Labs and Teams

  • Bogunovic Lab

    The Bogunovic lab focuses on the study of human immunogenetics. We aim to improve understanding of the human immune system.

  • Edwards Team

    The Edwards team focuses on children with medical complexity, how critical illness impacts these patients, how they impact pediatric ICUs, and improving their patient- and family-centered outcomes.

  • Egli Lab

    The Egli Lab studies human development using the earliest cell types, from the fertilized egg to a fully functional and differentiated cell type, such as a beta cell that produces insulin.

  • Gershon Lab

    The Gershon Lab studies varicella zoster virus (VZV), which causes varicella and herpes zoster.

  • Kernie Lab

    Research in the Kernie Lab is focused on elucidating mechanisms of the brain’s self-repair following injury.

  • Leibel Lab

    Research at the Leibel Lab is focused on the molecular genetics and physiology of weight regulation and diabetes.

  • Lin Lab

    Research in the Lin Lab is focused on understanding the pathogenesis of acute kidney injury (AKI) and the transition of AKI to chronic kidney disease (CKD).

  • Lovinsky-Desir Team

    Members of the Lovinsky-Desir Research team focus on understanding and addressing factors in the urban environment that contribute to pediatric asthma.

  • Mace Lab

    Research in the Mace Lab is focused on understanding the molecular signaling that drives human NK cell development and how this is dysregulated in cases of human disease.

  • Maegawa Lab

    The Maegawa Lab focuses on developing therapies for lysosomal storage diseases (LSDs) based on critical pathogenic mechanisms underlying the neurological manifestations of these disorders.

  • Milner Lab

    The Milner Lab researches the genetics and immunopathology of inborn disorders of the immune system, with the goal of identifying pathways relevant for diagnosis and treatment.

  • Moscona Lab

    The Moscona Lab is focused on understanding how enveloped viruses enter cells, and on using this understanding to prevent viral infection.

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  • Orange Lab

    The Orange Lab collaborates closely with the Mace Lab to dissect mechanisms of human natural killer (NK) cell maturation and function.

  • Prince Lab

    The Prince Lab studies the interaction of the host and bacterial pathogens in both the airway and skin.

  • Riquelme Lab

    Dr. Riquelme's lab studies how metabolism regulates host-pathogen interaction. They are learning how specific metabolic routes define the bactericidal function of immune cells during pneumonia.

  • Sadeghi Team

    The Sadeghi team works to promote quality, safety, and efficiency in cystic fibrosis clinical research. The aim is to speed the delivery of new and improved therapies to people with cystic fibrosis.

  • Stockwell Team

    The Stockwell team focuses on theory-based translational interventions to promote vaccination among underserved children and adolescents, with an emphasis on health technology and health literacy.

  • Targoff Lab

    Research in the Targoff Lab is focused on the role of nkx genes, cardiac-specific homeodomain transcription factors, in establishing and maintaining cardiomyocyte identity.

  • Thaker Lab

    Members of the Thaker Lab focus on understanding the molecular underpinnings of severe early childhood obesity, and its influence on the clinical manifestations.

  • Yamashiro Lab

    Research at the Yamashiro Lab focuses on the preclinical study of novel agents in pediatric solid tumors, in particular neuroblastoma and hepatoblastoma.

  • Zha Lab

    Our research is focused on the fundamental mechanisms by which cells respond to DNA damage and how these responses impact normal lymphocyte development, lymphomagenesis, and cancer therapy.