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Department of Pediatrics

Lab Members

William Briones Research Specialist

Education: BS, Neuroscience
Contact info: wmbrion@emory.edu

Will Briones

Sara Hawley Graciaa Pediatric Nurse Practitioner

Education:
Emory University (MSN) 
Emory University (BSN)
University of Notre Dame (BA)

Contact info: sara.graciaa@choa.org

Sara Graciaa, CPNP

Dr. Maya Maarouf Postdoctoral Fellow

Education: PhD, Translational Biomedical Sciences (focus in immunology)
Contact info: maya.maarouf@emory.edu

Maya Maarouf, PhD

Jayre Jones Senior Research Specialist

Education: BS, Chemistry, Emory University
Contact info: jajone4@emory.edu

Jayre Jones

Dr. Seema R Patel Assistant Professor

Education: PhD, Immunology and Molecular Pathogenesis
Contact info: srpate2@emory.edu

Seema Patel, PhD

Dr. Akshaya Arjunan Pediatric Hematology Oncology Fellow

Education:
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh (Pediatric Residency, Chief Resident)
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine (MD)
University of Pittsburgh (BS, Neuroscience)

Contact info: aarjuna@emory.edu

Akshaya Arjunanan, MD

Dr. Ronak Dave Pediatric Resident

Education:
Williams College (undergraduate), Medical College of Georgia (medical school)

Contact info: rdave3@emory.edu

Ronak Dave, MD

Alumni Lab Members

Chase Hill, Dec 2022-May 2024, Clinical Research Assistant, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

Dr. Segun Adeagbo, 2020-July 2023, Pediatric Residency, Boston Children’s Hospital

Luke del Balzo, Emory University, 2017 - 2018, Medical Student, Augusta University, GA

Hannah Baratz,Emory University, 2018 - 2019, Clinical Research Coordinator, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY