Giamila Fantuzzi, MS, PhD

Associate Professor

Phone:  312-413-5398
Fax:  312-413-0319
Email:  giamila@uic.edu

Dr. Fantuzzi completed her undergraduate work in Biology and PhD in Experimental Endocrinology at the University of Milano, Italy. She also obtained a Masters in Neuroimmunology from the Mario Negri Institute in Milano, Italy.

Dr. Fantuzzi teaches pathophysiology in the undergraduate nutrition program and participates in teaching various courses at the graduate level, both in the College of Applied Health Sciences and the College of Medicine

Maria Pini, MS

Visiting Research Specialist

Phone:  312-413-7659
Fax:  312-413-0319
Email: mariapin@uic.edu

Maria completed her master's degree in natural sciences [Italian Laurea (2nd level)] with a focus in microbiology at the University of Parma, Italy in 1999.

Davina Rhodes, MS, RD, LDN

Visiting Research Specialist

Phone:  312-413-7659
Fax:  312-413-0319
Email:  drhode3@uic.edu

Davina completed her undergraduate work in Environmental Science at New College of Florida, and obtained a Masters of Science in Human Nutrition from the University of Illinois at Chicago.  Davina is also a Registered Dietitian licensed in the state of Illinois.

FORMER LAB MEMBERS

Elizabeth Murphy

Elizabeth is a recent graduate of Illinois Math and Science Academy in Aurora IL. She will be starting the Nutrition and Dietetics program at Saint Louis University this fall 2010.

Joseph Sennello

Research Technician II
Lam Lab - Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Northwestern University
Email: j-senello@northwestern.edu

I am currently researching the role of the canonical Wnt / b-catenin pathway's role in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

Melissa G. Farb, PhD (Gove)

Post-Doctoral Fellow
Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute
Boston University Medical Center
88 E Newton St,
Robinson Building, Rm 703B
Email: Melissa.Farb@bmc.org

Research focus: Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease

Jantine van Baal, PhD

Post-Doctoral Scholar
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
University Medical Center Utrecht
Heidelberglaan 100
3584 CX Utrecht
The Netherlands
Email: j.w.p.m.vanbaal-2@umcutrecht.nl

I am a postdoc and I am supervising 2 PhD students.  In my current position, I focus on the expression and role of microRNAs in Barrett's esophagus and esophageal adenocarcinoma development.

Raja Fayad, MD

Assistant Professor
Arnold School of Public Health
Applied Physiology Division
University of South Carolina
921 Assembly St. room 301
Columbia, SC 29208

My "Integrative immunology of inflammation and Cancer" Laboratory studies the role of chronic inflammation in cancer development in animal and human models.

Venkatesh Ponemone, PhD

Assistant Director (Technical)
TotipotentSC Scientific Product Pvt. Ltd.
H.N0 8-52, Rudra Colony
Shamshabad, R.R. Dist.
Andhra Pradesh, India 501218
E-mail: ponemone.venkatesh@gmail.com