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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Tuo Lan, MS, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Associate,

Dr. Lan’s areas of interest are diet and environmental exposure throughout the life course, and how they influence health and disease. Some examples of her work include how adolescent diet relates to …

Eric Landsness, MD, PhD

Sleep, brain plasticity, disorders of consciousness, neurological disorders

Farrell K. Landwehr, MSCI

Predoctoral Trainee

Several common pediatric neurosurgical conditions are related to the dysregulation of CSF circulation contributing to devastating clinical manifestations and poor quality of life. Emerging evidence …

Catherine E. Lang, PhD, PT

Professor of Physical Therapy

We are interested in better understanding how the central nervous system learns and controls skilled, voluntary movements, how movement recovers after nervous system damage, and how the mechanics of …

Margaret Lange, PhD

Viruses cause debilitating and life-threatening infections, as well as a variety of human cancers. They also reveal the beauty of biology and illuminate the delicate balance that exists at the …

Erin L. Langton, MD

Chief Resident

A chief resident in pediatric neurology at Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, I provide clinical care to children with neurologic diseases and am pursuing a fellowship in …

Gregory M. Lanza, MD, PhD

Professor of Medicine

Dr. Lanza is a Director of CTRAIN, which is installing a clinical MRI as part of a WU-United Imaging in Healthcare collaboration. The program will be IAC accredited and heavily focused on …

Virginia C. Lanzotti, MSN, PMHNP-BC, BSN

Nurse Practitioner, Brain Gene Registry Program Coordinator

Virginia is a nurse practitioner whose clinical expertise is in child and adolescent psychiatry. She works in collaboration with St. Louis Children’s Hospital providing outpatient psychiatry services …

John M. Lasala, MD, PhD

Professor of Medicine

Cardiac Catheterizations, coronary artery disease, percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA), myocardial infarction, coronary-artery stenting, structural heart disease. The treatment of …

Carolyn M. Lasch, PhD

Postdoc Research Scholar

Broadly, I am interested in early brain development and how trajectories of development vary in neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) such as autism spectrum disorder and Down Syndrome. I am interested …

Guido Lastra Gonzalez, MD

I am interested in the pathophysiology of obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus, mechanisms of insulin resistance and beta cell dysfunction

Husain A. Lateef, PhD

Associate Professor

Dr. Lateef’s research utilizes culturally responsive approaches to inform preventions and interventions with youth populations of African descent. His scholarship explores the relationship between …

Olubodun Lateef, MSC

Predoctoral Student

My research interests are centered on the cellular and molecular mechanisms of arterial stiffening and remodeling in obesity and diabetes, as well as identifying novel therapeutic strategies to treat …

Osvaldo J. Laurido-Soto, MD

Assistant Professor of Neurology

-Neuroepidemiology and Health Care Utilization patters. -Acute interventions for Acute Ischemic Strokes. -Neuromodulation with VNS for Acute Ischemic Strokes.

Kory J. Lavine, MD, PhD

Professor in Medicine

Heart failure is the leading cause of mortality in the industrial world. Current therapies aim to minimize the extent of maladaptive remodeling. A wealth of basic and clinical studies implicate that …

Rebekah Lawrence, DPT, PhD

Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy

Our work focuses on understanding the modifiable biomechanical factors underlying shoulder pain and pathology leading to the development of evidence-based rehabilitation strategies.

Steven J. Lawrence, MD, MSC

Associate Professor of Medicine

Specific immune responses to immunization against viral diseases in immunecompetent and immunocompromised populations.

Lucas P. Lebovitz, MD

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

How can we improve the effectiveness and tolerability of brain stimulation modalities (electroconvulsive therapy, transcranial magnetic stimulation, etc) for the treatment of major psychiatric disorders?

Andrew R. Lee, MD

Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology

I am a pediatric ophthalmologist with research interests in clinical studies evaluating strabismus outcomes, ocular manifestations of systemic diseases, retinopathy of prematurity, and the use of …

Caroline K. Lee, MD

Medical Director, Fetal Heart Center; Medical Director, Cardiac Neurodevelopmental Clinic

My clinical interests include fetal echocardiography and the prenatal diagnosis of fetal cardiac disease; improving prenatal detection of congenital heart defects in the community; the care of …

Cecilia S. Lee, MD, MS

Jane Harvesty Poole Distinguished Professor

Dr. Cecilia S. Lee’s research focuses on leveraging retinal imaging as a noninvasive window into systemic and neurological health through a transdisciplinary approach that integrates ophthalmology, …

Daniel Lee, PhD

T32 Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Trafficking cells and molecular cargo from the gut into the cardio-thoracic space can be modulated from local and systemic mechanisms to maintain tissue homeostasis. Their routes may incorporate not …

Iris Lee, MD

Instructor in Medicine

Infectious diseases research.

Janet S. Lee, MD

Selma and Herman Seldin Distinguished Prof of Medicine

Our laboratory studies mechanisms underlying normal and aberrant host response to respiratory pathogens, the molecular basis of distinct host-pathogen interactions triggering lung injury, and host …

Jin-Moo Lee, MD, PhD

Professor of Neurology

We are interested in understanding pathophysiological changes that occur in the brain shortly after the onset of ischemic stroke. In particular, we are interested in understanding the evolution of …

John J. Lee, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Radiology

My research interests include Bayesian inference, machine learning, and applied topology for the neurosciences. Active projects involve large data collections of positron emission tomography and …

Knoo Lee, PhD, RN

Assistant Professor

Lee researches how data-driven, hypothesis-free data analytics can be used to better analyze/interpret nursing data (e.g., nursing homes monitoring data, nursing records, electronic health records). …

Laura A. Lee, MD

Clinical fellow

I am interested in diabetes, metabolism, and lipidology research.

Michelle V. Lee, MD

Professor of Radiology

Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in women and a leading cause of cancer death worldwide. Since the widespread implementation of screening mammography in the United States, the …

Sangjin Lee, MS, OTR/L

Doctoral Student

My research interests are 1) to characterize clients’ motivation toward functional improvement during rehabilitation and its impact on participation in daily occupations among older adults with …

Sun Joo Lee, MS, PhD

Instructor in Cell Biology and Physiology

Ion channels are molecular machinery in charge of all electrical activities and hence implicated most of physiological phenomena in human bodies and can cause numerous channelopathies if …

Lei Lei, PhD

Associate Professor

Ovarian reserve formation, maintenance and the associated female reproductive dysfunction and diseases. Fertility preservation for female cancer patients. Ovarian cancer.

Carlos Leiva Salinas, MD, PhD

I am a clinician scientist with interest in neuroimaging, particularly brain trauma, tumors, and neurodegeneration. I am fellowship trained in both neuroradiology and nuclear medicine.

Rebecca D. Lengnick-Hall, MSW, PhD, MPAff

Implementation of evidence-based practices

Deborah J. Lenschow, MD, PhD

Professor of Medicine

Type I interferons are a class of cytokines that regulate numerous biological pathways, including the induction of a host antiviral state, regulation of apoptosis, inhibition of cell growth, and …

Krista L. Lentine, MD, PhD

Krista Lentine, MD, PhD is a clinical scientist whose work is grounded in novel application and integration of national registries, administrative claims data, and other electronic health information …

Eric J. Lenze, MD

Professor of Psychiatry

Eric Lenze, M.D., is a geriatric psychiatrist and Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Washington University School of Medicine. Dr. Lenze’s research focus is treatment of anxiety …

Shannon Lenze, PhD

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

My primary area of interest is perinatal depression. Specifically, my research focuses on developing psychotherapeutic or behavioral interventions to treat depression during pregnancy. I am also …

Kathryn B. Leonard, MD

Assistan Professor, Associate Fellowship Program Director

Post-partum depression screening in the pediatric emergency department

Christine M. Lero, MSW

Predoctoral Trainee

Psychosocial well-being of caregivers of those at end-of-life, neuropalliative care, hospice, grief and bereavement.

Eric C. Leuthardt, MD

Professor of Neurological Surgery

Eric C. Leuthardt, M.D. is a neurosurgeon who is currently an assistant professor with the Department of Neurological Surgery and the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Washington University in …

Daphne N. Lew, MPH, PhD

I am interested in using sophisticated statistical methods to analyze data from both clinical and public health data sources. My existing research surrounds better understanding adolescent risk …

Grant Lewin, MD, MS

Resident

My research project is to identify geographic areas of need where vascular surgeons are lacking. Would like to analyze population based data and different healthcare providers that provide procedures …

Angela Lewis, MD

Establishing research interests as a new faculty in Neonatology at SLU. I have previously done work related to neonatal immunology, necrotizing enterocolitis, and illness severity scoring in late …

Jeramy D. Lewis, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Research focuses on developing advanced MRI techniques powered by artificial intelligence to improve the early detection and monitoring of multiple sclerosis (MS). Our work integrates cutting-edge …

Melissa Lewis, PhD

Dr. Melissa Lewis is an assistant professor at the University of Missouri School of Medicine in the Department of Family & Community Medicine. Dr. Lewis received her PhD in Medical Family Therapy. …

Michael R. Lewis, PhD

Dr. Lewis is considered to be an expert in tumor biology, radiopharmaceutical chemistry, development of laboratory animal models of cancer, and non-invasive imaging of veterinary patients. Dr. Lewis …

Todd P. Lewis, PhD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

My work examines health system quality at the macro level, with a focus on cross-national comparative analyses that explore how different structures and policies shape outcomes. I am especially …

Timothy J. Ley, MD

Alan A and Edith L Wolff Professor of Medicine

Thalassemia; Sickle Cell Anemia

Fuhai Li, PhD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics

My recent research has focused on the integration and interpretation of diverse and heterogeneous pharmacogenomics data using statistical and machine learning approaches for i) understanding driver …