Lab Members

St. Giles Research Chair

Autoimmunity and Inflammation Program and Pediatric Rheumatology

Hospital for Special Surgery Research Institute

Principal Investigator

LUT@HSS.edu

Pediatric Rheumatology Fellowship and postdoc with Jason Cyster, UCSF 2003

Pediatrics Residency, Childrens’ Hospital of Philadelphia 1998

MD, PhD with Joseph Madri, Yale 1995

Professor of Microbiology and Immunology

Professor of Pediatrics

Weill Cornell Medicine

Graduate Student, Weill Cornell Medicine

Mir is investigating how lymphatic function impacts lymph node function in lupus

BA: New York University 2018

mih4001@med.cornell.edu

Graduate Student, Weill Cornell Medicine

Suparna is studying mechanisms by which genetic polymorphisms affects lupus skin disease

MMSc: Harvard Medical School

MS: Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology (IBAB)

BE: Thadomal Shahani Engineering College

https://www.linkedin.com/in/suparna-kumar/

Medical Student, Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Thomas is studying the role of type I interferons and ADAM17 in lupus photosensitivity.

BA: Columbia University 2020

Thomas.Li@icahn.mssm.edu

https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-m-li/

Postdoctoral Fellow

JiHyun studies Langerhans cells regulation of dermal lymphatic endothelial cells.

PhD: Seoul National University 2018 - Lab of Hang-Rae Kim

MS: Seoul National University 2013

BS: Hannam University 2009

SimJ@hss.edu

Postdoctoral fellow

Pamela is studying mechanisms of photosensitivity and bone health in lupus

Postdoc: NYU, Lab of Alesha Castillo

PhD: City College of New York, Lab of Mitchell Schaffler

MS: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

BS: Boston University

https://www.linkedin.com/in/pamela-cabahug-zuckerman-a896774a/

Medical Student, SUNY Stony Brook

Rebecca is studying the regulation of lymphatic function in skin

BA: Wellesley College

JenningsR@hss.edu

Tri-I Gateways Program summer student , student at Purdue University

Loahni is studying how interferons affect lymph node responses in lupus

https://www.linkedin.com/in/loahni-hernandez-a89908246/

HSS Medical Student Summer Research Fellow , medical student at University of South Alabama College of Medicine

Sridhar is studying how lupus impacts bone health.

BS Emory University

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sridhar-karne-222b901b5/

Clinical Pediatric Rheumatology Fellow

Current Position: Scholar in Translational Medicine, National Institute of Health

MD-PhD Student

Current Position: Instructor, Hematopathology, University of California, Los Angeles

Technician

Current Position: Scientist, Horizon Therapeutics

PhD Student, Postdoctoral Fellow

Current Position: Principal Scientific Researcher, Genentech , Cancer Immunology Department

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dragos-dasoveanu-b42a28229/

Visiting Researcher

Current Position: Pediatric Rheumatology Fellow, Boston Children’s Hospital

Postdoctoral Fellow

Current Position: Associate Principal Scientist, AstraZeneca

Postdoctoral Fellow

Current Position: Senior Analyst, Business Development, Mount Sinai Innovation Partners

Postdoctoral fellow

Current Position: Junior Group Leader, Helmholtz Institute for Translational Oncology (DKFZ)

https://www.linkedin.com/in/hafsa-munir-507414b8/?originalSubdomain=de

Undergraduate Researcher

Current Position: PhD Student, University of California, Berkeley

Postdoctoral Fellow

Rheumatology Fellow

Current Position: Assistant Professor & Director, Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine Lupus Center

https://www.linkedin.com/in/noa-schwartz-645b441a/

Post Baccalaureate Researcher

Current Position: PhD Student, The Rockefeller University

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ethan-seltzer-4a607b121/

MD-PhD Student

Current Position: Resident, Dermatology, Yale University

Post Baccalaureate Researcher

Postdoctoral Fellow

Current Position: Scientist II, Mnemo Therapeutics

https://www.linkedin.com/in/madhavi-latha-somaraju-chalasani-78196415/

PhD Student

Current Position: Associate Director, ReNAgade Therapeutics

https://www.linkedin.com/in/te-chen-jenny-tzeng-60a195b/

Clinical Pediatric Rheumatology Fellow

Current Position: Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, New York Medical College

Post Baccalaureate Researcher

PhD: UCSF

Current Position: Team Coordinator in Immunotherapy, Miltenyi Biotec, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany