Current Students, Fall 2023-Spring 2024
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Evan Tracy, Ph.D.
Medical School Year 4
Congratulations, Evan, on matching at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in the Internal Medicine Combined Physician Scientist Training Program, integrating his Internal Medicine Residency with a Cardiology Fellowship and research!
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Daniel Nguyen
Graduate School Year 3
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Sidney R. Johnson
Medical School Year 2
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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