Kratimenos Lab

Lab Members

Our Team

Panagiotis Kratimenos, MD, PhD

Co-Director, Research, Division of Neonatology
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics

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Panagiotis Kratimenos, MD, PhD

Research Centers

Research Areas

Cerebellar Neural Circuits and Behavior
Developmental Neurobiology
Glia and Neuron Glia Interaction

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Daniel Bittel, DPT, PhD

Research Postdoctoral Fellow

Daniel Bittel, DPT, PhD

Research Centers

Lab

Jaiswal Lab

Biography

Daniel Bittel, DPT, PhD, is a physical therapist and a movement science researcher who is interested in the bio-physiological connections between movement, exercise and skeletal-muscle plasticity in injury and disease. His research focuses on understanding the contribution of cellular membrane trafficking and vesicle-mediated signaling in repair of injury to healthy and dystrophic skeletal muscles.

Rodolfo Cardenas Trejo, MD

Fellow

Rodolfo Cardenas Trejo, MD

Research Centers

Sheikh Zayed Institute

Biography

Rodolfo Cardenas Trejo, MD, is a fellow who completed his residency at Children's National.

Helen Chen, MD, PhD

Pediatric Resident

Helen Chen, MD, PhD

Research Centers

Sheikh Zayed Institute

Biography

Helen Chen, MD, PhD, is a pediatric resident at Children's National studying how perinatal experiences shape neonatal immune development and response to infection, with a focus on neonatology.

Javid Ghaemmaghami, MS

Research Technician I

Javid Ghaemmaghami, MS

Research Centers

Biography

Javid Ghaemmaghami, MS, is a PhD student studying SIDS pathology through bioinformatics, machine learning and spatial transcriptomics of cerebellar development.

Laura Kim

Research Technician I

Laura Kim

Research Centers

Sheikh Zayed Institute

Biography

Laura Kim is a research technician at Children's National studying cell biology and cerebellar structure and development.

Georgios Sanidas, MD

Research Postdoctoral Fellow

Georgios Sanidas, MD

Research Centers

Sheikh Zayed Institute

Biography

Georgios Sanidas, MD, is a postdoctoral fellow at Children's National studying how prematurity affects infant brain development, SIDS mechanisms and neonatal neuroprotection.

Gabriele Simonti, MA

Clinical Research Coordinator

Gabriele Simonti, MA

Research Centers

Sheikh Zayed Institute

Biography

Gabriele Simonti, MA, is a research scientist at Children's National studying cerebellar development, prematurity effects and motor rehabilitation in preterm infants.

Robinson Vidva, MBA, MS

Research Technician

Robinson Vidva, MBA, MS

Research Centers

Sheikh Zayed Institute

Biography

Robinson Vidva, MBA, MS, is a research technician at Children's National specializing in multi-omics bioinformatics and behavioral analysis for preterm brain injury models.

Interns

Antonis Polyviou, Undergraduate Medical Student, University of Patras, Greece
Rebekah Rapp, Undergraduate Student, George Washington University
Soumya Rao, Graduate Student (MS), George Washington University
Kendalll Ridley, Undergraduate Student, University of California, Davis