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Lab Members

Handy Gelbard, M.D., Ph.D.

• Professor and Director, CNDD
• Principal Investigator
• harris_gelbard@urmc.rochester.edu

Justin Barbieri, B.S., M.B.A.

• Technical Associate
• justin_barbieri@urmc.rochester.edu
• B.S.C. in Genetics from University of Western Ontario 2004 M.B.A. Simon School UR 2011

Matt Bellizzi, M.D., Ph.D.

• Postdoctoral fellow
• matthew_bellizzi@urmc.rochester.edu
• M.D., Ph.D. University of Rochester 2007
• B.A. Harvard College 1996
• Ph.D.:  synaptic plasticity and injury in neuroinflammation medicine:  neurology residency 2007-2011 fellowship in neuroimmunology and experimental therapeutics 2011-

Shao-Ming (Pat) Lu, Ph.D.

• Research Assistant Professor
• pat_lu@urmc.rochester.edu

Dan Marker, B.S.

• Predoctoral fellow, MSTP
• daniel_marker@urmc.rochester.edu
• B.S. in Biomolecular Science from Clarkson University 2006 MD/PhD Neuroscience Program

Angela Stout, B.S.

• Lab manager
• angela_stout@urmc.rochester.edu
• B.S. in Biotechnology from RIT 2000

Jenna Tabor-Godwin, Ph.D.

• Postdoctoral fellow
• jenna_tabor-godwin@urmc.rochester.edu
• B.S. in Biochemistry from SUNY Geneseo
• Ph.D. in Cell and Molecular Biology from San Diego State University and University of California San Diego

Ning Tong, M.D., Ph.D.

• Research Assistant Professor
• ning_tong@urmc.rochester.edu
• 1983, Wuhan Tongji Medical University, Wuhan, China, M.D., Medicine
• 1994, National Institute of Public Health, Tokyo, Japan, M.S., Microbiology
• 1997, National Institute of Public Health, Tokyo, Japan, Ph.D., Microbiology