About Us
Our lab employs more than twenty staff including technologists, supervisors, directors, and trainees. Many of our staff have been working in the field of cytogenetics for 30+ years. Their institutional knowledge is priceless and we could not do what we do without them.
Director
Vanessa Horner, PhD, FACMG
Associate Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Assistant Director
Xiangqiang Shao, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Supervisors
Eric B. Johnson, CG (ASCP), Cytogenetic Supervisor (Oncology)
Kim Oxendine, CG (ASCP), Cytogenetic Supervisor (Prenatal)
Richel Mayberry, MS, MT(ASCP) CGCM, MBCM, Molecular Genetics Supervisor
Leah Frater-Rubsam, PhD, Genomics Supervisor
Specialty staff
Yajing Peng, PhD, Genetics Research Specialist
Kimberly Anderson, MS CGC, Genetic Counselor
Maureen McCormack, MS, Laboratory Quality Assurance Specialist
April Meiller, Academic Program Manager
Lori Halverson, Medical Program Assistant
Cytogenetics/FISH team
Asma Ahmed
Erin Baldwin
Randee Blumer
Libby Cichy
Chris Corsi
Les Henderson
Beth Kositzke
Carol Miller
Lindsay Pettoruto
Danielle Pikard
Amber Walters
Fengli Zhang
Molecular team
Tracy Heidke
Eric Maas
Maureen Sullivan
LGG Training Fellows
Wuyan Chen, PhD
Hieu Nguyen, PhD
Morteza Seifi, PhD
Jessica Tumolo, PhD