Principal Investigator
Lars Bode, PhD
Professor of Pediatrics
Institute and Center Director
Chair of Collaborative Human Milk Research
+1 858 246 1874
lbode@health.ucsd.edu
Our Team
Administrative Staff
Letty Hernandez
Administrative and Fiscal Coordinator
+1 858 246 TBD
Wendy Vick
Research Admin. Financial Analyst
- Fund Manager -
+1 858 246 TBD
Staff Research Associates
Annalee Furst
Laboratory Research Supervisor
+1 858 246 4730
Kennedy Spann
Research Data Analyst
+1 858 246 4730
Sepenta Shirvan
Staff Research Associate
joining October 2025
Fellows
Monica Lores Guerrero, MD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Clinical and Translational Research Fellow
Anna Samarra, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
MOMI Fellow Milk & Microbes
joining Cotober 2025
Visitors
Stefanie Heym, MS
Graduate Student, Virology
University of Erlangen, Germany
Rita-Nour Awad
Medical Student
University of Balamand, Lebanon
Trainees
Michelina Ng Solano
UCSD Undergraduate Student
(Biochemistry)
Mridu Karanam
UCSD Undergraduate Student
(Global Health)
Konatsu Nagashima
UCSD Undergraduate Student
(Bioengineering)
Nicollette Chu
UCSD Undergraduate Student
(Molecular & Cell Biology)
Dedicated to Research on Human Milk Oligosaccharides
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