Khurana Hershey Lab

Lab Alumni

The Khurana Hershey Lab and the Division of Asthma Research is devoted to providing students of all levels with an excellent training opportunity in both clinical and in bench research. Trainees include high school students, undergraduate and graduate students, pre-doctoral and post-doctoral fellows, as well medical students and physician scientists. The goal of the Khurana Hershey Lab is to educate trainees in asthma research and the integration of asthma research into optimized clinical practice. Several of the trainees of the Khurana Hershey Lab are now very successful and competitive in their current careers.

Pediatric Residents and Clinical Fellow Trainees

Name	Lab Start Date	Current Career
Leilanie Perez Ramirez, MD, MS	2016	Assistant Professor University of Florida
Huyen-Tran (Cecelia) Nguyen	2015	Allergy Fellow Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Kari Brown, MD	2011	Associate Medical Director PPD
Gerald Lee, MD	2009	Assistant Professor University of Louisville- School of Medicine
Jocelyn Biagini Myers, PhD	2008	Assistant Professor Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (**Has independent funding)
Jessica Woo, MHSA, PhD	2007	Associate Professor University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Tolly Epstein, MD	2007	Clinical Assistant Professor University of Cincinnati- College of Medicine
Manoj Warrier, MD	2006	Clinical Associate Professor St. Louis University School of Medicine; Allergy, Asthma & Sinus Care Center
Andrew Smith, MD	2005	Physician University of Cincinnati- Internal Medicine / UC Health / UC Physicians
Yasuhiro Tabata, MD, PhD	2005	Senior Clinical Study Director Sanofi Genzyme
Stavra Xanthakos, MD	2005	Associate Professor of Pediatric Medicine Cincinnati Children’s Medical Center
Jayanta Gupta, MD, PhD	2003	Assistant Professor Florida Gulf Coast University
Jesus Guajardo, MD	2001	Associate Professor University of Texas Health Science Center
Douglas McDonald, MD, PhD	2000	Assistant Professor of Immunology Harvard Medical School
Michelle Stevenson, MD, MS	2000	Associate Program Director / Associate Professor of Pediatrics / Research Director University of Louisville
Steven Sutton, MD	1999	Physician Partner Allergy & Asthma Inc.
Michael Daines, MD	1999	Division Chief Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Arizona Medical Center, Diamond Children’s
Kimberly Risma, MD, PhD	1999	Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

Post- Doctoral Trainees

Name	Lab Start Date	Current Career
Eric Schauberger, DO, PhD	2016	Allergy/Immunology Fellow
Leilanie Perez Ramirez, MD	2016	Allergy/Immunology Fellow
Huyen-Tran Nguyen, MD	2015	Allergy/Immunology Fellow
Hanna Johansson, PhD	2014	Postdoctoral Fellow Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Chang Xiao, MD, PhD	2011	Postdoctoral Fellow Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Kari Brown, MD	2011	Allergy/Immunology Fellow
Zhonghua Zhang, MD, PhD	2010	Postdoctoral Fellow Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Andrew Lindsley, MD	2010	Instructor Allergy/Immunology
Gerald Lee, MD	2009	Allergy/Immunology Fellow Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Jocelyn Biagini-Myers, PhD	2008	Postdoctoral Fellow Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Hyun-Bae Jie, PhD	2008	Postdoctoral Fellow
Eric Brandt, MD, PhD	2008	Postdoctoral Fellow Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Kelly Metz, MD	2008	Allergy/Immunology Fellow Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Tolly Epstein, MD	2007	Allergy/Immunology Fellow University of Cincinnati
Andrew Smith, MD	2005	Allergy and Immunology Fellow
Yasuhiro Tabata, MD, PhD	2005	Postdoctoral Fellow
Jayanta Gupta	2003	Molecular Epidemiology and Genetics Ph.D. student (thesis work) and Postdoctoral Fellow
Alexander Masino, MD, PhD	2003	Postdoctoral Fellow
Weiguo Chen, PhD	2003	Postdoctoral Fellow Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Saswata Basu, PhD	2001	Postdoctoral Fellow
Jesus Guajardo, MD, PhD	2001	Postdoctoral Fellow Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Erik D. White, MD	1998	Postdoctoral Fellow Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Graduate, Medical and MD/ PhD Student Trainees

Name	Lab Start Date	Current Career
Paige Bolcas	2014	Immunobiology Graduate Student (PhD Candidate)
Emily Wayman	2012	Molecular and Developmental Biology Graduate Student (PhD Candidate)
Rachael Mintz, PhD	2009	Immunobiology Graduate Student (PhD Candidate)
Jessica Woo, PhD	2007	Epidemiology PhD Student
Manoj Warrier, MD	2006	Instructor in Allergy/Immunology
Kathy Schroer	2004	Developmental Biology Graduate Student (PhD candidate)
Salma Musaad, MD, PhD	2004	Molecular Epidemiology and Genetics PhD student (thesis work)
Lynnette Mendoza	2004	Developmental Biology Graduate Student
Shady El-Zayaty	2003	UC Medical Student
Lesley Burrell	2001	UC Medical Student
Mark Schroeder	2000	UC Medical Student
Michelle Stevenson	2000	Emergency Department Fellow and Epidemiology MS student (thesis work)
Louis Acero		Developmental Biology Graduate Student (rotating)
Tracy Dohn		Developmental Biology Graduate Student (PhD Candidate)
Mansi Krishan		Graduate Student (PhD Candidate)
Jiadi Xu		Developmental Biology Graduate Student (PhD Candidate)
Chen Gao		Developmental Biology Graduate Student (PhD Candidate)
Scott Nash, MD		Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Resident Research Project
Lu Han		Molecular and Developmental Biology Graduate Student (PhD Candidate)

Co-op, Summer High School, and SURF Student Trainees

Name	Lab Start Date	Current Career
Mariam Boules	2016	Summer Student
Anjali Gupta	2016	Summer Student
Lisa Poffenberger	2016	Summer Student
Ashkar Kathula	2016	Summer Student
Johnathan Avant	2016	Summer Student
Michael Chen	2014	Summer Student
Mehak Kalra	2014	Summer Student
BriAnna Ostrander	2013	Summer Student
Delia Shen	2013	Summer Student
Tywmenia Liggins	2013	Summer Student
Nanki Hura	2012	Summer Student
Rossy Alarcon Cabera	2012	Summer Student
Frank Forde	2012	Summer Student
Alison Lonneman	2011	Summer Student
Erik Bao	2011	Summer Student
Robin Garrison	2010	Summer Student
Nick Hershey	2010	Summer Student
Matthew Stier	2008	Summer Student
Kevin Baldridge	2007	Summer Student
Scott Seider	2007	Summer Student
Allyson Hamlin	2006	Summer Student
Mark Lindsey	2006	Summer Student
Brad Walker	2005	Summer Student
Mandeep Gupta	2003	Summer research fellow UC Medical Student
Stacey Sellins	2003	Midwestern University Physician Assistant Program Student (rotating)
Theresa Bacigalupo	2001	Summer research fellow student through the Developmental Biology Program at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Maryse Amin	2001	Summer research student from Miami University, Oxford, OH
David Bargnesi		UC Medical Student
Sarah Potts		Summer Student
Navpreet Lehki		Summer Student
Pratima Shanbhag		Summer Student
Erika Osterholzer		Summer Student
Kathleen Hiltz		Summer Student
Robert Kluger		Summer Student
Seth Reighard		Summer Student
Charlie Poff		Summer Student
Megha Grandhi		Summer Student
Emily Haruff		Summer Student
Urvashi Marwah		Summer Student
Cassandra Skinner		Summer Student
Heepke Wendroth		Summer Student
Ayad Ali		Summer Student
YeoSeong Kim		Summer Student
Andrew Ochoa		Summer Student
Mary Bedard		Summer Student
Taylor Evans		Summer Student
Shaan Hershey		Summer Student
Pamuel Paul		Summer Student
Michelle Ploch		Summer Student

Stories of Success

Gerald B. Lee, MD
Assistant Professor
Division Chief, Allergy and Immunology
Department of Pediatrics, Allergy and Immunology
University of Louisville

In 2009, Gerald B. Lee, MD, joined the Khurana Hershey Lab as an eager and enthusiastic clinical fellow committed to improving the health of children with asthma and allergies. During his time in the lab Dr. Lee investigated diesel oxidation and S-glutathionylation in house dust mite induced murine asthma. When Dr. Lee departed from the lab, his passion and leadership for improving the health of children continued through his success in the Allergy and Immunology Division at the University of Louisville. In 2014, Dr. Lee was chosen as chief of the Division of Allergy and Immunology and was featured on a segment of the Today Show. Please click below to watch Dr. Lee’s segment featured on the Today Show.

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