PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Cornell University BA
University of Pennsylvania MSTP MD-PhD
University of Michigan Dermatology Residency
University of Pennsylvania Research Fellowship
Board Certified in Dermatology
Dr. Garza practices dermatology at Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center. His clinical interests include general dermatology and wound healing. Click here for Dr. Garza’s clinical page.
LABORATORY STAFF
PhD, Florida State University
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Research Faculty, University of Maryland Baltimore
BS, Tianjin Medical University (2008-2013)
PhD, Peking Union Medical College(2013-2018) & Johns Hopkins University (2015-2018)
Hobbies include hiking, walking, and yoga.
PhD, Chinese Academy of Sciences 2012
Post-doctoral fellowship, NIH NIAID
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS
Ph.D Seoul National University(2022)
Minji enjoys spending time with her child and watching movies.
She also likes swimming and would like a trip to everywhere in the USA with her husband and baby.
GRADUATE STUDENTS
A BCMB Ph.D. graduate student born in New York City, Charlie ironically loves the outdoors and camping. He studied viruses during undergrad at Virginia Tech and as a specialist at Johns Hopkins, before realizing his love for Regeneration Biology. In his free time he’s either fixing his house, going on birding trips or playing guitar in a PhD band!
Hana is an MD/PhD student who is completing her PhD in the Pathobiology graduate program. During her undergraduate at UC Davis, her research background started in plant biochemistry before moving into disease biology. Hana enjoys weightlifting, Ultimate Frisbee, hiking, and cooking.
Amy first joined Dr. Garza’s lab as an undergraduate student at Johns Hopkins studying Biomedical Engineering in 2018. She has since returned to the lab as an MD-PhD student continuing to pursue her studies in Biomedical Engineering. Beyond her research interests of regeneration, Amy enjoys making crafts, learning how to play the guitar, hiking, and staying connected with her family back in Irvine, California.
Elizabeth is an MD-PhD Candidate from Honolulu, Hawaii, in the Biochemistry, Cellular, and Molecular Biology (BCMB) Graduate Program. Beyond her passion for skin regeneration, computational biology, and medicine, she enjoys artistic pursuits, reading, running, hiking, and the nature. Elizabeth loves spending time with family and friends and expanding her breadth of knowledge about the world through cultural activities and travel.
CLINICAL STAFF
Arieana is from San Diego, CA and received a bachelors in chemistry from JHU in 2023
LAB ALUMNI
Kaitlin finished her PhD in the Garza Lab in 5/2024. She is currently completing medical school at Johns Hopkins.
Eddie did his master's and a post doc in the Garza Lab until 06/2024. He is currently a post doc in Jacksonville, FL
Aiden did his undergraduate work in the Garza Lab and stayed on as a laboratory technician/junior lab manager/clinical technician. He is now a medical student at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston
Beita took a year off of medical school to do a research fellowship in the Garza Lab from 2023-2024. She is currently finishing medical school at the University of Maryland