Dr. Abrar Al Maghribi completed her master’s degree with Dr. Rachita Sumbria at Keck Graduate Institute (KGI).  Abrar enjoyed the possibility of improving healthcare for many (and she loved the Southern California sunshine!), inspiring her to pursue a PhD, which she completed with Dr. Angelika Niemz at KGI in May of 2021. Currently works as […]

During his time at KGI, Marco interned at a Medical Device company called Axonics for one summer before accepting a job at Blue Matter Consulting in San Francisco upon his graduation in May 2019. He’s been there ever since, serving as a Manager and working exclusively with life science, healthcare, biotech and biopharma companies. Discussion […]

Michael Jones graduated from KGI in 2019 with a concentration in Pharmaceutical Discovery & Development through the MBS program. He has participated in a 2-year Regulatory Affairs Rotational program at Gilead Sciences where he explored the Regulatory Documentation and Submission processes, R&D Quality and Compliance, Regulatory Liaison and Regulatory Policy & Intelligence roles. He is […]

After being out of school for 25 years—raising and homeschooling her five children during the interim—Tamerisa Dyer, MSGDA ’22, finished her Master of Science in Human Genetics and Genomic Data Analytics (MSGDA) program. Dyer graduated from UC Davis in 1994 with a bachelor’s degree in genetics. She then took time off to raise her children. […]

Steven Casper, who joined KGI in July 2003, is a leading expert on the ‘business of science’ and has studied the success and failure of bioscience hubs around the world. He is widely published in the fields of economic sociology, international business, and public policy, and is the author of a book on the development […]

Dr. Quintin Broussard, who joined KGI in August 2018, completed a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and a minor in Mathematics from McNeese State University in Lake Charles, LA. He received his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Houston College of Pharmacy. After graduating from the University of Houston, Dr. Broussard completed a […]

Masters-level healthcare professional with a diverse background in direct patient care, the biotechnology industry, as well as the non-profit sector. Currently, Brooks manages a team of genetic counselors and regional medical specialists who focus on clinical education of health care providers and internal sales partners on oncology and prenatal genetic testing. Discussion Topics: Genetics, Genomics, […]

Barbara Fortini joined KGI in July 2017 to lead the Master of Science in Human Genetics and Genomic Data Analytics (MSGDA) program. The first cohort of MSGDA students enrolled in August 2018. Within the KGI curriculum, Fortini teaches four courses: Human Molecular Genetics, Human Genomics, Human Genomics NGS Lab, and Functional Genomics. Fortini’s research is focused on […]

Ege Alkan is a skilled Team Lead and Medical Device Engineering Consultant with a Master's degree in Biomedical Engineering from UCI. He currently works as a Product Development Engineering Consultant for his client that is in the Insulin Pump business where he helps with V&V (Verification & Validation) activities for design, test methods, production equipment, […]

Emily Quinn is a licensed board-certified genetic counselor who joined the KGI faculty in August 2018 to help build the Master of Science in Human Genetics and Genetic Counseling (MSGC) program. Born and raised in California, she received her bachelor’s degrees in biology and psychology at the University of California, Santa Cruz before moving to […]

Jesse Perez graduated from KGI's inaugural class of 2018. Perez worked in the community pharmacy setting at Walgreens and now at Riverside-San Bernardino County Indian Health. He is married with 2 young children and is the first person in his family to graduate from college.  Discussion Topic: Pharmacy Virtual Registration