Meet the Team
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Atique Ahmed Ph.D.
Principal Investigator
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Sara Fan M.D., Ph.D.
Lab Manager
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Hasaan Kazi
Research Technologist
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Rebecca Chen
Undergraduate Scholar
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Rafal Chojak, M.D.
Postdoctoral Scholar
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Umme H. Faisal, MBBS
Postdoctoral Scholar
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Shreya Budhiraja
M4 Medical Student Scholar
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Irene Lazanyi
Undergraduate Scholar
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Jillyn R Turunen
M1 MSTP Scholar
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Ian Olson
Graduate Scholar
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Sana Khan
Undergraduate Scholar
Where are they now?
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Victoria Falkowski
Undergrad Student
Ahmed Lab: 2023-2024: High School Student Researcher
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Clare Kelley
M1 Medical Student
Ahmed Lab: 2023-2024: Postbac Scholar
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Amelia Stepniak, MS
M1 Medical Student
Ahmed Lab: 2021-2023: MS Student Scholar
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Divya
Ventarapragada, MS,
M2 Medical Student
Ahmed Lab: 2020-2023: MS Student Scholar
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Linna Lahmadi, MS
PhD Candidate
Ahmed Lab: 2020-2022: MS Student Scholar
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Ester Chung
M1 Medical Student
Ahmed Lab: 2020-2023: Undergraduate Scholar
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Graysen McManus
MS Candidate
Ahmed Lab: 2021-2023: Postbac researcher
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Shreya Budhiraja
M4 Medical Student
Ahmed Lab: 2019-2021: Undergrad & medical student Scholar
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Sia Cho
M2 Medical Student
Ahmed Lab 2020-2022: Undergraduate Scholar
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Khizar Nandoliya
M4 Medical Student
Ahmed Lab 2019-2021: Undergraduate Scholar
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Tom Commander
Undergrad Student
Ahmed Lab 2019-2022: High School Student Researcher
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Nico Ahmed
Undergrad Student
Ahmed Lab 2020-2021: High School Student Researcher
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Miranda Saathoff
M1 Medical Student
Ahmed Lab 2018-2020: Postbac Scholar
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Jenny Wang
M3 Medical Student
Ahmed Lab 2015-2017: High School Student Researcher
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Noah Islam
Undergraduate Student
Ahmed Lab 2019-2020: High School Student Researcher
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Fatemeh Atashi, PhD
Global Scientific Publications Momager
Ahmed Lab 2015-20217: Post Doc Scholar
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Jack Shireman
PhD Candidate
Ahmed Lab 2015-2018: Postbac Scholar
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Seamus Caragher, MD
PGY-2, Plastic Surgery
Ahmed Lab 2015-2017: Postbac Researcher
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Robert Hall III, MD
PGY-4, Orthopedics
Ahmed Lab 2015-2017: Postbac Researcher
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Alex Tobias, MD
PGY4 Resident Anesthesiology
Ahmed Lab 2008-2010: Postbac Scholar
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Brenda Auffinger, MD
Critical Care Fellow
Ahmed Lab 2021-2023: Post Doc Scholar
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Gina Lee, MD
Instructor, Academic Career Fellow
Ahmed Lab 2010-2013: Lab Manager
Alumni postcard 2022
Alumni postcard 2022
Remembering Donna Guo
Donna was our first undergraduate student researcher. She did her Honors Thesis in Ahmed lab, entitled '"THE DEVELOPMENT OF A REPORTER SYSTEM TO STUDY CELLULAR PLASTICITY IN GLIOMAS." She was responsible for designing and developing some of the very early reporter systems to track cellular plasticity in real-time. Donna's reporter systems have been extensively used in our lab to understand the role of cellular plasticity in brain tumor therapeutic resistance, generated numerous publications, and are critical for securing NIH funding. She was a gifted scientist! Her legacy will carry on in Ahmed's lab as we are 100% committed to train the next generation of scientists.
Donna’s Reporter
Donna majored in Biological and Biomedical Sciences, the University of Chicago. She joined Ahmed Lab in 2009 as an undergraduate researcher. After graduation, she continued to work with Ahmed lab at Northwestern's Feinberg School of Medicine, while also applying to medical school with plans to enter in the fall of 2016.
Donna passed away in a car accident on April 18, 2016, while vacationing in New Zealand with her parents. Both of her parents suffered critical injuries. She is survived by an older sister who was not involved in the accident.
One of Donna's great life passions was lovingly serving and caring for children adopted from China. As president of University of Chicago's China Care, she helped create its first Mentorship and Playgroup Programs, raised money to sponsor medical treatment for children in China, and established a summer internship to send volunteers to China.