New Employees July 2023

Welcome new hires!

Staff Name Division Title Freddy-May AbiSamra Genetics & Genomic Medicine Genetic Clinical Counselor I Miles B Elliot Allergy & Pulmonary Medicine Undergraduate Student Erielle Flenoid Endocrinology & Diabetes Billing/Scheduling Associate II Jaeden Destiny Flury Genetics & Genomic Medicine Research Technician II Nillu Ghosh Rheumatology & Immunology Staff Scientist McKinlee Gobble Endocrinology & Diabetes Research Technician […]

Staff Feature Laura Linneman

Laura and Mike Linneman

Laura Linneman, RN, was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, and is the youngest of five siblings. She grew up in a loving household, busy with a lot of family and friends and activities. Like many teenagers, Linneman worked in many jobs, but in her first job at age 16, she was as a […]

Funded Awards June 2023

Funded grants! Mohamed Abdelbaki Fahd Ahmad Jeffrey Atkinson David Bark Jonathan Cooper Patricia Dickson Joseph Finney Stephanie Fritz Sarah Garwood Nicole Gilbert Eric Greer Monica Hulbert David Hunstad Carol Kao Amanda Kolmar Katie Plax Deepika Polineni Shalini Shenoy Gary Silverman Ashley Steed Gregory Storch Brian Stotter

PI Agency Title Mohamed Abdelbaki Rally Foundation Natural Killer Cells in Children with Recurrent Malignant Brain Tumors Fahd Ahmad SLCH Foundation  Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) Registry Onboarding Jeffrey Atkinson CFF/JCHRF  Strength and Muscle Related Outcomes for Nutrition and Lung Function in Cystic Fibrosis STRONG-CF David Bark NIH/R21 Paper-based high shear hemostatic analytical […]

Staff Feature Michelle Oliva

Michelle Oliva

Michelle Oliva, MSN, RN, knew she wanted to help kids and families since elementary school. Growing up in Sierra Vista, Arizona, a small border town, she discovered her love of the outdoors, mountain hiking and the cactus and mesquite-studded southwestern landscape. Summers in St. Louis fostered her love of the city and all things the […]

New Employees June 2023

Welcome new hires!

Staff Name Division Title Ben Adam Cisneros Rheumatology Research Technician I Alekya Dantam Endocrinology & Diabetes Undergraduate Student Marissa Estopare Allergy & Pulmonary Medicine Clinical Nurse Coordinator Trisha Gannu Critical Care Medicine WU Student Program Participant Ryan P Hillery Nephrology WU Student Program Participant William B Hu Rheumatology Undergraduate Student Dasha Humphries Allergy & Pulmonary […]

Funded Awards May 2023

F. Sessions Cole Megan Cooper Jane Alyce Hunt Fuhai Li

PI Agency Title F. Sessions Cole NIH/ U2C/Harvard University Diagnosing the Unknown for Care and Advancing Science (DUCAS) Megan Cooper CDI Center for Pediatric Immunology at St. Louis Children’s Hospital Jane Alyce Hunt Washington University Center for Dissemination and Implementation Implementation of a Sustainable STI Screening Program in the Pediatric ED Fuhai Li NIH/R01 Modeling […]

New Employees May 2023

Welcome new hires!

Name Division Title Sabiha Bano Hematology & Oncology Research Technician II Sebastian Boluarte Critical Care Medicine Research Technician II Mandy Clayton Adolescent Medicine Coordinator Office Danielle Fraser Central Admin Residency Coordinator Brooke Harris Infectious Diseases Research Technician II Cassandra Kightlinger Central Admin Financial Analyst I Aditi Kishore Genetics Research Technician I Emily Orr Genetics Staff […]

Funded Awards April 2023

Jeffrey Atkinson Tarin Bigley Megan Cooper Patricia Dickson Abby Green Kim Liss Mark Manary Melissa Mavers Gary Silverman Phillip Tarr

PI Agency Title Jeffrey Atkinson CFF/JCHRF  Strength and Muscle Related Outcomes for Nutrition and Lung Function in Cystic Fibrosis STRONG-CF Tarin Bigley Arthritis National Research Foundation Virus-induced Predisposition to Lupus After TLR7 Stimulation Megan Cooper NIH/R56 Metabolic Regulation of Natural Killer Cell Activation Patricia Dickson NIH/U01 Washington University School of Medicine Undiagnosed Diseases Network Clinical […]

Staff Feature Jenny Petzoldt

Jenny Petzoldt

Jenny Petzoldt, LMSW, was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, and is the middle child of an older sister and younger brother. Growing up, Petzoldt had a passion for giving back to the community, especially the cancer community. When Petzoldt was just two years old, she was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Petzoldt went […]

Staff Feature Craig Myers

Craig Myers

Craig Myers was raised on a small farm in Columbia, Illinois, where he and his three siblings kept his parents busy and entertained. He had a love of photography from a young age, attending photo shoots at a studio with his uncle who worked for an ad agency. After some time, Myers shared his portfolio […]