Beleford Lab News

2025

  • March 10, 2025 – Kathryn Echandia-Monroe and Jaden Tripette join the Beleford Lab as Junior Specialists! Welcome!
  • March 7, 2025 – Chad Xu's abstract is selected for an oral presentation at the 36th Annual Undergraduate Research, Scholarship & Creative Activities Conference at UC Davis. Congratulations!
  • March 1, 2025 – Daniah Beleford is selected as one of Sactown Magazine's "Top Doctors." Congratulations!
  • January 2025 – Anzar Mahmood's abstract is selected for an oral presentation at the 2025 Western Society for Pediatric Research Conference in Carmel, CA. Congratulations!
  • January 2025 – Daniah Beleford is awarded the Western Society for Pediatric Research Abbott Nutrition Young Investigator Research Award. Congratulations!

2024

  • November 2024 – Emma Hnatko's abstract is selected for a poster presentation at the UC Davis Health Human Genomics Symposium. Congratulations!
  • November 2024 – Annika Gillam's abstract is selected for an oral presentation at the UC Davis Health Human Genomics Symposium. Congratulations!
  • September 25, 2024 – Sarah Azrin joins the Beleford Lab as an undergraduate research scholar!
  • September 4, 2024 – Krystal Aqua and Chad Xu join the Beleford Lab as undergraduate research scholars!
  • August 31, 2024 – Gabe Marquez-Arreguin joins the Beleford Lab as its first ARC-MD student!
  • August 16, 2024 – Shira Blieden graduates from the Beleford Lab to join the UCSF Genetic Counseling Assistant team! Best of luck!
  • August 2024 – Shira Blieden's abstract is selected for an oral presentation at the 45th Annual David W. Smith Workshop on Malformations and Morphogenesis in Vancouver, British  Columbia, Canada. Congratulations!
  • June 1, 2024 – Zahra Sajid joins the Beleford Lab as an Avenue M Summer Research Scholar!
  • May 23, 2024 – Emma Hnatko joins the Beleford Lab as a summer undergraduate scholar from UC Berkeley!
  • May 2024 – Daniah Beleford is awarded the Western Society for Pediatric Research/Society for Pediatric Research Award to Enhance Diversity in the Research Workforce. Congratulations!
  • January 15, 2024 – Anzar Mahmood and Aman Gandhari join the Beleford Lab as its first undergraduate scholars!

2023

  • November 14, 2023 – Daniah Beleford co-founds the X and Y Chromosomal Variation Clinic at the UC Davis MIND Institute and is selected as the Medical Director of Adult Genetics.
  • September 25, 2023 – Annika Gillam, MS, CGC joins the Beleford Lab as its research genetic counselor!
  • August 16, 2023 – Shira Blieden joins the Beleford Lab as its first Junior Specialist!
  • August 5, 2023 – Daniah Beleford is selected as a CAMPOS Faculty Scholar! Congratulations!
  • June 2, 2023 – Daniah Beleford opens the Adult Genetics and Genomics Clinic at the UC Davis MIND Institute.
  • January 25, 2023 – Daniah Beleford joins providers from general pediatrics, dermatology, pulmonology, ENT, and social work as the consulting geneticist in the multidisciplinary Pediatric Head and Neck Vascular Anomalies Clinic at UC Davis.
  • January 10, 2023 – Daniah Beleford begins treating patients with genetic anomalies, including vascular anomalies, in the Genomic Medicine Clinic at the UC Davis MIND Institute.
  • January 3, 2023 – The Beleford Lab opens within the Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology and the Department of Pediatrics at University of California Davis School of Medicine.