(Left to Right) Micheala Aldred, PhD., Kylie Drake, PhD., Phyllis Harbor, BS., Debbie Zygmunt, BS.

Kylie Drake, PhD. Kylie is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow. She received her PhD from the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand in 2007. Her main interest is the developmental origins of childhood cancer and she currently works on the 2q37/Wilms’ tumor project.

Phyllis Harbor, BS. Phyllis is a Lead Research Technologist and our lab manager. She is also joint safety officer for GMI. Phyllis has worked at the Lerner Research Institute since 1996 in Neurosciences and Cancer Biology, and joined the Aldred lab in May 2006. She works on the 2q37/Wilms’ tumor project.

Debbie Zygmunt, BS. Debbie is a Senior Research Technologist. She gained her BS from the University of Pittsburgh and has experience both in research and in clinical lab proficiency testing. She currently works on a pilot project investigating loss of 2q37 in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma.