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Amber Medina Clinical Research Coordinator Amber helps coordinate leukemia and lymphoma trials. Though she has been doing clinical research for 15 years, Amber came to CHLA just two years ago. Joining

CHLA core facilities share a common theme: The staff pride themselves on providing leading-edge technology, but they are also truly invested in the experiments and the scientists themselves.

Division of Research on Children, Youth and Families

Michael Schumacher, PhD Mike is a postdoctoral researcher in Dr. Mark Frey’s lab looking for alternate therapeutic targets for children with inflammatory bowel disease. Mike grew up in Ohio, where he

Stephanie Yi-Tsi Chen, MD Stephanie is a research resident and fellow investigating immunotherapy resistance in neuroblastoma. Stephanie’s dream is to become a pediatric surgeon at an academic

Paige Berger, PhD, RD Paige is a postdoctoral research fellow studying early nutrition and brain development. “I’ve always been interested in the interplay between nutrition and exercise—the use of

Neurological Institute

Juli Wu, PhD Juli works as the Senior Program Manager in the office of the CSO. She shares her hopes of bringing researchers together to solve broad scientific problems. She also discusses the origin

The Samuels Family Latino and African American High School Internship Program (LA-HIP) gives high schoolers a boost in their quest to pursue a career in STEM.