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Meet the APS Research Team!
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Marvin and Betty Danto Research Professor of Connective Tissue Research
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine
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Edward T and Ellen K Dryer Early Career Professor of Rheumatology and Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine
![Ramadan Ali](https://medresearch.umich.edu/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/2024-04/Ali-Ramadan-2024.jpg?itok=diDy6n2P)
Research Investigator
Internal Medicine
Internal Medicine
![Jaqueline Madison](https://medresearch.umich.edu/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/2024-03/JACQUELINE_MADISON.jpg?itok=r5kfvGbG)
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
![Jay Tambralli](https://medresearch.umich.edu/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/2024-04/Tambralli-Ajay-2022.jpg?itok=VcP5Z2d0)
Clinical Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
![Yuzhou Gan, MD, PhD](https://medresearch.umich.edu/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/2024-04/Yuzhou-Gan.jpg?itok=SYqMXvp-)
Visiting Scholar
APS Research Labs
APS Research Labs
![Chao Liu](https://medresearch.umich.edu/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/2024-04/chao-liu.jpg?itok=2aI4AVe5)
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
APS Research Labs
APS Research Labs
![Bruna de Moraes Mazetto Fonseca, PhD](https://medresearch.umich.edu/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/2024-04/Bruna-Mazetto-Fonseca.jpg?itok=-JcnbKs9)
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
APS Research Labs
APS Research Labs
![Somanathapura K. NaveenKumar, PhD](https://medresearch.umich.edu/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/2024-04/naveen.jpg?itok=KGYuWvY5)
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
APS Research Labs
APS Research Labs
![Cyrus Sarosh](https://medresearch.umich.edu/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/2024-04/cyrus-sarosh.jpg?itok=ROaM4eMp)
APS Program Manager and Clinical Research Coordinator
MSA in Health Services Administration, Central Michigan University
MSA in Health Services Administration, Central Michigan University
![Srilakshmi Yalavarthi](https://medresearch.umich.edu/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/2024-04/Sri-Yalavarthi.jpg?itok=4w4ZQ37J)
Lab Manager and Research Lab Specialist Senior
MS in Molecular and Cellular Biology, Eastern Michigan University
MS in Molecular and Cellular Biology, Eastern Michigan University
![Emily Balczewski, BA](https://medresearch.umich.edu/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/2024-04/Emily-Balczewski.jpg?itok=aJwURsvt)
Graduate Student Research Assistant
MD/PhD Student, Department of Computational Medicine & Bioinformatics, University of Michigan
MD/PhD Student, Department of Computational Medicine & Bioinformatics, University of Michigan
![Emily Becker, MS](https://medresearch.umich.edu/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/2024-06/Becker-Emily-Web2.png?itok=bgYFRl3h)
Research Laboratory Technician
MS in Biomedical Sciences, Iowa State University
MS in Biomedical Sciences, Iowa State University
![Katarina Kmeťová, MSc](https://medresearch.umich.edu/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/2024-04/Katarina-Kmet%27ov%C3%A1.jpg?itok=f4R9yHoP)
Research Laboratory Specialist Associate
PhD in Normal and Pathological Physiology, Comenius University, Bratislava in Slovakia
PhD in Normal and Pathological Physiology, Comenius University, Bratislava in Slovakia
![Wenying Liang, MBBS, PhD](https://medresearch.umich.edu/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/2024-04/Wenying-Liang.jpg?itok=4L9o__lO)
Research Laboratory Specialist PhD, University of Michigan
MBBS, Michigan Medicine-Peking University Health Science Center
MBBS, Michigan Medicine-Peking University Health Science Center
![Thalia Newman, BS](https://medresearch.umich.edu/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/2024-06/newman-thalia-web3.png?itok=1PRJTDjk)
PhD Student, Graduate Program in Immunology, University of Michigan
BS in Biology, Lafayette College
BS in Biology, Lafayette College
![Kavya Sugur, PhD](https://medresearch.umich.edu/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/2024-04/Kavya-Sugur.jpg?itok=pT_W_KQP)
Research Laboratory Specialist Associate
PhD, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Mysore, India
PhD, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Mysore, India