Current Students, Fall 2023-Spring 2024
Evan Tracy, Ph.D.
Medical School Year 4
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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| Dissertation Title | "Stromal Vascular Fraction Restores Vasodilatory Function By Reversing Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Oxidative Stress In Aging-Induced Coronary Microvascular Disease" |
| Ph.D. Mentor | Dr. Amanda Jo LeBlanc |
| Undergraduate Degree | BS Biology, 2015 Linfield College, McMinnville, OR |
Cassandra Woolley, Ph.D.
Medical School Year 3
| Graduate Department | Microbiology and Immunology |
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| Dissertation Title | "Illuminating underappreciated mechanisms of receptor regulation in human lymphocytes" |
| Ph.D. Mentor | Dr. Thomas C. Mitchell |
| Undergraduate Degree | BS Biology, 2018 University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY |
Dana Oakes
Graduate School Year 4
| Graduate Department | Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology |
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| Ph.D. Mentor | Dr. William Guido |
| Undergraduate Degree | BS Biology and Neuroscience, with minor in Medical Sociology, 2018 Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis, IN |
Daniel Nguyen
Graduate School Year 3
Congratulations, Dan, on receiving a F30 Fellowship Award from the National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute with his Project Title: "Fibroblast TAK1 signaling in cardiac fibrosis".
| Graduate Department | Department of Physiology |
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| Ph.D. Mentor | Dr. Bradford G. Hill |
| Undergraduate Degree | BS Applied Exercise Science, 2017 University of New England, Biddeford, ME |
Eric G. Engelbrecht
Graduate School Year 2
| Graduate Department | Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics |
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| Ph.D. Mentor | Dr. Corey T. Watson |
| Undergraduate Degree | BA Molecular Biology, 2014 Kenyon College, Gambier,OH |
Kara R. Gouwens
Graduate School Year 2
| Graduate Department | Physiology |
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| Ph.D. Mentor | Dr. Matthew A. Nystoriak |
| Undergraduate Degree | BS Molecular Biology, 2018 Bethel College, Mishawaka, IN |
Steven T. Nadakal
Graduate School Year 1
| Graduate Department | Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics |
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| Ph.D. Mentor | Dr. Melissa L. Smith |
| Intramural Research Fellowship | National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD, 2018-2021 |
| Graduate Degree | MS Immunology of Infectious Disease, 2018 London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
| Undergraduate Degree | BS Biochemistry, 2017 Baylor University, Waco, TX |
Phillip Harter
Medical School Year 2
| Fulbright Research Fellowship | Luxembourg Institute of Health, Luxembourg, 2021-2022 |
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| Undergraduate Degree | BA Political Science, Minor Biological Sciences, 2021 Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN |
Sidney R. Johnson
Medical School Year 2
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| Graduate Degree | MS Medical Sciences, 2021 University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY |
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| Undergraduate Degree | BA Psychology and Theatre, 2017 University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY |
Megan Bezold
Medical School Year 1
| Undergraduate Degree | BS Neuroscience, minor Public Health, 2023 University of Louisville, Louisville, KY |
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Ilaria Ferrari
Medical School Year 1
| Undergraduate Degree | BS Mechanical Engineering, 2018 Columbia University, New York, NY |
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Idil Tuncali
Medical School Year 1
| Graduate Degree | MS Neuroscience, 2018 University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA |
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| Undergraduate Degree | BS Neuroscience, 2016 University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA |
Theresa Weis
Medical School Year 1
| Undergraduate Degree | BS Biology, minor Chemistry, 2020 Brandeis University, Waltham, MA |
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