The prevalence of severe allergic disease is on the rise globally; consequently, severe systemic allergic inflammation and reactions are also becoming far more frequent, representing a major public health burden causing morbidity for patients, distress for families, and substantial costs for the healthcare system. We seek to develop methods and strategies to identify individuals with, or at high risk of, developing severe allergic inflammation and anaphylaxis in order to identify specific pathways leading to these phenotypes and enable the development of new therapies that can successfully limit and/or prevent these potentially devastating consequences.
Back row, L to R: Nina Jones, R.N., B.S.N., Case Manager; Young Hwan Park, Ph.D., Visiting Fellow; Peter Balogh, B.S., Post-Baccalaureate Fellow; Yihui Liu, Ph.D., Biologist
Front row, L to R: Sheryce Lassiter, M.S.N., C.R.N.P., Nurse Practitioner; Celeste Nelson, C.R.N.P., Nurse Practitioner; Jiwon Kim, B.S., Post-Baccalaureate Fellow; Megan Fisher, Ph.D., Post-Doctoral IRTA Fellow; Jonathan Lyons, M.D., Chief, Translational Allergic Immunopathology Unit; Michael O’Connell, Ph.D., Staff Scientist; Thomas DiMaggio, A.D.N., Nurse Study Coordinator
Jonathan Lyons, M.D.
Lasker Scholar;
Chief, Translational Allergic Immunopathology Unit
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Specialty(s): Allergy and Immunology, Internal Medicine Provides direct clinical care to patients at NIH Clinical Center
Education:
M.D., 2007, University of Southern California
B.A., 2003, Pomona College
Judy Bandoh, B.S., M.S.
Clinical Research Study Coordinator
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Education:
M.S., Biotechnology
B.S., General Sciences
Languages Spoken: Twi
Samantha E. Fairlie, B.S.
Post-Baccalaureate Research Fellow
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Education:
B.S., 2021, University of Pittsburgh
Megan Rose Fisher, Ph.D.
Post-Doctoral Fellow
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Education:
Ph.D., Immunology
Alyssa E. James, M.D.
Clinical Fellow
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Education:
Pediatric Residency-Children’s National Medical Center
M.D., FIU, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine
M.A., Medical Sciences, Boston University
B.S., Microbiology, University of Pittsburgh
Julia Johnston, B.S.
Post-Baccalaureate Research Fellow
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Education:
B.S., Brown University
Sheryce N. Lassiter, M.S.N, C.R.N.P.
Family Nurse Practitioner
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Education:
M.S., Nursing, Family Nurse Practitioner
Yihui Liu, Ph.D.
Biologist
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Education:
Ph.D., Biochemistry
Languages Spoken: Chinese
Celeste Gerise Nelson M.S., C.R.N.P.
Advanced Practice Nurse (C.R.N.P.)
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Michael P. O'Connell, Ph.D.
Staff Clinician/Scientist, Translational Allergic Immunopathology Unit
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Education:
Ph.D., Cell and Molecular Biology (Developmental Origins of Health and Disease), 2006
M.Sc., Biochemical Pharmacology, 2003
B.Sc., Sport and Health Sciences, minor in Psychology, 2001
Rebeca E. Rivera-Dompenciel, B.S.
Post-Baccalaureate Fellow
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Education:
B.S., Molecular Biology
Languages Spoken: Spanish
Maribel Vazquez Silva, B.S., M.S.
Biologist/Lab Manager
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Education:
M.S., Microbiology and Cell Science, University of Florida
B.S., Natural Science, University of Puerto Rico at Cayey
Languages Spoken: Spanish
Former Research Group Members
2013-2015, Postbaccalaureate Intramural Research Training Award (IRTA), Kendall (Karpe) Haddad, B.S., D.M.M., School of Dental Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, M.M.Sc., Harvard School of Dental Medicine
2014, Summer Student, Shermaine Hutchins, B.S., M.P.H., Yale University School of Public Health, Wyandot County Public Health, Ohio
2014-2016, Postbaccalaureate IRTA, Ryan Carlson, B.S., M.D., Ph.D., University of Washington School of Medicine
2016-2018, Postbaccalaureate IRTA, Jack Chovanec, B.S., M.D., University of Wisconsin, School of Medicine and Public Health
2018-2020, Postbaccalaureate IRTA, Jiwon Kim, B.S., M.S., M.S., Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Medical College of Wisconsin
2019, Postbaccalaureate IRTA, Peter Balough, B.S., RA Capital Management
2019-2021, Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow, Young Hwan Park, Ph.D., Andong National University, Korea