Our Lab
Meet the team behind the J. Michelle Kahlenberg Lab.
Principal Investigator
J Michelle Kahlenberg MD, PhD
Associate Chair, Department of Internal Medicine
Professor of Internal Medicine and Professor of Dermatology
Medical School
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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lab life
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!
