People

Alison B. Kohan, PhD


Principal Investigator

Associate Professor

Department of Medicine

Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism,

University of Pittsburgh

Curriculum Vitae

CONTACT INFO:

W1056 BST 200 Lothrop Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15261
akohan@pitt.edu

pronouns: She | Her | Hers

 
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Nikolaus Dedousis

2020 - Current: Senior Surgeon

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Lihong Teng, PhD

2021 - Current: Research Scientst

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Jitendra Singh Kanshana, PhD

2023 - Current: Research Scientist

2021 - 2023: Postdoctoral Fellow

Zihan Wei

2022 - Current: Tsinghua Scholar

Catherine Poholek, MD, PhD

2023 - Current: Instructor of Pediatrics, Division of Rheumatology; UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh (CHP) K12 Scholar

Katelyn Chen

2023 - Current: Undergraduate Researcher

Rachel Wills, PhD

2024 - Current: Postdoctoral Fellow

 

Lab Alumni

Apoorva Narain, PhD

2022 - 2024: Postdoctoral Fellow

Joshua Nguyen, BA, BS

2020 - 2024: Undergraduate Researcher

Currently: MD-PhD student at Ohio State University

Aneseh Adeshiralarijaney, PhD

2021 - 2023 T32 Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Immunology

2023 - PharmD at Duquesne University

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Eric McGregor - Lab Technician

2019 - 2020

Currently: PhD student at University of Wisconsin, Madison

Biochemical and Molecular Nutrition Program

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Diana Li, PhD

2019

UConn Nutritional Sciences

Currently: Senior Scientist at Regeneron

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Cayla Rodia, PhD

2019 UConn Nutritional Sciences

Currently: Senior Scientist at Kite Pharma

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Zania Johnson, MS

2018 UConn Nutritional Sciences

Currently: Founder of Micro2Life farm. Check them out!

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Adama Diakhate, BA

2017 Wright State University, Dayton OH

UConn Visiting Undergrad Research 2015 - 2017; UConn REU Fellow 2016;

Currently a member of AmeriCorps VISTA

And…

Sarah Rokaw, BS, MD - 2022 Pitt Longitudinal Research Program for Medical Students; now Internal Medicine Resident at BIDMC/Harvard Med

Kruthika Doreswamy, BS, MPH - 2022 Pitt Undergrad Research; now NIH Post-Baccalaureate

Angelika Muter, BS, MPAS - 2016-2018 UConn Nutritional Sciences Undergrad Research; Bridging the Gap and SURF Fellow

Gabrielle West, MS, RD - 2018 UConn Nutritional Sciences Master’s student

Alyssa Zembroski, BS, PhD - 2016 UConn Undergrad Research; PhD Purdue University Nutritional Sciences

Lauren Bellizzi, MS, MB, (ASCP) - 2019 UConn Master’s student; now Senior Associate Scientist at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals)

Phillip Ashkar, MS - 2018 UConn Master’s student; now a dental student at the University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine

Nelson Del Pilar, BS, MD - 2016 UConn McNair Scholar; now Anesthesiology Resident Physician at University of Rochester

Emmanuel Marte, BS - 2016 UConn McNair Scholar; 2017 NIH Post-Baccalaureate

Amy Bataille, PhD - 2014 UConn Post-Doc; now Associate Professor of Health Sciences Eastern Connecticut University