Team

INSTITUTE FACULTY

Cato T. Laurencin, M.D., Ph.D.

Cato T. Laurencin, M.D., Ph.D.

Chief Executive Officer, The Cato T. Laurencin Institute for Regenerative Engineering

University Professor

Albert and Wilda Van Dusen Distinguished Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery

Professor of Chemical, Materials and Biomedical Engineering

860-679-6544

laurencin@uchc.edu

Lakshmi S. Nair, M.Phil., Ph.D.

Deputy Director, The Cato T. Laurencin Institute for Regenerative Engineering

Professor, Orthopedic Surgery

Professor, Biomedical Engineering

Professor, Material Science and Engineering

860-679-7190

nair@uchc.edu

James Grady, Dr.P.H.

Assistant Director, The Cato T. Laurencin Institute for Regenerative Engineering, Biostatistics Center

Professor, Community Medicine and Health Care

860-679-2653

jgrady@uchc.edu

Kevin Wai Hong Lo, Ph.D.

Assistant Director, The Cato T. Laurencin Institute for Regenerative Engineering, Education

Associate Professor, Medicine

Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering

860-679-2949

wlo@uchc.edu

Gualberto Ruaño, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Director, The Cato T. Laurencin Institute for Regenerative Engineering, Special Projects

Assistant Professor, Psychiatry

860-679-2270

ruano@uchc.edu

Chia-Ling Kuo, Ph.D.

Biostatistician, The Cato T. Laurencin Institute for Regenerative Engineering

Associate Professor, Community Medicine and Health Care

860-679-2897

kuo@uchc.edu

Yusuf Khan, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Orthopedic Surgery

Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering

Associate Professor, Material Science and Engineering

860-679-1768

ykhan@uchc.edu

Howard A. Tennen, Ph.D.

Associate Director of Clinical and Translational Research Master of Science Degree and Certificate Program

Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor, Public Health Sciences

860-679-5466

tennen@uchc.edu

Helen Wu

Helen Wu, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry

860-679-3423

zwu@uchc.edu

RESEARCH STAFF

Eva Homan Kan, M.Phil

Research Associate II

860-679-5576

homan@uchc.edu

Mayra Cagganello, M.D., M.P.H.

Clinical Research Associate I

860-679-5126

cagganello@uchc.edu

Michelle Slivinsky

Clinical Research Assistant III

860-679-2587

slivinsky@uchc.edu

Debolina Ghosh, Ph.D.

Research Associate II

860-679-1152

dghosh@uchc.edu

Rong Wu, M.S., Ph.D.

Research Associate II

860-679-3076

rwu@uchc.edu

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

Janice Gambardella

Janice Gambardella

Administrative Manager

860-679-7562

jgambardella@uchc.edu

Cari Castillo

Administrative Program Assistant II

860-679-6550

ccastillo@uchc.edu

Sheila DeJesus

Executive Assistant

860-679-4086

sdejesus@uchc.edu

Emily Touch

Web and Marketing Associate

860-679-4967

touch@uchc.edu

Anne Marie C. Cirullo

Administrative Program Coordinator

860-679-7039

acirullo@uchc.edu

SPECIAL PROGRAMS

Jolene Monahan Wilding

Program Manager

860-679-2777

monahanwilding@uchc.edu

 

Postdoctoral Fellows

Chinedu Ude

cude@uchc.edu

Manaswee Barua

barua@uchc.edu

Chrysoula Argyrou

argyrou@uchc.edu

Bridget Jeyatha Wilson

brwilson@uchc.edu

Graduate Students

Amir A. Abedini

abedini@uchc.edu

 

Fatemeh Hosseini

fhosseini@uchc.edu

Elnazsadat Mirdamadi

mirdamadi@uchc.edu

Hanna Anderson

handerson@uchc.edu

Godwin Dzidotor

dzidotor@uchc.edu

Rachel Marchini

marchini@uchc.edu

Kevin Grassie

grassie@uchc.edu

Seyyedmorteza Attari

attari@uchc.edu