{"id":34,"date":"2019-09-11T12:57:23","date_gmt":"2019-09-11T16:57:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bae-lab\/?page_id=34"},"modified":"2026-02-02T08:35:59","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T13:35:59","slug":"members","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/immuno-cardio-group\/members\/","title":{"rendered":"Members"},"content":{"rendered":"

Active Members<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Sangyong<\/div><\/div>

Sangyong Choi, Ph.D.<\/h3>\n

Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
\nResearch Interests: Nutrigenomics\/Nutrigenetics, Micronutrients, Zinc Metabolism in Pathophysiological Conditions, Ion Transporters<\/p>\n

View Bio<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Zhichao<\/div><\/div>

Zhichao Fan, Ph.D.<\/h3>\n

Department of Immunology, UConn Health, Farmington, CT
\nResearch Interests: Integrins, Neutrophils, Monocytes, Microscopy, Myocardial Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury<\/p>\n

View Bio<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Catherine<\/div><\/div>

Catherine Anderson, Ph.D.<\/h3>\n

Associate Professor and<\/span>\u00a0<\/b>Academic Program Director
\n<\/span>Department of Nutritional Sciences<\/span>, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT<\/span><\/p>\n

View Bio<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Ji-Young<\/div><\/div>

Ji-Young Lee, Ph.D., FAHA<\/h3>\n

Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
\nResearch Interests: Fatty Liver Disease, Obesity, Energy Metabolism, Inflammation, Histone Deacetylases, Nutrition<\/p>\n

View Bio<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Patrick<\/div><\/div>

Patrick Murphy, Ph.D.<\/h3>\n

Center for Vascular Biology, UConn Health, Farmington, CT
\nResearch Interests: Endothelium, Subendothelial Matrix, Alternative Splicing, Atherogenesis, Shear Stress Response<\/p>\n

Murphy Lab<\/a> | Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Oguro,<\/div><\/div>

Hideyuki Oguro, Ph.D.<\/h3>\n

Department of Cell Biology, UConn Health, Farmington, CT
\nResearch Interests:\u00a0<\/span>Hematopoietic Stem Cell Mobilization, Clonal Hematopoiesis, Hypercholesterolemia, Estrogen Receptor Signaling, Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells<\/p>\n

View Bio<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Annabelle<\/div><\/div>

Annabelle Rodriguez-Oquendo, M.D.<\/h3>\n

Center for Vascular Biology, UConn Health, Farmington, CT
\nResearch Interests: Chromatin Capture, Lipids, Genomics, Immune Checkpoint Inhibition, Atherosclerosis<\/p>\n

Rodriguez-Oquendo Lab<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Blank<\/div><\/div>

Blank Rogina, Ph.D.<\/h3>\n

Genetics and Genome Sciences, UConn Health, Farmington, CT
\nResearch Interests: Metabolism, Aging, Drosophila Melanogaster<\/p>\n

View Bio<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Anthony<\/div><\/div>

Anthony Vella, Ph.D.<\/h3>\n

Department of Immunology, UConn Health, Farmington, CT
\nResearch Interests: T Cell Immunity, Costimulation, Adjuvants, Cytokines, Atherosclerosis<\/p>\n

View Bio<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Ming<\/div><\/div>

Ming Xu, Ph.D.<\/h3>\n

Center on Aging, UConn Health, Farmington, CT
\nResearch Interests: Aging, Cellular Senescence, Frailty, Metabolism, Bone Biology<\/p>\n

View Bio<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Beiyan<\/div><\/div>

Beiyan Zhou, Ph.D.<\/h3>\n

Department of Immunology, UConn Health, Farmington, CT
\nResearch Interests: microRNA, Macrophage, Adipose Tissue Immunology, Obesity, Metabolism, Atherosclerosis, Single-cell RNA-seq<\/p>\n

Zhou Lab<\/a> | Twitter<\/a> | MacSpectrum<\/a>: A Creative System to Annotate Macrophage Function<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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External Members<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Alison<\/div><\/div>

Alison Bloom Kohan<\/h3>\n

Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Pittsburgh<\/span>
\nResearch Interests: Intestine, Lipoproteins, ApoC-III, Tregs<\/p>\n

Kohan Lab<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<\/span>Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Affiliated Members<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Keaton Karlinsey<\/strong>
\nZhou Lab<\/p>\n

Antoine Menoret, Ph.D.<\/strong>
\nVella Lab<\/p>\n

Lili Qu, Ph.D.<\/strong>
\nZhou Lab<\/p>\n

Jessica Hensel<\/strong>
\nPh.D. Candidate
\nMurphy Lab<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

Timofey Karginov<\/strong>
\nM.D.\/Ph.D. Candidate
\nVella Lab<\/p>\n

Alyssa Matz<\/strong>
\nPh.D. Candidate
\nZhou Lab<\/p>\n

Sarah-Anne Nicholas<\/strong>
\nPh.D. Candidate
\nMurphy Lab<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Former Members and Affiliates<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Diana Golden (2015-2018)
\nMaria Xu (2016-2019)
\nChuan Li (2016-2021)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Active Members Sangyong Choi, Ph.D. Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT Research Interests: Nutrigenomics\/Nutrigenetics, Micronutrients, Zinc Metabolism in Pathophysiological Conditions, Ion Transporters View Bio<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-11 23:08:20","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/immuno-cardio-group\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/immuno-cardio-group\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/immuno-cardio-group\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/immuno-cardio-group\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/immuno-cardio-group\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34"}],"version-history":[{"count":82,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/immuno-cardio-group\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":431,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/immuno-cardio-group\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34\/revisions\/431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/immuno-cardio-group\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}