Lab Members

Kathleen L. Collins, MD PhD

Principal Investigator

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 

 Director, Medical Scientist Training Program

Associate Dean, Physician Scientist Education and Training

Internal Medicine Department

Programs in Microbiology and Immunology; Cellular and Molecular Biology; Immunology;  Microbiology and Immunology; Biological Chemistry

Maria C. Virgilio

Graduate Student in Cellular and Molecular Biology, and Bioinformatics

Francisco Gomez-Rivera

Graduate Student in Immunology

Jackline Onyango

Graduate student in Biological Chemistry


Giselle Flores


Graduate Student in Biological Chemistry


Dr. Marianne Maresh-Yaple

Postdoctoral Fellow

Dr. Barkha Ramnani

Postdoctoral Fellow

Thomas Chen

Undergraduate Researcher

Matthew Riddell

Undergraduate Researcher

Ryan Lodato

Undergraduate Researcher

Valeri Terry

Research Lab Specialist Senior & Lab Manager

Dr. Nadya Svezhova

Resarch Lab Specialist Associate

Christopher Goodall

Researcher Lab Tech Intermediate/Associate

Nicholas Shermis

Research Lab Specialist Intermediate


Joel Cline

Research Lab Specialist Intermediate