Lab Members

Principal Investigator

B. Paige Lawrence, Ph.D.
MRBX 3-11108
Phone: (585) 276-3873
paige_lawrence@urmc.rochester.edu

Delineating mechanisms by which environmental exposures during different life stages alter immune function; discovering how environmental factors modulate epigenetic programming of the developing immune system, and the consequences of these changes on susceptibility to infectious, allergic, or autoimmune disease later in life.

Faculty

Ellen Henry, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
ellen_henry@urmc.rochester.edu

Postdoctoral Scholars

Anthony Franchini, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
anthony_franchini@urmc.rochester.edu

To focus on studies to discern the mechanism via which environmental factors modify the function of the immune system.

Technicians and Staff

Catherine Donegan
Laboratory Technician
catherine_donegan@urmc.rochester.edu

Colleen O'Dell
Laboratory Technician
colleen_odell@urmc.rochester.edu

Graduate Students

Catherine Burke
Immunology, Microbiology, and Virology Ph.D. Program
catherine_burke@urmc.rochester.edu

Jessica Meyers
jessica_meyers@urmc.rochester.edu

Investigating how developmental activation of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor affects dendritic cell function in the response to viral infection

Christina Post
Toxicology Ph.D. Program
christina_post@urmc.rochester.edu

Transgenerational exposures as environmental modifiers of immune system function

Keegan Lynn Vaughan
Toxicology Ph.D. Program
Keegan_Vaughan@URMC.Rochester.edu

Investigating aryl hydrocarbon receptor regulation in hematopoietic stem cells