Lab Members
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Sabrina Madrigal, (Medical Student) – Medical Student at Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis
John Blake Belcher, (RN) – RN at UNC Health
Gabi Childers, (PhD) – Science Communicator and Neuro-immunologist
Claire Stewart, (PhD) – Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Stanford University
Anna Beth Robertson, (Resident) – Obstetrics & Gynecology Residency at ECU Medical School, Brody School of Medicine
Saranya Ravi, (PhD Resident) – General dermatology Duke Resident
Donté Alexander Stevens (Postbac, UNC PREP) – 2025 Hanna Gray Fellow, postdoctoral at Scripps research
Kaitlin Lenhart, PhD (Postdoc) – Associate Clinical Laboratory Director, Cytogenics, Durham NC
Carrie Rubel, PhD (Pharmacology PhD student) – Won the AHA Predoctoral Fellowship and the Thomas Collum Butler Award, was a Manager at BioAgilytix, and is now a Director-Biomarkers at Biogen
Sarah Ronnebaum, PhD (Research Associate) – was Senior Scientist Pharmerit International, and now a Research Scientist at Evidera
Holly McDonough (Senior Research Associate) – enjoying retirement!
Ellie Wilson (Intern) – Graduate student, Temple University
Alex Eaker (PhD, Student) – Columbia University PhD Student in Pathobiology and Mechanism of Disease
Courtney Byrd (Intern)- Master of Arts in Teaching at UNC @ Chapel Hill
Kalleen Kelley (Intern)- Quality Engineer 2, Medical Devices
Zipporah McNeil (intern)- Dermatology Physician Assistant
Bridget Tarnowski (intern)- Pathology Scientist at Merck
Parsa Pazooki (intern)- UNC-Chapel Hill Medical Student
Charlie Roethling (Intern) – Medical School at UNC
Sriya Kongala (Intern)- Medical student at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
Sarah Chiavacci (Intern)- UNC Neonatal-Perinatal Medical School
Christina D’Ovidio (Intern)- University of Virginia Medical School
Siam Shabbir (Intern)- Research Tech II at Duke University
Braxton Diekhoff (Intern) – Process Centric Team Lead (Nimenrix/Penbraya)
Caroline Collins (Work Study)- Resident advisor
Jenna Smull (intern)- Physician Assistant graduate from Campbell University.
Najla Ward-Conyers (Intern)- CNA at Atrium Health
Humphrey Dogbe (Work Study)- Adjunct Professor at Forsyth Tech
Nandita Vegnesna (Intern)- Aspiring Researcher and DONA Trained Birth Doula
Josh Dillon (Work Study)- Founded American Power Analytics, a financial and operational analytics for utility-scale power assets.
Emily Greaves (Intern)- Medical Student at UT Health San Antonio
Abby Kunz (Intern)- Program Coordinator at Duke Cancer Institute
Alexis Roberts (Intern)- Medical Student at UNC School of Medicine
Amanda Brown (Intern, Research Tech)- Medical Student at the University of South Carolina c/o 2028
Jasmine Dennis (Intern)-Hematology Research Technician at UNC @ Chapel Hill
Janae Andrews (Intern)- Clinical Trial Assistant at ICON plc
Nicholas Field- Working as an EMT, applying to PA school
Emily Stutheit– Medical School, Eastern Virginia Medical School
Leah Oswalt (Research Tech) – Graduate student, Vanderbilt University
Christina D’Ovidio (Intern) – Medical School, University of Virginia School of Medicine
Kaavya Ravikumar (Intern) – KIPP Climb Academy teaching pre-K through Teach for America
Shreya Patnaik (Intern)- Analytics Developer 1 at Quinsite
Arjun Putcha (Intern)- Undergraduate research assistant at Atkin Lab
Georgia Roper (Intern, Research Tech)- Pending Med School admission 2023
Olivia Rice (Work Study, Intern)- Research tech
Grant Irons (Intern)- Medical School, Brody School of Medicine
Mariah Medley (Intern)- Patient Enrollment Recruiter at Wake Research
Dhatri Kakarla (Intern)- Undergraduate at UNC
Nev Duruman (Intern)- Applying to Med School while working with orthopedic surgeon in Istanbul, Turkey
Emily Stutheit (Intern)- East Virginia Medical School
Maddy Kennedy (Work Study)- Bachelor’s degree from UNC
Abby Mueller (Intern)- Certified Nursing Assistant at UNC Health
Emma Steude (Intern)- Undergraduate at UNC
Rico Castillo (Intern)- Research Tech II at Duke University School of Medicine
Bergen Murray (Intern)- Pharmacy Technician Intern
Coral Aman (Intern)-Intern at BioCyst Pharmaceuticals
Jacob Pantazis (Rotating Grad Student)- Current PhD candidate at UNC
Adam Graves (Rotating Grad Student)- Current PhD candidate at UNC
Chloe Stiles (Work Study Student)- Norwell Health Summer Associate Intern
Rachelle Ambroise (Rotating MD/PhD Student)- MD/PhD program at UNC
Sammy Illias Gagou (Work Study)- Incubator Chair TechX @ UNC
Izi Myers-Millers (Intern)- Undergraduate research
Marshall Leathers (Work Study)-Pre-med undergraduate
Brianna Patterson (Intern)-Undergrad at UNC
Ye-Bon Hong (Work Study)- Undergrad at UNC
Will Etheridge– Consulting position in Atlanta













































































































