Oby is a Research Associate and former post-doctoral fellow in the Adamo Lab, with a previous fellowship at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health with Mark Kohr in the department of Environmental Health and Engineering. Born in Nigeria, raised in England, she graduated from the University of Leicester (UK) with a BSc in Biological Sciences: Physiology with Pharmacology and from Kings College London with an M.Sc. in Human and Applied Physiology. Oby completed her Ph.D. in Physiology at the University of Otago (New Zealand) training with Jeff Erickson. Her research interest is in understanding the physiological differences of the cardiovascular system between the sexes and how these differences influence disease progression.

Kshipra Keole is currently pursuing a master's degree in biotechnology from Johns Hopkins University. She received her bachelor's degree in biotechnology from SASTRA University, India. Her research interests center around cardiovascular diseases and related conditions, with a particular focus on developing therapeutic interventions to address these challenges. Kshipra’s undergraduate research work was on ameliorating ischemic reperfusion injury in the heart with a special focus on analyzing the damaged heart’s mitochondrial bioenergetics. She also studied the effect of diesel particulate matter on the heart and the development of the hypertrophy phenotype in mice with neurogenic hypertension. Kshipra joined the Adamo lab in September 2024. Outside of work, Kshipra enjoys reading books, quizzing and watching movies and tv shows.

Yiran (Helen) Song is currently pursuing a PhD degree in biomedical engineering at Johns Hopkins. She completed her master's in biomedical engineering at Johns Hopkins, and received her bachelor’s degree in Bioengineering: Biotechnology from the University of California San Diego. She is interested in cardiac physiology and inflammation. Helen’s undergraduate research was dedicated to identifying extracellular RNA as biomarkers for Alzheimer’s Disease from plasma and cerebrospinal fluid. She also worked on designing a device to facilitate the imaging of small-scale blood vessels under a multiphoton microscope. Helen joined the Adamo Lab in February 2024, and her work focuses on characterizing B cell non-depleting antibodies.

Outside of work, Helen enjoys ice skating, dancing, and exploring Baltimore with her friends.

Aashik Bhalodia studied molecular and cellular biology and classics at Johns Hopkins University. He has worked in basic science research labs, as well as hospital and outpatient facilities, and he approaches research from an interdisciplinary perspective. Aashik joined the Adamo Lab in June 2022 and moved on to pursue his Ph.D. at Yale University.

Marcelle Dina Zita was a post-doctoral research fellow in the Adamo Lab. Born and raised in Yaoundé, Cameroon, Marcelle moved to the U.S. to pursue a bachelor of science degree at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. She then completed a Ph.D. in microbiology and immunology under the mentorship of Dr. Karl Boehme at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, investigating mechanisms of reovirus-induced cardiac pathology. With the Adamo Lab, her work focused on developing a viral-induced murine model for pediatric cardiac pathology. She went on to work in patent law.

Jana Lovell was a cardiology clinical fellow who joined the Adamo Lab as a post-doctoral fellow. She received her M.D. degree from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She went on to complete her internal medicine training in the Osler Residency Program at Hopkins. After finishing her first two clinical years of cardiology training at Hopkins, she joined the Adamo Lab as a T32 research fellow to combine her interests in heart failure and immunology. Following her research fellowship, completed additional training in advanced heart failure and transplant.

Fabiana Pani is a physician-scientist born and raised in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy, She completed her M.D. and post-graduate training in endocrinology at the Universities of Pisa and Cagliari, focusing on autoimmune diseases and endocrinopathies. Fabiana completed a first post-doctoral fellowship at Johns Hopkins with Patrizio Caturegli, studying autoimmune thyroiditis. With the Adamo Lab, she applied her knowledge of autoimmune disease to the emerging field of immunotherapy. In 2022, Fabiana followed her passion for patient care and assumed a clinician-researcher role at Gustave Roussy University Hospital in Paris, France.