Meet Lab Members

Meet Dr. Kumari

Dr. Kumari's academic training and research experiences are broad in the biological sciences and encompass various aspects of reproductive biology and developmental toxicology, epigenetics to characterize novel X-chromosome-linked long non-coding RNA, and Hedgehog signaling regulation of taste organs.

Dr. Kumari was awarded an AChemS “Polak Young Investigator Award” and a “Polak Postdoctoral Travel Award” and received a small grant from the University of Michigan Center of Organogenesis in support of her postdoctoral research. Dr. Kumari also received a career-building grant from the NIH NIDCD Early Career Research Award (R21), which helped her join Rowan-Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine (SOM), Stratford location, as an Assistant Professor in January 2020. Dr. Kumari is interested in continuing her research in the tongue and taste field.

Dr. Kumari is involved in the PBL curriculum at Rowan SOM. She facilitates PBL1 blocks during the fall semester. She is also a block director during the spring semeter.

When she's not doing science or teaching, Dr. Kumari enjoys spending time with her two kids.

Current Lab Members

Gabrielle C. Audu

Gabrielle joined the lab as a research technician in 2022. She is careful and detailed in her work. Her sincere work has secured her authorship in presentations and publications. She was awarded a Diversity Travel Fellowship from AChemS, FL, in April 2023, where she presented a poster. She had also presented a poster at the Rowan-Virtua School TBES Research Fall Retreat in October 2023. She is great at guiding and training students from Rowan-Virtua SOM and TBES. She loves baking, and most importantly, she loves to share what she bakes :)

Sally Y. Rohan

Sally is a PBL student in Rowan-Virtua SOM. She joined the lab as a volunteer in January 2023, but now officially works as a Federal Work Study student. She is great at time management and wonderfully balances medical school and research. As a result, she became part of the study being presented at the Rowan-Virtua School TBES Research Fall Retreat in October 2023.

Former Lab Members

Nathalie Yax

SURE (Summer undergraduate Research Experience) Program student

Summer 2023

Shika Veera

Shika, a PBL-I student, worked as a volunteer in the lab in 2022. She utilized that study to prepare her Medical Scholarship literature review in 2023.