Current Students, 2021-2022
Desmond Harrell-Stewart, Ph.D.
Medical School Year 4
| 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, Ph.D.
Medical School Year 4
| 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, Ph.D.
Medical 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."
| 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 3
| 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 3
| 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
Graduate School Year 3
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 2
| 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 2
| 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 1
| 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
Medical School Year 2
| Undergraduate Degree | BA Molecular Biology, 2014 Kenyon College, Gambier,OH |
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Kara R. Gouwens
Medical School Year 2
| Undergraduate Degree | BS Molecular Biology, 2018 Bethel College, Mishawaka, IN |
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Steven T. Nadakal
Medical School Year 1
| 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 1
| Undergraduate Degree | BA Physiology, 2018 University of Colorado, Boulder, CO |
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