Personnel

Lab Personnel

Principal Investigator
	Leslie V. Parise, Professor and Chair of Biochemistry/Biophysics and Joint Faculty Member of Pharmacology parise@med.unc.edu

Assistant Professors

	Julia Brittain Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Project: Integrin-associated protein (CD47) mediated activation of sickle cells jeb@med.unc.edu
	Stephen Holly Ph.D., Washington University, St. Louis Project: R-Ras in integrin signaling stephen_holly@med.unc.edu

	Tina Leisner Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago Project: CIB1 regulation of kinases tml13@med.unc.edu
	Weiping Yuan Ph.D., University of Florida Project: CIB1 regulation of GPIIb-IIIa wp_yuan@med.unc.edu

Postdoctoral Fellows

Jun Liu Ph.D., University of Missouri at Columbia
Project: Role of PAK 1 in megakaryocytes and platelets
junliu@med.unc.edu

Aeisha Robb Ph.D., Harvard University, Boston
Project: Sickle cell adhesion
arobb1@med.unc.edu

Zhengyan (Maria) Wang D.D.S. and M.S., West China University of Medical Sciences, Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Project: R-Ras in megakaryocytes and platelets
mariawzy@email.unc.edu

Yi Wu Ph.D., Northwestern University, Chicago
Project: Live cell imaging of signaling molecules (joint appointment with Dr. Klaus Hahn)
yi_wu@med.unc.edu

Medical Fellows

	Christine Knoll M.D., LSU Project: Sickle cell adhesion CKnoll@unch.unc.edu
	Cassie Moran D.O., Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Pharm B.S. Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science, Currently Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellow Project: CIB1 in neuroblastoma cmoran@med.unc.edu

Graduate Students

	Jan DeNofrio B.S., Eckerd College, Currently a graduate student in the Genetics Curriculum Project: CIB1 in integrin function jan_denofrio@med.unc.edu
	Holly Gentry B.S., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, currently a graduate student in Pharmacology Project: CIB1 structure holly_gentry@med.unc.edu

	Sheritha Lee B.A., University of NC Chapel Hill, M.S. Biology North Carolina Central University, currently a graduate student in Pharmacology and a fellow in Integrative Vascular Biology Project: Inflammatory mediators in sickle cell disease splee@med.unc.edu
	Mohamed Zayed B.S., UNC-CH, MD/PhD graduate student in Pharmacology Project: Angiogenesis mohamed_zayed@med.unc.edu

Bin Zhao M.D., West China University of Medical Sciences, M.S. Nutrition and Food Science Utah State University, currently a graduate student in PHCO
Project: CIB1 binding proteins
bin_zhao@med.unc.edu

Research Technicians

Christopher Anderson B.A., Duke University
Lab Manager
anderson@med.unc.edu

Work Study Student

Recent Former Lab Members

Shantres Clark B.A., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Project: Sickle cell disease
shantres_clark@med.unc.edu

Erica Curry, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Class of 2006
epcurry@email.unc.edu

Lisa Flythe Class of 2003 University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Work Study Student
Currently: Occupational Therapist
lisaflythe@hotmail.com

Patrick Hines M.D. Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 2003
Ph.D. thesis project: cAMP-mediated activation of sickle cell adhesion
Currently: Medical resident, Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia, U Penn
hinesp@tmo.blackberry.net

Mark Larson B.A., Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota, Ph.D. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 2003
Ph.D. thesis project: Rap1 Activation in Platelets
Currently: Postdoctoral fellow with Steve Watson, Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Birmingham, UK
M.Larson@bham.ac.uk

Ming Liu Ph.D., University of Maryland, Baltimore 2002
Project: CIB
Currently: Postdoctoral fellow with Peter Howley, Dept of Pathology, Harvard
mingjuan_liu@hms.harvard.edu

Meghan Murphy B.S., University of Maryland, Baltimore County, M.S. Chemistry UNC-CH, Ph.D. Pharmacology University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 2004
Currently: Science Intern with the FDA
meghan.murphy@fda.hhs.gov

Satish Misras University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Class of 2006
Undergraduate Independent Study Student 2003-2004
Project: R-Ras Interacting Proteins
misras@email.unc.edu

Carlos Rosales M.S., National Autonomous University of Mexico, Ph.D.Washington University, St. Louis
Associate Professor, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomedicas, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
Project: CIB1 homologs
rosales@med.unc.edu