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
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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
