Meet the Team

Karina Nakayama

Karina Nakayama, Ph.D | Principal Investigator
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Co-Director, Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program
nakayaka@ohsu.edu

Cynthia Alcazar

Cynthia Alcazar | Research Associate
B.S. Animal Science & Emphasis in Companion and Captive Animal, University of California, Davis
 

Krista Habing

Krista Habing | Ph.D. Student, Biomedical Engineering
B.S. Bioengineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
 

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Samantha (Sami) Moellmer | Ph.D Student, Biomedical Engineering
B.S. Biology, Linfield College

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Ethan Oseas | Ph.D. Student, Biomedical Engineering
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Portland State University
M.S. Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University

Tan Yong How (Howie)

Tan Yong How (Howie) | Ph.D. Student, Biomedical Engineering
B.S. Bioengineering, Oregon State University
 

Dayle Hodge

Dayle Hodge, MD, MS, PhD | Resident, Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Alec Breazeale

Alec Breazeale | MD Program
B.S. Biology, Wisconsin Lutheran College
 

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Victoria Duke | Ph.D. Student, Biomedical Engineering
B.S. Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado

Lab Alumni

Parsa Farhang

Parsa Farhang | Research Assistant
B.S. Neuroscience & minor in Applied Math, University of Washington

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Owen Lally | AHA Intern, Biomedical Engineering
B.S. Biomedical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute