People

Monica Davini, MD

Clinical Fellow
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology (UCSF BCH Oakland)

Monica is a second year clinical fellow in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland. She completed her undergraduate education at U.C Berkeley in Microbial Biology and graduate training at St. George’s University. She completed her pediatric residency at UCSF Fresno. Her research interests lie within the study of protein interactions in high-risk neuroblastoma.

Clay Gustafson, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor in Residence
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Clay is a physician/scientist with a clinical specialty in pediatric oncology. He completed his undergraduate training in Biochemistry and English Literature at Rice University followed by his MD and PhD in Biochemistry and Genetics, focused on signal transduction in cancer, at the University of Texas Medical Branch.

Jessica Koach, PhD

Post Doctoral Scholar
Pediatric Oncology

Jessica completed her BSc in Genetics, Molecular Biology, and Biochemistry at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand followed by her MSc (Hons) in Genetics and Molecular Biology. She expanded her research to immunology by working with the Infectious Diseases Group at AgResearch Ltd, New Zealand.

Prerna Kumar, MD

Lab Alumnus - Former Clinical Fellow
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Prerna was a clinical fellow in Pediatric Hematology-Oncology at UCSF. She completed her undergraduate and medical training at the University of Chicago and then went on to complete her pediatric residency at the University of Colorado/Children's Hospital Colorado. She then worked in the Children's Hospital Colorado Network of Care for one year as a clinical instructor within the department of pediatrics before starting fellowship at UCSF. After a successful research project, she is now academic faculty in a pediatric oncology position.

Sucheta Mukherjee, PhD

Post Doctoral Scholar
Pediatric Oncology

Nicole Nasholm

Lab Manager
Pediatric Oncology

Cassandra Van, BA

Lab Alumnus - Assistant Specialist
Pediatric Oncology