Jason Mills, MD, PhD
Professor
Division of Gastroenterology
Department of Medicine
Department of Pathology & Immunology
Department of Developmental Biology
Co-Director:
Washington University Digestive Diseases Research Core Center (DDRCC)
Director of Research:
Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine
Maple Adkins-Threats
PhD Student – Developmental, Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
- Email: mladkinsthreats@wustl.edu
Maple is studying parietal cell development and recovery from injury
Jeffrey Brown, MD, PhD
Instructor of Medicine – Division of Gastroenterology
- Email: brownjw@wustl.edu
Jeff is studying how cells manage excess membrane during dedifferentiation
Charles Cho, MD, PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher
- Email: charlescho@wustl.edu
Charles is studying how nucleolus and ribosome biogenesis machinery react to various types of cell stress
Ramon Jin, MD, PhD
Clinical Fellow – Division of Medical Oncology
- Email: jinr@wustl.edu
Ray is studying damage responses and tumorigenesis in the esophagus
Xiaobo Lin, PhD
Senior Scientist
- Email: xlin22@wustl.edu
Xiaobo is studying stem cells, paligenosis, and tumorigenesis in the stomach. He is also interested in studying how metabolic changes influence cell fate
Zhi-Feng “Max” Miao, MD, PhD
Visiting Researcher
- Email: zmiao22@wustl.edu
Max is studying AMPK-dependent metabolic regulation of stem cell fate and licensing checkpoints in paligenosis
Dongkook Park, PhD
Senior Scientist
- Email: dongkookpark@wustl.edu
Dongkook is studying genetic mechanisms of cell stress responses and paligenosis using Drosophila as a model system
Bianca Peña
Undergraduate Student – Biomedical Engineering
- Email: bianca.pena@wustl.edu
Bianca is studying the role of ATF3 targets in autophagy
Megan Radyk
PhD Student – Molecular Cell Biology
- Email: meganradyk@wustl.edu
Megan is studying the role of ATF3 in injury response, regeneration, and paligenosis
José Saenz, MD, PhD
Instructor of Medicine – Division of Gastroenterology
- Email: saenzj@wustl.edu
Jose is studying the host and microbial factors that dictate H. pylori pathogenesis
Lily Spatz
PhD Student – Molecular Cell Biology
- Email: lspatz@wustl.edu
Lily is studying epigenetic changes in response to gastric injury
Jingxu Sun, MD, PhD
Visiting Researcher
- Email: sunjingxu@wustl.edu
Jingxu is studying energy metabolism of paligenosis and tumorigenesis in the stomach
Nancy Vargas, PhD
Research Assistant
- Email: nancyvargas@wustl.edu
Nancy is studying the H. pylori host-pathogen relationship
Spencer Willet, PhD
Instructor of Medicine – Division of Gastroenterology
- Email: willetsg@wustl.edu
Spencer is studying the role of the Hippo pathway in gastric homeostasis and tumorigenesis