People
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Timothy Myers, MBA, CPA
Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and Chief Financial Officer
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Eric C. Swindell, Ph.D.
Dean and Chief Academic Officer, Van Andel Institute Graduate School
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Linda Zarzecki, MBA
Vice President for Human Resources
Title IX Coordinator for Van Andel Institute Graduate School
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Elshaimaa Ali, M.S.
Ph.D. Student, VAI Graduate School
Thesis: Identification and characterization of novel non-histone substrates of SETD2
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Ehraz Anis, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Brundin Laboratory
Exploring the contribution of the vermiform appendix to Parkinson’s disease
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André Bachmann, Ph.D., M.S.
Adjunct Faculty, Department of Cell Biology
Primary Institution: Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
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Sawyer Barton
Assistant Research Technician, Department of Metabolism and Nutritional Programming
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Ian Beddows, Ph.D.
Bioinformatics Research Scientist, Bioinformatics and Biostatistics Core
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Taylor Boyd, M.Ed.
Director of Assessment and Professional Development, Van Andel Institute Graduate School
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Margene Brewer, M.S.
Senior Administrative Assistant I, Department of Metabolism and Nutritional Programming
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Caleb Bupp, M.D., FACMG
Adjunct Faculty, Department of Cell Biology
Primary Institution: Corewell Health Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital
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Nathaniel Buteyn, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Triche Laboratory
Pediatric leukemia immunology
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Ronald Chandler, Ph.D.
Adjunct Faculty, Department of Epigenetics
Primary Institution: Michigan State University
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Shelby Compton, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Russell Jones Laboratory
Investigating the mechanisms of LKB1-mediated inflammation in tumor progression
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Jason Cooper, Ph.D.
Research Scientist, Department of Metabolism and Nutritional Programming
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Michael Dahabieh, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Russell Jones Laboratory
Characterizing heterogeneity of exhausted T cells and understanding the roles of peroxisomes in the tumor microenvironment
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Paula Davidson
Senior Research Technician, Department of Metabolism and Nutritional Programming
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Zach DeBruine, Ph.D.
Adjunct Faculty, Department Epigenetics
Primary Institution: Grand Valley State University
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Patrick Dischinger, B.S., MB(ASCP)CM
Ph.D. Student, VAI Graduate School
Thesis: Investigating NF1 transcript variants in RAS deregulation and breast cancer progression
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Svetlana Djirackor
Ph.D. Student, VAI Graduate School
Thesis project title to be determined
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Minge Du, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Li Laboratory
Structural mechanisms of protein glycosylation
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Lauren Duimstra
Ph.D. Student, VAI Graduate School
Thesis: Defining the impact of environmental nutrients on T cell function
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Jamie Durst, B.S.
Senior Administrative Assistant II, Department of Neurodegenerative Science
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Madalynn Erb, Ph.D.
Research Scientist, Department of Neurodegenerative Science
Functional interactions of genes that cause Parkinson’s disease
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Robert Fillinger, B.S., Ph.D.
Core Bioinformatics Scientist I, Bioinformatics & Biostatistics Core
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Joe Floramo, M.S.
Ph.D. Student, VAI Graduate School
Thesis: Polysumoylation’s role in skeletal development and homeostasis
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Nicole Foy
Assistant Research Technician, Department of Metabolism and Nutritional Programming
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Darrick Gates, B.S.
Research Technician, Department of Metabolism and Nutritional Programming
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Thomas Goralski, M.S.
Ph.D. Student, VAI Graduate School
Thesis project title to be determined
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Carrie Graveel, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist, Department of Cell Biology; Assistant Dean for Student Research Experience, Van Andel Institute Graduate School
MET signaling, RTK signaling in breast cancer progression and therapeutic resistance, mouse models, targeted therapeutic approaches to breast cancer
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Alexandra Griffith
Events and Corporate Giving Administrator
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Jamie Grit, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Steensma Laboratory
Inflammatory pain signaling in benign neurofibromas
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Lauren Harmon, B.S.
Ph.D. Student, VAI Graduate School
Thesis: Genetic epidemiology of pediatric acute myeloid leukemia
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Qing He, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Li Laboratory
Structural biology of DNA replication and repair
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Rachel (Rae) House, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Lien Laboratory
Thesis: Identification and exploitation of metabolic reprogramming in NF1-mutant breast cancer
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Vanessa Howland
Ph.D. Student, VAI Graduate School
Thesis: Exploring the pathophysiology of TMEM230 in Parkinson’s disease
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Joel Hrit, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Rothbart Laboratory
Regulatory mechanisms of maintenance DNA methylation by DNMT1
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Josh (Hyo Sik) Jang, Ph.D.
VAI Fellow, Peter Jones Laboratory
Single cell resolution of immune landscape in cancer therapy
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Ben Johnson, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Shen Laboratory
Epigenetics of reproductive cancers
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Faith Kaluba, B.S.
Assistant Research Technician, Department of Metabolism and Nutritional Programming
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Leena Kariapper, M.Sc.
Ph.D. Student, VAI Graduate School
Thesis: Investigating Setdb1-mediated endogenous retrotransposon silencing
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Alysa Kasen
Ph.D. Student, VAI Graduate School
Thesis: Identifying structural determinants of tau pathology seeding
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Susan Kitchen-Goosen, B.S., MBA
Research Associate, Department of Metabolism and Nutritional Programming
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Andrew Kornilov, B.S.
Assistant Research Technician, Department of Neurodegenerative Science
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Cameron Lee
Assistant Research Technician, Department of Metabolism and Nutritional Programming
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Gangning Liang, M.D., Ph.D.
Adjunct Faculty, Department of Epigenetics
Primary Institution: University of Southern California
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Yanqing Liu
Ph.D. Student, VAI Graduate School
Thesis: Mechanisms and therapeutic vulnerabilities of DNMTi-associated epigenetic plasticity
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Ye Liu, Ph.D.
Research Scientist, Department of Cell Biology
Desumoylation pathways in joint aging and osteoarthritis pathogenesis
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Brianne Livermore, B.S., M.S., QBRS (ASCP)
Core Associate, Pathology and Biorepository Core
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Joseph Longo, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Russell Jones Laboratory
Metabolic dependencies of immune and tumor cells
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Yue Ma, Ph.D.
Research Scientist, Department of Neurodegenerative Science
Immune therapy against prion disease
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Jeff MacKeigan, Ph.D.
Adjunct Faculty, Department of Cell Biology
Primary Institution: Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
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Paul Mark, M.D., FACMG
Adjunct Faculty, Department of Cell Biology
Primary Institutions: Corewell Health & Michigan State University
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Paige Matusiak, B.S.
Ph.D. Student, VAI Graduate School
Thesis project title to be determined
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Christy Mayo, MAOM, M.Ed.
Director of Enrollment and Records, Van Andel Institute Graduate School
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Mitch McDonald
Ph.D. Student, VAI Graduate School
Thesis title: Characterizing the probabilistic inheritance of non-genetic obesity in a mouse model of Neuronatin deficiency.
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Megan Michalski, D.D.S., Ph.D.
Research Scientist, Department of Cell Biology
Wnt signaling in craniofacial bone development
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Shantinique Miller
Ph.D. Student, VAI Graduate School
Thesis project title to be determined
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Vladimir Molchanov
Ph.D. Student, VAI Graduate School
Thesis: Engineering stem cells to treat osteoarthritis
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Alfredo Reyes Oliveras
Ph.D. Student, VAI Graduate School
Thesis: Linking glycosylation changes in pancreatic cancer with metabolic dependencies
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Brandon Oswald
Ph.D. Student, VAI Graduate School
Thesis: Caloric restriction in mice increases the functionality of T cells, offsetting tumor burden
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Ilaria Panzeri, Ph.D.
Research Scientist, Department of Epigenetics
Epigenetic origins of phenotypic variation in complex metabolic diseases
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Kimberly Paquette, B.A.
Laboratory Project Specialist I, Department of Neurodegenerative Science
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Andrea Parham
Ph.D. Student, VAI Graduate School
Thesis: m6A RNA methylation: a new perspective on non-Mendelian phenotypic variation
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Eduardo Perez-Mojica, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Lempradl Laboratory
Mechanistic dissection of epigenetic inheritance
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Annie Pond
Administrative Assistant II, Events and Corporate Giving
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Lucas Pozzo-Miller, Ph.D.
Adjunct Faculty, Neurodegenerative Science
Primary Institution: Michigan State University
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Feyruz Rassool, Ph.D.
Adjunct Faculty, Department of Epigenetics
Primary Institution: University of Maryland School of Medicine
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April Rickle
Ph.D. Student, VAI Graduate School
Thesis: Impact of toxins and nutrients on brain function and development
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Thomas Rogers, Ph.D.
Research Scientist, Department of Metabolism and Nutritional Programming
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Temple Rosenberger
Associate Director of Marketing, Operations, and Educational Partnerships
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Joe Roy, BLS, B.S.
Assistant Research Technician, Department of Metabolism and Nutritional Programming
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Dorian Sargent, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Moore Laboratory
Exploring the mechanisms implicating VPS35 in the neuropathology of Parkinson’s disease
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Linnae Satterlee
Events and Corporate Giving Coordinator
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Kelly Sokol, B.S.
Assistant Research Technician, Department of Metabolism and Nutritional Programming
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Nathan Spix
M.D.-Ph.D. Student
Thesis: Deep molecular characterization of DNA methylation in human colorectal cancer
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Ellen Stirtz, B.S.
Ph.D. Student, VAI Graduate School
Thesis: The combined effect of maternal obesity and autism spectrum disorder-associated genetic mutations on neurodevelopment.
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Krittika Sudhakar, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Lempradl Laboratory
Thesis: The effect of maternal nutrition on offspring development and metabolism
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Kate Thurlow, M.Sc.
Ph.D. Student, VAI Graduate School
Thesis project title to be determined
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Lisa Turner, B.S., HT, QIHC, QBRS, QLS (ASCP)
Core Associate, Pathology and Biorepository Core
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Emily Umstead-Allee
Events and Corporate Giving Coordinator
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Alexandra VanderArk, M.S.
Laboratory Manager, Department of Metabolism and Nutritional Programming
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Althea Waldhart, B.S.
Senior Research Technician, Department of Metabolism and Nutritional Programming
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Hongkuan Wang, Ph.D.
Research Scientist, Department of Epigenetics
Identifying novel epigenetic readers and their inhibitors
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Matthew Weiland, M.S.
FACS Specialist, Department of Metabolism and Nutritional Programming
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Merissa (Xiansha) Xiao, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Li Laboratory
Proteasome and protein folding system involved in multi-drug resistance in Mycobacteria
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Xiaoyan Xie, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Peter Jones Laboratory
The role of DNA methylation in controlling gene expression during cancer development
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Fan Xuan, Ph.D.
Research Scientist, Department of Epigenetics
Histone reader and epigenetic modifications in cancer
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Qinglong You, Ph.D.
Research Scientist, Department of Structural Biology
Epigenetic mechanisms in DNA damage point
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Lukai Zhai, Ph.D.
Research Scientist, Department of Metabolism and Nutritional Programming
Histone H3 lysine 4 demethylase KDM5C/D functions in dendritic cells
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Fengwei Zheng, Ph.D.
Research Scientist, Department of Structural Biology
DNA replication and repair
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Courtney Zirkle, CMP
Events and Meetings Specialist III
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Mehrshid Faraji Zonooz
Ph.D. Student, VAI Graduate School
Thesis project title to be determined