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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