O'Rourke Lab People

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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.

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Robert O'Rourke, MD
Principal Investigator

Principal Investigator

Robert W O'Rourke, MD

Robert W O'Rourke

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Lab Members

 

Jie Li, PhD
Senior Scientist


Damian Mason, BS
Research Technician


Carter Pasternak, BS
Research Technician


Olivia Kruszewski, BS
Research Technician

Featured Alumni
  • 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 
  • Jason Kwon, BS: Past research scientist, currently enrolled in MD program at Central Michigan University

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.