Laboratory of Terry J. Smith, M.D.
Stephen Atkins
Research Area Specialist Associate
Email: sjatkins@med.umich.edu
Phone: 734-647-6330
Stephen graduated from Eastern Michigan University and has worked in several research labs at the University of Michigan since 2001. He joined our lab in March 2010 and currently serves as a research associate and lab manager.
Roshini Fernando, M.S.
Research Area Specialist Intermediate
Email: roshinis@med.umich.edu
Phone: 734-647-6347
Roshini received a B.S. in Biochemistry from the University of Columbo in Sri Lanka and an M.S. in Chemistry from Eastern Michigan University. She joined our lab in July 2009 and enjoys doing research, especially flow cytometry. She lives in Ann Arbor with her husband and three children.
Erin Gillespie
HHMI Medical Student Research Fellow
Email: erinfg@med.umich.edu
Phone: 734-232-8273
Erin grew up in Los Angeles and then moved to Anchorage, Alaska. She attended Yale University where she played varsity soccer and majored in molecular biology. Erin is currently enrolled in the University of Michigan Medical School and has been awarded a Howard Hughes Medical Institute fellowship. This fellowship has allowed her to take an extra year of medical school to work on a translational research project in patients with Graves' eye disease.
Bin Li, Ph.D.
Postdoc Research Fellow
Email: binli@umich.edu
Phone: 734-647-6345
Bin earned his Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from Ohio State University in 2007. He has three years of postdoctoral research experience from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. Bin joined our lab in July 2010.
Ying Lu, Ph.D.
Research fellow
Email: yinlu@umich.edu
Phone: 734-647-6347
Ying earned her Ph.D. in Ophthalmology from Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan. Prior to joining the Douglas-Smith lab, she worked in the Heckenlively lab on autoimmune ocular diseases. She joined our lab in September 2010 and is now working on the role of fibrocytes in Graves’ disease.
Nupur Raychaudhuri, Ph.D.
Research Fellow
Email: nupurr@med.umich.edu
Phone: 734-647-6345
Nupur received her Ph.D. in Biochemistry at Bose Institute in Calcutta, India. She is working on interactive signal transduction pathways in Graves' disease. She also is studying molecular markers in the context of this disease and looking for potential therapeutic intervention. Nupur worked with Drs. Smith and Douglas at the Jules Eye Institute in Los Angeles and made the move with them to Kellogg.
Laya Charara
Undergraduate Student
Email: lkcharar@umich.edu
Laya is an undergraduate student who is studying creative writing and English, in addition to fulfilling pre-medical requirements. She plans to attend medical school and pursue a career in writing. She is currently working on various projects, with a focus on the clinical aspects of research.
Amanda Lee
Undergraduate Student
Email: amrlee@umich.edu
Amanda is an undergraduate student at the University of Michigan's College of Engineering. She plans to major in Biomedical Engineering.
Jazmine Reyes
Undergraduate Student
Email:jazzrose@umich.edu
Jazmine is an undergraduate student at the University of Michigan studying American Culture and Chinese. She performs clerical and administrative tasks in Drs. Douglas' and Smith's offices and also provides additional support in the lab and Thyroid Eye Disease clinic. She plans to attend graduate school in fall 2013 and pursue a Ph.D. in American Culture.
