OUR TEAM

Melody Y. Zeng, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Immunology in Pediatrics

Drukier Institute for Children’s Health,Department of Pediatrics

Immunology & Microbial Pathogenesis Graduate Program

Email: myz4001@med.cornell.edu (646) 962-9791

Hannah C. Carrow, B.S.

IMP Ph.D. candidate

B.S. Northeastern University

Research focus: Gut bacteria, infection, mucosal immunology

Email: hac4009@med.cornell.edu

Katherine Z. Sanidad, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow                       (Hartwell Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship)

Research focus: nutritional immunology, gut-brain axis

Email: kzs4001@med.cornell.edu

Purnima Ravisankar, M.S.

IMP Graduate student

M.S. in Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Email: pur4001@med.cornell.edu

Julia A. Brown, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow, WCM (CTSC TL1 Fellowship)

Research focus: gut-lung axis,

maternal-fetal health

Email: jub4008@med.cornell.edu

Daniel Sen Hoi Wong, B.S.

IMP graduate student

B.S. University of British Columbia

Email: daw4020@med.cornell.edu

Hilal Bashir, Ph.D.

Postdoc fellow

Research focus: gut microbiome and tumor immunology

Email: hib4002@med.cornell.edu

Kelly M. Banks, M.D., Ph.D.

Tri-I MSTP

Current: Pediatrics resident in the PSTP program

Email: kmb2009@nyp.org

Lucy R. Hart, B.S.

Lab manager/Research technician

Email: lrh4001@med.cornell.edu

Samantha Tham, B.S.

Medical Student

Email: sat4014@med.cornell.edu

Shui Yu, Ph.D.

Postdoc fellow

Research focus: gut-brain axis, neurodevelopment

Email: shy4006@med.cornell.edu

Anisa Siddikova

Undergraduate summer intern

Hunter college

Email: anisa.siddikova37@gmail.com

Khadija Kone

Undergraduate summer intern

Cornell University

Email: kk724@corne.edu

Abigail Calumpit, B.S.

Medical Student

Email: abc4005@med.cornell.edu

Vanessa Chen Hsieh

Highschool Summer Student

Rising Junior at Bronx School of Science 

Email: hsiehv@bxscience.edu