GENETIC DISEASE LABORATORY STAFF

Ajit Bhandal, Ph.D., Acting Chief, GDLB

Ajit Bhandal, Ph.D., Research Scientist Supervisor
Newborn Tandem Mass Spectrometry Screening for Organic Acidemias and Fatty Acid Oxidation Disorders

Helen Chow, Ph.D., Research Scientist
Newborn Cystic Fibrosis Screening

Donald Cockerham, Laboratory Assistant Supervisor
Laboratory Support and Specimen Bank

George Helmer, Ph.D., Research Scientist
Newborn Hemoglobinopathies and Cystic Fibrosis Screening

Andre Hockett, Chemist Supervisor
Quality Assurance

Dadong Xu, Ph.D., Research Scientist
Newborn Screening for Galactosemia and Primary Congenital Hypothyroidism

Thompson Ho, Ph.D., Research Scientist
Prenatal Screening

Vacant, Research Scientist
Newborn Screening for Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia

Ruth Wong, Chemist Supervisor
Laboratory Operations and Newborn Screening for Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia

Genetic Disease Laboratory
850 Marina Bay Parkway, G-265
Richmond, CA 94804
Phone: (510) 231-1790
Fax: (510) 231-1738