Meet the Team

  • Wayne I. Lencer, MD

    Principal Investigator

    Longwood Chair in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

    Director, Harvard Digestive Disease Center

  • Stefanie Schmieder, PhD

    Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

    Senior Scientist, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition

  • Yanjia Jason Zhang, MD PhD

    Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

    Physician-Scientist, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition

  • Katlynn Bugda Gwilt, PhD

    Post-Doctoral Fellow, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition

  • Heidi De Luca, MS

    Lab Manager

    Senior Scientist, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition

  • Wan Nurul Izzati Mohamad, PhD

    Post-Doctoral Fellow

  • Casey Johnson, MD

    Research Fellow

  • Julia Ehrmann, MD

    Research Fellow

  • Aglaia Polyzou

    Program Manager

    Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition

  • Victor Svistunov, B.S.

    Research Associate

    Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition

  • Mildred-Maria Reyes, B.S., B.A.

    Research Associate

    Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition

  • Anthony Wang

    Student Researcher

    Boston College, Pre-medical Economics Major, Biochemistry Minor

  • Deniz Gode

    Student Researcher

    High School

  • Lena Schulz, B.S.

    Research Associate

    University of Konstanz, Germany - Molecular and Cellular Biology Master’s Candidate

  • Fabiola Belibi

    Student Researcher

    Harvard University, Pre-medical Biology Major

Alumni

  • Michael Grey, PhD

    Principal Investigator at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC)

  • Sarah Cauthorn, B.A.

    Research Associate, Grey Lab at BIDMC

  • Mariska Simpson, PhD

    PhD Student (22’), Harvard Medical School and Utrecht University

  • Pavi Aravamudhan, PhD

    Senior Scientist, Neuronal & Rare Diseases, Dewpoint Therapeutics

  • Phi Luong, PhD

    Principal Scientist, Dewpoint Therapeutics

  • Denis Chang, MD, MS

    Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

    Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School