Principal Investigator 
Junior Faculty, Staff, and Clinical Fellows 
Post Doctoral Researchers 
Medical Students  & Graduate Students
Post Graduates
Undergraduates 
Former Members: 
(year left in parenthesis) [next steps in their journey in brackets]
  • Weihong Gu (2024) - Postdoc [Lead Scientist, Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri]
  • Eduardo Gonzalez Santiago (2024) - Post Graduate Associate [MD PhD program, Emory]
  • Chino Eke (2024) - Post Graduate Associate [medical school, Brown University]
  • Anthi Sivalokanathan MD (2024) - Clinical Fellow [Neonatology Attending, West Virginia]
  • ​Lauren Smith (2024) - Medical Student [pediatric residency, Columbia]
  • Youstina Soliman (2024) - Graduate Student [OBGYN resident]
  • Trisha Nguyen (2024) - Undergraduate Student [graduated Yale]
  • Arne Gehlhaar (2022) - Post Graduate Fellow [Medical School University of Bonn]
  • Ashwin Inala (2022) - Post Graduate Associate [medical school]
  • Tatiana Silva (2022) - Post Graduate Associate [unrelated position]
  • ​Dhana Llivichuzhca-Loja (2022) - Post Graduate Associate [medical school, SUNY Downstate]
  • Analie Fernandes (2022) - Post Graduate Associate [medical school]
  • Blake McCourt (2021) - Post Graduate Associate [graduate student in immunology, Case Western]
  • Jessica Toothaker (2021) – Immunology Graduate Student [Associate Director, Scientific Communications, Variam group]
  • Peng Liu (2021) - Graduate Student, bioinformatics, jointly with Prof Tseng U of Pittsburgh [post-doctorate fellow at Carnegie Mellon University]
  • Collin McCourt (2020) - Research Assistant [Law School, practicing attorney in Washington DC]
  • Rebecca Case (2020) - Undergraduate Student [graduated from U of Pitt]
  • Jenny Xiao (2020) - Undergraduate Student [graduated from U of Pitt]
  • Julia Pantalone (2020) - Medical Student [pediatric resident at U of Pitt]
  • Erica Prochaska (2020) - Pediatric Resident [Instructor and attending at John Hopkins, completed pediatric fellowship in infectious diseases]
  • Tina Zhang (2020) - GI Fellow [attending physician in GI]
  • Stephanie Stras (2019) - Research Assistant [Biotech]
  • Austin Oldham (2018) - Undergraduate Student [graduated from U of Pitt]