Our Lab
Meet the team behind the J. Michelle Kahlenberg Lab.
Associate Chair
Department of Internal Medicine
Professor of Internal Medicine
Professor of Dermatology
Associate Division Chief for Basic and Translational Research
Lab Manager
Tamra J. Reed
Research Lab Tech Lead
tamrar@med.umich.edu
Faculty
Lisa Abernathy Close, PhD
Research Investigator
labernat@med.umich.edu
Mehrnaz (Nazy) Gharaee-Kermani, MPH, PhD, DVM
Assistant Research Scientist
nazy@med.umich.edu
Jessica Turnier, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, Division of Rheumatology
turnierj@med.umich.edu
Bin Xu, PhD
Associate Research Scientist
bxu@med.umich.edu
Amber Young, MD
Assistant Professor
yamber@med.umich.edu
Postdoctoral Fellows
Benjamin Klein, MD
benjamk@med.umich.edu
Shannon Loftus, PhD
snloftus@med.umich.edu
Research Staff
Debbie Colesa
Research Lab Specialist Intermediate
djmorris@med.umich.edu
Craig Dobry, PhD
Research Lab Specialist Associate
cdobry@med.umich.edu
Kelsey McNeely
Statistician Intermediate
mcneelke@med.umich.edu
Amanda Victory
Research Technician Associate
avictory@med.umich.edu
Lin Zhang , MS
linzhan@med.umich.edu
Graduate Students
Jacob Martens
wmartens@med.umich.edu
Mitra Maz
mazm@med.umich.edu
Clinical Coordinator
Amy Hurst, MS
ahurst@med.umich.edu
Zeran Zhang
zzeran@med.umich.edu
Undergraduate Students
Grace Gao
gracegyq@med.umich.edu
Annie Lu
anniewlu@med.umich.edu
Moriah Ma
morima@med.umich.edu
Alayka Reddy
alayka@med.umich.edu
Amanda Victory, accompanied by Dr. Shannon Loftus and Mitra Maz, at the University of Michigan Medical School white coat ceremony. Congratulations, Amanda, we are so proud of you!
U-M seniors Andrew Hannoudi, Jon Musai, and Zeran Zhang (L to R) graduate.
Graduation party for Dr. Shannon Loftus for completing her PhD degree.
Amanda Victory hard at work assembling the lab's new (non-squeaky) cart!