Current Students, 2020-2021

Peter Campbell, Ph.D.
Medical School Year 4
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"
Graduate Department | Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology |
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Dissertation Title | "Development, form and function of intrathalamic circuits" |
Ph.D. Mentor | Dr. William Guido |
Undergraduate Degree | BA Independent Study in Neuroscience, 2006 Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA |

Douglas Saforo, Ph.D.
Medical School Year 4
Graduate Department | Pharmacology and Toxicology |
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Dissertation Title | "Characterizing the role of extracellular matrix in non-small cell lung carcinoma metastasis using a 3D microenvironment mimetic in-vitro culture system" |
Ph.D. Mentor | Dr. Leah Siskind and Dr. Levi Beverly |
Undergraduate Degree | BA Biology, 2013 University of Louisville, Louisville, KY |

Desmond Harrell-Stewart
Medical School Year 3
Graduate Department | Pharmacology and Toxicology |
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Dissertation Title | "A Novel Role for RASSF1A in the Regulation of Ras Activation" |
Ph.D. Mentor | Dr. Geoffrey Clark |
Undergraduate Degree | BS Biochemistry, minor in Biology, 2014 Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA |

Samantha Morrissey
Medical School Year 3
Graduate Department | Microbiology and Immunology |
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Dissertation Title | "Tumor-derived Exosomes Drive Immunosuppressive Macrophages in a Pre-metastic Niche through NF-kB dependent Glycolytic Metabolic Reprogramming" |
Ph.D. Mentor | Dr. Jun Yan |
Undergraduate Degree | BA Biology, minor in Chemistry, 2013 University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA |

Jordan Noe
Graduate School Year 5
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."
Graduate Department | Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics |
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Ph.D. Mentor | Dr. Robert A. Mitchell |
Undergraduate Degree | BS Biology, minor in Chemistry, 2013 University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT |

Anne Geller
Graduate School Year 4
Graduate Department | Microbiology and Immunology |
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Ph.D. Mentor | Dr. Jun Yan |
Intramural Research Fellowship | 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 3
Graduate 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
Graduate School Year 2
Graduate Department | Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology |
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Ph.D. Mentor | Dr. Bart G. Borghuis |
Undergraduate Degree | BS Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology, 2017 Emory University, Atlanta, GA |

Evan Tracy
Graduate 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"
Graduate Department | Physiology |
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Ph.D. Mentor | Dr. Amanda Jo LeBlanc |
Undergraduate Degree | BS Biology, 2015 Linfield College, McMinnville, OR |

Dana Oakes
Graduate School Year 1
Graduate Department | Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology |
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Ph.D. Mentor | Dr. Aaron W. McGee |
Undergraduate Degree | BS Biology and Neuroscience, with minor in Medical Sociology, 2018 Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis, IN |
Cassandra Woolley
Graduate School Year 1
Graduate Department | Microbiology and Immunology |
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Ph.D. Mentor | Dr. Thomas C. Mitchell |
Undergraduate Degree | BS Biology, 2018 University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY |
Daniel Nguyen
Medical School Year 2
Undergraduate Degree | BS Applied Exercise Science, 2017 University of New England, Biddeford, ME |
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Ezekiel Ayo Bello
Medical School Year 1
Intramural Research Fellowships | National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 2017-2019 |
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Undergraduate Degree | BS Molecular Cellular Biology, with minor in Chemistry, 2017 Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, Tallahassee, FL |
Eric G. Engelbrecht
Medical School Year 1
Undergraduate Degree | BA Molecular Biology, 2014 Kenyon College, Gambier,OH |
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Kara R. Gouwens
Medical School Year 1
Undergraduate Degree | BS Molecular Biology, 2018 Bethel College, Mishawaka, IN |
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