Current Students, 2018-2019
Current Students, 2018-2019
Heather Clair, Ph.D.
Medical School Year 4
Congratulations, Heather, on your F-30 Grant Award from the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences!
Project Title: "Xenobiotic Receptors Modulate PCB-induced Steatohepatitis"
| Department | Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics |
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| Dissertation Title | "PCB-Associated Steatohepatitis and the Role of Xenobiotic Receptors" |
| Ph.D. Mentor | Dr. Matthew Cave |
| Graduate Degree | MS Animal Science, Biotechnology, 2001 University of Georgia, Athens, GA |
| Undergraduate Degree | BS Animal Science, Dairy Science, 1999 University of Georgia, Athens, GA |
Joseph Zakhari, Ph.D.
Medical School Year 3
| Department | Physiology |
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| Dissertation Title | "Tissue Engineered Micro and Macrovasculature Utilizing Stromal Vascular Fraction” |
| Ph.D. Mentor | Dr. Stuart K. Williams II |
| Graduate Degree | MA Medical Sciences, 2013 Boston University, Boston, MA |
| Undergraduate Degree | BS Biology, minor in Chemistry, 2009 Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC |
Peter Campbell
Graduate School Year 5
Congratulations, Peter, on your F-30 Grant Award from the National Institutes of Health, National Eye Institute!
Project Title: "Formation and Maturation of Projections Between Thalamic Reticular Nucleus and Dorsal Lateral Geniculate Nucleus"
| Department | Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology |
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| Ph.D. Mentor | Dr. William Guido |
| Undergraduate Degree | BA Independent Study in Neuroscience, 2006 Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA |
Douglas Saforo
Graduate School Year 4
| Department | Pharmacology and Toxicology |
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| Undergraduate Degree | BA Biology, 2013 University of Louisville, Louisville, KY |
Samantha Morrissey
Graduate School Year 3
| Department | Microbiology and Immunology |
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| Ph.D. Mentor | Dr. Jun Yan |
| Undergraduate Degree | BA Biology, minor in Chemistry, 2013 University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA |
Jordan Noe
Graduate School Year 3
Congratulations, Jordan, on your F-30 Grant Award from the National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute!
Project Title: "The role of MIF in mitochondrial metabolism and M2-TAM polarization."
| Department | Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics |
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| Ph.D. Mentor | Dr. Robert Mitchell |
| Undergraduate Degree | BS Biology, minor in Chemistry, 2013 University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT |
Desmond Harrell-Stewart
Graduate School Year 3
| Department | Pharmacology and Toxicology |
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| Ph.D. Mentor | Dr. Geoffrey Clark |
| Undergraduate Degree | BS Biochemistry, minor in Biology, 2014 Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA |
Natalia Bilchuk
Graduate School Year 2
| Department | Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics |
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| Ph.D. Mentor | Dr. Paula Bates |
| Graduate Degree | MS Chemical Biology, 2012 |
| Undergraduate Degree | BS Chemical Biology, minor in Philosophy, 2010 Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ |
Anne Geller
Graduate School Year 2
| Department | Microbiology and Immunology |
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| Ph.D. Mentor | Dr. Jun Yan |
| Intramural Research Training Award Fellow | National Institutes of Health, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Bethesda, MD, 2014-2015 |
| Graduate Degree | MS Biomedical Science, 2014 Tufts University, Medford, MA |
| Undergraduate Degree | BS Biomedical Science in Engineering, minor in Engineering Entrepreneurship, 2013 University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA |
George Wei
Graduate School Year 1
| Department | Pharmacology and Toxicology |
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| Ph.D. Mentors | Dr. Michal Hetman and Dr. Scott Whittemore |
| Undergraduate Degree | BA Chemistry, 2014 Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ |
Mark Kravitz
Medical School Year 2
| Undergraduate Degree | BS Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology, 2017 Emory University, Atlanta, GA |
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Evan Tracy
Medical School Year 2
Congratulations, Evan, on receiving the 2018 International Federation for Adipose Therapeutics and Science Award for Best Poster presented at the 16th Annual IFATS meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada in December 2018!
Project Title: "3D Bioprinting the Cardiac Purkinje System Using Human Adipogenic Mesenchymal Stem Cell Derived Purkinje Cells"
| Undergraduate Degree | BS Biology, 2015 Linfield College, McMinnville, OR |
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Dana Oakes
Medical School Year 1
| Undergraduate Degree | BS Biology and Neuroscience, with minor in Medical Sociology, 2018 Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis, IN |
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Cassandra Woolley
Medical School Year 1
| Undergraduate Degree | BS Biology, 2018 University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY |
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