Board Members

Shanae is a PhD candidate in the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine program at the University of Pittsburgh, Department of Bioengineering. Her research focuses on the use of biomaterials to mitigate dysregulated healing processes in skin and muscle wound healing and characterising new animal and ex vivo human models for study. In her free time, Shanae enjoys baking, drawing, dancing, taking care of her plants and learning new things.

shanae.butler@fourthriver.org

Alison is a PhD student in the Molecular Genetics and Developmental Biology Program at Pitt. Her research focuses on understanding early developmental signaling pathways by using zebrafish embryos. Outside of lab, Alison spends most of her time taking care of her geriatric, sock-eating dog, cooking, and knitting.

alison.guyer@fourthriver.org

Jiahui Hou is a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Department of Biomedical Informatics at the University of Pittsburgh. Her current research focuses on understanding how gene expression regulatory networks change during the progression of Alzheimer's disease using bioinformatic methods. In her free time, Jiahui enjoys rediscovering the world with her one-year-old boy, walking her dog Obee, cooking, hiking, and traveling.

jiahui.hou@fourthriver.org