Current Students, 2022-2023

Jordan Noe, Ph.D.
Medical Year 4
Graduate Department | Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics |
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Dissertation Title | "Metabolic-Epigenetic Regulation of Macrophage Polarization" |
Ph.D. Mentor | Dr. Robert A. Mitchell |
Undergraduate Degree | BS Biology, minor in Chemistry, 2013 University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT |

Anne Geller, Ph.D.
Medical Year 4
Graduate Department | Microbiology and Immunology |
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Dissertation Title | "Harnessing the Power of Trained Immunity in the Setting of Pancreatic Cancer: A Novel Mechanism of Immune Trafficking and Tumor Control" |
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, Ph.D.
Medical School Year 4
Graduate Department | Pharmacology and Toxicology |
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Dissertation Title | ""Oligodendrocyte Responses after Spinal Cord Injury" |
Ph.D. Mentors | Dr. Michal Hetman and Dr. Scott Whittemore |
Undergraduate Degree | BA Chemistry, 2014 Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ |

Evan Tracy
Medical School Year 3
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 |

Dana Oakes
Graduate School Year 3
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 |

Cassandra Woolley
Graduate School Year 3
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
Graduate School Year 2
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 1
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 1
Undergraduate Degree | BS Molecular Biology, 2018 Bethel College, Mishawaka, IN |
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Steven T. Nadakal
Medical School Year 2
Intramural Research Fellowship | National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD, 2018-2021 |
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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 |

Colson P. Tomberlin
Medical School Year 2
Undergraduate Degree | BA Physiology, 2018 University of Colorado, Boulder, CO |
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Phillip Harter
Medical School Year 1
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 1
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 |

Theresa Weis
Medical School Year 1
Undergraduate Degree | BS Biology, minor Chemistry, 2020 Brandeis University, Waltham, MA |
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