Mikail | Alejandro

Mikail.Alejandro ucsf.edu

Junior Specialist

Education

2022-present

PROPEL post-baccalaureate scholar
University of California, San Francisco

2022-2024

Pre-health Professionals Certificate Program
University of California, Berkeley Extension

2018-2022

B.S., Chemistry
University of San Francisco

Awards

2024 American Physician-Scientist Association and Burroughs Wellcome Fund Diversity Summit Fellow

2022 PROPEL Scholar

2022 Fulbright-Hays GPA scholar

2021 UCSF SSRP NIH scholar

Publications

Alejandro, MG., Schultz K., Killilea DW. Blood draw site and blood matrix influence mineral assessment. bioRxiv. Published online January 1, 2024:2024.11.23.625018. doi:10.1101/2024.11.23.62501

Gallivan, A., Alejandro, M., Kanu, A., Zekaryas, N., Horneman, H., Hong, L. K., Vinchinsky, E., Lavelle, D., Diamond, A. M., Molokie, R. E., Ramasamy, J., & Rivers, A. (2023). Reticulocyte mitochondrial retention increases reactive oxygen species and oxygen consumption in mouse models of sickle cell disease and phlebotomy-induced anemia. Experimental Hematology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exphem.2023.02.005