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Program Trainees

Current Trainees

Pre-Doctorals

  • Jared S. Simmons

    Jared S. Simmons

    08​/24 - present
    Project title: Redefining the role of dermal fibroblasts through immune activation by keratinocyte interleukin 1
  • Renee Oles

    Renee Oles

    05​/23 - present
    Project title: Comparative genomic analysis of gut microbes linked to inflammation to determine genetic factors involved in exacerbating disease.

Post-doctorals

  • Joseph Gordon, Ph.D.

    Joseph Gordon, Ph.D.

    07/2023 - present
    Project title: Musculoskeletal markers of disease progression in systemic lupus erythematosus​.
  • Jessica Murillo Saich, PhD.

    Jessica Murillo Saich, PhD.

    05/2024-present

    Project title: Dr Murillo Saich directing her research to understand metabolic pathways, specifically the role of one enzyme in the glucose metabolism, the hexokinase 2, in the aggressive phenotype of rheumatoid arthritis fibroblast like synoviocytes, to identify its function as a therapeutic target.

  • Edward Barton Prideaux

    Edward Barton Prideaux

    07/2024-present
    Project title: A translational informatics approach to the characterization of epigenetic factors in rheumatoid arthritis evolution​​.

Graduated Trainees (as of June 2024)

Pre-doctorals 

Edward Barton Prideaux
David McBride​
Anaamika Campeau
Tianda Deng
Jacob Mateusz Wozniak
Wade Johnson
Concepcion Sanchez
Michael Kozma

Post-doctorals

Rashmi Dhital, MD.
Paul Hsu, MD., PhD.
Vladislav Tsaltskan, MD.
Chad Priest, PhD.
Roxana Coras, MD.
Jessica Murillo Saich, PhD.​
Melissa Meyer, PhD.
Denis Wu, PhD.
Chelsey Forbess Smith, MD.