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Garcia Lab Members at the VED and the George Washington Bridge

Mason Amelotte
- Research Technician
- mwa2119@cumc.columbia.edu(link sends e-mail)
Mason Amelotte is a research technician skilled in mouse husbandry and tissue culture.
Lorelei Calboreanu
- Research Technician
- lmc2298@cumc.columbia.edu(link sends e-mail)
Lorelei Calboreanu is a research technician. She helps with recruitment of subjects, processing of samples, and qPCR.
Chris Depender
- Clinical Research Coordinator
- cd2686@cumc.columbia.edu(link sends e-mail)
Chris Depender is a clinical research coordinator. He helps with recruitment of participants and with sample collection.
Kevin Doyle
- Biostatistician
- kd2630@cumc.columbia.edu(link sends e-mail)
Kevin Doyle is a biostatistician. He analyzes human genomic sequence data.
Chandan Gurung
- Post-Doctoral Researcher
- cg3327@cumc.columbia.edu(link sends e-mail)
Chandan Gurung is a post-doctoral researcher. He is highly skilled in immunofluorescence assays, western-blots and rtPCR.
William Quigley
- Research Technician
- wrq2103@cumc.columbia.edu(link sends e-mail)
William Quigley is a research technician. He helps with recruitment of subjects and processing of biological samples.
Lesley Vickers
- Laboratory Manager
- lav2127@cumc.columbia.edu(link sends e-mail)
Lesley Vickers is the laboratory manager for the Garcia laboratories.
David Zhang, MD
- Assistant Professor of Medicine
- dz2409@cumc.columbia.edu(link sends e-mail)
David Zhang, MD, was a former pulmonary and critical care fellow and is now an Assistant Professor of Medicine.

Dr. Garcia and five members of the Garcia lab pose for a picture inside the lab