Meet Our Team
Matt Sampson, MD, MS
Principal Investigator
Michelle McNulty, MS
Computational Biologist
Ana Onuchic-Whitford, MD
Instructor, Harvard School of Medicine and Nephrologist, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Janewit Wongboonsin, MD, MS
Adult Nephrology Fellow
Marina Trimmer, MD
Clinical Research Coordinator
Junmo Sung, MS
Data Analyst
Sidhant Puntambekar, BS
Bioinformatician
Kristen Gibson, PhD
Postdoctorate Fellow
Julia Bueno
Social Media and Community Outreach Coordinator
Lily Sampson
Social Media Intern
The Dongwon Lee Lab
The Dongwon Lee Lab and Sampson Lab for Kidney Genomics have been valuable partners since 2019, collaborating closely to advance research on kidney disease through the lens of genomics. The Lee Lab aims to understand how gene regulation contributes to the development and progression of human diseases, specifically focusing on kidney diseases. We use a combination of single-cell multiomics data, genetic data from disease cohorts, functional assays, and machine-learning approaches to address these complex problems. In addition, we work closely with clinicians and experimental biologists to validate and verify our models and predictions. We are dedicated to developing new genomic computational tools and making them accessible to the research community.
Dongwon Lee, PhD
Principal Investigator
Anya Greenberg, BS
Computational Biologist
Jeerthi Kannan, MS
Research Assistant
Eric Sakkas, BA
Research Assistant
Daniel (Duc) Nguyen, BA
Research Assistant
Yangyang Lin
Research Assistant
Choah Kim, PhD
Postdoctorate Fellow
Victoria Mezger, M.Sc
Visiting Researcher
Beomsu Kim, PhD
Postdoctorate Fellow
Our Lab Alumni
Waverly Alcure, MS | Community Outreach & Social Media Coordinator, current Marketing & Communications Coordinator at the Society for Pediatric Research
Sowmya Badina | Research Trainee
Alexandra Barry, BS | Research Assistant I, current Healthcare Analyst at Analysis Group
Christopher Benway, PhD | Computational Biologist, current Senior Bioinformatics Engineer at Exosome Diagnostics
Catherine Channell | Summer Research Assistant, current Medical Student at Columbia University
Brendan Crawford, MD | Clinical Fellow, current Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Arkansas Children’s Hospital
Jenn Fishbein, MD | Pediatric Nephrology Clinical Fellow, current Chief, Division of Nephrology at UMass Memorial Medical Center
Christopher Gillies, PhD, MS | Programmer Analyst Sr., current Senior Manager Computational Genomics at Regeneron
AC Gomez, MD | Adult & Pediatric Nephrology Clinical Fellow at Boston Children’s Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Brigham Women’s Hospital
Seong Kyu Han, PhD | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, current Assistant Professor at Inha University, Department of Biological Sciences
Betul Haykir, PhD | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, current Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Boston Children’s Hospital David Breault Lab
Gina Kalkar, BA | Research Assistant, current PhD Student at Columbia University
Lily McCloskey | Student Research Assistant, current senior at Case Western Reserve University
China Nagano, MD, PhD | Visiting Research Fellow, current Pediatric Nephrologist at Kobe University
Rose Putler, MS | Statistical Geneticist, current Data Scientist at Duo Security
Kaylia Reynolds, MS | Computational Biologist
Catherine Robertson, PhD, MS | Research Analyst, current Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Michigan
Eman Seyal | Research Intern, current Student at Harvard University
Parsa Seyfourian, BS | Computational Summer Research Intern, current Undergraduate Student at The University of British Columbia
Kalyn Yasutake, MPH | Research Specialist, current Senior Research Associate at Building Changes
Jennifer Lai Yee, MD | Clinical Research Fellow, current Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital
Jihoon Yoon, MD, PhD | Research Associate, current Clinical Fellow in the Department of Genomic Medicine at Seoul National University Hospital
Katherine Madrazo, MD, MDs | Pediatrics Resident, Yale University