Our Team
Current Lab Members
Graduate Student
Sarah Mahonski, B.S.
Medical Student
Chase Foster-Spence, B.S.
Pre-Medical Student
Donyell Williams, B.A.
Pre-Dental Student
Sara Tavakoli
Lab Alumni
Biomedical Science Doctoral Students
Associate Advisor
2005: Dimitris Agas
2006-2010: Heeseog Kang
2013-2016: Emily Jacobs
2015-2018: Xi Wang
2016-2018: Jumana Alhamdi
Major Advisor
2008-2012: Yurong Fei - 2010 Recipient of the Endocrine Society Outstanding Abstract Award; 2011 Recipient of the American Society of Bone and Mineral Research Young Investigator Award
2014-2018: Patience Meo Burt - 2015 Recipient of the American Society Bone Mineral Research Young Investigator Award Recipient; 2017 Recipient of the ASBMR Young Investigator Travel Award
Biomedical Science Ph.D. Graduate Students Research Rotation
June 2004-August 2004: Lulu Li
December 2004-September 2005: Dimitris Agas
September 2007-December 2007: Kerry-Ann Stewart
2010-2011: Eric James
January 2014-May 2014: Patience Meo-Burt
Biomedical Science Masters Students
Associate Advisor
2018-Present: Sarah Mahonski
Postdoctoral Fellows
1996-1997: Maria Sabbietti Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Biology, University of Camerino, Italy
1997-1999: Aldomar Montero M.D. - 1999 Recipient of the Young Investigator Award, American Society of Bone and Mineral Research
1999-2002: Xuxia Zhang Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, UConn Health Center
2000-2002: Takanori Sobue D.D.S., Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, UConn Health Center
2002-2005: Takahiro Naganawa D.D.S., Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, UConn Health Center
2001-2007: Liping Xiao M.D., Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, UConn Health Center - 2003 Recipient of the Young Investigator Award, American Society of Bone and Mineral Research; 2013 Henry Christian Award, American Federation for Medical Research
2012-2013: Toru Nishikawa Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, UConn Health Center - 2013 Recipient of the Young Investigator Award, American Society Bone Mineral Research
2013-2017: Erxia Du Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow - 2013 Selected to Participate in the EFF/ASBMR Eighth Fellows Forum on Metabolic Bone Disease; 2016 Recipient of the Alice Jee Research Award, The Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS) 46th Sun Valley Workshop
Visiting Scientists
1994: Ana Verissimo M.D., Brown University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics - Recipient of the Clinical Trainee Investigator Award for Excellence in Research from the American Federation for Clinical Research/American Society for Clinical Investigation
2005-2006: Takanori Sobue D.D.S., Ph.D., Visiting Research Scientist, UConn Health Center
Residents/Fellows
2000: Seema Aggarwal M.D., Resident in Medicine, UConn Health Center
Pre-Medical Student
2013-2014: Collin Homer-Buthiette - Recipient of the ASBMR Young Investigator Travel Award
Medical and Dental Students
UConn School of Medicine
June 1998-August 1998: Milton Brown - Winner of the First American College of Physicians Student Abstract Competition
June 2000-August 2000: Ricardo Whyte
June 2003-August 2003: Janelle Malette - Recipient of The Glenn/American Federation for Aging Research Scholarship
June 2003-August 2003: Wayne DeBeatham
July 2004-August 2004: Eneze Abugunde - Recipient of the Johnson & Johnson Ethicon Endosurgery Basic Research Prize
July 2004-August 2004: Thamrah Wright - Recipient of the Abbot Laboratories Research Excellence Prize
2016: Valerie Dorcelus
June 2019-August 2019: Chase Foster-Spence
UConn School of Dental Medicine
June 1997-August 1997: Tamara Gravely - Recipient of the Elsevier Science Research Award
June 1999-August 1999: Elllie Klingebeil
June 2000-August 2000: Darnell Young
July 2003-August 2003: Sophia Brown, Howard University School of Dental Medicine
July 2009-August 2009: Roberta A Kelm
June 2010-August 2010: Alaina Kessler
June 2012-August 2012: Kadeem Bartley
2015: Amaka Amakwe
2015-2016: Johnny Joseph
2017-2018: Grethel Millington - Recipient of the Developmental Dynamics Travel Award; 2018 Fibroblast Growth Factors in Development and Disease, Gordon Research Conference
June 2018-August 2018: Satpal Jutla