Senior Policy Fellow
Yoichiro Natori, MD, Clinical Fellow of Transplant Infectious Diseases, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Dr. Yoichiro Natori is leading a systematic literature review for the Forum's CMV Regulatory Issues project. Prior to his current role at the University of Toronto, Dr. Natori served as a Research Fellow of General Internal Medicine and as a Fellow of Infectious Diseases at the St.Luke's International Hospital in Tokyo. Dr. Natori received his MD degree from the Nagoya University School of Medicine in Japan. Most recently Dr. Natori was awarded the AST Infectious Disease Community of Practice Best Trainee Abstract Travel Award to attend the American Transplant Congress in 2015. He is also a member of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine; the American Society of Transplantation; and of the Infectious Disease Society of America. Additionally, Dr. Natori is a board certified member of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine and an Infection Control Doctor (certified member) of the Japanese College of Infection Control Doctors. -Yoichiro Natori, MD, Clinical Fellow of Transplant Infectious Diseases, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Graduate Interns
Megan McIntosh, UC Berkeley, MPH '17, Graduate Intern
Megan McIntosh is a graduate student intern at the Forum for Collaborative HIV Research. She is currently pursuing a Master of Public Health at UC Berkeley with an emphasis in Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology. She completed her B.S. in Molecular and Cellular Biology in 2013 from Sonoma State University. Her experience working in the Sonoma County Public Health Laboratory and becoming a certified Community Health Worker solidified her passion for pursuing a career that explores scientific technology through a public health lens.
Megan is a recipient of the UC Berkeley School of Public Health's 2016 “Leading From Where You Are” Award. This award recognizes students who serve as leaders during their summer internship and whose efforts impact change, further the goals and effectiveness of their host organization, project, and/or community.
Her Forum Preceptor stated,"Megan immediately began work as the first author of a review article on Cytomegalovirus (CMV) drug development and regulatory issues. Less than four weeks after beginning her internship, Megan had completed the article, which was submitted to and published by the Journal of Virus Eradication. She fully committed to completing the paper on such a short deadline that she spent her first evenings and weekends in DC working on the project. Megan is the rare type of person who is able to quickly step into a new area of research or public health and confidently take leadership of a project or even a small part of a project."
Christian Herold, PhD, Graduate Intern 2016
Christian Herold joined the Forum in 2016 and his project aims to identify critical regulatory bottlenecks for next generation gene modification technologies. Christian received his PhD in biophysics from UC Berkeley identifying molecular mechanisms contributing to chronic pain and developing optical methods to study pain neurons. He joined UC Berkeley after completing a Masters at Humboldt Universityin Berlin, Germany.
Undergraduate Interns
Kim Nguyen, UC Berkeley, BS/BA '17
Kim is an undergraduate student intern at the Forum for Collaborative HIV Research. She is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Science degree in Bioengineering and Bachelor of Arts degree in Public Health as well as a minor in Public Policy. With a strong interest in the varying intersections of the healthcare field, Kim hopes to take her background in basic science research, clinical research, and clinical settings to pursue a career in healthcare policy and advocacy.
Victoria Mason, George Mason University, BS '17, Undergraduate Intern
Victoria Mason is an undergraduate student intern at the Forum for Collaborative HIV Research. She is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Science degree in Health Administration and Policy at George Mason University. She plans to pursue a career in health care management and obtain a Master’s degree in Public Health. She is a recipient of the prestigious Bill & Melinda Gates Millennium Scholarship which will fund both her undergraduate and graduate studies.
Vikas Vannappagari, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, BS ’19, Undergraduate Intern 2016
Vikas Vannappagari is an undergraduate student intern at the Forum for Collaborative HIV Research. He is currently a rising sophomore, pursuing a double major in Economics and Mathematical Decision Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He plans to use this background to go into the field of health economics.
