Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program
MD/PhD
Courtney Brock
Lab: Matthew Burow, PhD
Department: Medicine
cbrock1@tulane.edu
Robert Clark
Lab: Jay Kolls, MD
Department: Medicine
rclark12@tulane.edu
Rebecca Horowitz
Lab: James McLachlan, PhD
Dept: Microbiology & Immunology
rhorowi1@tulane.edu
Parks Remcho
Lab: Jay Kolls, MD
tremcho@tulane.edu
Juliet Strauss
Lab: Zachary Pursell, PhD
Department: Biochemistry
jstrauss1@tulane.edu
Year 1
Boluwatife Afolabi
Lab: TBD
Department: TBD
bafolabi@tulane.edu
Yelim Kim
Lab: TBD
Department: TBD
ykim9@tulane.edu
Shuang Li
Lab: TBD
Department: TBD
sli50@tulane.edu
Haley Marcotte
Lab: TBD
Department: TBD
hmarcotte@tulane.edu
Martin Nzegwu
Lab: TBD
Department: TBD
mnezgwu@tulane.edu
Guihua Pan
Lab: TBD
Department: TBD
gpan1@tulane.edu
Alaina Tait
Lab: TBD
Department: TBD
atait3@tulane.edu
Tiantian Tian
Lab: TBD
Department: TBD
ttian2@tulane.edu
Katelyn White
Lab: TBD
Department: TBD
kwhite20@tulane.edu
Lulu Xu
Lab: TBD
Department: TBD
lxu11@tulane.edu
Alec Yakubik
Lab: TBD
Department: TBD
ayakubik@tulane.edu
Year 2
Calvin Adam
Lab: James Jackson, PhD
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
cadam1@tulane.edu
Raed Ageeli
Lab: Prasad Katakam, MD, PhD
Department: Pharmacology
rageeli@tulane.edu
Madison Altom
Lab: Heddwen Brooks, PhD
Department: Physiology
maltom@tulane.edu
Jordan Bass
Lab: Erik Flemington, PhD
Department: Pathology
jbass3@tulane.edu
Michele Daniels
Lab: Suzana Savkovic, PhD
Dept: Pathology
mdaniels3@tulane.edu
Krista Ferrari
Lab: Janet McCombs, PhD
Dept: Medicine
kferrari1@tulane.edu
Jake Fontenot
Lab: Ryosuke Sato, PhD & Heddwen Brooks, PhD
Department: Physiology
jfontenot@tulane.edu
Martha Gonzalez-Ramirez
Lab: Hong-Wen Deng, PhD
Department: Division of Biomedical Informatics
marthagonzalezremirez@tulane.edu
Youwei Hou
Lab: Hong-Wen Deng, PhD
Department: Division of Biomedical Informatics
yhou2@tulane.edu
José Irizarry Ayala
Lab: David Crosslin, PhD
Department: Division of Biomedical Informatics
jirizarry@tulane.edu
Md. Ariful Islam
Lab: Hong-Wen Deng, PhD
Department: Division of Biomedical Informatics
mislam6@tulane.edu
Meggie Lam
Lab: Erik Flemington, PhD
Department: Pathology
mlam2@tulane.edu
Mingqiao Li
Lab: Sergiy Sukhanov, PhD
Department: Medicine
mli35@tulane.edu
Katie Mantilla
Lab: Heddwen Brooks, PhD
Department: Physiology
kmantilla@tulane.edu
Vanessa Menard
Lab: Loren Gragert, PhD
Department: Medicine
vmenard@tulane.edu
Meghan Mouton
Lab: James McLachlan, PhD
Department: Microbiology and Immunology
mmouton3@tulane.edu
Zehui Pan
Lab: Hong-Wen Deng, PhD
Department: Division of Biomedical Informatics
zpan@tulane.edu
Haley Scherer
Lab: David Crosslin, PhD
Department: Division of Biomedical Informatics
hscherer@tulane.edu
Jordan Scott
Lab: Elizabeth Norton, PhD
Department: Microbiology and Immunology
jscott35@tulane.edu
Kamyar Sharifi
Lab: David Crosslin, PhD
Department: Biomedical Informatics
ksharifi@tulane.edu
Year 3
Bakhtawar
Lab: Matthew Burow, PhD
Dept: Department of Medicine
fbakhtawar@tulane.edu
Femke J. Aan
Lab: Dr. Michelle Matter, PhD
Dept: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
faan@tulane.edu
Mehrnoosh Arabi
Lab: James Jackson, PhD
Dept: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
marabi@tulane.edu
Carter Arbogast
Lab: Matthew Burow, PhD
Dept: Department of Medicine
carbogast@tulane.edu
Ally Beck
Lab: Monica Embers, PhD
Dept: Microbiology and Immunology
abeck6@tulane.edu
Rodrigo Borrega
Lab: Robert Garry
Dept: Microbiology and Immunology
rborrega@tulane.edu
Ainsley Ellis
Lab: William Wimley, PhD
Dept: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
aellis4@tulane.edu
Sallie Fell
Lab: Jennifer Manuzak, PhD
Dept: Microbiology and Immunology
sfell@tulane.edu
Mackenzie Hawes
Lab: Matthew Burow, PhD
Dept: Department of Medicine
mhawes@tulane.edu
Abigail Kay
Lab: Zachary Pursell, PhD
Dept: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
akay1@tulane.edu
Madelyn Kist
Lab: Lisa Morici, PhD
Dept: Microbiology and Immunology
mkist@tulane.edu
Laura Lee
Lab: Monica Embers, PhD
Dept: Microbiology and Immunology
llee10@tulane.edu
Haoyang Liang
Lab: Xiaojiang Xu, PhD
Dept: Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
hliang4@tulane.edu
Hannah Mitchell
Lab: Jeffery Han, PhD
Dept: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
hmitchell2@tulane.edu
Mambu Momoh
Lab: John Schieffelin, MD
Dept: Infectious Diseases
mmomoh@tulane.edu
Muhammad Anas Naeem
Lab: TBD
Dept: TBD
mnaeem1@tulane.edu
Martin Nwadiugwu
Lab: Hong-Wen Deng, PhD
Dept: Biomedical Informatics and Genomics
mnwadiugwu@tulane.edu
Stella Ogbu
Lab: Bo Ning, PhD
Dept: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
sogbu@tulane.edu
Alyssa Paynter
Lab: Loren Gragert, PhD
Dept: Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
apaynter@tulane.edu
James Prusak
Lab: Jennifer Manuzak, PhD
Dept: Microbiology and Immunology
jprusak@tulane.edu
Khudeja Salim
Lab: TBD
Dept: TBD
ksalim@tulane.edu
Sofia Santiago Torres
Lab: TBD
Dept: TBD
ssantiagotorres@tulane.edu
Mary Schulz
Lab: Jorge Castorena-Gonzalez, PhD
Dept: Pharmacology
mschulz1@tulane.edu
Syamsudin Slamet
Lab: Malwina Czarny-Ratajczak, PhD
Dept: Biomedical Informatics and Genomics
sslamet@tulane.edu
Ally Vassalotti
Lab: Zachary Pursell, PhD
Dept: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
avassalotti@tulane.edu
Jia Wang
Lab: Erik Flemington, PhD
Dept: Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
jwang59@tulane.edu
Yingjie Wang
Lab: Xiaoying Wang, PhD, MD
Dept: Neurosurgery and Neurology
ywang133@tulane.edu
Nadeeshika Wickramarachchige Dona
Lab: Erik Flemington, PhD
Department: Pathology
nwickramarachchigedo@tulane.edu
Jacob Wilson
Lab: Robert Garry, PhD
Dept: Microbiology and Immunology
jwilson19@tulane.edu
Di Wu
Lab: Hong-Wen Deng, PhD
Dept: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
dwu4@tulane.edu
Xingzhao Xiong
Lab: Xiaowen Liu, PhD
Dept: Biomedical Informatics and Genomics
xxiong2@tulane.edu
Year 4
Folasade Adekanmbi
Lab: Chad Steele, PhD
Dept: Microbiology & Immunology
fadekanmbi@tulane.edu
Kamal Baral
Lab: Bilon Khambu, PhD
Dept: Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
kbaral@tulane.edu
Anindita Barua
Lab: Wu-Min Deng, PhD
Dept: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
abarua@tulane.edu
David (Giovanni) Biagini
Lab: Loren Gragert, PhD
Dept: Pathology
dbiagini@tulane.edu
Kristen Clement
Lab: Jacob Bitoun, PhD and Lisa Morici, PhD
Dept: Microbiology & Immunology
kclement2@tulane.edu
Tyler Crum
Lab: Kislay Parvatiyar, PhD
Dept: Microbiology & Immunology
tcrum@tulane.edu
Pari Dhruva
Lab: Chad Steele, PhD
Dept: Microbiology & Immunology
pdhruva@tulane.edu
Thomas Draper
Lab: Chad Steele, PhD
Dept: Microbiology & Immunology
tdraper2@tulane.edu
Calder Ellsworth
Lab: Xuebin Qin, PhD
Dept: TNPRC
cellsworth@tulane.edu
Sam Embrey
Lab: Heather Machado, PhD
Dept: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
sembrey@tulane.edu
Maggie Hallmets
Lab: Joseph Mudd, PhD
Dept: TNPRC
mhallmets@tulane.edu
Jenna Ko
Lab: Loren Gragert, PhD
Dept: Medicine
jko2@tulane.edu
Erin Kuang
Lab: Lisa Morici, PhD
Dept: Microbiology & Immunology
ekuang@tulane.edu
Raegan Kvadas
Lab: James Jackson, PhD
Dept: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
rkvadas@tulane.edu
Weiqiang Lin
Lab: Hong-Wen Deng, PhD
Dept: Biomedical Informatics
wlin8@tulane.edu
Tabitha Manuel
Lab: Amitinder Kaur, PhD
Dept: TNPRC
tmanuel1@tulane.edu
Megan Matherne
Lab: Heather Machado, PhD
Dept: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
mguilbeau@tulane.edu
Sara Morris
Lab: Kevin Zwezdaryk, PhD
Dept: Microbiology & Immunology
smorris13@tulane.edu
Ferris Munyonho
Lab: Jay Kolls, MD
Dept: Medicine
fmunyonho@tulane.edu
Trang Nguyen
Lab: Erik Flemington, PhD
Dept: Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
tnguyen25@tulane.edu
Emily Phillips
Lab: Heather Machado, PhD
Dept: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
ephillips1@tulane.edu
Shruthi Sampath
Lab: Victor Thannickal, MD
Dept: Medicine
ssampath@tulane.edu
Cristian Santiago
Lab: Wu-Min Deng, PhD
Dept: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
csantiago@tulane.edu
Afzaal Shareef
Lab: Victoria Belancio, PhD
Dept: Structural & Cellular Biology
ashareef@tulane.edu
Naveen Suresh Babu
Lab: Joseph Mudd, PhD
Dept: TNPRC
nsureshbabu@tulane.edu
Minh Tran
Lab: Victoria Belancio, PhD
Dept: Structural & Cellular Biology
mtran13@tulane.edu
Amanda White
Lab: Gregory Bix, MD, PhD, FAHA
Dept: Medicine, Neurology
awhite29@tulane.edu
Binghao Zou
Lab: Brian G. Rowan, PhD
Dept: Structural & Cellular Biology
bzou1@tulane.edu
Year 5 and Above
Michaela Allen
Lab: Derek Pociask, PhD
Dept: Medicine
mallen15@tulane.edu
Louay Bachnak
Lab: James McLachlan, PhD
Dept: Microbiology & Immunology
lbachnak@tulane.edu
Ishitri Bandyopadhyay
Lab: Franck Mauvais-Jarvis, PhD
Dept: Medicine
ibandyopadhyay@tulane.edu
Duran Bao
Lab: Jia Fan, PhD
Dept: Biochemistry
dbao@tulane.edu
Alex Berry
Lab: Robert Garry, Phd
Dept: Microbiology & Immunology
aberry6@tulane.edu
Joe Berta
Lab: Robert Garry, PhD
Dept: Microbiology & Immunology
cberta@tulane.edu
Mazvita Chakawa
Lab: Derek Pociask, PhD
Dept: Medicine
mchakawa@tulane.edu
Fang-Yen Chiu
Lab: James Jackson, PhD
Dept: Biochemistry
fchiu@tulane.edu
Caique Almeida Machado Costa
Lab: Wu-Min Deng, PhD
Dept: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
camcosta@tulane.edu
Joshua Currey
Lab: Xuebin Qin, MD, PhD
Dept: Tulane National Research Primate Center
jcurrey@tulane.edu
Dane Flinchum
Lab: Sean Lee, PhD
Dept: Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
dflinchum@tulane.edu
Yun Gong
Lab: Hong-Wen Deng, PhD
Dept: Biomedical Informatics
ygong@tulane.edu
Allyson Hirsch
Lab: Lisa Morici, PhD
Dept: Micro/Immuno
ahirsch3@tulane.edu
Ian Hollifield
Lab: Jacob Bitoun, PhD
Dept: Microbiology & Immunology
ihollifield@tulane.edu
Md. Shakhaowat Hossain
Lab: Jay Kolls, MD
Dept: Medicine
mhossain1@tulane.edu
Ariane Imulinde Sugi
Lab: Sarah Lindsey, PhD
Dept: Pharmacology
aimulindesugi@tulane.edu
Lindong Jiang
Lab: Hong-Wen Deng, PhD
Dept: Division of Biomedical Informatics and Genomics
ljiang3@tulane.edu
Vanessa Limbert
Lab: James McLachlan, PhD
Dept: Microbiology & Immunology
vlimbert@tulane.edu
Meredith Mayer
Lab: Tracy Fischer, PhD
Dept: Tulane National Research Primate Center
mmayer7@tulane.edu
Arissa Mercer
Labs: Dr. Xiao-Ming Yin and Dr. Bilon Khambu
Dept: Pathology
amercer@tulane.edu
Zeinab Mheidly
Lab: James Jackson, PhD
Dept: Biochemistry
zmheidly@tulane.edu
Alex Mrozek
Lab: Heewon Park
Dept: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
amrozek@tulane.edu
Timothy Nass Jr.
Lab: Kislay Parvatiyar, PhD
Dept: Microbiology & Immunology
tnass@tulane.edu
Sydney Nemphos
Lab: Jennifer Manuzak, PhD
Dept: Tulane National Research Primate Center
snemphos@tulane.edu
Emily Olsen
Lab: Monica Vaccari, PhD
Dept: TNPRC Immunology
eolsen2@tulane.edu
Fareed Sindi
Lab: Tadashi Yoshida, PhD and Patrice Delafontaine, MD
Dept: Medicine
fsindi@tulane.edu
Alison Van Zandt
Lab: Andrew MacLean, PhD
Dept: Tulane National Research Primate Center
avanzandt@tulane.edu
Nicholas Wallbillich
Lab: Hua Lu, MB, PhD
Dept: Biochemistry
nwallbillich@tulane.edu
Chenxiao (Mia) Wang
Lab: Xuebin Qin
Dept: TNPRC Comparative Pathology
cwang27@tulane.edu
Brady Youngquist
Lab: Dr. Tony Ye Hu
Dept: Biochemistry
byoungquist@tulane.edu
Xiao Zhang
Lab: Hong-Wen Deng, PhD
Dept: Division of Biomedical Informatics and Genomics
xzhang30@tulane.edu
