Our Project Team
Principal Investigator
Damini Jawaheer, Ph.D.
Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute
Oakland, CA
Collaborators
J. Lee Nelson, M.D.
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center &
University of Washington, Seattle
Vibeke Zoffmann, R.N., Ph.D.
The Juliane Marie Center,
Rigshospitalet, Denmark
Lior Pachter, Ph.D.
University of California Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
Alumni:
Elizabeth Purdom, Ph.D.
University of California Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
Jørn Olsen, M.D., Ph.D.
University of California Los Angeles &
Aarhus University, Denmark
Merete Hetland, M.D., Ph.D., DMSc.
DANBIO, Ctr for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases
Rigshospitalet, Denmark
Nicholas P. Jewell, Ph.D.
University of California Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
We dedicate a special recognition to Hanne Kjærgaard, R.M., Ph.D. (1948 – 2013) for her valuable contributions to this project.
Study co-ordinator
Lab members (Jawaheer lab, Oakland)
Matthew Wright, B.S., M.S.
Alumni:
Dana Goin, M.S., Ph.D.
Amogh Pathi, B.S.
Anuradha Mittal, Ph.D.
Research assistants (Denmark)
Katrine Elmgård Jensen
Emma Sofie Nielsen
Andreas Kiel Smed
Alumni:
Mie Rasmussen
Rikke Godtkjær Andersen
Pia Pedersen
Stine Birkelund
Nurses
Anne-Grethe Rasmussen
Charlotte Schön Frengler
Randi Petersen
Lone Thomassen
Alumni:
Dorte Heide
Tove Thorup Rasmussen
Britta Hvidberg Nielsen
Laboratory technicians
Debbie Nadelmann
Rbia Afzal
Charlotte Drachmann
Jette Barlach
Marjo Westerdahl
Alumni:
Teresa Rozenfeldt
Kirsten Junker
Lis Kastberg Schubert
Helle Bendsten
Helle Andersen