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Training

Post Doctoral Fellow

National Institute for Medical Research

Mill Hill, London , UK

Ph.D., M. Phil, M.A.

Columbia University, New York

Dept. of Genetics and Developmental Biology 

B.S.

Nasson College

Professor of Biology and Genetics

McAllister Heart Institute

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

FRANK CONLON, Ph.D.

Principal
Investigator

Current Lab Members
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KERRY DORR, Ph.D.

Training

Post Doctoral  Fellow

NIEHS, Durham, NC

Ph.D.

University of North Carolina

Chapel Hill, NC

B.S.

University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

Research Associate

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Graduate Student

KAYLA MASON

Training

B.S. Public Health

B.S. Microbiology & Immunology 

University of Miami

Coral Gables, FL

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Graduate Student

LUCIA GRANDISON

Training

B.A. Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology

Washington University in St. Louis

St. Louis, MO

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Graduate Student

RACHEL
SZYMANSKI

Training

B.S. Genetics 

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, NC

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Graduate Student

XINGREN WANG

Training

B.S. Biological Chemistry

B.S. Philosophy 

Bates College, Lewiston, ME

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ADITYA SHANKAR

Training

B.S. Biology 

University of North Carolina,

Chapel Hill, NC

Research Technician

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GAVIN COFFIELD

Training

B.S. Biology

University of North Carolina,

Chapel Hill, NC

Undergraduate

Student

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ELLA MCFERRIN

Training

B.S. Biology

B.A. Art History 

University of North Carolina,

Chapel Hill, NC

Undergraduate

Student

Delphine Christman

Business Manager

Past Lab Members

Past Lab Members

Lauren Browning

Nirav Amin, Ph.D.

Olav Binder, Ph.D.

Marta Charpentier, Ph.D.

Caroline Collins, M.D.

Jen Duddy

Sarah Goetz, Ph.D.

Elizabeth Jarvis, M.D.

Tamaryn Kelley

Britt Kern, Ph.D.

Phil Lee

Rachel Seyoon Moon

Erika Paden

Chris Showell, Ph.D.

Stephen Sojka, Ph.D.

Panna Tandon, Ph.D.

Shauna Vasilatos

Morgan Von Drehl

Vivi Santana

Haley Davies

Thidar Aye

Whitney Edwards, Ph.D.

Laura Hughes

Dain Ruiz

Ike Emerson

Joseph Porco

Tia Andrade

Daniel D. Brown, Ph.D.

Kathleen Christine, Ph.D.

Anna Davis

Krissy Duggan

Ashley Hayes

Erin Kaltenbrun, Ph.D.

Leslie M. Kennedy, Ph.D.

Yvette Langdon, Ph.D.

Elizabeth Mandel, Ph.D.

Sruti Nagaraj, M.D.

Kimberly Sauls, Ph.D.

Christopher Slagle, Ph.D.

Jackie Swanik, Ph.D.

Caroline Tarallo

Michelle Villasmil, Ph.D.

Lauren K. Waldron, Ph.D.

Carrie Wilczewski, Ph.D.

Zach Robbe

Olivia Bussey

Angel Scialdone

Wei Shi, Ph.D.

Kyle Park

Will Walker

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