44th diploma ceremony · uche uba introducing farewell speaker william talbot, ph.d., professor of...

Program in Human Biology

Stanford univerSity

Please be seated by 12:15 pm

44tH

diPloma

Ceremony

June 14, 2015

This is an online version in process. Final version will be available at graduation on 6/14.

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Light refreshments immediately followthe ceremony at 1:30 in front of Building 20

Memorial Church

Hum Bio Reception

HumBio Graduation

Restrooms behind church

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Bldg 20

Student muSiCal Prologue

Steven Losorelli, bagpiper“Ode to Joy,” by Ludwig van Beethoven

“The Blue Cloud,” by Adam QuinnArrangements by Ian Whitelaw

Matthew Billman, vocalist“I’ll Be Seeing You,”

by Sammy Fain & Irving Kahal

direCtor’S WelCome

Paul G. Fisher, M.D.,Bing Director of the Program in Human Biology;

Beirne Family Professor of Pediatric Neuro-Oncology

introduCing Student SPeakerS

Lisa Medoff, Ph.D.,School of Medicine, Learning Specialist

Student SPeakerS

Krista CookseyAmy Ransohoff

Uche Uba

introduCing fareWell SPeaker

William Talbot, Ph.D.,Professor of Developmental Biology

Kennedy-Grossman Fellow in Human Biology

WordS of fareWell

Margaret (Minx) Fuller, Ph.D.,Professor of Developmental Biology,

of Genetics and of Obstetrics/Gyencology(Reproductive and Stem Cell Biology)

Reed-Hodgson Professor in Human Biology

aWarding of diPlomaS

Paul G. Fisher, M.D.

Program

This online version is in process. Final version will be available at graduation on 6/14.


diPlomateS ◊ ◊ Graduating with Human Biology Honors

◊ Graduating with Honors Research, other department* University Distinction, top 15% of class

Kava Chayce AfuMagela Ismaela Arias

Theresa Edidiong Asuquo Awuah Kyerematen Baffour

Alison Suzanne BaskinKaitlyn Makanaakua Basnett

Katelyn King BechlerJoel Kazuo Beck

Rachel Elise Bent *Matthew Billman

Alesha Shea BillmeyerZachary Ames Bonzell

Morgan McCall BoukatherMadeleine Oren Bousquet

Sloane Alexandra Brazina ◊ ◊Asha Jade Amenu Brundage-Moore

Crystal Mervina BryanAlison Rose Buchsbaum *

Pierce BurnettStephanie Grace Carlisle

Anna Gabriella Sarangaya Casalme ◊ Sarah Lucy Case ◊ ◊ *

Mary ChambersMichele Ashley Charles

Gustavo Adrian Chavez ◊ ◊Danielle Alexandra Collado

Kelly Ann ConleyKrista Eilene Cooksey

Molefi CooperMonica Dey ◊

Kayla Michelle DiazCory Dodson

Renee Rosalia Baird DonovanBlanche Du Sault

Andrew Tien Duong ◊ ◊Alesandra Marie Espinoza

Paige Christine FisherCharlotte Rose Geaghan-Breiner ◊ ◊ *

Ashley Pin-Yi GeoJohn Andrew IV Getsy ◊ ◊

Joshua David GiglioSarah Ann Gleberman

Rebecca Susan Gold ◊ ◊ *Daisy Ivonne Gonzalez ◊ ◊

Abigail GopezGarmai Jowee Gorlorwulu



diPlomateS

Erin Chri GrayGabriella Dorit Greenberg ◊ ◊ *

Kelsey Rose HarbinChelsea Harris

Alessandra Maria Herbst de CortinaShannon Nicola Herold

Haley Elizabeth Herring *Martell Amelia Hesketh

Ivana M. HongJames Huynh

Bryant Anthony IrawanLisa Pauline Jackson ◊ ◊ *

Miranda Rose JenningsJames Fang Jiang

Hailey Marie Rodriguez Juszczak *Alison Marie Kadavy

Victoria KalumbiEthan Katznelson

Aaron Joshua KayeApurva Mohan KhedagiArtyom Khurshudyan

Ha Min Kim ◊ Nicole Richards Kofman

Antoinette Christine Kokenis ◊ Angie Young Koo

Sophia Post Koontz *Conner Alexander Kuremsky

Megan KuroharaBaffour Awuah Kyerematen

Jasmine Zaw KyiAlda E Mun Lam

Chrystal Oi-Ling LauNgocbao Thanh Le

Christian Alberto LealAwapuhi Kapualiliaokahaku Hailey Lee

Michael Justin LevyAlex Michael Li ◊ ◊

Peter Waifung LiKarina Alynn Liker

Jackie Low *Steven Losorelli ◊ ◊

Danielle Quin LussierClara Luu

Kevin MadrigalEileen Feinstein Mariano

Charlotte Elizabeth Martin

◊ ◊ Graduating with Human Biology Honors ◊ Graduating with Honors Research, other department

* University Distinction, top 15% of class



diPlomateS

Christopher Steven MartinEric Charles Mattson ◊ ◊

Costner Stephen McKenzieMary Eileen McNamara

Nancy Lauren MilesKimiko Layla Mitchell

Lara Mitra *Charis Ann Mok

Gabriella Uchekamma Olusola MomahSteven Joseph Mora

Maia Alexandra Mosse *Marcus Tucker Muñoz

Alexandra Nicole MullinRoslyn Clarie MurrayKalani Y Nakashima

Stephanie Ariana Navarro ◊ ◊Emily Carole Newstrom

Allison Tu NguyenRocio Novo

Omotoke OdimayomiRashi Ojha

Rebekah Nwamaka Oragwu *Carolina Ornelas

Veronica Hope Patterson ◊ ◊Hector Andres Perez

Mercedes Leni PetersonBryant Phan

Julia I. QuinteroYvette Ramirez

Amy Ransohoff *Adnan Razzaque

Allison Adams ReidyClarisa Isabel Reyes-Becerra ◊

Sofia RojasovaLaura Anne Rose ◊ ◊

Benjamin David RoselliniTatiana Riva Rosenblatt ◊ ◊ *

Torsten Jacob RottoLaurie Ann Rumker ◊ ◊

Raquel Marie RyanCharlotte Vanee Sagan ◊ ◊Bonnie Lauren SamuelsonJasmine Rose Sanchez ◊ ◊Jacqueline Linn Sandling Estevan George SantiagoMargery Mays Saunders





diPlomateS

Katherine Whitney ScavoLauren Nicole SchmidtHaley Nicole Schmoyer

Ryan Patrick SchumacherCamille Rose Seitz-Cherner

Ashley Waddington Semanskee ◊ Danielle Macias Serrano

Chelsea Lee ShannonAdarsha Shivakumar

Santana Martha ShortyNicolas Jay SimonMarika Elaine Sitz

Jenee Charisse SmithJessica Rose Smith

Jacob Oscar Sonnenberg ◊ William Stanhope St. Amant ◊ ◊

Lily Marie Steyer ◊ ◊ *Miranda Esther StromingerRaena Denae Sumiyoshi ◊ ◊

Delaney Sztraicher ◊ ◊Brendan Crary Ter Wee

Saint Manuel ThompsonMadeline Lorraine Treasure

Noel TumLai Turn

Uche UbaKasiemobi Chidera Udo-okoyeKristina Theresa Marie Vaculik

Andrea Villarraga DelgadoLindsey Marie VollerDyvon Terrell Walker

Quinn Veronica WalkerTia Imani Watkins

Leah Michele WhiteCarl Wienecke *

Aaron Myles Williams ◊ ◊Emily Elizabeth Witt ◊ ◊ *

Garseng Wong *Iris Lyn Wu ◊

Alia Martha YaghiWeizhou Yang

Karyne Jale YakupogluAlex Julien Yazdi

Esther Jin-Ah Yi ◊ ◊Bailey Michelle Yuro





Sloane BrazinaPET/MRI Imaging of Osteoarthritis of the Knee Joint: Signal Attenuation Correction of Cortical

Bone and MR Knee Coil

SaraH CaSeExamining Preschooler Responses to Ambiguous

Utterances

guStavo CHavezThe Effect of a Health Coaching Intervention for

Diabetic Patients

andreW duongIs Development Assistance for Health

Inequitably Distributed between Former French Colonies and Former British Colonies?

CHarlotte geagHan-BreinerThe Role of Prostaglandin in F2a Biosynthesis in

Regulating the Female Reproductive Axis

Joe getSyIsolating DNA from a Novel Wooly Mammoth-Specific Herpesvirus from Siberian Permafrost

reBeCCa goldNovel Gene mBgcn is Necessary for the Switch

from Mitosis to Meiosis in Mammalian Oogenesis

daiSy gonzalezPsychological Adjustment to Orthognathic

Surgery

gaBi greenBerg

Analyzing the Global Burden of Disease in the United States, Canada, and Japan in Relation to

Sex Mortality Differences

HonorS tHeSeS



HonorS tHeSeSliSa JaCkSon

Oxytocin Receptor Gene Expression Predicts Diagnosis and Social Functioning in Children

with Autism Spectrum Disorder

alex li

Investigating the Effects of BRCA1 Silencing on Taxane Activity in Ovarian and Breast Cancer

Steven loSorelli

Exploration of the Potential Role of Ap1m2/AP-1B in Apical-Basal Polarity of the Inner Ear

eriC mattSon

To Opt-In or Opt-Out: State Decision-Making on Medicaid Expansion under the

Affordable Care Act

StePHanie navarroEvaluating the Sustainability of School-Based

Health Centers in San Diego, CA

veroniCa PatterSon

Exploring Relations between Maternal-Child Gaze and Child Language Outcomes in Rural

Senegal

laura roSeThe Role of Implicit Theory of Health in

Outcomes of Pediatric Type I Diabetes

tatiana roSenBlattMechanism of Glycosylase Function in

Transcription-Coupled Repair of Oxidative Damage to DNA

laurie rumkerStability and Recovery Dynamics in the Human

Gut Microbiome



HonorS tHeSeS

CHarlotte SaganThe Role of Social Media in Peer Interactions,

Romantic Relationships, and Sexual Wellbeing among Adolescents in Bangkok, Thailand

JaSmine SanCHezExamining Relations between Quality Features of Maternal Speech and Child Language Outcomes

in Spanish-Learning Children

William St. amantNemitin Plays a Key Role in Microtubule

Nucleation

lily Steyer“Fighting to a Palce of Healing”: Resilience to

Childhood Adversity among African-Americans in Bayview-Hunters Point

raena SumiyoSHiOxytocin Receptor Gene Methylation and Social

Impairments in Children with Autism

delaney SztraiCHerRegional Variation in Human Occupancy and

Paleoclimate Change Evidenced by the Radiocar-bon Chronology of Early and Mid-Holocene Peru

aaron WilliamSThe Effect of Increased Astrocytic tgf Beta

Signaling on Neuroinflammation after Stroke

emily WittInvestigating the Immunomodulatory Mecha-

nisms of Vitamin D in Multiple Sclerosis

eStHer yiImmunology of Stress Resistance



Alison Buchsbaum *Sarah Case *Monica Dey

Rebecca Gold *Haley Herring

Victoria KalumbiHaMin Kim

Sophia Koontz *Michael LevyJackie Low *Maia Mosse

Alexandra MullinRebekah Oragwu

Juan ReynosoTatiana Rosenblatt*Ashley Semanskee

Mallory SmithJacob Sonnenberg

Lily Steyer *Carl Wienecke

Emily Witt

PHi Beta kaPPa

Election into Phi Beta Kappa Signifies Academic Excellence. Students are elected by the Stanford Chapter

of the National Organization.

*Graduate was elected as a Junior.

ameriCan rHodeS SCHolarEmily Witt

international & national aWardS



iie fulBrigHt SCHolarSHiPAlison Buchsbaum (Germany)

James Huynh (Vietnam)

yenCHing aCademy of Peking univerSity

Victoria Kalumbi

Center for teaCHing & learning exCellenCe in HonorS tHeSiS PreSentation

Rebecca GoldRaena Sumiyoshi

fireStone medal for exCellenCein undergraduate reSearCH

Charlotte Geaghan-BreinerLaurie Rumker

Emily Witt

Stanford PuBliC intereSt netWork felloWSHiP

Sarah GlebermanIris Wu

Alia Yaghi

WallaCe Sterling aWard for aCademiC aCHievement

Rebecca GoldSophie Koontz

Lily SteyerEmily Witt

aWard of exCellenCeStanford alumni aSSoCiation

Theresa AsuquoKaitlyn BasnettMatthew BillmanAlison BushcbaumMonica DeyAndrew DuongPaige Fisher Rebecca GoldKelsey HarbinIvana HongHailey JuszczakVictoria KalumbiNicole KofmanMichael LevyDanielle LussierClara LuuChristopher MartinEric MattsonMary McNamara

univerSity aWardS



Gabriella MomahAlexandra MullinMarcus MunozKalani NakashimaStephanie NavarroAdnan RazzaqueClarisa Reyes-BeccerraBenjamin RoselliniEstevan SantiagoRyan SchumacherAshley SemanskeeDanielle SerranoSantana ShortyNicolas SimonJacob SonnenbergLily SteyerRaena SumiyoshiAlia Yaghi

tHe aBramS family Human Biology felloWSHiP

Gustavo Chavez (awarded in 2014)

audrey & merton Bernfield direCtor’S aWardfor outStanding ContriButionS to Human Biology

Barbara HuntCourse Support Coordinator

BingHam fund for Student innovationMartell Hesketh (awarded in 2013)

William St. Amant (awarded in 2013)Julia Quintero

Alia Yaghi Iris Wu

Sandy dornBuSCH aWard for exCellenCe in reSearCH related to familieS and CHildren

Stephanie Navarro

mary & JaCquelyn edmondS Prize for JuniorS(awarded in 2014)Victoria KalumbiAaron Williams

exCellenCe in faCulty adviSing

Russell Fernald, Ph.D.,Benjamin Scott Crocker Professor of Human Biology

alBert H. HaStorf aWard for outStanding ServiCe to Human Biology

Ruth Marks

kirSten froHnmayer reSearCH Prize for JuniorS(awarded in 2014)Laurie Rumker

Emily Witt

JoSHua lederBerg aWard for aCademiC exCellenCe

eStelle & Bernard SHuer aWard for exCellenCein neuroSCienCe reSearCH

Lisa JacksonAaron Williams

Program aWardS

Tatiana RosenblattLily SteyerEmily WittGarseng Wong

Sarah CaseCharlotte Geaghan-BreinerRebecca GoldEthan KatznelsonSophie Koontz

Program Staff



direCtor

Paul G. Fisher, M.D.Bing Director of the Program in Human Biology;

Beirne Professor of Pediatric Neuro-Oncology

aSSoCiate direCtor

Katherine Preston, Ph.D.

Program manager

Linda Barghi

Student ServiCeS offiCer

Lia Cacciari

alumni outreaCH

Robyn Duby

CourSe SuPPort Coordinator

Barb Hunt

aCademiC teCHnology SPeCialiSt

Carlos Seligo, Ph.D.

WeB develoPer

Ayuta Padhi, M.A.

Core Coordinator

Annette Salmeen, D. Phil.

Core CourSe aSSoCiateS

Anne Marie Barber, Hanna Burch, Talon Clayton Olivia Jew, Sabrina Layne, Ali Maggioncalda,

Ruth Marks, Rachel Pedreira,

Student adviSorS

Lisa Jackson, Karina Liker, Steven Losorelli, Charlotte Martin, Costner McKenzie, Emily Witt

faCulty liaiSonS to Student adviSorS

Catherine Heaney Ph.D. , M.P.H.Associate Professor (Teaching)

Department of Psychology & Medicine&

Katherine Preston, Ph.D.Associate Director

Wishing you our heartiest congratulations!

Your days are short here; this is the last of your springs.

And now in the serenity and quiet of this lovely place,

touch the depths of truth, feel the hem of Heaven.

You will go away with old, good friends.And don’t forget when you leave

why you came.

—Adlai Stevenson

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