Siwen Hu-Lieskovan, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor (Tenure Track), Oncology 
Director of Solid Tumor Immunotherapy, Huntsman Cancer Institute

Dr. Siwen Hu-Lieskovan is an Assistant Professor of Medicine on tenure track, and director of Solid Tumor Immunotherapy at the Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah. She was recently recruited from UCLA, where she received her hematology/oncology fellowship and junior faculty training under the mentorship of Dr. Antoni Ribas. She is a board-certified oncologist with clinical focus on melanoma and early phase testing ofcancer immunotherapies in solid tumors. Dr. Hu-Lieskovan is Study Chair and Translational Lead of several trials initiated by the SWOG melanoma committee, and a consultant for pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies.

Her research focuses on the mechanisms of response and resistance to immunotherapies, and provides rationale for combination strategies, by studying immunecompetent (syngeneic) animal models and patient-derived clinical samples. She has authored/coauthored research articles, reviews, editorials and book chapters in peer-reviewed journals including Science Translational Medicine and the New England Journal of Medicine. She has numerous awards, including: American Society of Clinical Oncologist(ASCO) Young Investigator Award (YIA) and Career Development Award, Stand Up To Cancer(SU2C)/ American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Sharp Award, Daniel VonHoff Innovative Protocol Award, ASCO Merit Award, and many more. She also serves as a co-chair of the SITC Biomarker Taskforce Resources and Useful Tool Subcommittee since 2018, and a co-chair of the academic committee of the Chinese-American Hematologist and Oncologist Network (CAHON) since 2016. 

Melissa Holm
Dialysis Technician
Dialysis-Utah

Bram Hunt
Graduate Assistant
Cardiovascular Medicine

Bram comes from New Mexico, where he obtained his Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of New Mexico. He worked in Microsystems at Sandia National Laboratories before to coming to the University of Utah, and he is currently working to obtain his doctorate in Biomedical Engineering under Dr. Ravi Ranjan. In the Ranjan Lab, he studies the progression of electrophysiological disorders in the heart and how knowledge of that progression can be used to improve clinical treatment. When he has free time, Bram likes to work on personal programming projects and eat anything with green chile in it.

Cindy Jones
Billing Specialist
Dialysis-Utah

Christy Ma
Physician Assistant
Cardiovascular Medicine

Catherine Perez
Billing Specialist
Dialysis-Utah

Heather Pope
Clinical Nurse
Dialysis-Utah

Heather is excited to be a part of the amazing team at Bonneville Dialysis. Prior to working here, Heather lived in rural Iowa and worked in a critial acccess hospital, handling care of OB and ICU patients in the same day. While she misses this "wild west" style of nursing, she is grateful for the experiences and hopes to use her skills in her new position.

Heather and her husband married in December 2018, merging their families together to become a modern day Brady Bunch with children ages 10, 7, 7, 6 and 5. In her time off, she enjoys being outdoors and spending time in the mountains. A self-proclaimed "big kid at heart," she also enjoys spending time with her kids and doing things that will make them laugh. In the near future, Heather hopes to start a DNP program and continue her nursing education.

Jayme Powers
Clinical Nurse
Dialysis-Utah

Daniel Przybyla
Clinical Nurse
Dialysis-Utah

Daniel went to high school in American Fork, Utah and received a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Utah Valley University. He has worked primarily in Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF) before beginning his career with the University of Utah at the Payson Dialysis Center.

He enjoys living in Utah because of the wonderful people, the beautiful mountains, the numerous outdoor activities that provide opportunities to enjoy nature and remain active. Daniel is married and has two little boys who help him to remain active. He has enjoyed learning about all that the University of Utah has to offer and is excited to add to the excellence this school and medical facility.

Benjamin Richeson
Study Coordinator
Nephrology

Ruoxin Yao
Lab Assistant
Gastroenterology