Inga Peter, PhD
Principal Investigator
Vice Chair, Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences
Professor, Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences
Affiliated Member, Icahn Institute for Genomics and Multiscale Biology
Affiliated Member, Charles Bronfman Institute for Personalized Medicine
Co-Director, PhD in Clinical Research Program
Manasi Agrawal, MD, MS
Assistant Professor in Gastroenterology and Environmental Medicine
Director of Environmental Gastroenterology, Susan and Leonard Feinstein Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center
Project: The PLANET Study, The PROMISE Consortium
Paola Nicoletti, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Project: The MECONIUM Study, Pharmacogenetics of serious adverse reactions, genetics of HIV and Craniosynostosis
Zhi Chai, PhD
Associate Scientist
Project: IBD/PD
Taegyu Kim, PhD
Instructor
Project: The MECONIUM Study, The MELODY Trial, The PLANET Study, IBD/PD
Samreen Zafer, MSc
Bioinformatician
Projects: genetics of HIV, The MECONIUM Study and IBD/PD
Mellissa Picker, BS
Project Manager
Projects: The MELODY Trial, The MECONIUM Study, IBD/PD, genetics of HIV, The PLANET Study and The PROMISE Consortium
Anketse Debebe, PhD
Clinical Research Coordinator
Projects: SHARE, IBD/PD and The PROMISE Consortium
Isabella Nguyen, BA
Clinical Research Coordinator
Projects: The MELODY Trial, The MECONIUM Study, The PLANET Study and IBD/PD
Enrico Zoroddu, PhD
Visiting Researcher
Projects: genetics of HIV
Nandini Natarajan (college)
Volunteer
Projects: IBD/PD
Yurulan Gao (high school)
Volunteer
Projects: The PLANET Study
Shawn Lin (high school)
Volunteer
Projects: The MELODY Trial
Karsh Sinha (high school)
Volunteer
Projects: IBD/PD
Former Lab Members
Nicholas (Nick) Thomas, BS [Volunteer]
Thomas (TJ) Otten, BS [Volunteer]
Jonathan Ayash, BS [Volunteer]
Won-Jun Lee, PhD [Data Analyst]
Kaitlyn Weinstein, BS [Clinical Research Coordinator]
Rosemary Chen, BA [Clinical Research Coordinator]
Seth Fenton [Volunteer]
Asher Friedland [Volunteer]
Catherine Chun [Volunteer]
Eunyoung Yang, MS [Data Analyst]
Jianzhong (Brian) Hu, PhD [Assistant Professor]
Leonid Tarassishin, PhD [Staff Scientist]
Alexa Rendon, MS [Project Manager]
Olivia Kalash, BA [Clinical Research Coordinator]
Cristen Hillenbrand, BS [Clinical Research Coordinator]
Akansha Goswami [Volunteer]
Sierra White, MS
Caroline Eisele, BS [Project Manager]
Kelly Hawkins, BS [Clinical Research Coordinator]
Nilendra Nair, BA [Senior Clinical Research Coordinator]
Paulette Magnas [Intern]
Dr. Amélie Barre
Ivan Carreon
Dr. Ron Porat Jankelson
Dr. Wenjie Xia






