Madison Griffin is a scientist and a dancer, and recently put on an amazing show with Dance Connection, an OSU student run dance group that does its own choreography. Bravo, Madison!

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Jaleea Gamble is a Stamps Eminence scholar at OSU. These scholars are awarded a full cost-of-attendance scholarship and the vision of this scholars program is to cultivate leaders that effect positive change within their professions and communities locally, nationally, and globally. So proud of you Jaleea!

Audra recently defended her PhD in Microbiology (OSU, PI: Matthew Anderson) studying the gut and upper airway microbiomes in several human populations. Her groundbreaking work optimizing approaches to study the gut eukaryome was recently published in mBIO. Audra is a Presidential Postdoctoral Scholar and joins the Hale Lab to lead our work on host-microbe-chemical interactions in the gut and bladder. Welcome Audra! We’re so excited to have you join us!

Jaleea Gamble is a first-year undergraduate student with an Associate of Science Degree from Columbus State Community College. Jaleea is a Stamps Eminence Scholar within the University Honors Program and is pursuing a double major in Animal Sciences and Music on the Pre-Veterinary track. In the lab, Jaleea will be studying the gut-bladder axis and how conditions in the gut may influence urinary tract infections in humans and in animals. We’re so glad to have you joining us Jaleea!

Madison Griffin did an excellent job presenting her summer research on urothelial cell culture at the SUPER (Student Urinary Tract Program in Education and Research) Summer Scholar Poster Session at Nationwide Children’s Hospital.  Great job Madison, and we’re so excited to have you continue in the lab this year!

Look at these cute little HBLAK urothelial cells Madison is growing!

Zach presented an outstanding Masters Defense today AND won the annual lab MVPoop award! Need to know anything about the canine urobiome Zach is the expert! Thesis: Evaluation of Methods for Enabling Genome-Resolved Metagenomics of the Urobiome

Committee members Dr. Brian Husbands, Dr. Virginia Rich, and Dr. Vanessa Hale celebrating Zach’s defense:

Madison Griffin is a Student Urinary Tract Program in Education and Research (SUPER!) scholar through Nationwide Children’s Hospital working in the Hale Lab this summer. She is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in biomedical science with a minor in Spanish from The Ohio State University.  This summer, she will focus on urothelial cell culture under various conditions. We’re so excited to have you join us Madison!

Hocking Hills Canopy Tour for the win!

Way to go Tessa, Zach, and Jordan for great poster presentations and special congrats to Zach for receiving a top ten poster honorable mention and flash talk!

OSU representing at the Midwest Microbiome Symposium!

Get ready…. Midwest Microbiome Symposium will be May 12-14, 2025 in Columbus, Ohio next year!

Dr. Tessa H.C. Wilde was hooded by 2 very proud advisors (Dr. Scott McGraw and Dr. Vanessa Hale) at the OSU graduation on May 5, 2024. Congratulations on an amazing accomplishment Tessa!