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lab leadership
Jason Knight Jason Scott Knight, MD, PhD
Marvin and Betty Danto Research Professor of Connective Tissue Research
Professor of Internal Medicine
portrait of Yu Zuo Yu Zuo
Edward T and Ellen K Dryer Early Career Professor of Rheumatology
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine and Program Director, Internal Medicine
Faculty
Ramadan A. Ali Ramadan A Ali
Research Assistant Professor
Internal Medicine
Jaqueline Madison Jacqueline Madison
Clinical Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Jay Tambralli Ajay Tambralli, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine and Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Yuzhou Gan Headshot Yuzhou Gan MD, PhD
Attending physician, Department of Rheumatology and Immunology
Peking University People’s Hospital

UMMS mentor: Jason Knight
Postdoctoral Fellows
Kevin Lewis, MD Kevin Lewis, MD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
APS Research Labs
 Chao Liu, PhD Chao Liu, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
APS Research Labs
 Bruna de Moraes Mazetto Fonseca, PhD Bruna de Moraes Mazetto Fonseca, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
APS Research Labs
 Somanathapura K. NaveenKumar, PhD Somanathapura K. NaveenKumar, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
APS Research Labs
 Yiran Shen, PhD Yiran Shen, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
APS Research Labs
Research Team
Cyrus Sarosh Headshot Cyrus Sarosh, MSA, CCRP
APS Program Manager and Clinical Research Coordinator
MSA in Health Services Administration, Central Michigan University
Srilakshmi Yalavarthi Srilakshmi (Sri) Yalavarthi, MS
Lab Manager and Research Lab Specialist Senior
MS in Molecular and Cellular Biology, Eastern Michigan University
 Emily Balczewski, BA Emily Balczewski, BA
Graduate Student Research Assistant
MD/PhD Student, Department of Computational Medicine & Bioinformatics, University of Michigan
 Emily Becker headshot Emily Becker, MS
Research Laboratory Technician
MS in Biomedical Sciences, Iowa State University
 Katarina Kmeťová, MSc Katarína Kmeťová, PhD
Research Laboratory Specialist Associate
PhD in Normal and Pathological Physiology, Comenius University, Bratislava in Slovakia
Wenying Liang Headshot Wenying Liang, MBBS, PhD
Research Laboratory Specialist PhD, University of Michigan
MBBS, Michigan Medicine-Peking University Health Science Center
Thalia Newman Headshot Thalia Newman, BS
PhD Student, Graduate Program in Immunology, University of Michigan
BS in Biology, Lafayette College
 Kavya Sugur Headshot Kavya Sugur, PhD
Research Laboratory Specialist Associate
PhD, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Mysore, India
Undergraduate Students

Maya Barnabas
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Emily Chong
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Pooja Kapoor
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Lucas Hudgins
lhudgins@med.umich.edu

Kaitlyn Sabb
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Madison Engel
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Bavani Vijay
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Gavin Poppei
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