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
Sepenta Shirvan
Staff Research Associate
Mollie Schoeppner
Staff Research Associate
Fellows
Monica Lores Guerrero, MD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Clinical and Translational Research Fellow
Anna Samarra, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
MOMI Fellow Milk & Microbes
FUNDAME Fellow
Alfonso Martín Escudero Foundation
Maggie Rabotnick, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Mammary Gland Organoids
Visitors
Karlee Schoff
2026 TEP Awardee
MSc Student,
University of Saskatchewan
Mikayla Novotny
Senior
Cathedral Catholic High School
Trainees
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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