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Meet our Team
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Our team is comprised of various backgrounds and unique interests. We work in a collaborative manner and share in the goal of furthering our field. Get to know our team below!
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Kymberly M. Gowdy, PhD
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Katelyn Dunigan-Russell, PhD
Post-Doctoral Scholar
My research is focused on understanding the lungs' immune defense mechanisms that are affected by a variety of environmental exposures including air pollutants, allergens, or nanoparticles. I am particularly interested in the role of heme oxygenase-1 signaling downstream of scavenger receptor signaling in the macrophages. My future career goals include an eventual position in scientific administration. My hobbies include spending time with my husband (plus our cat and dog), hiking, backing/cooking, and working out!
Post-Doctoral Scholar
My research is focused on understanding the lungs' immune defense mechanisms that are affected by a variety of environmental exposures including air pollutants, allergens, or nanoparticles. I am particularly interested in the role of heme oxygenase-1 signaling downstream of scavenger receptor signaling in the macrophages. My future career goals include an eventual position in scientific administration. My hobbies include spending time with my husband (plus our cat and dog), hiking, backing/cooking, and working out!
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Sanjay Varikuti
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Michael Yaeger, MS in Biomedical Engineering Research Associate I am a graduate student seeking a philosophical doctorate in Biomedical Sciences with interests in immunology, and experimental therapeutics. I was born in Buffalo, New York, and then moved to Holly Springs, North Carolina at 11 years old. I later attended college at East Carolina University, earning a Bachelor of Science in engineering with a concentration in Biomedical Engineering. During my time as an undergraduate student I met Dr. Kymberly Gowdy who encouraged me to pursue a graduate education. I continued my work in Dr. Gowdy’s laboratory to earn a Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering. While earning my Masters, I studied the role of a cholesterol transporter named high-density lipoprotein in the pulmonary immune system. With my work, I demonstrated that high-density lipoprotein can be supplemented into the circulatory system to protect the lungs from injury by dampening the pulmonary acute inflammatory response. After earning my Masters, I worked as a Research Associate at Lovelace Biomedical for two years, gaining experience managing pre-clinical research. I am now Dr. Gowdy’s laboratory once again at Ohio State University to earn a philosophical doctorate, enabling me to further elucidate the mechanisms of pulmonary immunology. |
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Grace Hutton
Research Assistant
I am a second year undergraduate student at The Ohio State University, and I study Health Sciences with minors in Biology and Global Public Health. After undergrad, I would like to attend P.A. school to become a Physician's Assistant. Working within Dr. Gowdy's lab will allow me to gain useful lab experience, as well as give me the opportunity to learn varying ways in which the environment can alter pulmonary immune responses. Outside of school and work, I enjoy watching new movies/tv shows, hiking, working out, and spending time with friends!
Research Assistant
I am a second year undergraduate student at The Ohio State University, and I study Health Sciences with minors in Biology and Global Public Health. After undergrad, I would like to attend P.A. school to become a Physician's Assistant. Working within Dr. Gowdy's lab will allow me to gain useful lab experience, as well as give me the opportunity to learn varying ways in which the environment can alter pulmonary immune responses. Outside of school and work, I enjoy watching new movies/tv shows, hiking, working out, and spending time with friends!
Former Members
Preet Gudimella, MD
Doctor of Medicine (MD)
Brita Kilburg-Basnyat, PhD, Toxicology Study Director at Covance Inc.
Sky Reece, PhD
Myles Hodge, PhD, Pharmacology and Toxicology
Christine Psaltis, PhD, Pharmacology and Toxicology
Elizabeth Browder, Research Assistant