Program Director/Principal Investigator:

Alfred Ayala, Ph.D., M.S., M.A.  
Professor of Surgery (Research), Dept. Surgery

Director, Division of Surgical Research
Senior Research Scientist-Lifespan/RI Hospital
Aldrich 227, Rhode Island Hospital
401-444-5158
Alfred_Ayala@brown.edu;  aayala@lifespan.org

 

 

Fellows:

Chyna Gray-Lovell, Ph.D. 
T32-Nat. Res. Serv. Award-Post-Doctoral Fellow
Aldrich 244
401-444-0381
Chyna_Gray@alumni.brown.edu

 

 

 

Graduate Students:

Brandon Armstead, B.S., M.S.
Grad. Pathol. Prog.-Grad. Student
Aldrich 226
401-444-6482
Brandon_Armstead@brown.edu

 

 

Fernando Gutierrez-Garcia, B.S., M.S.
Grad. Pathol. Prog.-Grad. Student
Aldrich 242
401-444-6706
Fernando_Gutierrez_Garcia@brown.edu

 

 

Habesha “Fasika” Petros, B.S., M.S.
Master in Biotechnology Prog.-Grad. Student
Aldrich 242

401-444-6706
Habesha_Petros@alumni.brown.edu

 

 

 

Sr. Research Assistant:

Yaping Chen, B.S.
Sr. Res. Assist.
Aldrich 228
401-444-6728
YChen2@lifespan.org

 

 

 

Administrative: 

Nicole Desmarais
Div. Surg. Res. – Admin. Assistant
Nursing Arts Bldg. 217
401-444-4296
nicole.desmarais@lifespan.org

 

 

Undergraduate/Medical Students:

Emelie Nguyen
Undergrad. Student
Aldrich  ###
401-444-####
emelie_nguyen@brown.edu

 

 

 

Jai Singh
Undergrad. Student
Aldrich  242
401-444-6706
jai_singh@brown.edu

 

Joanna Renedo
Undergraduate Student
Aldrich  ###
401-444-####
Joanna_Renedo@brown.edu

 

Matthew Kwasnik, BS
Medical Student
Aldrich  228
401-444-####
matthew_kwasnik@brown.edu

 

 

 

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