Neurology

Sergio Baranzini, PhD

Professor in Residence
Neurology

Sergio E. Baranzini is Distinguished Professor of Neurology I at the University of California San
Francisco (UCSF). He is also a member of the Graduate Program in Bioinformatics, the Institute for
Human Genetics, the Bakar Computational Health Sciences Institute, ImmunoX, and the California
Institute for Quantitative Biology (QB3). He holds the Heidrich Friends and Family endowed chair in
Neurology. Dr. Baranzini earned his degrees in clinical biochemistry (1992) and PhD in human molecular

Hope Giron, BSBA

Clinical Research Coordinator
Neurology

Hope is a Clinical Research Coordinator for the International Multiple Sclerosis Microbiome Study at the Baranzini Laboratory. Being born at UCSF, she felt a strong connection to the institution and knew it was the perfect place for her to dedicate her learnings and passions. After earning her BS in Business Administration from San Francisco State University, she discovered her passion for helping others.

Gabriel Cerono, MD

Postdoc Scholar - Employee
Neurology

Gabriel is an Argentinian Medical Doctor. He earned his medical degree from Universidad Nacional de La Plata. He is a self taught programmer, data scientist, and machine learning practitioner. He is currently involved in SPOKE development. His research interests lies in the integration of data science with clinical practice.

Karthik Soman, PhD

Specialist
Neurology

Karthik Soman currently works as a Specialist in Baranzini lab. His work mainly focuses on building knowledge network by data integration, graph data science (such as knowledge embedding), machine learning and applying them on clinical and biological data for disease prediction in an explainable fashion using network insights. To achieve this, he leverages a combination of graph data and big data analytics, employing High Performance Computing clusters to advance precision medicine.