{"id":7,"date":"2022-06-03T09:02:42","date_gmt":"2022-06-03T16:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/ambrosini\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2026-08-05T18:29:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T01:29:51","slug":"members","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/ambrosini\/members\/","title":{"rendered":"Members"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Principal Investigator<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Yoko M. Ambrosini<\/a>
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Research Scientists<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Meg Nakazawa<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

BVSc, PhD
meg.nakazawa@wsu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellow<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meg Nakazawa completed her BVSc degree at Nihon University in Japan. After her graduation, she worked as a staff veterinarian at Nihon University Animal Medical Center. In March 2023, Meg successfully earned her Ph.D. degree from the Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine at Nihon University. Her current interests include gastrointestinal diseases in dogs, dog leukocyte antigen, organoids, organ-on-a-chip and translational research. In her free time, she enjoys winter activities such as skiing and snowboarding.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n

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Itsuma Nagao<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

DVM, PhD
itsuma.nagao@wsu.edu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellow<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Itsuma Nagao<\/strong> earned his DVM and PhD degrees from the University of Tokyo in Japan. During his PhD training, he spent one year as a research scholar in the our lab. After completing his PhD, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Tokyo before joining the Cleveland Clinic as a postdoctoral fellow for six months. He then returned to the Ambrosini Lab at WSU as a postdoctoral fellow. His current research focuses on investigating the therapeutic applications of fecal microbiota transplantation for intestinal diseases in dogs and humans and elucidating its underlying mechanisms using Gut-on-a-chip models. Outside the laboratory, he enjoys watching American football, having played the sport for more than 10 years since his university days.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Student Scientists<\/h2>\n\n\n
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SoHee Kim<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Visiting PhD student<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visiting Student Researcher (VSR) Fellow<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n

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Alivia Behnke<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Rotating PhD student<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NIH Protein Biotechnology Trainee<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n

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Mariah Jordan<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Rotating PhD student<\/p>\n\n\n\n

School of Molecular Biosciences<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jyot Patel<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

DVM student<\/p>\n\n\n\n

College of Veterinary Medicine<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CVM Summer Scholar ’26<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n

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Samar Patil<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate student<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Alumni<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Matthew Wun, DVM, MS, DACVIM (SAIM) at VetMED & Specialty Veterinary Hospital<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Gerald Dykstra, DVM, PhD, DACVM<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Shino Yoshida, SAIM Resident at Western College of Veterinary Medicine <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Minae Kawasaki, SAIM Intern at Western College of Veterinary Medicine <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Takashi Goyama, ECFVG\u00ae Certified, Surgery Resident at Western College of Veterinary Medicine<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Yurika Tachibana, Oncology Intern, Louisiana State University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Itsuma Nagao, Postdoctoral Fellow at Cleveland Clinic, OH<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Principal Investigator Research Scientists Student Scientists Alumni Dr. Matthew Wun, DVM, MS, DACVIM (SAIM) at VetMED & Specialty Veterinary Hospital Dr. Gerald Dykstra, DVM, PhD, DACVM Dr. Shino Yoshida, SAIM Resident at Western College of Veterinary Medicine Dr. Minae Kawasaki, SAIM Intern at Western College of Veterinary Medicine Dr. Takashi Goyama, ECFVG\u00ae Certified, Surgery Resident […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1351,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_wsuwp_accessibility_report":null},"categories":[],"tags":[],"wsuwp_university_location":[],"wsuwp_university_org":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/ambrosini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/ambrosini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/ambrosini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/ambrosini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1351"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/ambrosini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7"}],"version-history":[{"count":72,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/ambrosini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1192,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/ambrosini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions\/1192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/ambrosini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/ambrosini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/ambrosini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/ambrosini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_location?post=7"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_org","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/ambrosini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_org?post=7"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}