kahlenberg_team

Our Lab

Meet the team behind the J. Michelle Kahlenberg Lab.


Principal Investigator
Michelle Kahlenberg J Michelle Kahlenberg MD, PhD
Giles G Bole M.D. and Dorothy Mulkey M.D. Research Professor of Rheumatology
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

lab life