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CURRENT LAB MEMBERS

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Benjamin Izar, MD, PhD

Principal Investigator
Vivian and Seymour Milstein Family Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, Human Immune Monitoring Core

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Johannes Melms, MD, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow
​Internal Medicine Resident

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Chris Frangieh, PhD

Assistant Professor​​ of Medical Sciences



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Somnath Tagore, PhD

Assistant Professor​​ of Medical Sciences
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Azzurra Cottarelli, PhD

Assistant Professor​​ of Medical Sciences
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Geovanna Neira 

Administrative Assistant

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Peter Koch, MD, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow
Pathology Resident​
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Ron Gejman, MD, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow
Hematology/Oncology Fellow​
​Cancer Research Institute Irvington Fellowship​​

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Hsiang-Hsi Ling, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow
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Clarissa Heck, MD

Postdoctoral Fellow
Hematology/Oncology Fellow (Charité in Berlin, Germany)​​​

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Sumali Jayakody

Research Technician
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Charli Phillips

Research Technician
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Lindsay Caprio

MD–PhD Student
PhD in ​Cellular, Molecular, and Biomedical Studies​​
NIH/NCI F30 Fellowship​

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Zachary Walsh

MD–PhD Student
PhD in ​Cellular, Molecular, and Biomedical Studies​​​​
NIH/NCI F30 Fellowship

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Michael Mu

MD–PhD Student
PhD in ​Cellular, Molecular, and Biomedical Studies​​​

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Luke Cai

MD–PhD Student
PhD in ​Cellular, Molecular, and Biomedical Studies​​
NIH/NCI F30 Fellowship
Webmaster

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Edridge D'Souza

MD–PhD Student​
PhD in ​Cellular, Molecular, and Biomedical Studies​​​​
NIH/NCI F30 Fellowship

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Neeha Kothapalli

MD–PhD Student
PhD in ​Cellular, Molecular, and Biomedical Studies​​​​

NIH/NCI F30 Fellowship

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Karan Luthria

MD–PhD Student
PhD in ​Cellular, Molecular, and Biomedical Studies​​​​

NIH/NCI F30 Fellowship

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Akul Naik

MD–PhD Student​
PhD in ​Cellular, Molecular, and Biomedical Studies​​
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Jared Pollard

MD–PhD Student
PhD in ​Cellular, Molecular, and Biomedical Studies​​​​
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Devanik Biswas

MD–PhD Student
PhD in ​Neurobiology and Behavior​

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Shudipto Wahed

PhD Student
​PhD in Microbiology and Immunology​

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Xingpei Zhang

PhD Student
PhD in ​Cellular, Molecular, and Biomedical Studies​​​​
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Ryan Cohen

MD Student
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Emily Fischbach

MD Student
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Alex Hernandez

MD Student
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Valentina Allegra

Undergraduate Student
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HUMAN IMMUNE MONITORING CORE

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Parin Shah, PhD

Manager

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Sean Chen

Izar Lab Manager & Staff Scientist

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Synaida Maiche

Research Technician

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Kassidy Green

Research Technician

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TEAM SCIENCE WITH KEY COLLABORATORS

FORMER LAB MEMBERS

Amber Wolabaugh

Stephen Tang

Sreeram Vallabhaneni

Shaolin Mei

Bokang Rabasha

Benjamin Fullerton

Amit Dipak Amin

Casey Ager

Simon Berhe

Mingxuan Zhang

Daniel Vaccaro

Blake Caldwell

Shivem Shah

Patricia Ho 

Meri Rogava

Yiping Wang

Jana Biermann

Sreeharsha Gurrapu

Carino Gurjao

Morteza Chalabi

Leon Abel

Columbia University Irving Medical Center

William Black Building, 17th Floor, Room 1708

New York, NY 10032

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