Consortium for Excellence in Glycosciences | Scholars

	Anabel Alvarenga, PhD Mentors: Jean Kim & Ronald Schnaar, Johns Hopkins University Focus: Siglec-8 ligand expression in healthy and diseased patients
	Amy Attaway, MD Mentor: Srinivasan Dasarathy, Cleveland Clinic Focus: Study of intermittent hypoxia-mediated O-GlcNAcylation dysregulates skeletal muscle proteostasis and mitochondrial function in cellular and murine models
	Francesca Boscolo, PhD Mentor: Adam Engler, UC San Diego Focus: Role of proteoglycans in determining muscle stem cell fate during pregnancy
	Elizabeth Calle, MD Mentor: Robert Langer, Massachusetts General Hospital, Institute of Health Professionals Focus: The Endothelial Glycocalyx and the Air/Blood Barrier in the context of Lung Transplantation
	Kevin Chandler, PhD Mentor: Robert Sackstein, MD, PhD, Florida International University Focus: The Role of Fucosyltransferase-2 (FUT2) Repression in Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) Signaling
	Yiwen Cui, MD Mentors: Nancy Dahms & Stephanie Olivier-Van Stichelen, Medical College of Wisconsin Focus: O-GlcrNAcylation in the Development of Gestational Diabetes
	Graham Heberlig, PhD Mentor: Michael Burkart, UC San Diego Focus: Structural Examination of Lipid A Biosynthesis Complexes
	Ryan Jajosky, MD Mentors: Sean R. Stowell, Brigham & Women's Hospital & Robert Sackstein, Florida International University Focus: Studying the role of glycans on red blood cells
	Sridevi Krishnan, PhD Mentor: Nathan Lewis, UC San Diego Focus: Nutrition and cardio metabolic disease: A systems biology based multiomic investigation
	Patricia Lenhart-Pendergrass, MD, PhD Mentor: Victor Nizet, UC San Diego Focus: Host Pathogen Interactions in Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infections in Cystic Fibrosis
	Olurotimi Mesubi, MBBS Mentors: Mark Anderson and Natasha Zachara, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Focus: Cardiac ryanodine receptor (RyR2) O-GlcNAcylation and aberrant calcium release in atrial fibrillation
	Anny Mulya, PhD Mentors: Serpil C. Erzurum and Vince Hascall, Cleveland Clinic, Lerner Research Institute Focus: Fuel Bioenergetics Pathway on Hylauronan in Asthma
	Mark Murakaumi, MD Mentor: Robert Sackstein, Florida International University Focus: E-selectin ligands in normal and malignant lymphopoiesis
	Ogechi Ogoke, PhD Mentor: Joseph Lau, Roswell Park Division, State University of New York Focus: The role of sialyltransferase - ST6GAL1- in mediating hematopoietic stem cell biology
	Chelsea Painter, PhD Mentor: Philip Gordts, UC San Diego Focus: Human Milk Oligosaccharides in Lipoprotein Metabolism and Dyslipidemia
	Kyriakos Papanicolaou, PhD Mentors: Brian O'Rourke & Natasha Zachara, Johns Hopkins University Focus: Dynamics and Impact of O-GlcNAcylation in Experimental Heart Failure
	Yan Wang, MD, PhD Mentors: Vincent Hascall & Edward Maytin, Cleveland Clinic, Lerner Research Institute Focus: Delineation of the role of Hyaluronan in regulating fibroblast function in normal and diabetic skin wound healing and obesity
	Dawn Wenzel, PhD Mentors: Nancy Dahms & Stephanie Olivier-Van Stichelen, Medical College of Wisconsin Focus: The role of O-GlcNAcylation in the regulation of cytokinetic abscission

Program Alumni

	Amina Abbadi, PhD Initial position after K12 program: Research Associate, Cleveland Clinic Career Development Site: Johns Hopkins / Cleveland Clinic (2018-2020) Program Mentors: Vincent Hascall & George Muschler, Cleveland Clinic, Lerner Research Institute K12 Project: The role of Intracellular hyaluronan and TSG-6 in monocyte/macrophage biology and differentiation under a hyperglycemic stress.
	Daniel Kwame Afosah, PhD Initial position after K12 program: Assistant Professor, Washington & Lee University Career Development Site: BloodCenter of Wisconsin (2018-2021) Program Mentor: Umesh Desai, Virginia Commonwealth University K12 Project: Isolation and structural characterization of Glycosaminoglycan.
	Waseem Anani, MD Initial position after K12 program: Medical Officer, Canadian Blood Services Career Development Site: BloodCenter of Wisconsin (2018-2020) Program Mentor: Karin Hoffmeister, Translational Glycomics Center K12 Project: Glycomics in transfusion medicine - Defining glycans in outcomes.
	Sophia Balderman, MD Initial position after K12 program: Hematology and Medical Oncology, Cleveland Clinic Career Development Site: BloodCenter of Wisconsin (2021) Program Mentor: Joseph Lau, Roswell Park Division, State University of New York K12 Project: Investigating the Role of Extrinsic ST6GAL1 in MDS associated dyspoiesis.
	Phillip Bartels, PhD Initial position after K12 program: Scientist I, Codex DNA Career Development Site: UC San Diego (2018-2021) Program Mentor: Yitzhak Tor, University of California, San Diego K12 Project: Developing Guanidinylated Neomycin-Enzyme Conjugates to Treat Lyososomal Storage Disorders Linked to Parkinson’s Disease.
	Julia Callender, PhD Initial position after K12 program: Scientist, Neuroscience, Lundbeck La Jolla Research Center Career Development Site: UC San Diego (2019-2022) Program Mentor: Christina Sigurdson, University of California, San Diego K12 Project: Manipulating PrP glycan structure to understand toxic signaling pathways driving prion-incused neurodegeneration
	Chen Chen, MD, PhD Initial position after K12 program: Professor, LSU Career Development Site: BloodCenter of Wisconsin (2020) Program Mentor: Nancy Dahms, Medical College of Wisconsin K12 Project: Therapeutic peptides based on carbohydrate-binding against neutrophil migration.
	Dillon Chen, MD Initial position after K12 program: Assistant Professor Division of Child Neurology, Department of Neurosciences Career Development Site: UC San Diego (2019-2022) Program Mentor: Ajit Varki, UC San Diego K12 Project: Characterize the roles of polysialic acids and Sialic acid-binding immunoglobulin-type lectins (SIGLECs) in the brain
	Jiaxuan Chen, PhD Initial position after K12 program: TBD Career Development Site: Harvard (2019-2022) Program Mentor: Elliot Chaikof, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center K12 Project: Podoplanin Glycopeptide Mimetics for Treatment of Venous Thrombosis
	Jane Cheng, MD Initial position after K12 program: General Surgery Resident, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Career Development Site: Harvard (2019-2021) Program Mentor: Richard Cummings, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center K12 Project: Identification of carbohydrate antigens and its application in human diseases and disorders.
	Sun-Mi Choi, MD, PhD Initial position after K12 program: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Pathology Immunogenetics, UCLA Career Development Site: UC San Diego (2018-2021) Program Mentor: Victor Nizet, University of California, San Diego K12 Project: Upper airway mucosal responses to MRSA in CRS.
	Dorothy Contiguglia-Akcan, MD Initial position after K12 program: Family Medicine Specialist in Miami, FL Career Development Site: Harvard (2020-2021) Program Mentor: Robert Sackstein, MD, PhD, Florida International University K12 Project: Glycobiology of exosome.
	Michelle (Gloria) Ducasa, PhD Initial position after K12 program: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Miami Career Development Site: UC San Diego (2019-2020) Program Mentor: Philip Gordts, University of California, San Diego K12 Project: The role of heparan sulfate proteoglycans in non-shivering thermogenesis.
	Adam Kanack, PhD Initial position after K12 program: Postdoctoral Fellow, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN Career Development Site: BloodCenter of Wisconsin (2019-2021) Program Mentor: Nancy Dahms, Medical College of Wisconsin K12 Project: Platelet and myeloid cell phenotypes in a rat model of Fabry disease.
	So-Young Kim, PhD Initial position after K12 program: Scientist I, OncoC4, Inc. Career Development Site: UC San Diego (2019-2021) Program Mentor: Mark Fuster, University of California, San Diego K12 Project: Glycosaminoglycan-based lung cancer immunotherapy.
	Melissa Lee-Sundlov, PhD Initial position after K12 program: Senior Manager, Clinical Science and Translational Research, Vor Biopharma Career Development Site: BloodCenter of Wisconsin (2018-2021) Program Mentor: Karin Hoffmeister, Wisconsin Blood Research Institute K12 Project: The Role of Sialylation and Lectin Receptors in Blood Production in the Bone Marrow.
	Samuel Merrill, MD, PhD Initial position after K12 program: Physician, Unknown Career Development Site: Johns Hopkins / Cleveland Clinic (2018-2019) Program Mentors: Ronald Schnaar & Robert Brodsky, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine K12 Project: The role of complement in sickle cell disease and hyper hemolysis.
	John O'Malley, MD, PhD Initial position after K12 program: Senior Director of Clinical Research, Sanofi Pharmaceutical Career Development Site: Harvard (2018-2019) Program Mentor: Robert Sackstein, Brigham and Women's Hospital K12 Project: Defining the glycosignature of E-selectin ligands in skin-tropic hematologic malignancies.
	Pavani Pingali, PhD Initial position after K12 program: Postdoctoral Fellow, Unknown Career Development Site: BloodCenter of Wisconsin (2022) Program Mentors: Umesh R. Desai & Bhaumik B. Patel, Virginia Commonwealth University K12 Project: Role of Glycosaminoglycans in Anti-Cancer Immuity
	Ryan Porell, PhD Initial position after K12 program: Technical Manager, Macromolecules Innovation Institute/GlycoMIP Facility Career Development Site: UC San Diego (2018-2021) Program Mentor: Kamil Godula, University of California, San Diego K12 Project: Design and Synthesis of Fluorogenic Proteoglycan Mimetic Polymers.
	Richard Sanchez, PhD Initial position after K12 program: Postdoc, UC San Diego Career Development Site: UC San Diego (2019-2020) Program Mentor: Gulcin Pekkurnaz, University of California, San Diego K12 Project: O-GlcNAc dependent cytoskeletal influences on mitochondrial localization under varying cellular metabolic states.
	Kai-Ting Shade, PhD Initial position after K12 program: Principal Scientist, Dupixent Research, Sanofi Career Development Site: Harvard (2018-2020) Program Mentor: Robert Anthony, Massachusetts General Hospital K12 Project: Novel Role of Sialic Acids in IgE Biology.
	Ruth Siew, MD Initial position after K12 program: Assistant Professor, UC San Francisco Career Development Site: UC San Diego (2019-2022) Program Mentor: Victor Nizet, University of California, San Diego K12 Project: Sialic acid interactions in cystic fibrosis.
	Kathryn Stackhouse, MD Initial position after K12 program: General Surgery Residency at Cleveland Clinic Career Development Site: Harvard (2018-2019) Program Mentor: Richard Cummings, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center K12 Project: Glycans as Early Detection Biomarkers and Therapeutic Targets in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma.
	Angelica Maciel Gomes Ueltschy, PhD Initial position after K12 program: Sr. Research Scientist, Trailhead Biosystems Inc. Career Development Site: Johns Hopkins / Cleveland Clinic (2018-2020) Program Mentors: Mark Aronica & Vincent Hascall, Cleveland Clinic, Lerner Research Institute K12 Project: Hyaluronan function in adipogenesis and metabolism.
	Priya Umapathi, MD Initial Position after K12 program: Assistant Professor of Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure, Cardiac Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support, Division of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Career Development Site: Johns Hopkins / Cleveland Clinic (2020-2022) Program Mentors: Mark Anderson, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine & Gerald Hart, University of Georgia K12 Project: O-GlcNAcylation and YAP: Defining a novel pathway in heart failure.
	Ryan Weiss, PhD Initial position after K12 program: Assistant Professor, CCRC, UGA Career Development Site: UC San Diego (2018-2020) Program Mentor: Jeffrey D. Esko, University of California, San Diego K12 Project: CRISPR-Cas9 Dissection of Heparan Sulfate.
	Nicole Welch, MD Initial position after K12 program: Mentored Researcher on a K08 in the Dasarathy Lab, Cleveland Clinic, Lerner Research Institute K08 Project Title: Mechanisms of HIF1 alpha mediated dysregulated skeletal muscle proteostasis in alcoholic liver disease Career Development Site: Johns Hopkins / Cleveland Clinic (2018-2021) Program Mentors: Srinivasan Dasarathy & Vincent Hascall, Cleveland Clinic, Lerner Research Institute K12 Project: Hyaluronan 35 prevents endotoxin mediated dysregulated skeletal muscle proteostasis during ethanol exposure.
	Sheena (Tianxin) Yu, PhD Initial position after K12 program: Postdotoral Fellow, Unknown Career Development Site: BloodCenter of Wisconsin (2019-2020) Program Mentor: Joseph Lau, Roswell Park Division, State University of New York K12 Project: Glycobiology in Hematopoietic Stem Cells.
	Chris (Jinchao) Zhang, PhD Initial position after K12 program: Postdotoral Fellow, Unknown Career Development Site: BloodCenter of Wisconsin (2018-2020) Program Mentor: Joseph Lau, Roswell Park Division, State University of New York K12 Project: The role of the sialyltransferases and sugar donors from platelets in regulating the sialylation.

Consortium for Excellence in Glycosciences | Scholars

Anabel Alvarenga, PhD

Mentors: Jean Kim & Ronald Schnaar, Johns Hopkins University

Amy Attaway, MD

Mentor: Srinivasan Dasarathy, Cleveland Clinic

Francesca Boscolo, PhD

Mentor: Adam Engler, UC San Diego

Elizabeth Calle, MD

Mentor: Robert Langer, Massachusetts General Hospital, Institute of Health Professionals

Kevin Chandler, PhD

Mentor: Robert Sackstein, MD, PhD, Florida International University

Yiwen Cui, MD

Mentors: Nancy Dahms & Stephanie Olivier-Van Stichelen, Medical College of Wisconsin

Graham Heberlig, PhD

Mentor: Michael Burkart, UC San Diego

Ryan Jajosky, MD

Mentors: Sean R. Stowell, Brigham & Women's Hospital & Robert Sackstein, Florida International University

Sridevi Krishnan, PhD

Mentor: Nathan Lewis, UC San Diego

Mentor: Victor Nizet, UC San Diego

Olurotimi Mesubi, MBBS

Mentors: Mark Anderson and Natasha Zachara, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Anny Mulya, PhD

Mentors: Serpil C. Erzurum and Vince Hascall, Cleveland Clinic, Lerner Research Institute

Mark Murakaumi, MD

Ogechi Ogoke, PhD

Mentor: Joseph Lau, Roswell Park Division, State University of New York

Chelsea Painter, PhD

Mentor: Philip Gordts, UC San Diego

Kyriakos Papanicolaou, PhD

Mentors: Brian O'Rourke & Natasha Zachara, Johns Hopkins University

Yan Wang, MD, PhD

Mentors: Vincent Hascall & Edward Maytin, Cleveland Clinic, Lerner Research Institute

Dawn Wenzel, PhD

Mentors: Nancy Dahms & Stephanie Olivier-Van Stichelen, Medical College of Wisconsin

Program Alumni

​Waseem Anani, MD

Initial position after K12 program: Medical Officer, Canadian Blood Services

Initial position after K12 program: Hematology and Medical Oncology, Cleveland Clinic

Initial position after K12 program: Scientist I, Codex DNA

Initial position after K12 program: Professor, LSU

Initial position after K12 program: Assistant Professor Division of Child Neurology, Department of Neurosciences

Career Development Site: UC San Diego (2019-2022)Program Mentor: Ajit Varki, UC San Diego

Career Development Site: Harvard (2019-2022)Program Mentor: Elliot Chaikof, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Dorothy Contiguglia-Akcan, MD

Initial position after K12 program: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Miami

Career Development Site: UC San Diego (2019-2020)

Program Mentor: Philip Gordts, University of California, San Diego

K12 Project: The role of heparan sulfate proteoglycans in non-shivering thermogenesis.

Adam Kanack, PhD

Career Development Site: BloodCenter of Wisconsin (2019-2021)

Program Mentor: Nancy Dahms, Medical College of Wisconsin

Initial position after K12 program: Scientist I, OncoC4, Inc.

Career Development Site: UC San Diego (2019-2021)

Program Mentor: Mark Fuster, University of California, San Diego

K12 Project: Glycosaminoglycan-based lung cancer immunotherapy.

Initial position after K12 program: Senior Manager, Clinical Science and Translational Research, Vor Biopharma

Career Development Site: BloodCenter of Wisconsin (2018-2021)

Program Mentor: Karin Hoffmeister, Wisconsin Blood Research Institute

K12 Project: The Role of Sialylation and Lectin Receptors in Blood Production in the Bone Marrow.

Samuel Merrill, MD, PhD

Initial position after K12 program: Physician, Unknown

Career Development Site: Johns Hopkins / Cleveland Clinic (2018-2019)

Program Mentors: Ronald Schnaar & Robert Brodsky, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

K12 Project: The role of complement in sickle cell disease and hyper hemolysis.

Initial position after K12 program: Senior Director of Clinical Research, Sanofi Pharmaceutical

Initial position after K12 program: Technical Manager, Macromolecules Innovation Institute/GlycoMIP Facility

K12 Project: Design and Synthesis of Fluorogenic Proteoglycan Mimetic Polymers.

​Richard Sanchez, PhD

Initial position after K12 program: Postdoc, UC San Diego

K12 Project: O-GlcNAc dependent cytoskeletal influences on mitochondrial localization under varying cellular metabolic states.

Kathryn Stackhouse, MD

Initial position after K12 program: General Surgery Residency at Cleveland Clinic

Priya Umapathi, MD

Career Development Site: Johns Hopkins / Cleveland Clinic (2020-2022)

Program Mentors: Mark Anderson, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine & Gerald Hart, University of Georgia

Waseem Anani, MD

Career Development Site: UC San Diego (2019-2022)
Program Mentor: Ajit Varki, UC San Diego

Career Development Site: Harvard (2019-2022)
Program Mentor: Elliot Chaikof, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Richard Sanchez, PhD