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Our Team

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Andy Shih, PhD

Principal Investigator

​Andy.Shih@Seattlechildrens.org

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Stefan Stamenkovic, PhD

Research Scientist III

Deep imaging of microvasculature at the gray-white matter interface

Stefan.Stamenkovic

@Seattlechildrens.org

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Catherine Foster, PhD

Post-doctoral Fellow

Role of thromboxane receptor signaling in pericytes during health and AD

Catherine.Foster

@Seattlechildrens.org

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Gocke Gurler, MD, PhD

Post-doctoral Fellow

Microvascular alterations in a TGFbeta over-expressing mouse model of cSVD

Gokce.Gurler

@Seattlechildrens.org

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Hyun-Kyoung Lim, PhD

Post-doctoral Fellow

(Co-mentored: Primary mentor, Prof. Juliane Gust)

In vivo leukocyte-endothelial interactions during neuroinflammation

Hyun-Kyoung.Lim

@Seattlechildrens,.org

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Dickson Chen

PhD student

(UW Neuroscience program)

Robust and fragile capillary perfusion in relation to vascular architecture

Dickson.Chen

@Seattlechildrens.org

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Cara Nielson

PhD Candidate

(UW Neuroscience program)

 Structural plasticity of pericytes in a mouse model of CAA

Cara.Nielson

@Seattlechildrens.org

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Cecilia Martin

MD, PhD student

(UW MCB program)

The perivascular niche in health and mouse models of cSVD

Cecilia.Martin

@Seattlechildrens.org

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Oron Estes

Research Technician I

Microvascular pathology in a mouse model of capillary CAA

Oron.Estes

@Seattlechildrens.org

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Taylor McGillis

Research Technician II

New mouse models for chemogenetic control of brain pericytes

Taylor.McGillis

@Seattlechildrens.org

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