Team Members
Current Lab Members
Principal Investigator, OB/GYN & Women's Health, School of Medicine
Senior Research Scientist, OB/GYN & Women's Health, School of Medicine
Post-doctoral Scholar, OB/GYN & Women's Health, School of Medicine
PhD Candidate, PhD in Translational Biosciences Program
PhD Candidate, PhD in Translational Biosciences Program
PhD Candidate, PhD in Translational Biosciences Program
PhD Student, PhD in Translational Biosciences Program
PhD Student, PhD in Translational Biosciences Program
Post-baccalaureate trainee
Undergraduate trainee
Natalie Nagy
Undergraduate trainee
Cayce Rose
Undergraduate trainee
Laura Flores
Undergraduate trainee
Maria Silva
Undergraduate trainee
Labs
Summer 2023
Spring 2022
Spring 2021
Fall 2020
Fall 2019
Spring 2018
Former Lab Members
Post-Doctoral Scholars
Post-doctoral Scholar
05/2022-07/2023
Current: NIH IRTA Fellow, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC
Prashanth Anamthathmakula, PhD
Post-doctoral Scholar
Joined our lab: 06/2019-04/2021
Current: Senior Research Scientist, Department of Surgery, University of Missouri-Kansas City
My-Thanh Beedle, PhD
Post-doctoral Scholar
Joined our lab: 04/2018-08/2018
Current: Course Instructor for General Education at the Western Governors University
Shuai Li, MBA, PhD
Post-doctoral Scholar
Joined our lab: 01/2016-04/2018
Current: Consultant and Manager of Innovative projects at SAI-MedPartners
Graduate Students
Emily McGlade
PhD Student
Joined our lab: 03/2019-05/2022
Current: Post-doctoral Scholar at University of Missouri
Sierra Olsen
PhD Student
Joined our lab: 03/2017-01/2019 (medical leave)
Current: Laboratory Technician at Aarhus University (Nykjær lab), Denmark
High School Student
Sophia Jones
Senior high school student from Pullman High School (PHS), WA
Joined our lab: summer 2022
Current: graduating PHS and applying to college
Undergraduate Students
Grace Dong
Summer Research Student
In our lab: Summer 2023
Current: Student at the University of Pennsylvania
Ayiana Sapp
Undergraduate student, Genetics & Cell Biology
Joined our lab: 01/2022-07/2022
Current: WSU student
Jenna Jeffries
Undergraduate student, Honors College, Biological Sciences at WSU
Joined our lab: 08/2020-07/2022
Current: WSU student
Jake Pru
Undergraduate student, Genetics and Cell Biology at WSU
Joined our lab: 01/2021-07/2022
Current: WSU student
Lilinoe McCanna
Undergraduate student, Biochemistry at WSU
Joined our lab: 01/2021-07/2022
Current: WSU student
December Brickey
Undergraduate student, Genetics & Cell Biology, Pre-genetic counseling at WSU
Joined our lab: 11/2021-07/2022
Current: WSU student
Madison Arreola
Undergraduate student, Honors College, Biochemistry-Microbiology/Pre-med at WSU
Joined our lab: 10/2021-07/2022
Current: WSU student
Long Nguyen
Undergraduate student, Biochemistry at WSU
Joined our lab: 02/2020-02/2022
Current: Bioinformatics Analyst, Fred Hutch Cancer Center
Kennedy Tisdel
Undergraduate student, Genetics & Cell Biology/Pre-med at WSU
Joined our lab: 10/2021-12/2021
Current: Kennedy is taking a gap year
Nine Winuthayanon, M.Eng.
Data Consultant III
Joined our lab: 02/2020-12/2020 then CRB 01/2021-07/2022
Current: Software Engineer Analyst-Expert, University of Missouri
Grace Melbuer
Undergraduate student, Genetics & Cell Biology and Spanish, Honors College, WSU
Joined our lab: 08/2020-09/2021
Current: WSU student
Parker Johnson
Undergraduate student, Genetics & Cell Biology, WSU
Joined our lab: 01/2021-08/2021 (rotating student for STAR program)
Current: WSU student
Jenna Rock
Undergraduate student, Biochemistry/Biophysics with pre-pharmacy program, WSU
Joined our lab: 07/2018-05-2021 (rotating student for STAR program)
Current: Pharmacy student at WSU College of Pharmacy
Kylie Butler
Undergraduate student, Genetics & Cell Biology and Pre-genetic counseling at WSU
Joined our lab: 02/2020-05-2021
Current: Graduate Student, Genetic Counseling Program at Brandeis University
Gerardo Herrera
Undergraduate student, Biochemistry at WSU
Joined our lab: 05/2017-07/2020
Current: Graduate Student at the University of Kansas Medical Center
Brooke Barton
Undergraduate student, Genetics and Cell Biology, Honors College at WSU
Joined our lab: 04/2018-05/2020
Current: Medical Student at the University of Washington - Spokane
Anna Willie
Undergraduate student, Biochemistry/Biophysics with Pre-med program at WSU
Joined our lab: 10/2018-05/2020
Current: Research Scientist at Molecular Epidemiology Inc.
Devinae McNeil
Undergraduate student, Basic Medical Sciences, WSU
Joined our lab: Spring 2018-2019
Current: Patient Services Representative, Swedish OB/GYN Specialists
Lana Lim
Undergraduate student, Women's Gender & Sexuality Study at WSU
Joined our lab: 08/2018-12/2018
Current: WSU student
Keila Tam
Undergraduate student, Microbiology at WSU
Joined our lab: 08/2016-05/2018
Current: Laboratory Assistant Specialist, Microbiology dept. at Clinical Laboratories of Hawaii
Sofia O'Neill
Undergraduate student, Biology and Genetics & Cell Biology at WSU
Joined our lab: 01/2016-12/2016
Current: Microbiologist I, Immunodiagnostics Section, WSU-WADDL
Marleny Garcia (Carmona)
Undergraduate student, Biology at WSU
Joined our lab: 08/2015-05/2017
Current: Medical Student at the WSU College of Medicine
Jacob Lizarraga
Undergraduate student, Microbiology at WSU
Joined our lab: 05/2016-08/2016
Current: Product Manager, Merck
Skylar Sampels
Undergraduate student, Biology at WSU
Joined our lab: 05/2016-08/2016
Current: Specimen Procurement at Harborview through University of Washington, School of Medicine
Karena DeLaRosa
Undergraduate student at WSU
Joined our lab: 05/2016-12/2017