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Graduate Students in Neurobiology & Anatomy

Student Programs Advisor(s) Area of Study

Sarah Elizabeth Allen

The role of neuroinflammation in methamphetamine- and HIV-induced neurotoxicity

Aaron Lee Cecala, M.S.

The Cerebellum's Contribution to Voluntary Eye and Head movements

Youngsun Theresa Cho

  • Academic Honors Program in Medical Neurobiology (MD-MS)

Biology of psychiatric illnesses

Qi NanNan Cui, Ph.D.

  • Academic Honors Program in Medical Neurobiology (MD-MS)

Auditory and Visual Integration and Plasticity

Danielle DeCampo

  • Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP)

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

Marina Stoytcheva Dobreva

Multisensory integration in spatial Orientation

Sally Duarte

Neural circuitry and anatomy in both normal sensory processing and pathological conditions

Fiona Anne Dubuss

Neuroinflammation

Simantini Ghosh

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

Dana Beth Iorizzo

Functional vision and motion perception in the cortically blind

Michael Simon Jacob

  • Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP)

Cognitive neuroscience and contextual influences on visual motion processing

Sarita Anisha Kishore

  • Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP)

Influence of visual motion cues in response

Rebekka Matheson

  • Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP)

Neuroanatomy of Reward Systems

Sarah Bliss Matousek, M.S.

Neuroinflammatory pathways in Alzheimer's disease

Michael James Moravan

  • Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP)

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

Michael J. Pesavento

Transformations of input signals by cortical circuits

Imran Punekar

  • Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP)

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

Danny A. Rogers

  • Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP)

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

Tracy Romano, Ph.D.

Michele Lavinia-Ann Saul

Juvenile stress and the development of the amygdala.

Katherine Jean Selzler

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

Helen Shinru Wei

  • Academic Honors Program in Medical Neurobiology (MD-MS)
  • TBD

Virginia D. Winn, M.D., Ph.D.

Michael Dacheng Wu

  • Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP)

Neuroinflammation

Boyu Zhao, M.D., Ph.D.

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Graduate Students in Neurobiology & Anatomy Labs

Student Program Advisor(s) Area of Study

Eric Thomas Brown, M.S.

Impact of external head loading on human postural reflexes.

Ryan M. Burke, M.S.

Pro-angiogenic signaling in breast tumor endothelial cells

Maria Magdalena Diehl

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

Miriam Gladstone

Gene Therapy using Adeno-Associated Virus and Cochleostomy in the Inner Ear

Nathaniel Greene

Investigation of the neural mechanisms used for sound localization within the mammalian auditory system

Xiaoxing Han, M.S.

Living tumor collagen Second Harmonic Generation imaging and its application to the study of tumor metastasis

Cory Hussar

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

Jaewon Hwang, M.S.

Multisensory integration and decision making

Vivek J. Khandwala

Effects of aging, Parkinson's disease and deep brain stimulation on voluntary movements

Andrew Law

Motor cortical plasticity underlying neuroprosthesis control.

Junwen Mao

Tone in noise detection

Abbey E. McGrew

Vestibular and proprioceptive neck reflex physiology

Stephen Raiker

Molecular mechanisms of plasticity and regenerationin in the central nervous system

Javier Lapeira Soto, M.S.

The use of two-photon microscopy to study endothelial cell calcium dynamics and angiogenesis in breast cancer

Kelley D. Sullivan

Two-photon fluorescence microscopy and diffusion of macromolecules in solid tumors

Mercedes Szpunar, M.S.

Women's and developmental health, and their environmental influences