Members of the consortium
Members located in Department of Genetics include:
 Matthew Warman mlw14@case.edu
Dr. Warman is board certified in pediatrics, as well as in clinical, biochemical, and molecular genetics. He maintains a strong clinical interest in these disciplines in addition to research interests in skeletal biology. He received his Sc.B. from Brown University and his M.D. from Cornell University Medical College . Dr. Warman completed his residency in pediatrics at the Children's Hospital in Washington D.C. , and his fellowship in medical genetics at the Children's Hospital in Boston . He joined the faculty at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in 1994.
Dr. Warman’s curriculum vitae can be downloaded here.
 Minrong Ai mxa102@case.edu
Minrong Ai, M.S., is a graduate student who joins the Warman lab from the East China University of Science and Technology in Shanghai. He is investigating the role of LRP5 in the accrual of bone mass and the pathway in which mutations in LRP5 lead to the phenotype seen in osteoporosis-pseudoglioma syndrome (OPPG).
 Cynthia Bartels cfb6@case.edu
Cynthia F. Bartels, M.S., is a senior research assistant who brings much knowledge in handling DNA and protein analyses to the Warman laboratory. She comes to us from the University of Nebraska Medical Center where she did extensive work with human acetylcholinesterase and butyrylcholinesterase. Cindy works on DNA mutation detection and recombinant DNA design for protein study. She received her B.S. degree from the University of Michigan and M.S. degree from Michigan State University.
 Mrs. Bey mlb17@case.edu
Mrs. Bey is Dr. Warman’s administrative assistant. She has many years experience both at Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals of Cleveland.
Michelle can be reached by telephone at 216 368-5847.
 Hulya Bukulmez hxb38@case.edu
Hulya Bukulmez, M.D., is a research associate to Dr. Warman in the Genetics Department and Dr. Olson in the Genetic Epidemiology Division of the Epidemiology. She also has an faculty appointment, as an instructor, at the Pediatrics Department of Metro Health Medical Center. Hulya finished her Pediatrics training at the Long Island College Hospital New York in 1998 and is a board certified Pediatrician. She finished her Rheumatology subspeciality training in September 2002 and became a Pediatric Rheumatologist. She obtained her MD degree in 1992 from The Gazi University Medical School in Ankara, Turkey.
Patty Conrad pac14@case.edu
Yajun Cui yxc 81@case.edu
Yajun Cui, Ph.D., is a research associate in the Warman laboratory. He received his Ph.D. degree from the University of New Hampshire. His research involves exploring the role of lubricin (PRG4) in joint development and homeostasis using a mouse model. Currently, he is creating transgenic mice hat can conditionally express lubricin protein.
 Carol Fernando caf15@case.edu
Carol Fernando, MS is a research assistant who joins us from John Carroll University. Carol received her Masters in Biology studying the ontogeny of Weberian apparatus in otophysan fish. Her undergraduate degree is from Boston University. She studies the skeletal development of zebrafish.
 Kazuki Okajima kxo23@case.edu
Kazuki Okajima, M.D., Ph.D., is a neonatologist and geneticist who received both his MD and PhD degrees from Nagoya City University in Nagoya, Japan. His research interests cover a wide spectrum of diseases. Currently, he is working on a joint project between the CIDEM and Warman laboratories focusing on the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex.
Yukio Nakamura yxn14@case.edu
Derek Neilson den4@case.edu
Derek Neilson, M.D. completed residency in pediatrics and genetics at University Hospitals of Cleveland/Rainbow Babies and Children¹s Hospital in 2003. Since then, he has been with the Warman lab as a post-doctoral fellow. He has been involved in studying the generalized role of the WISP3 homolog, dCCN, in the fruit fly. Additionally, he has assembled his own research project to study the genetic basis of acute necrotizing encephalopathy. Dr. Neilson received a B.A. in Biology from Johns Hopkins University in 1993 and obtained his M.D. at Oregon Health Sciences University in 1998.
 Deb Schelling dks9@case.edu
Deb Schelling is a senior research assistant performing DNA extraction, and PCR and nucleic acid sequencing of the many patient samples sent to Warman lab from around the world. Deb received a B.S. in Medical Technology from Purdue University and an M.B.A. from the University of Colorado. She worked as a medical technologist in the chemistry and hematology sections of clinical laboratories before joining our group.
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