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Team Members

Meet the McNally Lab team members. We welcome requests for information about our work and collaboration opportunities.

Principal Investigator

Elizabeth McNally

Elizabeth McNally, MD, PhD

Elizabeth J. Ward Professor and Director, Center for Genetic Medicine
Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) and Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics

elizabeth.mcnally( at )northwestern.edu
312-503-6258

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Faculty Collaborators

Lisa Castillo

Lisa Castillo, MS, CGC

Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiology), Genetic Counselor

lisa.m.castillo( at )northwestern.edu
312-503-2661

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Alexis Demonbreun

Alexis Demonbreun, PhD

Associate Professor of Pharmacology

alexis.demonbreun( at )northwestern.edu
312-503-6249

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Dominic Fullenkamp

Dominic Fullenkamp, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)

Dominic-Fullenkamp( at )northwestern.edu

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Adam Gordon

Adam Gordon, PhD

Assistant Professor of Pharmacology

adam.gordon( at )northwestern.edu
312-503-1108

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Lorenzo Pesce

Lorenzo Pesce, PhD

Research Assistant Professor of Pharmacology

lorenzo.pesce( at )northwestern.edu

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Megan Roy-Puckelwartz

Megan Roy-Puckelwartz, PhD

Assistant Professor of Pharmacology

m.puckelwartz( at )northwestern.edu
312-503-4892

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Lisa Wilsbacher

Lisa Wilsbacher, MD/PhD

Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) and Pharmacology

lisa.wilsbacher( at )northwestern.edu
312-695-4965

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Postdoctoral Fellows

Ashlee Long, PhD

Ashlee Long, PhD

ashlee.long( at )northwestern.edu

Tanner Monroe, PhD

Tanner Monroe, PhD

tanner.monroe( at )northwestern.edu

Dr. Monroe studied Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Texas at Austin before earning his PhD studying heart development and regeneration at Baylor College of Medicine. He then received post-graduate training at Duke University and here at Northwestern with an emphasis on human genetics and the ciliopathies. Now, he is interested in complex inheritance and how human genetic variation influences cardiac form and function.

Marisa  Stachowski

Marisa Stachowski, PhD

marisa.stachowski( at )northwestern.edu

Research Staff

Ivana Chychula

Ivana Chychula

Research Technologist 2

ivana.chychula( at )northwestern.edu

Adriana Coman

Adriana Coman

Research Technologist 1

adriana.coman( at )northwestern.edu

Dorothy DeBiasse

Dorothy DeBiasse

Research Technologist 3

dorothy.debiasse( at )northwestern.edu

Michele Hadhazy

Michele Hadhazy

Senior Research Technologist

michele.hadhazy( at )northwestern.edu

Cory Holgren

Cory Holgren

Senior Research Technologist

cory.holgren( at )northwestern.edu

Samuel Kearns

Samuel Kearns

Developer Associate

samuel.kearns( at )northwestern.edu

Jason Kwon

Jason Kwon

Research Technologist 2

jason.kwon( at )northwestern.edu

Patrick Page

Patrick Page

Lab Manager

patrick.page( at )northwestern.edu

Matthew Sepulveda

Matthew Sepulveda

Assistant Core Scientist

matthew.sepulveda( at )northwestern.edu

Lauren Vaught

Lauren Vaught

Senior Research Technologist

lauren.vaught( at )northwestern.edu

Graduate Students

Daniel Acciani

Daniel Acciani

MD Student

daniel.acciani( at )northwestern.edu

Felix Karthik

Felix Karthik

MD Student, M2

felix.karthik( at )northwestern.edu

Michelle  Lee

Michelle Lee

DGP Student

gahyun.lee( at )northwestern.edu

Joe O'Brien

Joe O'Brien

DGP Student

JosephOBrien2016( at )u.northwestern.edu

Daniel Selgrade

Daniel Selgrade

MSTP Student

daniel.selgrade( at )northwestern.edu

Education experience: Harvard College, AB Molecular Biology; Harvard Medical School MMSc in Immunology

Research interests: Genome engineering, tissue engineering, cardiac inflammation, precision medicine

Alexander Telenson

Alexander Telenson

AlexanderTelenson2018( at )u.northwestern.edu

Garima  Tomar

Garima Tomar

MSTP Student, G1

garima.tomar( at )northwestern.edu

Alex Willis

Alex Willis

DGP Student

alexwillis( at )northwestern.edu