Principal Investigator

Tina
Tina Kelliher, Ph.D. (she/her)
Assistant Professor
Email: christina.kelliher@umb.edu
Telephone: 617-287-6683
Office Location: ISC-5-5700
Curriculum Vitae (CV)

Graduate Students

Katelyn Diune, BSc
MCOB PhD Program, 2025-present
Email: Katelyn.Diune001@umb.edu

Sharon Veron Akisa, M.D.
MCOB PhD Program, 2025-present
Email: Sharon.Akisa001@umb.edu

Isaac Hounain, BSc
MCOB PhD Program, 2023-present
Email: Isaac.Hounain001@umb.edu

Lab Technicians & Research Assistants

Daniella Antoine, BSc (McNair Scholar), 2024-present

Undergraduate Students

Lonna Johnson (NIH U54 REC), undergraduate, 2025-present

Priya Pabla (CSM Oracle Fellow), undergraduate, 2025-present

Sam Mejia (NSF REU & McNair Scholar), undergraduate, 2024-present
LinkedIn

Past Lab Members

Karen Coelho (NSF REU), undergraduate, summer 2025
LinkedIn

Lily Tran, BSc (CSM Oracle Fellow), undergraduate, 2023-2024
LinkedIn

Sharra Maynard, BSc, 2023
LinkedIn

Asiris Castillo, BSc (McNair Scholar), undergraduate, 2023-2024
LinkedIn

Contact information is kept up-to-date to the best of our ability so that you can contact former lab members when considering joining our community! While our group is small since its founding in 2023, please reach out to any lab members from Tina’s postdoctoral research lab to ask about her projects and mentorship style.