URMC / Environmental Medicine / People / Students Current Students ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZCatherine Beamish, BSRand LabMedical Scientist Training Program (M.D., Ph.D.)Research Interest: Developmental toxicity of methylmercury and other heavy metalsJanine CubelloMayer-Pröschel LabResearch Interest: Studying the effects of lead exposure and gestational iron deficiency on neurodevelopment and cellular functioning in the central nervous system.Kristina Fenner Lawrence LabResearch Interest: Studying the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) in hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells during viral infectionIan KroutRand LabResearch Interest: The gut microbiome role in methylmercury toxico-kineticsThomas LambIrfan Rahman LabResearch Interest: Investigating the effects of flavoring chemicals in e-cigarettes on macrophage functionJoseph LucasIrfan Rahman LabResearch Interest: Studying the effects of perfluorooctane sulfonic acid on lung barrier integrity and the development of asthmaAlyssa MerrillCory-Slechta LabSobolewski LabResearch Interest: The effects of endocrine disrupting compounds on both fetal and maternal health following gestational exposure.Sarah MorganDeLouise LabResearch Interest: Investigating the bioactivity of microplastics and their adsorbed chemicals in an in vitro mammalian model.Ryan OwensRowe LabMackenzie PalmerFinkelstein LabResearch Interest: Investigating cellular mechanisms that are involved in the development of radiation-induce pulmonary fibrosis.Melanie PerkinsAnolik LabResearch Interest: Investigating the role of B cells in autoimmune disease Elizabeth PlunkMajewska LabResearch Interest: Investigating the effects of developmental exposures to environmentally relevant toxicants on glia and neurons Traci PressleyGeoras LabNashae ProutO'Connor LabEmily QuaratoCalvi LabResearch Interest: Defining role of mesenchymal stem cell phagocytosis in radiation induced bone loss.Alexandra StrohmMajewska LabResearch Interest: Perturbations in microglia/neuronal communication following radiation Adelaide WeidnerAstapova LabResearch Interest: Investigating the roles of non-classical ovarian androgen signaling and endocrine-disrupting chemicals in polycystic ovary syndrome