The Team
Our lab is a multi-disciplinary lab with researchers from a variety of backgrounds. We are interested in the biology, chemistry, and physics behind cell injury and repair. Led by Dr. Raphael Lee, our team works hard to solve medical problems related to trauma injury and wound healing.
Michelle Ling
Research Specialist, Lab Manager
Michelle Ling received her BS in Chemistry from the University of Chicago. She is interested in the chemistry behind wound healing. Her current research is focused on the use of synthetic chaperones as treatments for trauma injuries, varying from burns to traumatic brain injuries.
Kyley Mccollum
Undergraduate Researcher
Kyley McCollum is a fourth-year undergraduate student at the University of Chicago studying biochemistry. Her research focuses on the use of poloxamers as synthetic chaperones to refold denatured proteins.
Kenneth L. Wilson, MD, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery
Kenneth Wilson, MD, has more than a decade of experience as a trauma, acute care and critical care surgeon for both adult and pediatric patients. Dr. Wilson is an active researcher, and has been widely published on topics including military trauma and trauma surgical outcomes. He is interested in the association between race and socioeconomic status on trauma-related health outcomes.
Victoria Bigdelle
Undergraduate Researcher
Victoria Bigdelle is a third year pre-med biology major
Ashley Campbell
Medical Student
Ashley is in her second year of medical training at the Pritzker School of Medicine at the University of Chicago. She is interested in optimizing healing in neurobiological injury.
Michelle Nguyen
Undergraduate Researcher
Michelle Nguyen is an undergraduate double majoring in Biochemstry and Chemistry. She has a special interest in studying the biophysical mechanisms behind protein interactions. Her work focuses on protein and polymer interactions in traumatic injuries using microfluidic devices as well as using computational modeling to study viral proteins.