Who we are

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