Lab Members

Leadership Team

Clinical Investigators

  • Amiko Uchida, MD

    Amiko Uchida, MD

    Assistant Professor in Medicine, Gastroenterology

  • Nicole Pershing, MD, PhD

    Nicole Pershing, MD, PhD

    Assitant Professor, Pediatric Infectious Disease

Postdoctoral Fellows

Graduate Students

  • Michaela Murphy, BS

    Michaela Murphy, BS

    Graduate Student

  • Morgan Harwood, BS

    Morgan Harwood, BS

    Graduate Student

  • Darci Ott, BS

    Darci Ott, BS

    Graduate Student

Lab Personnel

  • Soh-hyun Lee, PhD

    Soh-hyun Lee, PhD

    Senior Lab Specialist

  • Elizabeth Cummings, BS

    PS Lab Technician/Research Coordinator

  • Annika Dankwardt, BS

    Lab Technician

  • Alexandra Call

    Alexandra Call

    Lab Technician

Students

  • Halli Baird

    Halli Baird

    Undergraduate Research Assistant

  • morgan smoot

    Morgan Smoot

    Undergraduate Research Assistant

Alumni

Former Postdocs

  • Jason Kubinak, PhD

    Jason Kubinak, PhD

    Assistant Professor
    University of South Carolina

  • Lasha Gogokhia, MD

    Lasha Gogokhia, MD

    Gastroenterology Fellow
    New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center

  • Joao Carlos Gomes-Neto, DVM, MS, PhD

    Joao Carlos Gomes-Neto, DVM, MS, PhD

    Assistant Professor
    Department of Animal Sciences
    Ohio State University

  • Kyla Ost, PhD

    Kyla Ost, PhD

    Assistant Professor

    Department of Immunology and Microbiology
    UC Anschutz School of Medicine

  • Jennifer Hill, PhD

    Jennifer Hill, PhD

    Assistant Professor
    Department of Molecular Cellular Developmental Biology
    BioFronteirs Institute
    UC Boulder

Former Graduate Students

  • Ray Soto, PhD

    Ray Soto, PhD

    Senior Epidemiologist
    Adams County Health Department

  • Charisse Petersen, PhD

    Charisse Petersen, PhD

    Research Associate
    BC Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of British Columbia

  • Ty Chiaro, PhD

    Ty Chiaro, PhD, MS

    Clinical Immunology Fellow
    UNC School of Medicine, McLendon Labs

  • Garrett Brown, PhD

    Garrett Brown, PhD

    Clinical Microbiology Fellow
    NIH

  • Kendra Klag, PhD

    Kendra Klag, PhD

    Med Student
    University of Utah

  • Diane Hernandez, PhD

    Diane Hernandez, PhD

Former Undergraduate Students

  • Erin Tracy

    Erin Tracy

  • Cody Tahmassebipour

    Cody Tahmassebipour

  • Haoyang Zhou

    Haoyang Zhou

  • Jourdan Penman

    Jourdan Penman

  • Zhuowen Li

    Zhuowen Li

  • Halli Baird

    Halli Baird

  • Shulaine Byrne

    Shulaine Byrne

  • Morgan Smoot

    Morgan Smoot

Former Lab Technicians

  • Kate Buhrke

    Kate Buhrke, DO

    General Surgery Resident
    Dignity Health, Arizona

  • O’Connor Matthews

    O’Connor Matthews

    Graduate Student
    Matthew Mulvey Lab

  • Arevik Ghazaryan

    Arevik Ghazaryan, PhD

    CPEP Clinical Immunology Fellow
    ARUP, University of Utah

  • Logan Barrios

    Logan Barrios, BS

    Graduate Student
    Department of Integrative Physiology
    UC Boulder

  • Gabby Ro

    Gabby Ro

    Medical Student
    Blaser Lab, Rutgers

Former Lab Managers

  • Jin Liu

    Jin Liu, PhD

    Ophthalmology Department

  • Erin Bake

    Erin Bake, MBA

    Senior Accountant
    Huntsman Cancer Institute