Edward M. Behrens, Md
PrincipaL Investigator
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Joseph Hollander Chair in Pediatric Rheumatology
Perelman School of Medicine at The University of Pennsylvania
Ed Behrens is a Pediatric Rheumatologist that is motivated to improve the care of children with systemic inflammation through the understanding of fundamental immune mechanisms. He is additionally enthusiastic about teaching the next generation of scientists to continue to advance knowledge and make the world a better place.
Ed also acts as Division Chief of the Division of Rheumatology at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and co-Director of the Immune Dysregulation Program, and co-Director of the Autoimmunity Program of the Institute for Immunology & Immune Health (I3H) at The University of Pennsylvania
The team
Niansheng chu, MD
Lab Manager
The heart and soul of the lab, Nian takes care of ordering, helps maintain the mouse colony, and knows how to do just about every technique. Have a large experiment and need a second set of hands? Nian is always ready to save the day.
EM Elliot
Research Assistant
Em is a Research Assistant with expertise across a whole host of techniques. Em is a master of histologic preparation and staining and helps develop new protocols for the lab.
Tamir diamond, md
Post-doctoral fellow
Tamir is currently a Hepatology fellow at CHOP, and has been in the Behrens lab for the past 3 years. He is working on the IFNg project, in particular exploring how the cytokine affects liver function. He also makes quality, fresh hummus in his spare time
Sarah Mcuaig, md, phd
Post-doctoral fellow
Sarah is a Rheumatology fellow who did her PhD with Fiona Powrie, then did her MD and PENN, and is a Pediatric Rheumatology currently in our Division. She is exploring spatially restricted interferon responses in lupus, examining patient kidney biopsies for local IFN responses that may be responsible for pathogenesis.
Former members
now on to bigger and better things…
PAST GRADUATE STUDENTS
Danielle Minichino, PhD
Mailyn Nishiguichi, PhD
Thomas Burn, PhD
Julia Rood, MD, PhD
Sheena Baratono, MD, PhD
Sheila Rao, PhD
OTHER PAST LAB MEMBERS
Scott Canna, MD
Lehn Weaver, MD, PhD
Matthew Taylor, MD
Scott Gordon, MD, PhD
Aaron Bodansky, MD
Paul Gallo, MD, PhD