Natalie Sargisyan
Natalie is our current undergraduate lab manager. She is an aspiring healthcare worker majoring in Biological Sciences. She is an Armenian speaker that is passionate about giving back to her […]
Eden Nguyen

Eden Nguyen is a pre-med Biological Sciences student focused on women’s health, obstetrics and gynecology, and emergency medicine. She hopes to contribute to research that can improve care and heath outcomes […]
Shaunzeh Shah

Shaunzeh is a Public Health Science major at UCI, aspiring towards a career in medicine. With Pashtun roots in Pakistan, she is passionate about providing equitable access to healthcare and […]
Eric Mnatsakanyan

Eric is a Biological Sciences major at UC Irvine with a passion for making health information more accessible. In the lab, he focuses on developing Armenian-language health resources for refugee […]
Salma Fadda

Salma is a Human Biology major at UCI with aspirations of attending optometry school. As a Palestinian, she is deeply motivated by the challenges faced by displaced communities and aims […]
Sarah Alkatib

For the 2025–2026 academic year, my group and I in Dr. Thiel’s Family Planning Lab is investigating knowledge, awareness, and diagnosis of endometriosis among Arab and Vietnamese women.