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Our Lab Team

Get to know the individuals in the lab.
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J Chad Brenner, PhD, MSE
Associate Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Associate Professor of Pharmacology
Cellular and Molecular Biology Academic Program Director
Medical School
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Heather Walline, PhD

CLIA/ CAP General Supervisor
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Mandy Losiewicz, MBA

Research Laboratory Specialist Lead
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Jordan Currie, MS

PhD Pre-Candidate
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Xinyi Deng, MS

PhD Candidate
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Behirda Karaj, MS

PhD Candidate
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Apurva Dhanesh Bhangale, MS

Bioinformatician-Computational Biologist Intermediate
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Arjun Dinesh, MS

Otolaryngology CLIA Lab
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Anish Palli, MS

Otolaryngology CLIA Lab
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John Henry Owen, MS

Research Technician Senior

Lab Alumni

Nicole Michmerhuizen, PhD
Program: Pharmacology
Highlighted Publication: PMID: 30858165 

Elizabeth Gensterblum-Miller, PhD
Program: Cell & Molecular Biology
Highlighted Publication: PMID: 39549430

Megan Ludwig, PhD
Program: Cell & Molecular Biology
Highlighted Publication: PMID: 30527230

Jacqueline E. Mann, PhD
Program: Pathology
Highlighted Publication: PMID: 37666053

Josh Smith, MD
Highlighted Publication: PMID: 30548484

Rebecca Hoesli, MD
Highlighted Publication: PMID: 29362129

Catherine Haring, MD
Highlighted Publication: PMID: 34194620

Sarah Dermody, MD
Highlighted Publication: PMID: 40049067

Andrew Birkeland, MD
Highlighted Publication: PMID: 28438292

Wenjin Gu, PhD 
(co-mentored with Ryan Mills)
Program: Bioinformatics
Highlighted Publication: HPV integration manuscript in review

Brittny Tillman, MD
Highlighted Publication: PMID: 26849095

Jiayu Wang, MS, PhD
Program: Pharmacology
Highlighted Publication: PMID: 37665491

Join the MiOTO team

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