Current Trainees | UNC Blood Research Center

Joanne Alfred, MD

T32 Research Trainee 2025-

Email: joanne.alfred@unchealth.unc.edu

Sparkenbaugh Lab | Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology
Sierra Archibald

Research Technician

Email: sierrja@live.unc.edu

Mackman Lab | UNC Blood Research Center
Ada Chang

Research Technician

Email: ada_chang@med.unc.edu

Little Lab | Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology
Young Joo “YJ” Choi

Graduate Student

Email: yjcho1@email.unc.edu

Wolberg Lab | Department of Pathology and Laboratory Sciences
Emily “Gracie” Clark

Graduate Student

Email: egclark@live.unc.edu

Flick Lab | Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Kylie Hutchison

Doctoral Student

Email: kyliee@email.unc.edu

Sparkenbaugh Lab | Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Summer Jones

Research Technician

Email: summer_jones@med.unc.edu

Bergmeier Lab | Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics
Kadri Kangro, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Email: kadri_kangro@med.unc.edu

Wolberg lab & Flick lab | Pathology Lab Med Research
Catherine Lapointe

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Email: lapc@email.unc.edu

Flick Lab l UNC Blood Research Center
Alexey Martyanov

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Email: alemarti@unc.edu

Bergmeier Lab | Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics
Justin Martyr, PhD

T32 Research Trainee 2024-

Email: justin_martyr@med.unc.edu

Dominguez Lab | Department of Pharmacology
Joanna Miklosz, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Email: jmiklosz@email.unc.edu

Pawlinski Lab and Reeves Lab | Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology
Omolegho Momoh, MD

T32 Research Trainee 2025-

Email: Omolegho.Momoh@unchealth.unc.edu
Chatphatai Moonla, MD, MSc

Visiting Research Scholar

Email: mchatpha@email.unc.edu

Key Lab | Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology
Chinonso Onuoha, MD

T32 Research Trainee 2024-

Email: chinonso.onuoha@unchealth.unc.edu

Department of Pediatrics

Mentor: Jane Little, Department of Medicine Hematology
Keshav Patel, PhD

T32 Research Trainee 2025-

Email: Keshav_Patel@med.unc.edu

Leiderman Lab | Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics
Izabela Pawlinski

Research Technician

Email: ipawlinski@unc.edu

Department of Hematology | Key Lab, Department of Medicine Hematology
Yuriy Prokopenko, MD

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Email: prokop@email.unc.edu

Key Lab | Department of Medicine , Division of Hematology
Nirupama Ramadas, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Email: nirumpa_ramadas@med.unc.edu

Sparkenbaugh Lab | Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Claire Reist

Doctoral Student

Email: reist@email.unc.edu

Flick Lab | Department of Pathobiology and Translational science
Stéphanie Reitsma

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Email: stephanie_reitsma@med.unc.edu

Wolberg Lab Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
David Rocco, GS

Doctoral Student

Email: djroc@med.unc.edu

Bergmeier Lab | Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics
Ana Sachetto, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

Email: ana_sachetto@med.unc.edu

Mackman Lab | UNC Blood Research Center
Yaqiu Sang, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Email: yaqiu_sang@med.unc.edu

Wolberg Lab | Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Karnsasin Seanoon, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Email: karnsasin_seanoon@med.unc.edu

Pawlinski Lab | Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology
Rachel Sielaty

Research Technician

Email: rachel_sielaty@med.unc.edu

Key Lab | Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology
Knesha Thompson

Lab Technician

Email: knesha_thompson@med.unc.edu

Ellsworth and Key Lab | Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology
Julie Tourn, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Email: jtourn@email.unc.edu

Pawlinski Lab | Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology
Fatima Trebak, PhD

Research Associate

Email: ftrebak@email.unc.edu

Pawlinski Lab | Department of Medicine, Hematology Division