TCV Surgery Research Lab Staff: 

Tony Herring

Tony Herring
Laboratory Manager

Tony has been at UVA for 22 years, the last 14 in the TCV Research lab. He manages the day to day activities of the lab and manages the various grants that support the lab. In addition, he writes and maintains the animal use protocols as well as assists with grant writing.

Phone:  434-924-9297
Email:  ajh@virginia.edu
 Hammond

Sheila Hammond
Laboratory & Research Pract. III

Sheila came to our lab in 1999 and helps in many ways to support the animal surgery experiments including: setting up the operating room for preoperative precedures, preop anesthesia, animal care, animal anesthesia, preparing surgical trays and postop care of animals.

Phone:  434-982-3711
Email:  smh2r@virginia.edu

Cindy Dodson

Cindy Dodson
Research Specialist

Cindy came to the TCV Research Lab in April 2002. She helps with animal surgeries and other studies, animal protocols, and ordering.

Phone:  434-924-9297
Email:  csq3k@virginia.edu

 Yunge Zhao

Yunge Zhao, MD, PhD
Instructor
05/2008 - Present

Yunge is working in Chris Lau's lab studing mechanisms of post-transplant lung and heart rejection. Yunge is using severl in vivo mouse models such as heterotopic trachea transplant and a hilar clamp model of lung ischemia-reperfusion injury.

Phone: 434-924-5836
Email:  yz5u@virginia.edu

 Sandi Walton
Sandra Walton
Research Specialist

Sandi came to our lab in 2007 and is working in Gorav Ailawadi's lab. She performs many cell & molecular biology protocols including real-time PCR, cell culture, RNA and protein purifications, etc.

Phone:  434-924-5993
Email:  spw7c@virginia.edu

 Hajzus Vanessa A. Hajzus
Research Specialist

Vanessa came to our lab in August 2009 and is working in Vic Laubach's lab. She is helping with many aspects of lab research including management of mouse colony, isolated mouse lung model, flow cytometry, molecular & cell biology.

Phone: 434-924-2258
Email: vac8b@Virginia.EDU