Lab Members
Lab Members
Principal Investigator
![Edward Schwarz](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/faculty/EdwardSchwarz.jpg)
Research Interest: Inflammatory bone loss as seen in rheumatoid arthritis, infections, tumor metastasis and wear debris induced osteolysis around prosthetic implants
Faculty
![Homaira Rahimi](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/faculty/HomairaRahimi.jpg)
Research Interest: Juvenile Idiopathic arthritis. Imaging of lymph nodes as a martyr for arthritic flare in RA, lymphangiogenesis in Arthritic flare in murine model of erosive arthritis.
![Chao Xie](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/faculty/ChaoXie.jpg)
Research Interest: Stem cell based tissue engineering for bone repair and the preclinical evaluation of anti-angiogenic agents that inhibit metastatic cancer growth in bone.
Postdoctoral Scholars
Graduate Students
![Kiana Chen](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/students/KianaChen.jpg)
Research Interest:
Elucidating Androgen Effects on TNF-Induced Inflammatory Erosive Arthritis.
![Yue Peng](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/students/YuePeng.jpg)
Research Interest:
Investigating Lymphatics in Inflammatory-Erosive Arthritis
![Levy Sominsky](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/uploads/1/c46bc7e6-8726-48f1-9cdf-6847d75263b5.png)
Levy Sominsky, B.A.
MSTP - Medical Scientist Training Program (M.D., Ph.D.)
MD - Medical Education (M.D.)
PWD - PhD Program in Pathology - Cell Biology of Disease
MSTP - Medical Scientist Training Program (M.D., Ph.D.)
MD - Medical Education (M.D.)
PWD - PhD Program in Pathology - Cell Biology of Disease
Research Interest:
Optimization of an in vitro model of Staphylococcal abscess communities to study bactericidal mechanisms