Lab Manager

Jennifer Sturgis

B.S. Purdue University

Role: Keeps the lab from burning down

Postdoctoral fellows

Sayali Kulkarni, PhD

PhD, Biotechnology, Institute of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology SPPU

Project: Therapeutic targeting of epigenetic complexes neuroblastoma

Solomon Otchere, PharmD

PharmD, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Project: Selective targeting of RING1 paralogs in neuroblastoma

Xiaochen Zhang, MS

B.S. Pharmacy, Zhengzhou university; M.S. Clinical and Experimental Therapeutics, USC

Project: Defining mechanisms of transcriptional regulation in pediatric solid tumors

Emily Cmarik

B.S., pharmaceutical sciences,Purdue University

Project: Evaluating therapeutic targets in neuroblastoma

Assistant Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology

Education

PharmD, 2014 , Ohio Northern University Raabe College of Pharmacy

PhD, Pharmacology, 2019, Duke University Graduate School

Research Fellow / Instructor, 2019-2024, Stegmaier lab, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School

Nehemiah Boyd

B.S. student, neurobiology & physiology, College of Science

Project: Discern epigenetic combinatorial therapies that selectively eradicate neuroblastoma cells.

Venessa Cook

B.S. student, pharmaceutical sciences, College of Pharmacy

Project: Defining mechanism of action for clinical small molecule inhibitors in neuroblastoma