{"id":67,"date":"2024-07-18T20:00:16","date_gmt":"2024-07-18T20:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/labs.uthscsa.edu\/mak\/?page_id=67"},"modified":"2025-03-28T16:50:30","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T16:50:30","slug":"meet-our-team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/labs.uthscsa.edu\/mak\/meet-our-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet our Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]\n\n\n<div id=\"wpv-view-layout-65\" class=\"js-wpv-view-layout js-wpv-layout-responsive js-wpv-view-layout-65\" data-viewnumber=\"65\" 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data-permalink=\"\/mak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/67?wpv_view_count=65\">\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-x grid-margin-x margin-top\">\n    <div class=\"cell small-12 medium-4 large-4\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"no headshot available\" src=\"http:\/\/labs.uthscsa.edu\/lab-shield-shell\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2024\/07\/no-photo.jpg\">\n      \t\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"cell small-12 medium-8 large-8\">\n        <h2 class=\"h3\">Winifred Mak<\/h2>\n      \n        <!-- Position 1 -->\n        <p class=\"subheader\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1rem;\">Principal Investigator<\/p>\n        \n        <!-- Position 2 -->\n        \n            <p class=\"subheader\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1rem;\">Associate Professor<\/p>\n        \n        \n        <!-- Position 3 -->\n        \n        \n        <!-- Add margin if all positions are empty -->\n        \n            \n        <!--- Department and Location --->\n        \n            <p class=\"subheader\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1rem\"><span class=\"vc_icon_element-icon fa fa-solid fa-building\"><\/span> OBGYN<\/p>\n        \n      \n        \n            <p class=\"subheader\"><span class=\"vc_icon_element-icon fa fa-solid fa-location-pin\"><\/span> Long School of Medicine<\/p>\n        \n     \n        <div class=\"grid-x grid-margin-x\">\n            <div class=\"cell medium-12 large-12\">\n                <address>\n                    <div class=\"loose-list\">\n                        <ul class=\"no-bullet loose-list inline\">\n                          \t\n                            <li style=\"margin-bottom: 0.5rem;\">\n                                <a>\n                                    <span class=\"fa-stack\">\n                                        <i class=\"fas fa-circle fa-stack-2x\"><\/i>\n                                        <i class=\"fas fa-envelope fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i>\n                                    <\/span>\n                                    <span><a href=\"mailto:makw@uthscsa.edu\" title=\"makw@uthscsa.edu\">makw@uthscsa.edu<\/a><\/span>\n                                <\/a>\n                            <\/li>\n                          \t\n                          \t\n                            <li style=\"margin-bottom: 0.5rem;\">\n                                <a>\n                                    <span class=\"fa-stack\">\n                                        <i class=\"fas fa-circle fa-stack-2x\"><\/i>\n                                        <i class=\"fas fa-phone-alt  fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i>\n                                    <\/span>\n                                    <span>+1 210 567 4950<\/span>\n                                <\/a>\n                            <\/li>\n                          \t\n                        <\/ul>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/address>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <p>Dr. Mak is the Principal Investigator of the Mak lab.\u00a0 Dr. Mak is a native of the UK and obtained her medical degree from the United Medical and Dental Schools of Guy\u2019s and St. Thomas (UMDS), London and her PhD from Imperial College, London.\u00a0 Dr. Mak is a physician-scientist with long-standing research interests in placental development, epigenetics, birth outcomes of infants born after in vitro fertilization (IVF) and more recently sperm and recurrent pregnancy loss.\u00a0 Clinically, Dr. Mak is a Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility (REI) subspecialist and nationally recognized recurrent pregnancy loss expert.\u00a0 When she is not doing research and taking care of patients, she also educates the next generation of REI doctors and is the Program Director of the REI fellowship.\u00a0 Outside the lab, she is an avid traveler and enjoys playing escape rooms around the world with her husband and three kids.<\/p>\n      \t\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr style=\"margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0;\"\/>\n\t\n\t\t<div 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fa-solid fa-location-pin\"><\/span> Long School of Medicine<\/p>\n        \n     \n        <div class=\"grid-x grid-margin-x\">\n            <div class=\"cell medium-12 large-12\">\n                <address>\n                    <div class=\"loose-list\">\n                        <ul class=\"no-bullet loose-list inline\">\n                          \t\n                            <li style=\"margin-bottom: 0.5rem;\">\n                                <a>\n                                    <span class=\"fa-stack\">\n                                        <i class=\"fas fa-circle fa-stack-2x\"><\/i>\n                                        <i class=\"fas fa-envelope fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i>\n                                    <\/span>\n                                    <span><a href=\"mailto:apolinarr2@uthscsa.edu\" title=\"apolinarr2@uthscsa.edu\">apolinarr2@uthscsa.edu<\/a><\/span>\n                                <\/a>\n                            <\/li>\n                          \t\n                          \t\n                            <li style=\"margin-bottom: 0.5rem;\">\n                                <a>\n                                    <span class=\"fa-stack\">\n                                        <i class=\"fas fa-circle fa-stack-2x\"><\/i>\n                                        <i class=\"fas fa-phone-alt  fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i>\n                                    <\/span>\n                                    <span>+1 210 450 8817<\/span>\n                                <\/a>\n                            <\/li>\n                          \t\n                        <\/ul>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/address>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <p>Ruby is a research assistant in Dr. Mak\u2019s lab at UT Health San Antonio, studying recurrent pregnancy loss and sperm chromatin integrity. A San Antonio native, she earned her B.S. in Biology with a concentration in Molecular and Cell Biology from Texas A&amp;M University-San Antonio in 2023. Outside the lab, she enjoys arts and crafts, spending time with family, and creating delicious baked goods and meals. When she\u2019s not in the kitchen or at the bench, she\u2019s strategizing as a formidable and competitive Dungeons &amp; Dragons player\u2014because scientific precision and dice-rolling luck go hand in hand.<\/p>\n      \t\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr style=\"margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0;\"\/>\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-x grid-margin-x margin-top\">\n    <div class=\"cell small-12 medium-4 large-4\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"no headshot available\" src=\"http:\/\/labs.uthscsa.edu\/lab-shield-shell\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2024\/07\/no-photo.jpg\">\n      \t\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"cell small-12 medium-8 large-8\">\n        <h2 class=\"h3\">Elango Kamaraj<\/h2>\n      \n        <!-- Position 1 -->\n        <p class=\"subheader\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1rem;\">Postdoctoral Researcher<\/p>\n        \n        <!-- Position 2 -->\n        \n        \n        <!-- Position 3 -->\n        \n        \n        <!-- Add margin if all positions are empty -->\n        \n            \n        <!--- Department and Location --->\n        \n            <p class=\"subheader\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1rem\"><span class=\"vc_icon_element-icon fa fa-solid fa-building\"><\/span> OBGYN<\/p>\n        \n      \n        \n            <p class=\"subheader\"><span class=\"vc_icon_element-icon fa fa-solid fa-location-pin\"><\/span> Long School of Medicine<\/p>\n        \n     \n        <div class=\"grid-x grid-margin-x\">\n            <div class=\"cell medium-12 large-12\">\n                <address>\n                    <div class=\"loose-list\">\n                        <ul class=\"no-bullet loose-list inline\">\n                          \t\n                            <li style=\"margin-bottom: 0.5rem;\">\n                                <a>\n                                    <span class=\"fa-stack\">\n                                        <i class=\"fas fa-circle fa-stack-2x\"><\/i>\n                                        <i class=\"fas fa-envelope fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i>\n                                    <\/span>\n                                    <span><a href=\"mailto:kamaraje@uthscsa.edu\" title=\"kamaraje@uthscsa.edu\">kamaraje@uthscsa.edu<\/a><\/span>\n                                <\/a>\n                            <\/li>\n                          \t\n                          \t\n                            <li style=\"margin-bottom: 0.5rem;\">\n                                <a>\n                                    <span class=\"fa-stack\">\n                                        <i class=\"fas fa-circle fa-stack-2x\"><\/i>\n                                        <i class=\"fas fa-phone-alt  fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i>\n                                    <\/span>\n                                    <span>+1 210 450 3863<\/span>\n                                <\/a>\n                            <\/li>\n                          \t\n                        <\/ul>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/address>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <p>Elango is a veterinarian with a BVSc (equivalent to DVM) from India. He earned his MVSc and PhD in Veterinary Gynecology and Obstetrics (Animal Reproduction) from the National Dairy Research Institute, India. He later worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Eastern Finland. His research interest includes sperm biology, male fertility, idiopathic infertility, and the role of sperm in miscarriage. While he started out working on animal reproduction, he\u2019s now actively involved in human reproduction research. Outside of work, Elango enjoys playing table tennis, basketball and loves traveling whenever he gets the chance!<\/p>\n      \t\n      \t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?hl=en&amp;user=qEe0G2UAAAAJ&amp;view_op=list_works&amp;sortby=pubdate\" class=\"button\">View all publications<\/a>\n      \t\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr style=\"margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0;\"\/>\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-x grid-margin-x margin-top\">\n    <div class=\"cell small-12 medium-4 large-4\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"no headshot available\" src=\"http:\/\/labs.uthscsa.edu\/lab-shield-shell\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2024\/07\/no-photo.jpg\">\n      \t\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"cell small-12 medium-8 large-8\">\n        <h2 class=\"h3\">Anne Janae Roshong<\/h2>\n      \n        <!-- Position 1 -->\n        <p class=\"subheader\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1rem;\">Specialist<\/p>\n        \n        <!-- Position 2 -->\n        \n            <p class=\"subheader\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1rem;\">Clinical Fellow<\/p>\n        \n        \n        <!-- Position 3 -->\n        \n        \n        <!-- Add margin if all positions are empty -->\n        \n            \n        <!--- Department and Location --->\n        \n            <p class=\"subheader\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1rem\"><span class=\"vc_icon_element-icon fa fa-solid fa-building\"><\/span> OBGYN<\/p>\n        \n      \n        \n            <p class=\"subheader\"><span class=\"vc_icon_element-icon fa fa-solid fa-location-pin\"><\/span> Long School of Medicine<\/p>\n        \n     \n        <div class=\"grid-x grid-margin-x\">\n            <div class=\"cell medium-12 large-12\">\n                <address>\n                    <div class=\"loose-list\">\n                        <ul class=\"no-bullet loose-list inline\">\n                          \t\n                            <li style=\"margin-bottom: 0.5rem;\">\n                                <a>\n                                    <span class=\"fa-stack\">\n                                        <i class=\"fas fa-circle fa-stack-2x\"><\/i>\n                                        <i class=\"fas fa-envelope fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i>\n                                    <\/span>\n                                    <span><a href=\"mailto:roshong@uthscsa.edu\" title=\"roshong@uthscsa.edu\">roshong@uthscsa.edu<\/a><\/span>\n                                <\/a>\n                            <\/li>\n                          \t\n                          \t\n                            <li style=\"margin-bottom: 0.5rem;\">\n                                <a>\n                                    <span class=\"fa-stack\">\n                                        <i class=\"fas fa-circle fa-stack-2x\"><\/i>\n                                        <i class=\"fas fa-phone-alt  fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i>\n                                    <\/span>\n                                    <span>+1 210 450 3863<\/span>\n                                <\/a>\n                            <\/li>\n                          \t\n                        <\/ul>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/address>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <p>Dr. Roshong is a reproductive endocrinology and infertility fellow and board-certified OB\/GYN faculty at UT Health San Antonio. 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