H.
Peter Lorenz, M.D.
Principal Investigator
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Wuyi Kong, M.D., Ph.D.
Senior Scientist
Dr. Kong has twenty years of research experience in biochemistry, physiology
and molecular cellular biology. Her extensive experience and broad scientific
knowledge aide in the designing of research projects and writing scientific
papers for Dr. Peter Lorenz’s research group. Her present projects include
the functional study of CyC-AP, gene regulation on scarless wounds, micro array
analysis on rat fetal skin development and scarless/scarring skin, as well
as cloning unknown genes from the developmental skin in rats.
Basil M. Hantash, M.D., Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Dr. Hantash completed the medical-scientist training program in 2002, receiving a MD, and PhD in both pharmacology and physiology. His PhD thesis research was aimed at unraveling the signal transduction pathways regulating the L-type calcium channel in the heart. He is currently a resident in the Department of Dermatology at Stanford University. His concurrent work as a post-doctoral scholar is directed under the mentorship of Drs. Lorenz and Longaker, where he is focusing on innovative regenerative approaches such as the use of multipotential stem cells to reengineer a skin substitute. He hopes this translational research can be applied to medical problems such as burns and the repair of skin cancer defects post-operatively.
Emily Keifa, B.S.
Postdoctoral Fellow
With dual degrees in Microbiology and Neuro-Psychology, Emily's initial research efforts were directed towards Public Health and Epidemiology. During her first year of medical school, she and a small group of medical students assisted the GCRC faculty in writing up the renewal for their multi-million NIH grant. Applying the knowledge from that project, she successfully obtained a Traveling Medical Scholars research grant to study Mother-To-Child transmission of HIV in South Africa. This was followed by a second grant (Resident Medical Scholars) to study childhood primitive neuroectodermal tumors (PNETs) of the posteior fossa in the department of Radiation Oncology. She also held a position as a research assistant and worked on NIAAA funded projects at Kaiser Permanente's Division of Research.
After numerous medical and surgical clerkships, she has decided to purse future training in the emerging field of Pediatric Plastic and Reconstructive surgery. Working in our Pediatric Surgical Lab will provide her with invaluable skills and knowledge for her future goals. Emily will contribute to the Lorenz lab's new project: using adipose tissue-derived mesenchyal stem cells for complex tissue engineering.
Joseph Knowles, B.S.
Medical Student
