Personnel

Group pictures: 

Faculty: Bingyun Li, PhD, Associate Professor

External USBJD (U.S. Bone and Joint Decade) Faculty Mentors:
2008: John S. Adams, MD (UCLA-Orthopaedic Hospital); Stuart B. Goodman, MD, PhD (Stanford University); Martha J. Somerman, DDS, PhD (University of Washington)
2007: Martha J. Somerman, DDS, PhD (University of Washington); Cari Whyne, PhD (University of Toronto)
Institutional Mentors:  Sanford E. Emery, MD, MBA (Orthopaedics); John B. Barnett, PhD (Microbiology, Immunology & Cell Biology)

Lab members: 

2010-2011:
Research Associates: Bingbing Jiang, PhD (Feb 06-present), Jenny Zheng, MD (May 2010-present)
Research Resident: Alvin Jones (MD)
Research Staff: Nina Clovis, Suzanne Smith, Kish Vincent, Jabeen Noore (PhD)
PhD students: Andrea Armstead (07/10-present), Therwa Hamza (07/08-present)
Master student: Yingxue Zhu (05/10-12/10)
Summer Students: Chris Arena (MD student), Jonathan Amoroso (MD student), Sara Kurian (INBRE), Michael Ebbert (WVNano SURE)
Other Students: Adly Noore (NASA Fellow, 08/10-05/11), Joseph Widmeyer (Undergraduate, 07/10-11/10)
Collaborators:Yong Qian (MD & PhD, NIOSH), John Barnett (PhD, Immunology, WVU), John G. Thomas (PhD, Microbiology, WVU), Sanford E. Emery (MD, Orthopaedics, WVU), David Hubbard (MD, Orthopaedics), Ke Yang (PhD, Chinese Academy of Sciences), one scientist from NMRC San Antonio Unit, and several scientists from NETL.

2009-2010:
Postdoc Fellows: Bingbing Jiang, PhD (Feb 06-present), Hongshuai Li, MD & PhD (Apr 08-Feb 10)
Research Resident: John Tidwell (MD)
Research Staff: Nina Clovis, Suzanne Smith, Kish Vincent, Jabeen Noore (PhD)
PhD student: Therwa Hamza (07/08-present)
Summer Students: Danh Pham (MD student), Adly Noore (Pre-Med; WVNano SURE)
Other Students: Saba Ashfaq (Undergraduate student, 03/10-06/10), Andrea Armstead (Rotation, 03/10-05/10)
Collaborators: Murali Rao (MD, NIOSH), Yong Qian (MD & PhD, NIOSH), John Barnett (PhD, Immunology, WVU), John G. Thomas (PhD, Microbiology, WVU), Sanford E. Emery (MD, Orthopaedics, WVU), David Hubbard (MD, Orthopaedics), Ke Yang (PhD, Chinese Academy of Sciences), one scientist from NMRC San Antonio Unit, and several scientists from NETL.

2008-2009:
Postdoc Fellows: Bingbing Jiang, PhD (Feb 06-present), Qinghe Zhao, PhD (Mar 07-June 09), Hongshuai Li, MD & PhD (Apr 08-Feb 10)
Research Resident: Claire Beimesch (MD)
Research Staff: Nina Clovis, Suzanne Smith, Kish Vincent, Jabeen Noore (PhD)
PhD student: Therwa Hamza (07/08-present)
Summer Students: Steven Regal (MD student), Stephanie Knittle (2nd WVNano SURE), Adly Noore (Undergraduate), Lixiang Tan (High School student)
Other Students: Heather Ogle (BS), Elizabeth DeFusco (NASA Fellow)
Visiting Professors: Dr. Ke Yang (Professor, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Jan 09-Feb 09), and Dr. Tianying Xiong (Professor, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Jan 09-Feb 09)
Collaborators: Murali Rao (MD, NIOSH), Yong Qian (MD & PhD, NIOSH), John Barnett (PhD, Immunology, WVU), John G. Thomas (PhD, Microbiology, WVU), Sanford E. Emery (MD, Orthopaedics, WVU), David Hubbard (MD, Orthopaedics), Ke Yang (PhD, Chinese Academy of Sciences), and several scientists from NETL.

2007-2008:
Postdoc Fellows: Bingbing Jiang, PhD (Feb 06-present), Qinghe Zhao, PhD (Mar 07-June 09), Hongshuai Li, MD & PhD (Apr 08-Feb 10) 
Research Resident: Matthew Dietz (MD)
Research Staff: Nina Clovis, Suzanne Smith, Kish Vincent, Jabeen Noore (PhD)
Summer Students: Michael Hagar (MD student), Brian Kellermeyer (MD student), Elizabeth DeFusco (2nd WVNano SURE), Stephanie Knittle (WVNano SURE)
Other Students: Therwa Hamza (Rotation, 10/07-11/07), Heather Ogle (NASA Fellow); Elizabeth DeFusco (Undergradaute, 9/07-5/09)
Collaborators: Murali Rao (MD, NIOSH), Yong Qian (MD & PhD, NIOSH), Sanford E. Emery (MD, Orthopaedics, WVU), David Hubbard (MD, Orthopaedics), David Hubbard (Orthopaedics, MD), Ke Yang (PhD, Chinese Academy of Sciences), XXX (PhD, Univeristy of Pisttsburgh), and several scientists from NETL.

2006-2007:
Postdoc Fellows: Bingbing Jiang, PhD (Feb 06-present), Fidele Likibi, PhD (Sept 06-Aug 07)
Research Resident: Brandon Boyce(MD)
Research Staff: Nina Clovis, Suzanne Smith, Kish Vincent, Sydha Salihu (PhD)
Summer Student: Elizabeth DeFusco (WVNano SURE)
Other Student: Heather Ogle (Undergraduate, 09/06-07/08)
Collaborators: Murali Rao (MD, NIOSH), Yong Qian (MD & PhD, NIOSH), John G. Thomas (PhD, Microbiology, WVU), Sanford E. Emery (MD, Orthopaedics, WVU), David Hubbard (Orthopaedics, MD), Ke Yang (PhD, Chinese Academy of Sciences), XXX (PhD, Univeristy of Pisttsburgh), and several scientists from NETL.

2005-2006:
Postdoc Fellow: Bingbing Jiang, PhD (Feb 06-present)
Research Resident: Brock Lindsey(MD)
Research Staff: Nina Clovis, Suzanne Smith, Kish Vincent, Sydha Salihu (PhD)
Summer Student: Rajiv Bhattarai (Spurlock/McClung Research Fellow) 
Other Student: Xiaolei Shi 

Note: Students have received a variety of awards and research fellowships (see In the News). Minimum salary for PhD students is $25,000/yr.