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Dr. Julie Thomas, PhD

Dr. Julie Thomas is an Assistant Professor in the Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences (GSoLS) at Rochester Institute of Technology (Associate Professor effective at the beginning of the 2020-21 academic year). Dr. Thomas joined RIT after completing post-doctoral fellowships in bacterial viruses (phages) at the University of Maryland Baltimore and the University of[...]
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Dr. Satyam Parmar (MD – Pathology)

A clinical laboratory services specialist with comprehensive experience in Hematology, Bone Marrow aspiration and Biopsy, Cytopathology, Histopathology, Microbiology, Blood Bank, Biochemistry, NABL of Hematology, Cytology and Hematology, NABH of Blood Bank, ISO 15189 accreditation, CAP and JCI Accreditation.
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Dr. Daniel B. Ornt, MD, FACP

Dr. Ornt is a native of Rochester, NY and a graduate of Colgate University. He earned his MD degree from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry and pursued training in internal medicine as a resident at the University of Vermont. As a nephrology fellow at the University of Michigan, he was awarded[...]
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Dr. Pandurangan Harikrishnan, MBA, PhD, FDSRCS

Dr. Pandurangan Harikrishnan is Craniofacial Orthodontist and Cranial Surgeon with 30 years of experience internationally. Dr. Pandurangan Harikrishnan has done research in Orthodontics, Microbiology, Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Biomaterials. He has produced many publications including an article on “Saliva as a potential diagnostic specimen for Covid-19 testing”. He holds a Master of Dental surgery,[...]
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Professor Ke Du, PhD

Professor Du is currently a tenure-track assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) and leads the Nanobiosensing, Nanomanufacturing, and Nanomaterials (3N) Lab. He also holds appointments in the microsystems engineering and school of chemistry and materials science. Before joining RIT in 2018, he was a postdoctoral researcher in the chemistry[...]
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Dr. Lorne A. Babiuk, PhD (OC, SOM, FRSC)

Dr. Lorne Babiuk is an internationally recognized leader in vaccine research who has devoted his career to Canadian-based research aimed at safeguarding the health of people and animals at home and abroad. The vaccines that he was involved in developing have had a significant impact on the economy as well as reduced mortality and morbidity[...]
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