Principal Investigator
Anthony R. French, MD, PhD
Professor of Pediatrics, Rheumatology and Immunology
Division Director, Rheumatology and Immunology
Alan L. Schwartz Chair in Pediatrics
Co-Scientific Director, Children’s Discovery Institute
- Phone: 314-454-6124
- Email: french_a@nospam.wustl.edu
Anthony R. French received his MD and PhD degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His graduate work was with Douglas Lauffenburger, PhD studying receptor-mediated endocytosis and intracellular sorting. He completed his residency in Pediatrics at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN and his fellowship in Pediatric Rheumatology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, MO.
His clinical interests include juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, juvenile dermatomyositis, vasculitis, and pediatric SLE. His research is focused on the role of natural killer (NK) cells in the early innate immune response and is motivated by the hypothesis that a clearer understanding of in vivo NK cell responses and homeostasis may lead to novel therapeutic interventions in autoimmune diseases.
Personnel
Kelsey Kelly Trammel, BS
Research Technician II
- Email: kelly.k@wustl.edu
Kelsey (she/they) grew up in Kansas City, MO, and earned her Bachelors of Science in Animal Science at the University of Missouri. She has always had an interest in science and a passion for animal care and welfare and has been working in the field since she was an undergrad. Outside of work, Kelsey loves spending time with their partner and friends, caring for their pets and volunteering with SQSH, a local nonprofit dedicated to providing resources and assistance to the queer community in STL and beyond. Kelsey is a huge Halsey fan, a Dungeons and Dragons enthusiast, an amateur fiction writer and an avid crafter.
Past personnel
Joshua Alinger, PhD
2019
Current position: Medical Student at Washington University School of Medicine
Awards:
MSTP Best Poster Award, April 2016
ASCI Travel Award, April 2017
ASCI Best Poster Award, April 2017
AAI Young Investigator Award, April 2017
MSTP Best Talk Award, April 2017
Jessica Campbell, PhD
2009
Current position: Senior scientist at Pfizer
Travis Chapa, PhD
2014
Current position: Senior Scientist, Team Lead at Atara Biotherapeutics
Allyssa Daugherty
Research Technician II
Leslie Fogel, MD, PhD
2014
Current position: Pediatric Rheumatology Fellow at WUSM
Ying Shiang Lim
Immunology Graduate Student
Michel Sun, MD, PhD
2014
Current position: Ophthalmology resident at UCLA
Allison Throm, PhD
2018
Current position: Senior Bioinformatics Scientist at MilliporeSigma
Awards:
BME Travel Award, October 2017
Yun (Mike) Zhao, PhD
2013
Current position: Senior analyst at Roivant Sciences