Left to right: Patricia, Gwen, Denise, Ana, Chelsea

Ana   A.   Weil,    MD,    MPH

Principal Investigator
​anaweil@uw.edu
Ana is originally from Fairbanks, Alaska, but spent most of her time growing up on a small farm in Washington. She worked in infectious disease research and public health, primarily in Africa, prior to attending medical school. She became interested in cholera research after spending one year in the laboratory of Dr. Firdausi Qadri at the International Center for Diarrheoal Disease Research, Bangladesh, in 2008. She lives in Seattle with her family.

Denise   Chac,   PhD

Postdoctoral Researcher
dchac@uw.edu
Denise is a postdoctoral researcher with a background in microbiology and immunology. Denise has always been dealing with poop - first studying how the primate gut aids in seed dispersal for her undergraduate honors thesis, then analyzing the gut microbiota of mice with different diets and infections, and now investigating the human microbiota and cholera. Outside of lab, Denise’s passion is random DIY projects and playing board and video games.

Susan   Markiewicz

Research Scientist / Engineer 1
smarkiew@uw.edu
Susan is a research scientist with a background in molecular biology. She has a passion for learning about the gut microbiome and loves working with tiny things. She has a special interest in genetics and is interested in learning how both human and microbial genetics could play a role in vaccine efficacy or disease severity. When not working in the lab, Susan likes to relax playing video games, tending to her balcony vegetable garden, or working on various crafting projects.

Open   positions!   Please   contact   Ana   at    anaweil@uw.edu


Undergraduate Researchers

Pathobiology Graduate Students

Lab   Alumni

Gwen   ​Dumayas

  • Weil Lab Position: Undergraduate researcher, 2021-2023
  • Current Position: Medical scribe
  • Weil Lab Project: Vibrio cholerae gene expression

Mirra  ​ Chinta

  • Weil Lab Position: Summer student, 2023
  • Current Position: Undergraduate, University of Washington​
  • Weil Lab Project: Bacteroides uniformis microbiology

Kristine   ​Tandoc

  • Weil Lab Position: Graduate Rotation Student, 2023
  • Current Position: Pathobiology PhD Student at University of Washington​
  • Weil Lab Project: Toxin co-regulated pilus phenotype of Vibrio cholerae with genetic mutations

Chelsea   ​Dunmire

  • Weil Lab Position: Research Scientist, 2020-2022
  • Current Position: Research Associate at Outpace Bio
  • Weil Lab Project: Isolation of anaerobic bacteria, investigating Vibrio cholerae genomic evolution between the upper and lower gastrointestinal tract

Emerson   ​Smith

  • Weil Lab Position: Summer Undergraduate Lab Assistant, 2022
  • Current Position: UC Berkeley Masters in Public Health, Infectious Disease and Vaccinology
  • Weil Lab Project: Vibrio cholerae evolution during household transmission of cholera

Patricia   ​Silva

  • Weil Lab Position: PREP NIH Scholar - Post-baccalaureate student, 2021-2022 
  • Current Position: Molecular Microbiology Graduate Student at Tufts University
  • Weil Lab Project: Interactions between Vibrio cholerae and Rothia mucilanginosa​

​Dr. Fred   ​Heller

  • Weil Lab Position: Medical Student Research Year (from Duke University), 2020-2021
  • Current Position: Psychiatry Resident (Mount Sinai)
  • Weil Lab Project: Metagenomic data analysis for identification of bacterial strains correlated with protective immunity to oral cholera vaccination

Meti   ​Debela

  • Weil Lab Position: Research Technician, 2017-2019
  • Current Position: Medical Student at University of Massachusetts Medical School
  • Weil Lab Project: Interactions between Vc and Paracoccus aminovorans​

Dr.   ​Alaina   ​Ritter

  • Weil Lab Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, 2017-2019
  • Current Position: Assistant Professor at University of Florida
  • Weil Lab Project: Innate immune responses generated by human duodenal enteroids in Vibrio cholerae infection

Purva   ​Patel 

  • Weil Lab Position: Undergraduate Researcher, 2017
  • Current Position: Medical Student at Indiana University School of Medicine
  • ​Weil Lab Project: Vibrio cholerae virulence expression in the setting of Vc-host microbe co-culture measured by qPCR

Emma  ​ Krolicki

  • Weil Lab Position: Undergraduate Researcher, 2018
  • Current Position: Masters Student in Bioinformatics
  • Weil Lab Project: Isolation of anerobic bacteria from stool of cholera patients and their household contacts