Previous Lab Members

Research Fellows

Arash Kiarash, M.D. Postdoctoral Research Fellow, 1998-2001; Current status: Practicing Internist.

 

Nagamasa Ogasawara, M.D. Postdoctoral Research Fellow, 1998- 2000. Current status; Practicing Internist, Japan.

 

Justin C. Clark, B.S. Graduate Student in Basic Medical Sciences- Boston University, 1996-1998. Current status: Practicing Physician.

 

 

Federico Rey, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Research Fellow, 1999-2001,

Current position:  Associate Professor of Bacteriology (with Tenure), University of Wisconsin-Madison.

 

 

 

 

Gary Jacobson, M.D. Vascular Surgery Research Fellow, 2000-2001. Current position: Private practice, Surgery.

 

Hector Dourron, M.D. Vascular Surgery Research Fellow, 2001-2002. Current position: Private practice, Surgery; Clinical Research.

 

Jianhua Liu, M.D., Postdoctoral Research Fellow, 2001-2002. Current position: Research Associate, Wayne State University.

 

Mitchell Weaver, M.D., Vascular Surgery Research Fellow, 2002-2003. Current Position: Senior Staff Surgeon, Academic position in Vascular Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital.

 

James. L. Park, Ph.D., Research Instructor, 2003-2005. Current Position: Staff Scientist, University of Michigan Medical Center.

 

Noelia Ardanaz-Martinez, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Research Fellow, 2003-2006. Current Position: Pharmaceutical Research Scientist, Barcelona, Spain.

 

 

Mounir Haurani, M.D., Surgery Postdoctoral Research Fellow, 2005–2007,

Current Position: Vascular Syrgeon, Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery, Division of Vascular Diseases & Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

 

 

 

Thomas Cascino, Undergraduate Research Intern, University of Michigan, 2007.

Current Position:  Cardiology Fellow, Frankel Cardiovascular Center, Univ. Michigan

 

 

 

Kristy Kelel, Master’s Degree Candidate, Biomedical Sciences Program, Wayne State University, 2007. Current Position: medical student, Wayne State University.

 

Joseph Fiorillo, M.S.,; Graduate Student in Basic Medical Sciences-BostonUniversity (Dissertation advisor), 1994-1995.

 

John P. Hezel; Bedford High School Science Program (Project Advisor), 1995.

 

Mark C. Griswold, B.S., Boston University, 1993-1996.

 

Sohang Chatterjee, M.S., Henry Ford Hospital, 1998.

 

Juan Zhang, M.D. Research Fellow, 2003-2004.

 

Yanlin Lu, M.D., Postdoctoral Research Fellow, 2007 – 2008.

 

 

Claudia Castro, Ph.D., Fulbright Scholar, 2010. Current Position:  Docente Facultad de Ciencias Medicas,  Laboratorio de Biologia Vascular, U. Nacional de Cuyo, Argentina

 

 

 

Loreto Egaña, Health Sciences Fellow, -2011

 

 

 

 

Giovanna Frazziano PhD , Postdoctoral Fellow 2010-2012,  Current Position:  Scientific Officer,  Fondazione Ri.MED, Italy

 

 

 

Andres Rodriguez, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow 2007-2013. Current Position:  Investigator at Instituto do Coraçao / FMUSP, Brazil, Docente U. de Bio Bio, Chile

 

 

 

Jefferson Heinrich Amaral, PhD, Visiting Scholar, University of São Paulo, Brazil, -2014

 

 

 

 

Daniel Ranayhossaini, PhD, Graduate Student, 2010-2014. Postdoctoral Associate, 2014.   Current Position: Regulatory Affairs Manager at Viatris, Pennsylavania

 

 

 

Gabor Csanyi, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow 2007-2013, Research Instructor 2013-2015.  Current Position: Associate Professor (with tenure), Vascular Biology Center, Georgia Regents University

 

 

 

 

Daniel Meijles, PhD, International Postdoctoral Research Scholar 2013-2015.  Current Position: Senior Lecturer, St George’s University of London

 

 

 

Imad al Ghouleh, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow 2009-2015, Research Instructor 2015.  Current Position:  Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Vascular Medicine Institute

 

 

 

Sanghamitra Sahoo, PhD. Postdoctoral Fellow 2011-2017, Research Instructor 2017-2020.

 

 

 

 

Daniel Simoes de Jesus, PhD. Postdoctoral Fellow 2015-2019. Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, MRC, London, England

 

 

 

 

Evan DeVallance, PhD. Postdoctoral Fellow 2017-2010. Current Position: Post Doctoral Fellow Supervisor, Dept. Physiology and Pharmacology, West Virginia University, WV

 

 

Yao Li, PhD. Postdoctoral Fellow 2015-2021. Current Position: Post Doctoral Fellow, University of Pittsburgh

 

 

 

Mohamed El Massry, PhD. Postdoctoral Fellow 2020-2021. Current Position: Post Doctoral Fellow, France

 

 

Interdisciplinary Biomedical Graduate Program Rotation Students

Evan Carder, 1/13-3/13

Shireen Attaran, 9/13 – 12/13

Stephanie Mutchler, 1/14- 3/14

Joshua Wesalo, 6/14- 9/14

Joshua Lorenz-Guertin, 9/14- 12/14

Braulio Bonilla,   3/16 – 6/16

Andrew Gutierrez, 6/16- 8/16

Undergraduate Students

Kyle Jackson, 2006

Abeba Berhane, 2006

Siddharth Siva, 2007

Michael Best, 2006

David Lee, 2018

Julia Malik, 2010

Judy Lee, 2010

Lillian Assatourian, 2012

Jess Keeley, 2015

Max Alvarez, 2019

Matthew Keeney, 2015

Alisher Sattarov, 2015

Latia Tucker, 2016

James Kearney, 2016

Matthew Benedek, 2019