Faculty

Robin M. Shaw, MD, PhD
Principal Investigator
(801) 581-8183
Robin.Shaw@hsc.utah.edu
Meet the Shaw Lab Team

Daisuke Shimura, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
(801) 585-3321
u6028814@utah.edu

Tara Hitzeman, MPH
Biostatistician
(801) 587-9509
tara.hitzeman@hsc.utah.edu

Jen Hunter
Lab Specialist / Lab Manager
(801) 587-9529
Jennifer.hunter@utah.edu

Pia Balmaceda, MD
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Pia.Balmaceda@utah.edu

Vu Nguyen
Graduate Research Assistant
Vu.D.Nguyen@utah.edu

Mario Maalouf, MD
Postdoctoral Research Associate
u6049542@utah.edu
Former Personnel
Tina Fong (2007–2013)
Lab Manager → Cardiac Sonographer, Kaiser San Francisco
TingTing Hong (2007–2013)
Postdoctoral Fellow → Associate Professor, University of Utah
James Smyth (2007–2014)
Postdoctoral Fellow → Associate Professor, Virginia Tech
Danchen Gao (2008–2009)
Visiting Scholar → Professor, Zhejiang University
José Sanchez (2009–2010)
Sarnoff Fellow → Clinical Instructor (Cardiology), UCSF
Kevin Chu (2009–2011)
Lab Technician → Urology Resident, University of Miami
Jacob Vogan (2009–2011)
Lab Technician → CSO, CB Therapeutics
Pranali Bush (2010–2011)
Masters Student → Graduate Student, Northeastern University
Guson Kang (2010–2011)
Sarnoff Fellow → Cardiology Fellow, Stanford
Rebecca Cogswell (2011–2012)
Postdoctoral Fellow → Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota
Mitchell Psotka (2011–2012)
Medical Resident → Cardiologist, Virginia
Travis DeSa (2011–2013)
Undergraduate → Radiology Resident, Northwestern
Van Selby (2011–2013)
Heart Failure Fellow → Assistant Professor, UCSF
Rob Wirka (2011–2013)
Medical Resident → Instructor (Cardiovascular Medicine), Stanford
Shan-Shan Zhang (2011–2016)
Postdoctoral Fellow → Scientist, 23andMe
Priscilla Chan (2012–2013)
Postdoctoral Fellow → Scientist, Relypsa
Mariya Kalashnikova (2013–2014)
Medical Student → Instructor in Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Caresse Vuong (2014–2015)
Lab Technician → Medical Student, UC San Diego
Irina Epifantseva (2014–2018)
Graduate Student → Postdoctoral Fellow, UCLA
Wassim Basheer (2014–2019)
Postdoctoral Fellow → Scientist, Thermo Fisher
Andriana Nikolova (2014–2019)
Postdoctoral Fellow → Assistant Professor, Cedars-Sinai/UCLA
Yu Xie (2015–2018)
Postdoctoral Fellow → Advanced Heart Failure Specialist, Sutter Health/CPMC
Joseph Palatinus (2015–2020)
Postdoctoral Fellow → Assistant Professor, University of Utah
Rachel Baum (2015–2021)
Graduate Student → Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford
Ronit Zadikany (2016–2019)
Medical Resident → Cardiology Fellow, Cedars-Sinai
Chengang Wang (2017–2018)
Postdoctoral Fellow → Associate Chief Physician, Beijing Anzhen Hospital
Diana Hernandez (2017–2019)
Lab Technician → Lab Technician, Cedars-Sinai
Miriam Waghalter (2018–2020)
Undergraduate → Graduate Student, Weizmann Institute
Steven Valdez (2021–2022)
Lab Technician → Graduate Student, Palatinus Lab, University of Utah