Michael I Goran, PhD
Professor of Preventive Medicine & Physiology and Biophysics
Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California

The Goran Lab During our Winter Retreat

Desconco Gardens, January 2007

Back Row: Claudia Toledo (PhD student); Chris Roberts (postdoc); Christi Lane (biostatistician); Louise Kelley (postdoc); Christina Ayalla (project manager); Michael Goran; Emily Ventura (PhD student); Laura Salguero (project assistant)

Middle Row: Amy Tung (project assistant); Camille Denard (project assistant); Courtney Byrd (PhD student); Quintilla Avila (project manager); Jaimie Davis (postdoc); Bibian Sopon (administrative assistant); Drusilla Rethorn (lab manager); Marc Weigensberg (Faculty; pediatric endocrinologist)

Front Row: Kami McClure (Senior Administrative Manager); Lisa Vargas (faculty; General pediatrics); Kat Alexander (project assistant)

Missing from picture: Rosa Rangel (administrative assistant); Katherine Munson (nurse practicioner)

 

The Goran Lab During our Summer Retreat

Laguna Beach, 2003

Back Row: Gabe Shaibi (PhD student from Biokinesiology); Anna Ryabets (Summer Intern, data enterer and graduate of USC BS program in health promotion); Elissa Haffin (Summer Intern and graduate of USC BS program in kinesiology); Hassan Kobaissi (ADA Podiatry Research Fellow); Josh Weigensburg (Summer Intern); Marc Weigensburg (Pediatric Endocrinologist); Michael Goran (Lab Director); Martha Cruz (Former postdoctoral fellow, now Assistant Professor of Preventive Medicine); Pilar (Physician from Costa Rica)

Front Row: Michael Watkins (MPH student and graduate of USC BS program in health promotion); Quintila Avila (Project Manager); Geoff Ball (postdoctoral fellow); Noe Crespo (MPH student and recent graduate in MS Kinesiology)

Missing from Photo is Al Benevente our Office Manager

Most of the these people have now gone on to bigger and better things, for example our trainees have gone on to secure other positions:

Gabe Shaibi is now a postdoc at Arizona State

Geoff Ball is now an Assistant Professor at University of Alberta

Martha Cruz is now an Associate Professor at University of Texas at El Paso

Noe Crespo is a PhD student at San Diego State University