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Meet BIG-TCR Trainees


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Mahesh Prasad Bekal, PhD

Appointed: May 1, 2023 –
April 30, 2024


Affiliation: Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery, UTHealth Houston

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Le Chang, PhD

Appointed: January 1, 2024 – December 31, 2024


Affiliation: McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics at UTHealth Houston

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Shin-Fu Chen, PhD

Appointed: January 1, 2023 – December 31, 2024


Affiliation: McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston

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Iona Hill, PhD

Appointed: January 1, 2023 – December 31, 2024

Affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, UTHealth Houston

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Xiaomin Liang, MS

Appointed: June 1, 2024 – May 31, 2025

Affiliation: McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics at UTHealth Houston


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Ko-Hong Lin, MS

Appointed: January 1, 2023 – December 31, 2024

Affiliation: McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics at UTHealth Houston


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Sseu-Pei Hwang, MS

Appointed: January 1, 2023 – December 31, 2024

Affiliation: The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

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Shraddha Subramanian, MS

Appointed: January 1, 2024 – December 31, 2024

Affiliation: The University of Texas MD Anderson UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences


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Wendao Liu, BS

Appointed: January 1, 2023 – December 31, 2024

Affiliation: The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences


BIG-TCR Affiliated Fellow



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Trinh T. T. Phan, PhD

Appointed: January 1, 2024 – December 31, 2024


Affiliation: McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston



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Wang Yichun, PhD

Appointed: January 1, 2024 – December 31, 2024


Affiliation: McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston



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Zening Wang, PhD

Appointed: June 1, 2024 - May 31, 2025


Affiliation: John P. and Kathrine G. McGovern Medical School, UTHealth Houston



BIG-TCR Alumni


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Aman Kaushik, PhD

Appointed: December 1, 2021 - May, 2022 (Grant Year 01)

Affiliation: McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics at UTHealth Houston


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An Xu, PhD

Appointed: December 1, 2022 – November 30, 2023
(Grant year 02)

Affiliation: McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston


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Avisha Das, PhD

Appointed: May 1, 2023 – April 30, 2024
(Grant year 02)

Affiliation: McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics at UTHealth Houston

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Benxia Hu, PhD

Appointed: December 1, 2021 – November 30, 2022 (Grant year 01)

Affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston

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Tanjida Kabir, MS

Appointed: May 1, 2023 – April 30, 2024

Affiliation: McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics at UTHealth Houston



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Jiajinlong Kang, MS

Appointed: January 1, 2023 – December 31, 2023
(Grant year 01)

Affiliation: The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

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Fangfang Yan, MS

Appointed: December 1, 2021 – November 30, 2022
(Grant Year 01)

Affiliation: McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics at UTHealth Houston


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Kimberly Rivera Caraballo, BS

Appointed: December 1, 2021 – November 30, 2022
(Grant year 01)

Affiliation: McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics at UTHealth Houston

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Toshiyuki Itai, MD, PhD

Appointed: January 1, 2023 – December 31, 2023
(Grant Year 01)

Affiliation: McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics at UTHealth Houston


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Surabhi Datta, MS

Appointed: December 1, 2021 – November 30, 2021
(Grant year 01)

Affiliation: McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics at UTHealth Houston