Name:   Ioana Moisini, MD, PhD
Position:   Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Education:   MD, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Gr. T. Popa” Iasi, Romania;
PhD, University of Tennessee Health Science Center / St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Research:   My projects are focused on elucidating the mechanisms of selection of autoreactive B cells using the 3H9 and D42 site-directed transgenic models and the study of the effects of various therapeutic agents on B cell tolerance and repertoire in these models.
E-mail:   imoisini@nshs.edu
   
Name:   Weiqing Huang, MD
Position:   Research Associate
Education:  MD; Beijing Medical University, Beijing China
Research:   My research work focuses on the pathogenesis of SLE, and the mechanism of action of novel co-stimulatory molecules on the immune system both in murine models and patients with SLE.
E-mail:   whuang@nshs.edu
   
Name:   Ramalingam Bethunaickan, PhD
Position:   Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Education:   PhD in Biomedical Science 2003 from Tuberculosis Research Center (ICMR), and MGR Medical University, Chennai, India
Research:   Mechanism of Remission of Lupus Nephritis. Stage-Specific Molecular profiling for Lupus Nephritis among different murine models of SLE. Understanding pathogenesis of SLE nephritis, improved therapeutic strategies and identification of potential biomarkers within these models. Studies remission mechanisms in lupus nephritis, and works on renal inflammation in lupus.
E-mail:   rbethuna@nshs.edu
   
Name:   Haiou Tao
Position:   Research Assistant
E-mail:   htao@nshs.edu
   
Name:   Mark Cintron
Position:   Research Assistant
E-mail:   mcintron@nshs.edu
   
Name:   Ingrid Solano
Position:   Research Assistant
E-mail:   isolano@nshs.edu
   
Name:   Zheng (Steve) Liu
Position:   Graduate Student
E-mail:   zliu@nshs.edu