O'Rourke Lab People
Meet Our Team
Get to know the O'Rourke Lab members.
Join the O'Rourke Lab Team
Our lab is a tight-knit group dedicated to high quality, collaborative science. We have a track record of supporting career scientists as well as training and launching trainees at all levels of education from undergraduate to post-doctoral to career positions as they transition to next stages in their education towards graduate and medical school.
Contact
Principal Investigator
Robert W O'Rourke
Professor of Surgery
Medical School
Lab Members
Jie Li, PhD
Senior Scientist
Biaoxin Chai, PhD
Senior Scientist
Kore Akinleye, BS
Research Specialist
Jason Kwon, BS
Research Specialist
Alex Ky, BS
Research Specialist
- Clarissa Strieder-Barboza, PhD: Past postdoctoral fellow, currently a PI/faculty member at Texas Tech University
- Lindsey Muir, PhD: Past postdoctoral fellow, currently a Research Scientist at the University of Michigan
- Carmen Flesher, BS: Past research scientist, currently a graduate student at the University of Pennsylvania
- Alexandra Washabaugh, BS, MD: Past research scientist, graduated with a medical degree from Michigan State University
- Kevin Meyer, BS, PharmD: Past research scientist, graduated with a PharmD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Support Our Work
We greatly appreciate your support in further advancing our research. Please contact the Office of Development with any questions.
Explore Clinical Trials
The University of Michigan offers a wide range of clinical trials through the Michigan Institute for Clinical & Health Research (MICHR) in which volunteers can participate.
