When you’re here, you’re family
(without the salad and bread sticks)
When your PI makes a mistake...
Canna Lab last Day in Pittsburgh
one of these fools is giving a talk
Outdoor fun with the Canna Lab
Debut of the Canna Soup Mugs, with a hint of IL-18
Baby's first Day with the Fortessa
Axe Throwing
courtesy Terra Jackson, RN
U mess with the comps, u get the horns
Happy Solstice!
Before a big experiment day with over 200 samples!
CHOP ARC 11th floor immuno
Vinh's last day / inaugural Vinh Dang Fan club jamboree
You're a member, even if you don't know it yet
"They should have sent a poet!"
hucking for, not sucking at, science!
Current - Associate Professor of Pediatrics & Institute for Immunology member, Perelman School of medicine at the University of Pennsylvania | Attending Physician, Immune Dysregulation & Rheumatology, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
2016-2021 - Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and of Immunology, University of Pittsburgh | Attending Rheumatologist, UPMC Children’s Hospital
2016 - Metzger Scholar of Translational Research, Intramural Research Program, NIAMS, NIH, Bethesda
2012 - Fellowship, Pediatric Rheumatology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, 2012
2009 - Residency, Pediatrics, University of Colorado, 2009
2006 - MD, George Washington University School of Medicine
2005 - Clinical Research Training Program (CRTP), Intramural Research Program, NIH, Bethesda, MD
2001 - BA, Johns Hopkins University
Jemy Varghese
Post-bacc / Research Technician
B.S. Biology University of Pittsburgh, 2021
Anastasia Frank-Kamenetskii, PhD
Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2021
Post-Doctoral Associate, Northwestern University, 2020
M.S. in Applied Physics and Mathematics, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, 2015-2017
B.S. in Applied Physics and Mathematics, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, 2011-2015
Jeremy Morrissette
MD/ PhD Candidate
B.S. in Biology, Emmanuel College, 2018
Leonardo Huang
Post-Bacc Research Assistant
B.A. Biology University of Pennsylvania, 2024
Hannah Klinghoffer
Post-Bacc Research Assistant
BA Biology, University of Pennsylvania, 2024
Hallie Carol, MD
CHOP pediatric rheumatology fellow
Bowdoin -> ??? -> Northwestern
Olivia Carrafiell
Undergraduate researcher - Univ of Pennsylvania
Joy Dhar
Undergraduate researcher - Univ of Pennsylvania
Our Alumni
Although we miss each and everyone of those that “graduate” from our lab, we are so proud of all of the amazing work that they do and seeing them grow into the amazing scientists that they are today!
Corinne Schneider
B.S. Biology, University of Pittsburgh
Former Lab Manager
NOW - Mollen lab Manager, Univ. of Pittsburgh
Lindsey Spiker, MS
Former Masters Student-University of Pittsburgh
Dr. Lauren Van Der Kraak, PhD
BSc, Biochemistry, University of Guelph, 2007
PhD, Biochemistry, McGill University, 2015
Former post-doctoral fellow, University of Pittsburgh
NOW: Bluesphere Bio
Dr. Paul Tsoukas, MD
Former Peds Rheum Fellow, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
NOW: Post-Doctoral Fellow - SickKids Hospital Toronto, ON, CA
Eric Weiss
Former Post-bacc / Research asst: NIH -> Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
NOW: MD/PhD candidate - University of Pittsburgh
Shreya Desikan
Former undergrad researcher - Carnegie Mellon University
NOW: MD/PhD candidate - SUNY Downstate
Vinh Dang
B.S. Biology, Stockton University, 2018
former Post-Bacc / Research Technician
NOW: CEO Chromotome
Junior Nguyen
B.S. Biology, Haverford, 2022
former Post-bacc / research tech
NOW: Manufacturer, Adaptimmune
Marie-Christin Hoffmann
former visiting medical student researcher
NOW: MD candidate, Univ of Homberg
Justin Nemec
former Undergrad research - University of Pittsburgh
Zeshan Tariq
former post-bacc / Research Technician - NIAMS
NOW: Dana Farber Cancer Research Institute
Nina Gildor
former Undergraduate Researcher - University of Pennsylvania
Vaishnavi Joshi
former Undergraduate Technician - University of Pennsylvania
Alexander Crofton May
former Undergraduate Research Student
B.S. Neuroscience, Haverford, 2023
Emily Rapp Landy, PhD
former Cannalab Graduate student
PhD Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, 2023
B.S. in Biochemistry, University of Missouri-Columbia, 2016
NOW: Post-doctoral fellow, Mavers Lab, WUSTL