Our Team

Principal Investigator

Ann Mullally, MD

Stanford Division Chief of Hematology

Professor of Medicine

Dr. Ann Mullally is a physician-scientist and Division Chief of Hematology. She received her MD from University College Dublin, completed residency at Johns Hopkins and fellowship in hematology/oncology in the Brigham/Mass General/Dana-Farber program. Prior to moving to Stanford in 2024, Dr. Mullally was a Principal Investigator at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and a clinical faculty member at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute for approximately 10 years. Dr. Mullally is actively involved in all aspects of patient-oriented research. The overarching goal of her research is to advance the biological understanding of myeloid malignancies and to translate this into improved treatment options for patients dealing with these chronic blood cancers. Dr. Mullally is known as a passionate advocate for physician-scientists in medicine, for her outstanding mentorship of trainees and as a champion of collaborative team science.

Team Members

Benjamin Rolles, MD

Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford

Joined November 2021
MD, RWTH Aachen University

Toshie Saito, MD

Life Science Professional, Stanford

Joined November 2024
MD, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan

Yip Yu

Lab Manager

Joined May 2024
BS, University of California, Davis

Vivian Wong

Research Technician

Joined May 2024
BS, University of California, Merced

Alumni

Postdocs

2019-2024

Jonas Jutzi, MD PhD

Current Position: Clinical Director, Merck Pharmaceuticals 

Career Stage in Mullally Lab: Postdoctoral fellow

2017-2022

Anna Marneth, PhD

Current Position: Assistant Professor, Radboud University, Netherlands.

Career Stage in Mullally Lab: Postdoctoral fellow

2019-2022

Bransel Kamaz, MD

Current Position: Residency Training at Bridgeport Hospital, Yale New Haven Health System

Career Stage in Mullally Lab: Postdoctoral fellow

2014-2019

Angel Guerra-Moreno, PhD

Current Position: Associate Professor, Universitat Autònomade Barcelona

Career Stage in Mullally Lab: Postdoctoral fellow

2014-2019

Shannon Elf, PhD

Current Position: Associate Professor, University of Utah

Career Stage in Mullally Lab: Postdoctoral fellow

Lab Website: https://www.elflab.org/

2017-2018

Michele Ciboddo, MD

Current Position: returned to Italy to complete clinical training

Career Stage in Mullally Lab: Postdoctoral fellow

2015-2016

Renata Grozovsky, PhD

Current Position: Manager, Clinical Research, University of Miami

Career Stage in Mullally Lab: Postdoctoral fellow

2013-2015

Edwin Chen, PhD 

Current Position: Reader in Biomedical Science, Canterbury Christ Church University

Career Stage in Mullally Lab: Postdoctoral fellow

Lab Website: https://www.canterbury.ac.uk/people/edwin-chen 

Students

2020

Merle Riedemann, MD

Current Position: PhD Student, RWTH Aachen University

Career Stage in Mullally Lab: Medical Student

2018-2019

Anastasia Kosmidou, MD

Current Position: Masters Student, University of Oxford

Career Stage in Mullally Lab: Medical Student

2014-2016

Emily Rosen, MD

Current Position: Infectious Disease Fellow, Univerisity of Washington

Career Stage in Mullally Lab: Harvard HST Medical Student

Research Technicians

2021-2024

Jessica Hem / Graduate Student, UNC Chapel Hill

Career Stage in Mullally Lab: Research Technician

2021-2022

Chulwoo Kim / Medical Student, Emory School of Medicine

Career Stage in Mullally Lab: Research Technician

2020-2021

Anastasia Tishena / Medical Student, University of Florida College of Medicine

Career Stage in Mullally Lab: Research Technician

2019-2021

Patricia Lozano / Medical Student, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Career Stage in Mullally Lab: Research Technician

2018-2020

Charles Laurore / Medical Student, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Career Stage in Mullally Lab: Research Technician

2017-2019

Will Duke / Masters Student, Yale University

Career Stage in Mullally Lab: Research Technician

2016-2018

Azu Rocha / Graduate Student, Brown University

Career Stage in Mullally Lab: Undergraduate Student, Research Technician

2014-2017

Nouran Abdelfattah, MPhil / Graduate Student, Harvard University

Career Stage in Mullally Lab: Research Technician

2014-2016

Amy Ko / Medical student, UIW School of Osteopathic Medicine, San Antonio 

Career Stage in Mullally Lab: Research Technician

2013-2014

Jordan Breyfogle / Radiology resident, University of Michigan

Career Stage in Mullally Lab: Research Technician