Jason Mills, MD, PhD

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

Maple Adkins-Threats

PhD Student – Developmental, Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology

Maple is studying parietal cell development and recovery from injury

Jeffrey Brown, MD, PhD

Jeffrey Brown, MD, PhD

Instructor of Medicine – Division of Gastroenterology

Jeff is studying how cells manage excess membrane during dedifferentiation

Charles Cho, MD, PhD

Charles Cho, MD, PhD

Postdoctoral Researcher

Charles is studying how nucleolus and ribosome biogenesis machinery react to various types of cell stress

Ramon Jin, MD, PhD

Ramon Jin, MD, PhD

Clinical Fellow – Division of Medical Oncology

Ray is studying damage responses and tumorigenesis in the esophagus

Xiaobo Lin, PhD

Xiaobo Lin, PhD

Senior Scientist

Xiaobo is studying stem cells, paligenosis, and tumorigenesis in the stomach. He is also interested in studying how metabolic changes influence cell fate

Connie Marshall

Connie Marshall

Lab Manager – Senior Research Technician

Zhi-Feng "Max" Miao, MD, PhD

Zhi-Feng “Max” Miao, MD, PhD

Visiting Researcher

Max is studying AMPK-dependent metabolic regulation of stem cell fate and licensing checkpoints in paligenosis

Dongkook Park, PhD

Dongkook Park, PhD

Senior Scientist

Dongkook is studying genetic mechanisms of cell stress responses and paligenosis using Drosophila as a model system

Bianca Peña

Bianca Peña

Undergraduate Student – Biomedical Engineering

Bianca is studying the role of ATF3 targets in autophagy

Megan Radyk

Megan Radyk

PhD Student – Molecular Cell Biology

Megan is studying the role of ATF3 in injury response, regeneration, and paligenosis

José Saenz, MD, PhD

José Saenz, MD, PhD

Instructor of Medicine – Division of Gastroenterology

Jose is studying the host and microbial factors that dictate H. pylori pathogenesis

Lily Spatz

Lily Spatz

PhD Student – Molecular Cell Biology

Lily is studying epigenetic changes in response to gastric injury

Jingxu Sun, MD, PhD

Jingxu Sun, MD, PhD

Visiting Researcher

Jingxu is studying energy metabolism of paligenosis and tumorigenesis in the stomach

Nancy Vargas, PhD

Nancy Vargas, PhD

Research Assistant

Nancy is studying the H. pylori host-pathogen relationship

Spencer Willet, PhD

Spencer Willet, PhD

Instructor of Medicine – Division of Gastroenterology

Spencer is studying the role of the Hippo pathway in gastric homeostasis and tumorigenesis