URMC / Labs / Schwarz Lab / Lab Members Lab Members Principal InvestigatorEdward M. Schwarz, Ph.D.Phone: (585) 275-3063Email EdwardResearch Interest: Inflammatory bone loss as seen in rheumatoid arthritis, infections, tumor metastasis and wear debris induced osteolysis around prosthetic implants FacultyKaren L. Bentley, M.S.Senior AssociateEmail KarenHomaira Rahimi, M.D.Senior InstructorMCPhone: (585) 275-4733Email HomairaResearch Interest: Juvenile Idiopathic arthritis. Imaging of lymph nodes as a martyr for arthritic flare in RA, lymphangiogenesis in Arthritic flare in murine model of erosive arthritis. Chao Xie, M.D.Research Assistant ProfessorMCPhone: (585) 275-0818Email ChaoResearch Interest: Stem cell based tissue engineering for bone repair and the preclinical evaluation of anti-angiogenic agents that inhibit metastatic cancer growth in bone.Postdoctoral ScholarsYugo Morita, M.D., Ph.D.Postdoctoral FellowGraduate StudentsJames BrodellMD - Medical Education (M.D.)Kiana ChenPWD - PhD Program in Pathology - Cell Biology of DiseaseResearch Interest: The mechanism behind sexual dimorphism in TNF-induced erosive inflammatory arthritisElysia MastersBME - Biomedical Engineering Ph.D. ProgramYue PengPWD - PhD Program in Pathology - Cell Biology of DiseaseResearch Interest: Investigating Lymphatics in Inflammatory-Erosive ArthritisLevy Sominsky, B.A.MSTP - Medical Scientist Training Program (M.D., Ph.D.)MD - Medical Education (M.D.)PWD - PhD Program in Pathology - Cell Biology of DiseaseResearch Interest: Optimization of an in vitro model of Staphylococcal abscess communities to study bactericidal mechanisms