Member Directory

Facilitating Team Science through Collaboration

To advance translational research from a basic discovery to an actionable improvement in public health typically requires a team science approach involving a variety of stakeholders.

The ICTS facilitates team science by providing access to collaboration opportunities among our members at Washington University and our regional partner institutions. We encourage this partnership development with the ICTS member directory, a resource to find other investigators with similar research interests.

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Mick Kilkelly, DO

Division Chief of Adult Anesthesiology

My clinical and research interests focus on liver transplant anesthesia, where I am involved in optimizing perioperative care for patients undergoing complex hepatobiliary procedures. I am also …

Albert H. Kim, MD, MS, PhD

Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Neurology, and Dev Biology

Despite advances in multimodal therapies, malignant brain tumors continue to be devastating neurological diseases. The proliferation of recent genome-wide surveys of genetic and epigenetic …

Alfred H. Kim, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

My research has four major themes of interest: 1) Understand how B cells contribute to renal injury, primarily through the action of cytokines. 2) Advanced imaging of the kidney using two-photon …

Ayoung Kim, MS, PhD

Postdoc Research Scholar

My project focuses on leukocyte trafficking and its link to nutritional status. My ongoing work reveals that leukocytes (lymphocytes and myeloid cells alike) have the capacity to roll along the …

Jae-Sung Kim, PhD

Professor of Surgery

The ultimate goal of my research is to develop novel therapeutic strategies to improve liver function after ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) that occurs during transplantation, hemorrhagic shock and liver …

Jinkyung Kim, PhD

Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology

The ability to obtain multicellular functional images in vivo has transformed neuroscience research, especially the field of sensory physiology. However, advancement of our understanding of inner ear …

Min S. Kim, PhD

Health Information Technology Evaluation (Usability, Functionality), Human Factors Engineering, Human Computer Interaction, Information needs analysis by stakeholders in health care, HIT Education …

Moon Young Kim, MS

Predoctoral Trainee

Occupational Therapy, Cognition, Executive Function, Occupational Performance, Participation, Elderly, AD, PD.

Taeho Kim, PhD

Chief SRS Physicist & Lead Gamma Knife AMP

Dr. Kim has contributed to multiple medical physics research endeavors, such as the utilization of MRI-guided audiovisual biofeedback for respiratory motion management. Additionally, he has been …

Mary C. Kimmel, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Psychiatry

Dr. Kimmel’s research focus is better characterization of stress in pregnancy and postpartum including understanding the interaction between obstetrical complications and stress, depression and …

Allison King, MD, MPH, PhD

Associate Professor

Dr. King is a pediatric hematologist and oncologist. She focuses her research on educational outcomes of two populations of children with chronic diseases: children with sickle cell disease and …

Christopher R. King, MD, PhD

Instructor

I design and implement studies on the application of machine learning to anesthesiology. I focus on designing prediction models that are “self explaining” to find actionable data without trying to …

Katherine A. King, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

I am a medical geneticist with a clinical interest in overgrowth disorders, craniofacial disorders, and somatic disorders especially vascular anomalies.

Hannah Kinzer, MPH

Predoctoral Trainee

My work focuses on equity and communication for disease prevention. My research interests include health communication, infection prevention, and community-based participatory approaches. I am …

John P. Kirby, MD, MS

Associate Professor of Surgery (General Surgery)

My primary area of clinical research is wound healing. We arecurrently investigating processes such as multi-disciplinary care, informatics, and digital photography to improve diagnosis and …

Brenda Kirchhoff, MA, PhD

Research focuses on investigating episodic memory formation across the lifespan in healthy individuals and clinical populations and the effects of type 1 diabetes on cognitive function.

Oleg G. Kisselev, PhD

Associate Dean for Clinical Research

Regulation of retinal rod transducin.

Maleewan Kitcharoensakkul, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Pediatric rheumatology, allergy and clinical immunology

Joseph W. Klaesner, MS, PhD

Associate Professor of Physical Therapy

Development of instrumentation to measure and monitor mechanical factors related to neuropathic ulcers. Also, development of software and instrumentation for many related projects including …

Michael K. Klebert, PhD, RN

Instructor in Medicine

Clinical trialist; HIV/AIDS and its complications; HIV symptom management; QOL; Health literacy

Eynav Y. Klechevsky, PhD

Associate Professor of Pathology and Immunology

My research is focused on human Dendritic cells (DCs), a specialized family of antigen presenting cells that elicit immunity to infections and tolerance to self. DCs are composed of subsets endowed …

Samuel Klein, MD, MS

Danforth Professor of Medicine

Dr. Klein’s research involves the use of stable isotope tracers to study substrate metabolism in human subjects. His major research interest involves learning how obesity contributes to metabolic …

Lisa M. Klesges, MS, PhD

Professor of Surgery

Multi-level research in the design and evaluation of population health improvement including cancer prevention and control, prevention of childhood obesity, evidence-based health behavior change, and …

Eva S. Klinman, MD, PhD

Instructor in Neurology

My area of interest is understanding cellular changes associated with age that contribute to adult-onset neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease. I aim to …

Kathy M. Kniepmann, MPH, OTD, EdM

Assistant Professor of Occupational Therapy

I am interested in health and quality of life in family caregivers. My research examines changes in activity patterns as family members take on caregiving responsibilities and the relationship of …

Andrew P. Knight, MS, PhD, MA

Assistant Professor of Organization Behavior

My primary interest is innovation in organizations. I currently have two streams of research. In the first stream I examine innovation in small groups and teams, with a focus on how affect — moods …

Alexander Knights, PhD

Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery

I am fundamentally interested in the complex cellular and molecular interactions that take place during joint homeostasis and disease. We broadly refer to these interactions as ‘crosstalk’. My …

Renatta Knox, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Neurology

My lab investigates how perturbations in the gene regulation machinery lead to early onset muscle disease. Mechanistically, we are focused on a severe multi-system early onset muscular dystrophy, …

Mark M. Knuepfer, PhD

We study the role of the central nervous system (CNS) in regulating cardiovascular responses to pharmacological and physiological stressors by examining the effects of startle and cocaine …

Rohan Kodgule, MD

Dr.

My research is focused on using the multi-omics approach of single-cell sequencing to understand the molecular pathways of dysplasia in MDS.

Andrew L. Koenig, PhD

Postdoctoral Scholar

My primary focus is on understanding the role of inflammatory and non-inflammatory macrophages in acute and chronic cardiac injury and disease. This includes utilizing single cells RNA sequencing to …

Joyce M. Koenig, MD

Associate Chair for Research, Dept of Pediatrics

My research program has a disease-oriented approach with a translational intent, and our investigations utilize human samples, mouse models and a combination of bench techniques. Our research program …

Patricia Kohl, MSW, PhD

Assistant Professor of Social Work

Dr. Kohl’s research, which focuses on the safety and mental health of children following entry into the child welfare system, is informed by nearly a decade of clinical experience with maltreated …

Marin H. Kollef, MD

Professor of Medicine

My research deals with the evaluation of patient outcomes in the ICU setting in order to develop a systematic approach to the improvement of their medical care. I perform clinical studies including …

Amanda R. Kolmar, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

My proximal research goals include elucidating current trends in pediatric sedation, with respect to both drug choice, dose and duration, and their impact on adverse events, lengths of stay, and …

Nikoleta S. Kolovos, MD

Professor of Pediatrics

Patient safety and quality of care.

Jamie S. Kondis, MD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics

My research goal is to discover ways in which we can diagnose child physical abuse earlier.

Fanwei Kong, PhD

Assistant Professor

Fanwei Kong’s research focuses on machine learning and computational methods to create digital twins of patients’ hearts and enable personalized virtual intervention planning and treatment outcome …

Nahyun Kong, BS

Predoctoral Trainee

I am analyzing whole genome sequencing data do understand genetic background of rare disease.

Jeffrey Konrad, DPT

Washington University

Human movement science.

Wouter Kool, PhD

Assistant Professor of Psychological & Brain Sciences

My research explores the interaction between cognitive control, decision making, and reinforcement learning. In the Control and Decision-Making Lab, we approach these issues by combining insights …

Kevin M. Korenblat, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine

Dr. Korenblat performs patient based research in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, portal hypertension and liver transplantation. His clinical practice is directed to the management of all forms of …

Jacki Kornbluth, PhD

My laboratory is working on the further characterization of natural killer lytic-associated molecule (NKLAM) and its role in immune function. NKLAM is a gene first cloned and identified in this …

Stephen K. Kornfeld, MD, PhD

My research is focused on two issues: animal aging and zinc biology. We use the model organism C. elegans to identify drugs and genes that influence longevity. We are particularly interested in the …

Sergey Korolev, PhD

Mechanism and inhibition of tumor suppressors, DNA repair and recombination proteins, and proteins involved in neurodegeneration.

Ali D. Kosydor, MHA

Director, Healthcare Innovation Lab

Innovation Lab focuses on designing and testing new clinical care products and models.

Satya VVN Kothapalli, PhD

Instructor in Radiology

Dr. Kothapalli is interested to develop a novel quantitative magnetic resonance imaging method for distinguishing the micro-structural changes in the brain that related to early Alzheimer disease …

Paul T. Kotzbauer, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Neurology

Dr. Kotzbauer’s research is focused on Parkinson’s disease and a group of hereditary disorders called Neurodegeneration with Brain Iron Accumulation. The laboratory uses biochemical analysis, cell …

Srinivas Koutarapu, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Investigation of biochemical heterogeneity in the amyloid-beta plaques found in the Alzheimer’s disease using advanced imaging modalities and mass spectrometry techniques.