People

Faculty

Primary

Maninjay Atianand, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Immunology
Robert Binder, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Immunology
Lisa Borghesi, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Immunology
Tullia C. Bruno, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Immunology
Anthony R. Cillo, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Immunology
Jishnu Das, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Immunology
Greg M. Delgoffe, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Immunology
Rebecca Elsner, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor, Shlomchik Lab
Olivera J. Finn, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor, Department of Immunology
Sebastien Gingras, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Immunology
Yi-Nan Gong, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Immunology
Rachel A. Gottschalk, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Immunology
William F. Hawse, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Immunology
Reinhard Hinterleitner, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Immunology
Alok Joglekar, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Immunology
Lawrence P. Kane, Ph.D.
Professor and Vice Chair for Education, Department of Immunology
William B. Klimstra, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Immunology
Youjin Lee, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Immunology
Jing Li, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Immunology
Marlies Meisel, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Immunology
Penelope Morel, M.D.
Professor, Department of Immunology
Kevin Nickerson, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Immunology
Abby Overacre, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Immunology
Douglas S. Reed, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Immunology
Dayana Rivadeneira, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Immunology
Mark Jay Shlomchik, M.D., Ph.D.
UPMC Endowed and Distinguished Professor, Department of Immunology
Harinder Singh, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Immunology
Dario A.A. Vignali, Ph.D.
Chair and Distinguished Professor, Department of Immunology
Creg J. Workman, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Immunology, Vignali Lab

Secondary

John F. Alcorn, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Dana Ascherman, M.D.
Professor, Department of Medicine
Simon M. Barratt-Boyes, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology
Ira Bergman, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Partha Sarathi Biswas, MVSc, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Medicine
Craig A. Byersdorfer, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Geoffrey Camirand, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
Scott Canna, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Geetha Chalasani, M.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
Aravind Cherukuri, MBBS, Ph.D., MRCP
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Abbe N. De Vallejo, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Partha Dutta, DVM, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology
Kerry Empey, PharmD, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacy and Therapeutics
Jie Fan, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Surgery
Robert L. Ferris, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
JoAnne L. Flynn, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor and Chair, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Patrizia Fuschiotti, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology
Sarah Gaffen, Ph.D.
Gerald P. Rodnan Professor, Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology
Timothy Hand, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Sawa Ito, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Division of Hematology-Oncology
Melissa E. Kane, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Daniel Kaplan, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Dermatology
Alison B. Kohan, Ph.D. FAHA
Associate Professor, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism
Gary Kohanbash, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery
Robert Lafyatis, M.D.
Professor, Department of Medicine
Fadi George Lakkis, M.D.
Frank & Athena Sarris Chair in Transplantation Biology
Adriana Larregina, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Dermatology
Vladimir Liarski, M.D.
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Philana Ling Lin, M.D., MSc
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Steven Little, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor and the William Kepler Whiteford Endowed Professor of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Bioengineering, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Immunology, Ophthalmology and the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Jason Lohmueller, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
Michael Lotze, M.D. FACS
Senior Advisor, UPMC Enterprises
Bernard Macatangay, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Alicia R. Mathers, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Dermatology
Diana M. Metes, M.D.
Professor, Department of Surgery
Adrián E. Morelli, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Surgery
Alison Morris, M.D., M.S.
Professor, Department of Medicine
Martin Oberbarnscheidt, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
Amanda Poholek, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Anuradha Ray, Ph.D.
UPMC Endowed Chair in Lung Immunology in Medicine
Prabir Ray, Ph.D.
UPMC Endowed Chair in Lung Immunology
David M. Rothstein, M.D.
Professor, Pittsburgh Steelers Chair in Transplantation
Saumendra N. Sarkar, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Amr Sawalha, M.D.
Professor and Chief, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology
Daniella Schwartz, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Warren D. Shlomchik, M.D.
Professor, Department of Medicine
Michael R. Shurin, M.D., Ph.D.
Medical Director, Division Clinical Immunopathology
Mark E. Snyder, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Division of Critical Care Medicine
Anthony St. Leger, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology
Walter J. Storkus, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Dermatology
Tina Sumpter, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Dermatology
Paul Szabolcs, M.D.
Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Angus Thomson, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor, Department of Surgery
Jeremy Tilstra, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Giraldina Trevejo-Nunez, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Heth R. Turnquist, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Surgery
Yoram Vodovotz, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Jing Hong Wang, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology
Simon Watkins, Ph.D.
Sally Wenzel, M.D.
Professor, Department of Medicine
Theresa L. Whiteside, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Pathology
Jennifer E. Woodward, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Surgery
Zhaoyang You, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Dermatology
Hassane M. Zarour, M.D.
Professor of Medicine, Immunology, and Dermatology

Staff

Administrative Personnel

Kevin Donohue
Systems Engineer II
Roberta K. Erickson
Grants & Contracts Manager (Pre & Post Award)
Dewayne Falkner
Director - Research Operations - Unified Flow Core
Christine Grabowski
Director - Finance & Operations
Candice Kuo
Academic Program Supervisor
Todd Langer
Grants & Contracts Specialist III
Alice Liang
Grants & Contracts Manager (Pre & Post Award)
Amanda Maleski
Grants & Contracts Manager (Pre & Post Award)
Timothy McCann
Human Resources Director
PJ Morrison
Administrative Assistant III, Center for Systems Immunology
Jodi Russo
Executive Assistant, Dr. Dario Vignali
Arlene Sains
Administrative Assistant III
Mark Shaw
Laboratory Assistant

Research Technicians

Nevil Abraham
Laboratory Research Technician III, Flow Core
Derek Barclay
Laboratory Manager III, M. Shlomchik Lab
Nicole Brandon
Laboratory Manager I, Flow Core
Aiden Brown
Laboratory Research Technician II, M. Shlomchik Lab
Erin Ann Brunazzi
Laboratory Research Technician IV, Vignali Lab
Richard Cattley
Laboratory Research Technician IV, Hawse Lab
Jingxin Chen
Laboratory Research Technician IV, M. Shlomchik Lab
Laura Conter
Laboratory Manager III, M. Shlomchik Lab
Matthew Dracz
Laboratory Research Technician III, ITDC Core
Laura "Lau" Garcia-Dieguez
Laboratory Research Technician IV, M. Shlomchik Lab
Heidi Gunzelman
Laboratory Manager I, Flow Core
Lee Hedden
Laboratory Manager I, Hinterleitner Lab
Devin Henry
Laboratory Research Technician I, Morel Lab
Lyubov Kublo
Laboratory Research Technician III, Joglekar Lab
Sheryl Kunning
Research IV, Bruno Lab
Colin Laughlin
Laboratory Research Technician III, Meisel Lab
Tony Marinov
Laboratory Manager III, M. Shlomchik Lab
Brandon Michalides
Laboratory Research Technician III, Gottschalk Lab
Kristin Morder
Laboratory Manager, Overacre Lab
Gwen Pieklo
Laboratory Research Technician III, Vignali Lab
Meagan Price
Laboratory Research Technician III, M. Shlomchik Lab
Simran Randhawa
Laboratory Research Technician I, Meisel Lab
Nan Sheng
Laboratory Manager I, Flow Core
Nishtha Trivedi
Laboratory Research Technician II, Joglekar Lab
Kate Vignali
Laboratory Manager III, Vignali Lab
Augusta Vincent
Laboratory Research Technician II, CIG Core
Wenzhong Wei
Laboratory Manager II, M. Shlomchik Lab
Andrea Workman, Ph.D.
Laboratory Manager II, L. Kane Lab
Vivian Yi
Laboratory Research Technician III, Singh Lab

Research Scientists

Hridesh Banerjee, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist, L. Kane Lab
Chunming Bi, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist, MES Facility
Jian Cui, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist, Vignali Lab
Zhanna Lipatova, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist, Vignali Lab
Ailing Liu
Senior Research Scientist, Flow Core
Isha Mehta
Research Scientist, CIG Core
Surya Pandey, Ph.D.
Research Scientist, Hinterleitner Lab
Alex Rowe
Senior Research Scientist, M. Shlomchik Lab
Abigail Sedlacek, Ph.D.
Research Scientist, Binder Lab
Shuchi Smita, Ph.D.
Research Scientist, M. Shlomchik Lab
Jered Stratton, Ph.D.
Research Scientist, Singh Lab
Godhev Manakkat Vijay, Ph.D.
Research Scientist, Center for Systems Immunology
Maria W, Ph.D., PharmD
Research Scientist, Vignali Lab
Mei Zhang
Research Scientist, M. Shlomchik Lab

Trainees

Visiting Scholars and Scientists

Peter Habib
Research Fellow, Singh Lab
Yue Zangh
Tsinghua Scholar, Meisel Lab

Post Doctoral Fellows

Vaishali Aggarwal, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Associate, Vignali Lab
Sanya Arshad, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Associate, Joglekar Lab
Andrew Baessler, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Associate, Vignali Lab
Andreza Buzolin-Sonego, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Associate, Hawse Lab
Derrick Callahan, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Associate, M. Shlomchik Lab
Chao-Yuan (Frank) Chang, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Associate, Gong Lab
Qiang Chen, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Associate, Vignali Lab
Wonseok Choi, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Associate, Biswas Lab
Jingyu Fan, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Associate, Singh Lab
Satarupa Ganguly, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Associate, Gottschalk Lab
Zarifeh Heidari Rarani, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Associate, Das Lab
Charlotte Imianowski, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Associate, Vignali Lab
Supriya Joshi, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Associate, Delgoffe Lab
Medard Ernest Kaiza, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Associate, Bruno Lab
Alok Kumar, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Associate, Delgoffe Lab
Sneha Lal, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Associate, Atianand Lab
Russell Levack, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Associate, M. Shlomchik Lab
Venkata Krishna Kanth Makani, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Associate, Joglekar Lab
Alex McPherson, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Associate, Meisel Lab
Nicole Mihalik, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Associate, Vignali Lab
Dipyaman Patra, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Associate, Overacre Lab
Nicholas Pease, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Associate, Singh Lab
Doureradjou Peroumal, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Associate, Biswas Lab
Douglas Prado, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Associate, Hawse Lab
Hossein Rahimi, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Associate, Biswas Lab
Mary Melissa Roland, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Associate, Joglekar Lab
Ariadna Soto, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Associate, Hinterleitner Lab
Laura Strube, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Associate, Gottschalk Lab
Drew Wilfahrt, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Associate, Delgoffe lab
Shuxian Wu, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Associate, M. Shlomchik Lab
Yujie Ye, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Associate, Vignali Lab

Health Sciences Fellows

Simar Yadav
Research Fellow, CIG Core

Graduate Students

Kieran Adam
PMI Graduate Student, Vignali Lab
Yu Bian
IBGP Graduate Student, Vignali Lab
Hannah Bumgarner
MSTP Trainee, Delgoffe Lab
Samuel Butler
PMI Graduate Student, Vignali Lab
Allison Casey
MGDB Graduate Student
Prosper Chukwuemeka
ISB Graduate Student, Vignali Lab
Rylee Cisney
PMI Graduate Student, St. Leger Lab
Chao Feng
Health Sciences Research Fellow
Julia Ferrick
PMI Graduate Student, Gong Lab
Andrew Frisch
PMI Graduate Student, Delgoffe Lab
Jacob Gillis
MSTP Trainee, Kaplan Lab
Trey Harkness
IBGP Graduate Student, Binder Lab
Morgan Jackson-Strong
PMI Graduate Student, Gottschalk Lab
Jess Jana
PMI Graduate Student, Overacre Lab
Stephen Joachim
PMI Graduate Student, Shlomchik Lab
Sonia Kruszelnicki
Graduate Student Researcher, Gottschalk Lab
Louis Lau
PMI Graduate Student, Singh Lab
Amanda Lee
PMI Graduate Student, Meisel Lab
Emmanuel Leon Colon
PMI Graduate Student, Hand Lab
Andrew Liu
MSTP Trainee, Kaplan Lab
Priyanka Manandhar
PMI Graduate Student, Kane Lab
Luzmariel Medina-Sanchez
PMI Graduate Student, Hinterleitner Lab
Luis Mena Hernandez
PMI Graduate Student, Singh Lab
Benjamin Murter
PMI Graduate Student, Kane Lab
Devanshi Nayak
PMI Graduate Student, Binder Lab
Onyedikachi Onyekachi
PMI Graduate Student, Ferris Lab
Avani Parikh
PMI Graduate Student, Lohmueller Lab
Catherine Phelps
PMI Graduate Student, Meisel Lab
Rufiaat Rashid
PMI Graduate Student, Bruno Lab
Yannis Rigas
PMI Graduate Student, St. Leger Lab
Sean Roberts
PMI Graduate Student, Shlomchik Lab
Ellen Scott
PMI Graduate Student, Vignali Lab
Kellie Spahr
PMI Graduate Student, Delgoffe Lab
Kevin Vergara
PMI Graduate Student, Atianand Lab
Eric Weiss
MSTP Trainee, Kaplan Lab
Kenta Yamamoto
MSTP Trainee, Gaffen Lab
Chenxian Ye
PMI Graduate Student, Delgoffe Lab

Undergraduate Students

Rebecca Amanor
MID Scholar, Shair Lab
Adraina Arthur
MID Scholar, M. Shlomchik Lab
Malak Ayoub
MID Scholar, Bruno Lab
Meriem Boukaabar
MID Scholar, Ambrose Lab
Justin Gaines
MID Scholar, Lin Lab
Vania Ramirez
MID Scholar, Atianand Lab
Abigail Sekyere
MID Scholar, Gottschalk Lab
Amina Suleyman
MID Scholar, Gottschalk Lab
Caroline Sweeney
MID Scholar, Bruno Lab