I am a postdoctoral fellow in the Division of Biomarkers of Early Detection and Prevention within the Department of Population Sciences at City of Hope National Medical Center. My research interests are centered around elucidating mechanisms of disease progression in cancer. I am passionate about using my scientific knowledge to engage with vulnerable communities and train the next generation of scientists.

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2026 Highlights

  • Elected as the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Associate Member Council (AMC) Chair-Elect.

  • Awarded the AACR Minority Scholar in Cancer Research Award

  • Recipient of the FY26 Kindness Grant from the City of Hope Community Benefit Advisory Council

  • Published the followong article in collaboration wuth the Li’s lab at the City of Hope: Ziyi Huang, Errol J. Philip, Leslie Wenning, Nathan Lin, Qianhua Feng, Tariq Abuali, Benjamin Mercier, J. Nicholas Correnti, Chun Li, Colton Ladbury, Nicholas Eustace, Andrew Tam, Yi-Jen Chen, Yufei Liu, Jeffery Wong, Savita Dandapani, Scott Glaser, Sean Maroongroge, Abhishek Tripathi, Alex Chehrazi-Raffle, Sumanta Pal, Wesley Yip, Clayton Lau, Sarah Shuck, Virginia Sun, Ortiz-Hernandez GL, Margaret Mancini, Paul Frankel, Tanya Dorff, Yun Rose Li. TIDIER Trial: A Randomized, Phase II Clinical Trial of Time-Restricted Eating Versus Dietary Counseling to Improve the Effect of Radiotherapy. JCO Oncol Adv 3, e2500111(2026), DOI: https://doi.org/10.1200/OA-25-00111

  • Coordinated resources for prostate cancer screening, on-site recruitment for screening, and provided education about prostate cancer at the “Health, Hope and Community Health Fair”, in coordination with the Office of Health Access and Community Enrichment at City of Hope at the Second Baptist Church, Monrovia, CA‍.

  • ‍I was an invited speaker for the “Hunt Elementary Career Day” at Hunt Elementary School, San Bernardino, CA.

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