, China, 1996
Hometown: Shenyang, China
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Ava Heffernan
Research Technician
B.S., Biology, UNC-Greensboro, 2022
Hometown: Hillsborough, NC
Current position: Research Technician, Eyler Lab, Duke Dept. of Radiation Oncology
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Pete Hendrickson, M.D., Ph.D.
Medical Instructor, Radiation Oncology, Duke University
M.D., University of Utah School of Medicine, 2019
Ph.D., Oncological Sciences, University of Utah/Huntsman Cancer Institute, 2017
B.S., Biological Sciences, DePaul University, 2009
Hometown: Milwaukee, WI
Wood lab, 2023-2025
Current position: Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology, University of Cincinnati/Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
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Jacob Hoj
Postdoctoral Fellow
Ph.D., Molecular Cancer Biology, Duke University, 2020
B.S., Exercise Science, Brigham Young University, 2014
Hometown: Salt Lake City, Utah
Current Position: Tavros Therapeutics
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Haley Hutchinson
Research Technician
A.B., Chemistry, Duke University, 2021
Hometown: Los Altos, CA
Current Position: M.D. student, Duke University
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Jacob Kaufman, M.D./Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Ph.D., Cancer Biology, Vanderbilt University, 2015
M.D., Medicine, Vanderbilt University, 2013
B.S., Chemistry, Vanderbilt University, 2003
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Medicine, Ohio State University
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Shane Killarney, M.D., Ph.D.
M.D./Ph.D. student
Ph.D., Molecular Cancer Biology, Duke University, 2024
M.D. student, Duke University, 2025
B.S., Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2017
Hometown: Las Vegas, NV
Wood lab, 2019-24
Current Position: Resident in Internal Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
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Holly Kim
Research Technician
A.B., Chemistry, Duke University, 2021
Hometown: Roslyn, NY
Current Position: D.D.S. student, NYU
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Kevin Lin
M.D./Ph.D. student
Ph.D., Pharmacology, Duke University, 2019
B.S., Biomedical Engineering, University of Texas-Austin, 2011
Hometown: Austin, TX
Current Position: Resident, Internal Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School
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Annie Liu, M.D., Ph.D.
Resident, General Surgery, Duke University
M.D., University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 2018
Ph.D., Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, 2017
B.A., Biological Sciences, Northwestern University, 2011
Hometown: Charleston, IL
Wood lab: 2022-2024
Current Position: Completing her general surgery residency at Duke
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Colin Martz
Medical Student
B.S., Neuroscience, Duke University, 2012
M.D., Duke University, 2018
Hometown: Albuquerque, NM
Wood Lab, 2012-2017
Current Position: Fellow, Cardiology, Washington University
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William McAlpine, MD, PhD
Medical Oncology Fellow
M.D., University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 2022
Ph.D., Immunology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 2018
B.S., Biochemistry and Genetics, Clemson University, 2013
Hometown: Hickory, NC
Wood lab, 2025-2026
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Seth McKee
Research Technician
B.S., Chemistry, Elon University, 2021
Hometown: Hillsborough, NC
Current Position: M.D. student, UNC-Chapel Hill
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Niharika Mettu, M.D., Ph.D. (with Prof. David Hsu, Duke)
Fellow, Hematology-Oncology, Duke University Medical Center
B.A., Johns Hopkins University, 1999
M.D., Duke University School of Medicine, 2008
Ph.D., Duke University 2007
Internal Medicine Residency, Duke University Medical Center
Hometown: Bethesda, MD
Wood lab, 2012-14
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine
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Victoria Del Gaizo Moore, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Elon University (2018-19 sabbatical)
Ph.D., Molecular Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, 2004
Postdoctoral fellowship, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 2004-2009
Hometown: Manalapan, NJ
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Daniel Nussbaum, M.D.
Resident, General Surgery
B.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2006
M.D. University of Southern California, 2011
Hometown: Scarsdale, NY
Wood Lab, 2014-2017
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Duke University
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Ashley Peraza-Penton
Graduate Student
B.S., Biochemistry, University of Florida, 2012
M.S., Molecular Cancer Biology, Duke University, 2014
Hometown: Cooper City, FL
Wood lab, 2012-14
Current Position: Clinical scientist, Novartis, Cambridge, MA
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Jude Raj, Ph.D.
M.D./Ph.D. student
Ph.D., Molecular Cancer Biology, Duke University, 2026
B.S., Biology and Mathematics, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, 2016
Hometown: Mooresville, NC
Wood Lab, 2020-2026
Current Position: M.D. candidate, Duke University
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Justine Rutter
B.S., Biology, Duke University, 2019
Hometown: Mill Valley, CA
Wood lab, 2016-20
Current Position: M.D./Ph.D. Program, Harvard-MIT
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Katie Singleton, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Scholar
Ph.D., University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, 2013
B.S., Biology, Calvin College, 2008
Wood Lab, 2013-2017
Current Position: Scientist, Land Lab, University of Rochester Medical Center
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Ryan Soderquist, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Ph.D., Cancer Biology, Dartmouth College, 2014
B.S., Biochemistry, University of New Hampshire, 2009
Wood lab, 2014-20
Current Position: Incyte Pharmaceuticals
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Elizabeth Stein
Research Technician
A.B., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, 2012
M.S., Biotechnology, Georgetown University, 2013
Hometown: Alexandria, VA
Wood lab, 2015-2017
Current Position: M.D. student, UNC-Chapel Hill
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Amy Stewart, Ph.D.
Graduate Student
Ph.D., Molecular Cancer Biology, Duke University, 2023
B.S., Neuroscience, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2016
Hometown: Madison, AL
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Natalia Sutiman
Medical Student, Duke-NUS
B.S., Pharmacy, National University of Singapore, 2012
Hometown: Singapore
Wood lab, 2018-19
Current Position: M.D. student, Duke-NUS
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Jennifer Tingley, M.D.
Research Technician
M.D., New York Medical College
B.S., Biology, Duke University, 2013
Hometown: Rochester, NY
Wood lab, 2013-15
Current Position: Vitreo-Retinal Fellow, UC Davis
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Peter Winter
Graduate Student
Ph.D., Genetics and Genomics, Duke University, 2017
B.S., Biology, Butler University, 2012
Hometown: Minneapolis, MN
Wood lab, 2012-2017
Current Position: Group leader, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT
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Abigail Xie
Research Technician
B.S., Biology, Duke University, 2018
Hometown: Pittsburgh, PA
Wood lab, 2015-2019
Current Position: Tri-Institutional M.D./Ph.D. Program, Weill Cornell/Rockefeller/Sloan Kettering
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Catherine Yip
Research Technician
B.S., Biology, Duke University, 2017
Hometown: Cooper City, FL
Wood lab, 2015-2018
Current Position: M.D. student, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
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Laura Youngblood
Staff Assistant
B.A., Dramatic Arts, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2020
Hometown: New Orleans, LA
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Ben Zolyomi
Medical Student
Sc.B., Neuroscience, Brown University, 2019
Hometown: Albuquerque, NM
Current Position: Resident, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School