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Katy Alden
Katy Alden, B.S.

Research Interest:

Pain Signaling Pathways in Endometriosis Using Patient Tissue Samples

Alisa Becevic
Alisa Becevic
First Year
Shinelle "Elle" Black
Shinelle "Elle" Black, B.A.

Research Interest:

Return on investment from co‐locating tax assistance for low‐income persons at clinical sites

Hayley Chang
Hayley Chang, B.S.

Research Interest:

Exploring the neurophysiologic and neuropathologic basis of photophobia in a rare lysosomal storage disorder. 

Renae Duncan
Renae Duncan

Research Interest:

Mitochondrial genetics and function as determinants of mesenchymal stem cell fate

Jay Gadsden
Jay Gadsden
Second Year
Peter Girardi
Peter Girardi

Research Interest:

The effect of mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative stress on tau pathology.

Daniel Han
Daniel Han, B.A.

Research Interest:

The role of desmosomal protein PKP2 on the alteration of nuclear envelope integrity and genomic organization in arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy

CJ Kelly
CJ Kelly
First Year
Amal Khan
Amal Khan
Herman Li
Herman Li, B.S.

Research Interest:

The Microglial Response to Inhibition of Colony-Stimulating-Factor-1 Receptor Differs by Sex in Adult Mice

Qianqian Li
Qianqian Li, MS

Research Interest:

Mechanism in Dental Implant Failure and Biomedical Tissue Engineering Treatment in Peri-implantitis.

Yiwei Lu
Yiwei Lu
Second Year
Jordan McMurry
Jordan McMurry, B.S.

Research Interest:

MAdCAM-1 costimulation in the presence of retinoic acid and TGF-β promotes HIV infection and differentiation of CD4+ T cells into CCR5+ TRM-like cells

Ella Monfort
Ella Monfort
First Year
Joshua Morris
Joshua Morris
Second Year
Samantha Muscat
Samantha Muscat

Research Interest:

Tendon adaptation, aging, and mechanobiology

Yueqi "Edward" Niu
Yueqi "Edward" Niu, B.S.

Research Interest:

HIF-1α accumulation in response to transient hypoglycemia may worsen diabetic eye disease

Clarence Pascual
Clarence Pascual

Research Interest:

Understanding the metabolic and systemic responses of bone to mechanical stimulation and aging

Liam Peterson
Liam Peterson

Research Interest:

Identifying the contributions of the mycobiome to skin in health and disease.

Nabil Rahman
Nabil Rahman

Research Interest:

Elucidating the Epigenetic Mechanisms that Regulate stress and steady-state Erythropoiesis, with the overarching goal of ameliorating symptoms in hemoglobinopathies.

Sarah Sandkuhler
Sarah Sandkuhler, B.S.

Research Interest:

Mechanisms underlying TANGO2 Deficiency Disorder in a C. elegans model.

Lucas Sears
Lucas Sears, B.S.

Research Interest:

Essential neural anatomy for creating a clinically translatable osseointegrated neural interface for prosthetic control in sheep

Zachary Sechrist
Zachary Sechrist

Research Interest:

Investigating the underlying mechanisms associated with Pancreatic cancer-induced skeletal muscle wasting.

Levy Sominsky
Levy Sominsky, B.A.

Research Interest:

Optimization of an in vitro model of Staphylococcal abscess communities to study bactericidal mechanisms

Mohammed "Usman" Syed
Mohammed "Usman" Syed, B.S.

Research Interest:

Role of the cGAS-STING Pathway in Cytoplasmic Trafficking of Plasmids”

Phillip Truong
Phillip Truong

Research Interest:

Investigating the role of retinoic acid (RA) signaling in Thyroid Eye Disease (TED) and TED pathophysiology.

Emma Ushchak
Emma Ushchak
Emily Whitt
Emily Whitt

Research Interest:

Epigenetic regulation of breast cancer invasion

Chia-Mei Young
Chia-Mei Young
First Year