University of Rochester Medical Center

Student Directory

Student Program(s) Advisor(s) Research Interest
Sarah Elizabeth Allen

Oberlin College

The role of neuroinflammation in methamphetamine- and HIV-induced neurotoxicity
Revathi Balasubramanian, M.S.

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Shiona Biswas, M.S.

Maharaja Sayajirao University

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Zhuoxun Chen

Sun-Yat Sen University

Adult neurogenesis in songbirds
Youngsun Theresa Cho

Biology of psychiatric illnesses
Anasuya Das

Perceptual Learning of Visual Motion in Cortical Blindness
Danielle DeCampo

University of Notre Dame

Functional plasticity in neuronal circuits, effects of stress on neuronal circuits involved in mood disorders
Lynette Anne Desouza

St. Xavier’s College

Molecular mechanisms of cell death in the nervous system
Maria Magdalena Diehl

Emory University

Neural basis of behavior and social communication; the neural circuit involved in social communication; multisensory integration of faces and vocalizations
Marina Stoytcheva Dobreva

SUNY Geneseo

Multisensory integration in spatial Orientation
Sally Duarte

McMaster University

Neural circuitry and anatomy in both normal sensory processing and pathological conditions
Fiona Anne Dubuss

Lehigh University

Neuroinflammation
Kimberly Anjali Fernandes

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

Plasticity in the adult brain
Veena Rajalakshmi Ganeshan

Wright State University

Cancer chemotherapeutics, ROS production in cells and combination therapy
Simantini Ghosh

University of Calcutta

Neuroinflammation under neurodegenerative conditions. More specifically, studying the effects of sustained Interleukin 1 beta overexpression on Alzheimer's disease pathology in transgenic mice
Molly Elizabeth Gill

University of Washington

Defining the transcriptional profile of delayed neuronal death after stroke
Rachael Harms, B.A.

University of California (Santa Cruz)

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Cory Hussar

Niagara University

The representation of speed and direction in prefrontal cortex during motion discrimination
Dana Beth Iorizzo

Union College

Functional vision and motion perception in the cortically blind
Michael Simon Jacob

University of California, Berkeley

Cognitive neuroscience and contextual influences on visual motion processing
Sarita Anisha Kishore

Wellesley College

Influence of visual motion cues in response
Susan Sojung Lee

Pomona College

Autism, fMRI, mirror neurons, imitation, language
Daniel Marker

Clarkson University

Neuro-inflammation
Rebekka Matheson

Brigham Young University

Neuroanatomy of Reward Systems
Sarah Bliss Matousek, M.S.

Houghton College

Neuroinflammatory pathways in Alzheimer's disease
Kathleen M. McAvoy

Fairfield University

Cell signaling pathways involved in neuronal development and cell death
Crystal Rose McClain

Unviersity of Rochester

Cellular mechanisms which regulate oligodendrocyte progenitor self-renewal
Michael James Moravan

Clarkson University

The role of IL-1 in the effects of gamma radiation on the central nervous system.
William Ryan Mowrey

SUNY at Buffalo

Neural and genetic control of sex differences in C. elegans locomotory behaviors
Adam Pallus

Union College

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Michael J. Pesavento

UCLA

Transformations of input signals by cortical circuits
Susanne Meredith Pritchard

St. Lawrence University

The effect of different pathological forms of tau protein (phosphorylated or truncated) on mitochondrial morphology, transport, and function using cortical cell culture and C. elegans models
Imran Punekar

Villanova University

Movement disorders, specifically in Deep Brain Stimulation recipients suffering from Parkinson’s and Huntington’s diseases.
Stephen Raiker

La Salle University

  • Roman J. Giger, Ph.D.
Molecular mechanisms of plasticity and regenerationin in the central nervous system
Phillip Rappold

Cornell University

Neurodegenerative diseases
Danny A. Rogers

Brigham Young University

NGF signaling pathways and looking at ways to target this pathway in the treatment of neuroblastoma
Deborah Ryan

Vanderbilt University

Passive immunotherapeutic approaches to treat Alzheimer's disease
Michele Lavinia-Ann Saul

Elizabethtown College

Juvenile stress and the development of the amygdala.
Katherine Jean Selzler

Bucknell University

Cognitive and motor effects of deep brain stimulation in Parkinson’s patients
Yuriy Shapovalov

Dnepropetrovsk Medical Academy

Inflammatory changes associated with the pathogenesis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in a mouse model of the disease
Nathan Anthony Smith

Xavier University

Astrocytes role in synaptic transmission and blood flow
Irina Statnikova

Moscow State University

basal ganglia circuitry and function
Wei Sun, M.D., M.S.

China Medical University

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Astrocytes in neurodegenerative disease
Arnulfo Torres-Peña

Fordham University

Calcium waves in astrocytes and their mechanism of initiation
Michael Dacheng Wu

Carnegie Mellon University

Neuroinflammation
I-Chen Yu

National Taiwan Univ