{"id":32,"date":"2023-01-03T03:44:08","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T03:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/website\/our-mission\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T20:05:02","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T20:05:02","slug":"our-mission","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/samarasinghelab.com\/?page_id=32","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"32\" class=\"elementor elementor-32\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e835410 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e835410\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b995c8f\" data-id=\"b995c8f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6516a3b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6516a3b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.9.2 - 21-12-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/samarasinghelab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Samarasinghe_headshot-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-460\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/samarasinghelab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Samarasinghe_headshot-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/samarasinghelab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Samarasinghe_headshot-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/samarasinghelab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Samarasinghe_headshot-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/samarasinghelab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Samarasinghe_headshot-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/samarasinghelab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Samarasinghe_headshot-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af97882 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"af97882\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.9.2 - 21-12-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">Ranmal Samarasinghe, MD\/PhD<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">Principal Investigator<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\">\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e311d10\" data-id=\"e311d10\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df01a0c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"df01a0c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"137\" height=\"123\" src=\"https:\/\/samarasinghelab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Toker.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-466\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e738b8e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e738b8e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">Daniel Toker, PhD<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">Staff Scientist<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\">\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4a250fd\" data-id=\"4a250fd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13e5ecd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"13e5ecd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"269\" height=\"290\" src=\"https:\/\/samarasinghelab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/colinmccrimmon.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-260\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f30943 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0f30943\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Colin McCrimmon, MD\/PhD<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Assistant Professor, Neurology<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ace9b9f\" data-id=\"ace9b9f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-744d80b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"744d80b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"766\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/samarasinghelab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_9294-766x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-474\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/samarasinghelab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_9294-766x1024.jpeg 766w, https:\/\/samarasinghelab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_9294-224x300.jpeg 224w, https:\/\/samarasinghelab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_9294-768x1027.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/samarasinghelab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_9294-1149x1536.jpeg 1149w, https:\/\/samarasinghelab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_9294-1532x2048.jpeg 1532w, https:\/\/samarasinghelab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_9294.jpeg 1708w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 766px) 100vw, 766px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-117ca79 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"117ca79\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">Madiha Chowdhury, PhD<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">Post-doctoral fellow<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\">\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ce216da elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ce216da\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bcb0265\" data-id=\"bcb0265\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-546aa7d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"546aa7d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"989\" src=\"https:\/\/samarasinghelab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/adriannacarrascoheadshot.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-482\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/samarasinghelab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/adriannacarrascoheadshot.jpg 720w, https:\/\/samarasinghelab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/adriannacarrascoheadshot-218x300.jpg 218w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb3eeb6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eb3eeb6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">Adrianna Carrasco, MD<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">Clinical\/post doctoral fellow<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\">\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ee58813\" data-id=\"ee58813\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b53941 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4b53941\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"224\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/samarasinghelab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Guzman.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-471\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7da4f51 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7da4f51\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">Asia Guzman, BS<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">Research assistant<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\">\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-abd1168\" data-id=\"abd1168\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6cc50f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a6cc50f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/samarasinghelab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Emily-Duncan-Website-Photo-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-473\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/samarasinghelab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Emily-Duncan-Website-Photo-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/samarasinghelab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Emily-Duncan-Website-Photo-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/samarasinghelab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Emily-Duncan-Website-Photo-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/samarasinghelab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Emily-Duncan-Website-Photo-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/samarasinghelab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Emily-Duncan-Website-Photo-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97a7a86 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"97a7a86\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">Emily Duncan<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">Undergraduate researcher<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\">\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5d22d44\" data-id=\"5d22d44\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8abce44 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8abce44\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/samarasinghelab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Natalie-Sim.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-483\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/samarasinghelab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Natalie-Sim.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/samarasinghelab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Natalie-Sim-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b29bf8e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b29bf8e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">Natalie Sim<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">Undergraduate researcher<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\">\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-343b50b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"343b50b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-26768c9\" data-id=\"26768c9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-711a6cb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"711a6cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/samarasinghelab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Lia-Medovi.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-485\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/samarasinghelab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Lia-Medovi.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/samarasinghelab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Lia-Medovi-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/samarasinghelab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Lia-Medovi-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/samarasinghelab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Lia-Medovi-768x768.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7da19a4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7da19a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">Lia Medovi<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">Undergraduate researcher<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6ff6c0b\" data-id=\"6ff6c0b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8dd39a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8dd39a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/samarasinghelab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Joshua-Kor.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-489\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/samarasinghelab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Joshua-Kor.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/samarasinghelab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Joshua-Kor-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/samarasinghelab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Joshua-Kor-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/samarasinghelab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Joshua-Kor-768x768.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d1fd8c6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d1fd8c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">Joshua Kor<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">Undergraduate researcher<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\">\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a3538b6\" data-id=\"a3538b6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d2eb7b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d2eb7b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/samarasinghelab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Anjana-Shriram-Headshot.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-490\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/samarasinghelab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Anjana-Shriram-Headshot.jpg 400w, https:\/\/samarasinghelab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Anjana-Shriram-Headshot-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/samarasinghelab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Anjana-Shriram-Headshot-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8cb10d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8cb10d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">Anjana Shriram<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">Undergraduate researcher<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><br><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-26a082c\" data-id=\"26a082c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bdd9b6f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bdd9b6f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/samarasinghelab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Nate-Copeland.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-491\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/samarasinghelab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Nate-Copeland.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/samarasinghelab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Nate-Copeland-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/samarasinghelab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Nate-Copeland-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/samarasinghelab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Nate-Copeland-768x768.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f165de elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6f165de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Nate Copeland<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Undergraduate researcherAdro<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-095dbc0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"095dbc0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b5170ec\" data-id=\"b5170ec\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-316992e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"316992e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Lab Alumni<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Namie Fotion, 2020-22 -&gt; Psychiatry resident<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Evan-Angelo Butlig, 2021-22 -&gt; MD\/PhD candidate @ University of Southern Alabama<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Victoria Koffi, summer 2022 -&gt; undergraduate @ Howard University<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Jada Scotland, summer 2022 -&gt; medical student @ Dartmouth University<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Kelly Grossman, summer 2022 -&gt; medical student @ Brown University<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Kevin Lozano, 2022-23 -&gt; medical student @ University of California, Irvine<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Christopher Taitano-Johnson, 2022-23 -&gt; PhD candidate @ University of California, Riverside<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Marie Pahos, 2023-24 -&gt; medical student @ University of South Florida<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Anandita Pandey, 2023-25 -&gt; medical student @ University of Southern California<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ranmal Samarasinghe, MD\/PhD Principal Investigator \u00a0 Daniel Toker, PhD Staff Scientist \u00a0 Colin McCrimmon, MD\/PhD Assistant Professor, Neurology Madiha Chowdhury, PhD Post-doctoral fellow\u00a0 \u00a0 Adrianna Carrasco, MD Clinical\/post doctoral fellow \u00a0 Asia Guzman, BS Research assistant \u00a0 Emily Duncan Undergraduate researcher \u00a0 Natalie Sim Undergraduate researcher \u00a0 Lia Medovi Undergraduate researcher Joshua Kor Undergraduate researcher 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