URMC / Lung Biology and Disease Program / People / Trainees Trainees ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZPost-Doctoral Fellows and StudentsJamie BurchettGraduate StudentAltman LabEmail JamieBurchettResearch Interest: Understanding the role of the REV-ERB proteins in MYC-driven circadian disruption and cancer. Juliana Cazarin de Menezes PhDPostdoctoral AssociateAltman LabEmail JulianaCazarin de MenezesResearch Interest: Understanding the role of MYC-driven circadian disruption in lung cancer cell transformationKiana ChenGraduate StudentSchwarz LabEmail KianaChenResearch Interest: The mechanism behind sexual dimorphism in TNF-induced erosive inflammatory arthritisLily Cisco M.S.Graduate StudentLueck LabEmail LilyCiscoResearch Interest: Pathomechanism of skeletal muscle weakness and degeneration in Myotonic DystrophyAmelia Clark M.S.Graduate StudentAltman LabEmail AmeliaClarkResearch Interest: Modulation of the cell-autonomous molecular clock by metabolic stress, and its role in the anti-tumor immune response. Eric Comeau Ph.D.Graduate StudentHocking LabEmail EricComeauMaggie Connolly MDPostdoctoral FellowGeoras LabEmail MaggieConnollyDavid Delemos M.S.Graduate StudentDean LabEmail DavidDelemosResearch Interest: Exploring the use of electroporation for gene delivery to the lung to treat cystic fibrosisPatrick Donohue MDPostdoctoral FellowGeoras LabEmail PatrickDonohueKatherine EdwardsGraduate StudentLueck LabEmail KatherineEdwardsFelix Effah PhDPostdoctoral FellowIrfan Rahman LabEmail FelixEffahRhodalyn EssienGraduate StudentGlading LabEmail RhodalynEssienResearch Interest: Suppression of cerebral cavernous malformation nonsense mutation using anti-codon edited tRNAs Christopher FarrarGraduate StudentHocking LabEmail ChristopherFarrarKristina Fenner MSGraduate StudentLawrence LabEmail KristinaFennerResearch Interest: Studying the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) in hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells during viral infection Jeffrey GabellGraduate StudentLueck LabEmail JeffreyGabellResearch Interest: Development of tools and tRNA-based therapeutics for rescue of PTC-derived disease and improved target protein expressionAdam Geber BSGraduate StudentTopham LabEmail AdamGeberAlicia HealeyGraduate StudentLawrence LabEmail AliciaHealeyResearch Interest: Investigating how AHR activation modulates neutrophil recruitment to the lung during viral infectionChristina Heil Ph.D.Postdoctoral FellowLueck LabEmail ChristinaHeilTaylor JonesGraduate StudentTopham LabEmail TaylorJonesGagandeep Kaur Ph.D.Postdoctoral FellowIrfan Rahman LabEmail GagandeepKaurWooree Ko M.S.Graduate StudentLueck LabEmail WooreeKoResearch Interest: Exploring the use of suppressor tRNAs for suppression of nonsense mutations in the CFTR gene as a potential treatment for cystic fibrosisJoseph Lucas MSGraduate StudentIrfan Rahman LabEmail JosephLucasResearch Interest: Studying the effects of perfluorooctane sulfonic acid on lung barrier integrity and the development of asthma Emma Norris Ph.D.Postdoctoral FellowHocking LabEmail EmmaNorrisJoseph Porter Ph.D.Postdoctoral FellowLueck LabEmail JosephPorterChristina Post Ph.D.Postdoctoral FellowLawrence LabEmail ChristinaPostResearch Interest: Effects of exposure to perfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) on antiviral immunityTraci Pressley MSGraduate StudentGeoras LabEmail TraciPressleySadiya Shaikh Ph.D.Postdoctoral AssociateIrfan Rahman LabEmail SadiyaShaikhMatthew Sipple M.S.Graduate StudentLueck LabEmail MatthewSippleResearch Interest: Characterizing the molecular underpinnings of muscle excitability in Myotonic Dystrophy and the development of potential therapeuticsMelinda Vander HorstGraduate StudentHocking LabEmail MelindaVander HorstLi Xia PhDPostdoctoral FellowIrfan Rahman LabEmail LiXia