Lab Members
Principal Investigator
Jichao Chen, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Pulmonary Medicine - Research
jchen16@mdanderson.org
B.S. Fudan University 2001
Ph.D. The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 2007
M.H.S. The Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health 2007
Postdoc: Stanford University School of Medicine 2011
Lisandra Vila Ellis, MD
Research Scientist; R01 diversity supplement 2017-2020; K99/R00 2021-
lvila@mdanderson.org
Vera Hutchison
Baylor Graduate Student
Vera.Hutchison@bcm.edu
Anne Lynch
Baylor Graduate Student; F31 2022-
Anne.Lynch@bcm.edu
Celine Kong
GSBS Graduate Student; Dr. John J. Kopchick Fellowship 2021-
ckong@mdanderson.org
Dalia Hassan
GSBS Graduate Student
dhassan@mdanderson.org
Kamryn Gerner-Mauro
Baylor Graduate Student; NSF Graduate Research Fellowships Program honorable mention 2021
Kamryn.Gerner-Mauro@bcm.edu
Jonathan Bywaters
Research assistant
jdbywaters@mdanderson.org
Maria Jose Gacha Garay
GSBS Graduate Student; Larry Deaven Ph.D. Fellowship
in Biomedical Sciences 2022
MJGacha@mdanderson.org
Vanja Krneta-Stankic, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
VStankic@mdanderson.org
Richa Nayak
GSBS Graduate Student
RNayak@mdanderson.org
Past lab members:
Daniel Chang (research assistant; 2011-2013)
Denise Martinez Hicks (research assistant; 2011-2013)
Erin Best (research assistant; 2013-2014)
Belinda Hernandez (Master's student/research Assistant; 2012-2017)
Jun Yang (postdoctoral fellow; 2014-2017)
Danielle Little (PhD student F31 fellowship; 2015-2020)
Margo Cain (PhD student/postdoctoral fellow; 2017-2021)
Odemaris Narvaez del Pilar (PhD student F31 fellowship; 2017-2021)