Program Trainees
Program Trainees

Sarkar Lab
Sobolewski Lab
Neuroscience Ph.D. Program
Research Interest:
Understanding the effects of occupational metal exposure on astrocytic senescence and neurodegenerative disease

Gail Johnson Lab
Wojtovich Lab
Neuroscience Ph.D. Program
Research Interest:
The effects of pathological tau uptake by astrocytes on mitochondrial function and the impact on their ability to support neuron health

O'Banion-Olschowka Labs
Neuroscience Ph.D. Program
Research Interest:
Unraveling microglial-intrinsic sex-specific properties and their contribution to Alzheimer's disease pathology

Gorbunova & Seluanov Lab
Research Interest:
Exploration of Sirt6 Gene Variants from Long-Lived Species and their Effect on Lifespan and Genomic Stability

Gail Johnson Lab
Wojtovich Lab
PhD Program in Pathology - Cell Biology of Disease
Research Interest:
The effect of mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative stress on tau pathology.

Arefin Lab
Neuroscience Ph.D. Program
Research Interest:
Unveiling the sex-specific cellular-molecular-behavioral crosstalk following chronic alcohol exposure in mice

O'Banion-Olschowka Labs
Wang Lab
Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology Ph.D. Program
Research Interest:
Uncovering tau pathology from the context of neuroinflammation in AD brains

Hammond Lab
Neuroscience Ph.D. Program
Research Interest:
Mitochondrial dysfunction in neurodegenerative, neuromuscular, and age-related pathologies

Onukwufor Lab
Toxicology Ph.D. Program
Research Interest:
Iron toxicity and mitochondrial dysfunction in the context of aging and Alzheimer's Disease

Nedergaard Lab
Translational Biomedical Science Ph.D. Program
Research Interest:
Circadian control of brain blood barrier permeability in homeostatic and pathological states.

Mayer-Pröschel Lab
Noble Lab
Biomedical Genetics and Genomics Ph.D. Program
Research Interest:
The interplay between neuroimmune interactions and gestational insults on resulting neurodevelopmental sequelae and disease trajectories.