Current TCV Surgery Research Staff: 

Tony Herring

Tony Herring
Laboratory Manager

Tony has been at UVA for over 20 years, the last 15 in the TCV Research lab. He manages the day to day activities of the lab and the various grants that support the lab. In addition, he writes and maintains the animal protocols as well as assists with grant writing.

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


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

Cindy Dodson
Research Specialist

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

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

 Yunge


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 several 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 
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

Vanessa
Vanessa A. Hajzus
Research Specialist

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

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