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Our Lab
Meet the team behind the J. Michelle Kahlenberg Lab.
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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
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Faculty
Lisa Abernathy Close, PhD
Research Investigator
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Mehrnaz (Nazy) Gharaee-Kermani, MPH, PhD, DVM
Assistant Research Scientist
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Jessica Turnier, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, Division of Rheumatology
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Bin Xu, PhD
Associate Research Scientist
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Amber Young, MD
Assistant Professor
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Postdoctoral Fellows
Benjamin Klein, MD
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Shannon Loftus, PhD
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Research Staff
Debbie Colesa
Research Lab Specialist Intermediate
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Craig Dobry, PhD
Research Lab Specialist Associate
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Kelsey McNeely
Statistician Intermediate
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Amanda Victory
Research Technician Associate
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Lin Zhang , MS
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Graduate Students
Jacob Martens
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Mitra Maz
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Clinical Coordinator
Amy Hurst, MS
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Zeran Zhang
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Undergraduate Students
Grace Gao
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Annie Lu
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Moriah Ma
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Alayka Reddy
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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!
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U-M seniors Andrew Hannoudi, Jon Musai, and Zeran Zhang (L to R) graduate.
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Graduation party for Dr. Shannon Loftus for completing her PhD degree.
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Amanda Victory hard at work assembling the lab's new (non-squeaky) cart!
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