Laboratory Medicine Faculty

Brian Smith

Chair

Professor of Laboratory Medicine, of Biomedical Engineering, of Medicine (Hematology) and of Pediatrics
Chair, Department of Laboratory Medicine

Research Interests:Inflammation-Coagulation Interface; Hematology; Bioethics; Biomedical Engineering; Laboratory Medicine Education; Therapeutic Pathology

Clinical Interests:Hematologic diagnostics; clinical pathology; hematopathology; hematology; pediatrics; laboratory medicine

Sheldon Campbell

Associate Professor of Laboratory Medicine
Director, Medical Microbiology Course
Director, Laboratories at VA CT Healthcare System
Director, Microbiology Fellowship

Research Interests:Clinical microbiology; point-of-care testing; medical education; HIV and mycobacterial diagnosis

Clinical Interests:Bacterial, fungal, parasitic, viral, and mycobacterial diseases; point of care testing; drugs of abuse testing; physician office laboratory testing

Sandy Chang

Associate Professor of Laboratory Medicine and of Pathology
Associate Director, Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory

Research Interests:Mouse models of cancer; DNA damage; Telomere biology

Clinical Interests:Cancer diagnosis, molecular techniques

Susan Cotmore

Senior Research Scientist in Laboratory Medicine

Research Interests:Parvovirus entry and uncoating; subversion of nuclear environment for viral DNA replication

Lesley Devine

Associate Research Scientist in Laboratory Medicine
Scientific Director, Cancer Center Immune Monitoring Laboratory

Research Interests:Effects of novel immune therapies on the immune system

Tore Eid

Assistant Professor of Laboratory Medicine and of Neurosurgery
Assistant Director, Clinical Chemistry Laboratory, Yale-New Haven Hospital
Director, Human Brain Microdialysis Program

Research Interests:Epilepsy; Neuropathology; Electron microscopy; Immunohistochemistry; Mass spectrometry; Clinical chemistry and toxicology; Therapeutic drug monitoring

Clinical Interests:Laboratory medicine; clinical chemistry; neurodiagnostics; epilepsy

Stephanie Eisenbarth

Assistant Professor of Laboratory Medicine, of Immunobiology and of Medicine (Immunology)
Assistant Director, Clinical Immunology & Flow Cytometry Laboratories
Director, Immune Monitoring Core

Research Interests:Pattern Recognition Receptors; NOD-like Receptors (NLRs); Dendritic Cells; T cells; Allergy/Asthma; Vaccines/Adjuvants; Red Blood Cell Alloimmunization; Autoimmune Diabetes; Influenza

Clinical Interests:The Clinical Immunology Laboratory integrates standard diagnostic immunology testing with an active flow cytometry and molecular diagnostics laboratory and therefore services a large and diverse patient population. The Immune Monitoring Core provides a core resource for clinical and translational research protocols at Yale School of Medicine that involve immunotherapy and/or that affect the human immune system. In addition to performing assays beyond the scope of routine clinical tests, this facility is involved in developing and utilizing new technologies and assays as needed for basic and clinical human studies on-going at Yale.

Peili Gu

Associate Research Scientist in Laboratory Medicine

Ann Haberman

Assistant Professor of Laboratory Medicine
Director, In Vivo Imaging Facility

Research Interests:B lymphocytes; germinal center formation; cell migration in vivo; Two-photon laser scanning microscopy

Michael Hodsdon

Associate Professor of Laboratory Medicine and of Pharmacology
Assoc. Director, Clinical Chemistry Laboratory

Research Interests:Biochemistry; Biophysics; Breast Cancer; Clinical Chemistry; Drug Metabolism; Health and Medicine; Laboratory Practice or Procedure; Nuclear Magnetic Resonance; Pathobiology; Pharmacology; Spectroscopy; Structural Biology; Toxicology

Clinical Interests:Clinical chemistry; toxicology and testing for drugs of abuse; therapeutic drug monitoring; tandem mass spectrometry; protein analysis for detection of multiple myeloma

John Howe

Associate Professor of Laboratory Medicine
Director, Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory

Research Interests:Molecular Diagnostics; Hematopathology

Clinical Interests:Molecular diagnostics; hematopathology; genetics

Peter Jatlow

Professor Emeritus of Laboratory Medicine and Senior Research Scientist in Psychiatry

Research Interests:Clinical pharmacology of psychotropic drugs; cocaine; drugs of abuse; ethanol; nicotine dependence;

Clinical Interests:Clinical chemistry; toxicology; therapeutic drug monitoring

Paula Kavathas

Professor of Laboratory Medicine, of Genetics, of Immunobiology and of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
Associate Chair for Research
Director, Science Education Outreach Program

Research Interests:Gene Regulation; Immunology; Molecular Cellular Entities; Receptors; Structure or Function (Health or Safety or Medical); Transgenic Animals

Camille Keeler

Associate Research Scientist in Laboratory Medicine

Research Interests:NMR; Protein purification; Prolactin; Protein Biophysics

Diane Krause

Professor of Laboratory Medicine, of Cell Biology and of Pathology
Assoc. Director, Yale Stem Cell Center
Assoc. Director, Transfusion Medicine Service
Director, Frisbee Laboratory for Hematopoietic Graft Engineering

Research Interests:Bone Marrow Transplantation; Stem Cells; Cell and Molecular Hematology; Leukemia

Clinical Interests:Transfusion medicine; stem cell transplantation; stem cell processing; apheresis

Marie-Louise Landry

Professor of Laboratory Medicine and of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
Director, Clinical Virology Laboratory
Director, Medical Studies
Vice Chair, Laboratory Medicine

Research Interests:Viral Load and Correlation with Disease; Impact of Laboratory Diagnosis on Clinical Management; Molecular Methods; Direct Immunofluorescence

Clinical Interests:Laboratory diagnosis of viral diseases

Lei Li

Associate Research Scientist in Laboratory Medicine
Associate Research Scientist/S

John McClaskey

Assistant Professor of Laboratory Medicine
Director, Clinical Chemistry

Clinical Interests:General endocrinology; thyroid disorders; steroid hormones

Ivailo Mihaylov

Associate Research Scientist in Laboratory Medicine

Rekha Rai

Associate Research Scientist in Laboratory Medicine

Research Interests:Telomere Function, DNA damage signalling and repair, Genome instability

Henry Rinder

Professor of Laboratory Medicine and of Medicine (Hematology)
Associate Director, Yale Pathology Residency Program
Director, Clinical Hematology Laboratory
Associate Chair for Clinical Affairs (Diagnostic)

Research Interests:Biomaterials; Blood Or Blood Products Or Transfusions; Cardiopulmonary Chest Medicine; Cytokines; Hematology; Inflammation; Laboratory Practice Or Procedure; Thrombosis Adhesion Molecules; Blood Platelets; Cardiopulmonary Bypass; Coagulation; Hematology; Hemostasis; Reticulated Platelets

Clinical Interests:Hematology; coagulation; molecular diagnostics; bone marrow transplant; cancer

Mark Shlomchik

Professor of Laboratory Medicine and of Immunobiology
Associate Director, Transfusion Service

Research Interests:Autoimmunity; Blood or Blood Products or Transfusions; Bone Marrow Transplantation; Immunobiology; Immunology; Immunopathology; Immunotherapy; Lymphocytes; Transgenic Animals

Clinical Interests:Transfusion medicine; stem cell collection and processing; apheresis

Edward Snyder

Professor of Laboratory Medicine
Associate Chair, Clinical Affairs (Therapeutic)
Director, Apheresis/Transfusion Service
Director, Blood Bank
Director of Membership, Yale Cancer Center
Editor, Lab News

Research Interests:Cytoskeleton; Health and Medicine; Membranes; Metabolism; Apheresis Technology; Pathogen Inactivation; Platelet Apoptosis; Platelet Storage Lesion Manufacturing Tissue Engineered Vascular Grafts for Pediatric Surgical Patients

Clinical Interests:Transfusion medicine; apheresis; stem cell collection and processing

Gary Stack

Professor of Laboratory Medicine
Chief, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at VA Connecticut

Research Interests:blood group alloimmunization; pharmacogenetics; blood bank storage of platelets; pro-inflammatory cytokines; blood transfusion

Clinical Interests:Transfusion medicine; molecular diagnostics; pharmacogenetics

Peter Tattersall

Professor of Laboratory Medicine and of Genetics

Research Interests:Biochemistry; Genetics; Parvoviruses; DNA replication; Gene therapy; Oncolytic virus; Vaccines; Vectors; Viral replication and vectors

Christopher Tormey

Assistant Professor of Laboratory Medicine and of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry and Lecturer in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
Director, Transfusion Medicine Fellowship

Research Interests:Transfusion Medicine; Platelet Storage; Red Blood Cell Alloimmunization

Clinical Interests:Transfusion Medicine; Laboratory Hematology; Coagulation

Richard Torres

Assistant Professor of Laboratory Medicine and of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry

Clinical Interests:clinical hematology; flow cytometry, molecular diagnostics, and immunology

Yang Wang

Associate Research Scientist in Laboratory Medicine

Yan Yun Wu

Associate Professor of Laboratory Medicine
Assoc. Director, Apheresis/Transfusion Service
Assoc. Director, Blood Bank
Assoc. Director, Cellular Therapy Laboratory

Research Interests:Transfusion adverse events; transfusion transmitted diseases; transfusion reactions; stem cell mobilization

Clinical Interests:Transfusion medicine; apheresis; stem cell collection and processing

Ping-Xia Zhang

Associate Research Scientist in Laboratory Medicine