Current Personnel

Lisa Hall Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, 2002-Present
BA: The Colorado College, Biology, 1988
PhD: Univ. California-Davis, Genetics, 1996
Lisa.Hall@umassmed.edu

Lisa Hall was born and raised in Hawaii. She got her BA in Biology from The Colorado College, where she became interested in human clinical genetics. She earned her PhD in Molecular Genetics from the University of California-Davis, with an emphasis on human and cancer genetics. Lisa became an Assistant Research Professor at UMMS in 2005, and has been the assistant director for the human medical genetics course since 2002. She works with Dr. Jeanne Lawrence on numerous research projects pertaining to nuclear structure and epigenetic regulation of the genome. Lisa’s initial interest in this area began with studying how long non-coding RNAs interact with chromatin (e.g. Xist RNA and the inactive X-chromosome), and the role these molecules play in gene regulation. This has now expanded to include changes in heterochromatin formation and nuclear structure in carcinogenesis, hESC differentiation and reprogramming (iPS cell formation).

	Dawn Carone Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow, 2009-Present BS: University of Connecticut, Molecular and Cell Biology, 2004 PhD: University of Connecticut, Genetics and Genomics, 2008  Dawn.Carone@umassmed.edu
	Jun Jiang, M.D., Ph.D. Research Associate and Instructor, 2009-Present MD: China Medical University, Pediatrics, 1990 PhD: China Medical University, Molecular Genetics of Pediatrics, 2005  Jun.Jiang@umassmed.edu
	John T. Butler Research Associate, 2003-Present University of RI, Clinical Laboratory Science, current undergrad John.Butler@umassmed.edu
	Meg Byron Research Associate, 1993-Present BA: Framingham State College, 1996 Meg.Byron@umassmed.edu
	Eric Swanson Graduate Student, 2009-Present BS: University of Wisconsin, Biochemistry, 2008 Eric.Swanson@umassmed.edu
	Heather Kolpa Graduate Student, 2010-Present BA: Connecticut College, 2002 Heather.Kolpa@umassmed.edu
	Laurie Lizotte Project Coordinator and Adminstrative Secretary to the Department Chair  1999-Present Laurie.Lizotte@umassmed.edu