Sanna-Cherchi Lab

Division of Nephrology

ENVISIONING SCIENCE-BASED PRECISION MEDICINE THROUGH GENE DISCOVERY AND FUNCTIONAL MODELING

Lab Members

Faculty

Simone Sanna-Cherchi, MD

Principal Investigator

Postdocs, Clinical Researchers, and Research Scientists

Jeremiah Martino, PhD

Associate Research Scientist

Yask Gupta, PhD

Associate Research Scientist

Juntao Ke, PhD

Associate Research Scientist

Benjamin Wooden, MD

Clinical Research Fellow

Bioinformaticians

Tze Yin (Joanne) Lim, MS

Bioinformatician

Technicians & Students

Qingxue Liu

Research Worker

Gina Jin

Lab Technician

Lab Alumni and Members At-Large

(Ordered alphabetically)

Dina Ahram, PhD

Role: Postdoc

Currently: Senior Director – Clinical Molecular Genetics and Cytogenetics, Quest Diagnostics Nichols Institute

Katelin Burgess, MD

Role: Technician

Currently: Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Hospital-Based Medicine), Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago

Valentina Capone, MD

Role: Postdoc

Currently: Pediatric Nephrologist at the Pediatric Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplant Unit of Fondazione IRCCS Ca’Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico in Milano, Italy

Jonathan (“JJ”) Diah, MD, MPH

Role: Medical student (T35)*

Currently: Urology Resident, SUNY Downstate Medical Center

David Fasel

Role: Bioinformatician and developer

Ester Lopez-Rivera, PhD

Role: Postdoc

Currently: Adjunct Faculty, SUNY Ulster

Gabriel Makar, MD

Role: technician

Currently: Orthopedic Surgery Resident, Geisinger Medical Center

Adele Mitrotti, MD

Role: Postdoc

Currently: Nephrologist and PhD Student, Dept of Precision and Regenerative Medicine and Ionian Area (DIMPERE-J), University of Bari, Aldo Moro

Ariene Ouedraogo

Role: Summer Student

Alejandra Perez, MD

Role: medical student (T35)*

Currently: Urology Resident, Mt Sinai Medical Center (FL)

Brittany Perry, DO

Role: technician

Currently: Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Nemours Children’s Hospitals (DE)

Katarina Vukojevic, MD

Role: Postdoc

Currently: Professor of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology
Vice-dean of Science, postgraduate studies and international cooperation, Director of Center for Translational Research in Biomedicine, Co-director of PhD study program Biology of Neoplasms, Vice-head of Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology
Head of Laboratory for Early Human Development, University of Split School of Medicine

Division of Nephrology