Student Profiles

Laboratory-based research

Students conducting research on the underlying pathophysiology of diseases; markers of disease presence, severity or improvement; the development of drugs or devices used to treat disease or improve health; or a combination thereof.

Beetler, Danielle J.
- Regenerative capabilities of extracellular vesicles in myocarditis
Bowles, Bradley (Brad) S.
- An individualized medicine approach to understanding rare disease
Di Florio, Damian N.
- Sex differences in mitochondria during coxsackievirus induced myocarditis
Joseph, Josiane
- Investigating disease-associated defects in muscle and muscle stem cells
Kolluri, Aarti
- The role of glypican-3 isoforms in the development of chimeric antigen receptor T cells for liver cancer therapy
Law, Ethan W.
- Subcutaneous combination biodevice for the treatment of type 1 diabetes
Min, Yuhao (Harry)
- Pathway discovery in neurodegenerative diseases by integration of multi-omics data
Power, Erica A.
- The role of convection-enhanced delivery for diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma

Patient-based research

Students conducting research with human subjects (or on material of human origin, such as tissues, specimens and cognitive phenomena), including clinical trials.

Ahmed, Ahmed T., M.B., B.Ch.
- Lewy body dementia associated with gut microbiome
Huang, Harvey
- Electrical stimulation of hippocampus and amygdala modulates human ventral temporal cortex in distinct ways
Irazabal Mira, Maria V., M.D.
- Role of fumarate-NRF2 response in the pathogenesis of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD)
Jackson, Linsey E.
- Machine-learning aided biomarker discovery and precision genomics for gallbladder cancer
Ohde, Joshua W.
- Clinical implementation of tobacco cessation treatment among cancer patients
Rusheen, Aaron E.
- Dopamine as a biomarker for the therapeutic efficacy of CMPf deep brain stimulation (DBS) in Tourette syndrome
Suchyta, Marissa A.
- Improving facial paralysis surgical outcomes: Targeting facial nerve regeneration
Valles, Kenneth A.
- Reducing the burden of hepatocellular carcinoma among migrant populations: Improving prevention and outcomes through disease modeling

Population-based research

Students conducting research in epidemiology, behavioral health, outcomes and health services.

Basappa, Susanna N.
- Breast cancer mode of detection varies by breast density and stage at diagnosis in population-based cohort
DSouza, Karen N.
- Natural language processing aided discovery of adverse symptoms during fertility procedures
Knier, Catherine (Kit) G.
- Understanding and promoting student wellbeing through social-emotional behavioral programming
Orellana, Minerva A.
- Investigating uterine fibroids in women of color: A translational approach