Students

Directory

• Ryan Baumert
  

  Ryan.Baumert@uth.tmc.edu
  Advisor: Pierre McCrea, Ph.D.

  Neurogenesis and Early Neural Development

• Keri Callegari
  

  Keri.Callegari@uth.tmc.edu
  Advisor: Vidya Gopalakrishnan, Ph.D.

  Neurodegenerative diseases

• Ryan Cassidy
  

  Ryan.M.Cassidy@uth.tmc.edu
  Advisor: Qingchun Tong, Ph.D.

  Neurocircuitry of hunger and satiety

• Renan Costa
  

  Renan.Murillo.Costa@uth.tmc.edu
  Advisor: John Byrne, Ph.D.

  Neural mechanisms of operant conditioning

• Rajan Dasgupta
  

  Rajan.Dasgupta@uth.tmc.edu
  Advisor: Michael Beierlein, Ph.D.

  Neural Circuit Dynamics

• Samantha Debes
  

  Samantha.Debes@uth.tmc.edu
  Advisor: Valentin Dragoi, Ph.D.

  Vision and sensory systems neuroscience

• George Edwards
  

  George.A.Edwards@uth.tmc.edu
  Advisor: Claudio Soto, Ph.D.

  Neurodegenerative diseases

• Krystal English
  

  Krystal.English@uth.tmc.edu
  Advisor: Cobi Heijnen, Ph.D.

  Cellular and molecular mechanisms of Chemotherapy-induced cognitive dysfunction

• Kiefer Forseth
  

  Kiefer.Forseth@uth.tmc.edu
  

  Network dynamics of language production

• Steven Gregory
  

  Steven.Gregory@uth.tmc.edu
  Advisor: Kartik Venkatachalam, Ph.D.

• Georgene Hergenroeder
  

  Georgene.W.Hergenroeder@uth.tmc.edu
  Advisor: Pramod Dash, Ph.D.

  Spine and brain injury

• Pedram Honarpisheh
  

  Pedram.Honarpisheh@uth.tmc.edu
  

• Matt Howe
  

  Matthew.D.Howe@uth.tmc.edu
  Advisor: Louise McCullough, Ph.D.

  Peroxisomal Metabolism in Neurons

• Natasha Kharas
  

  natasha.kharas@uth.tmc.edu
  Advisor: Valentin Dragoi, PhD

  Systems, theoretical and computational neuroscience

• Ted Koellhoffer
  

  Edward.C.Koellhoffer@uth.tmc.edu
  Advisor: Louise McCullough, Ph.D.

  Epigenetic regulation of microglia polarization in stroke and aging

• Jeanne Manalo
  

  Jeanne.Manalo@uth.tmc.edu
  Advisor: Yang Xia, MD, PhD

• Leandra Mangieri
  

  Leandra.Mangieri@uth.tmc.edu
  Advisor: Qingchun Tong, Ph.D.

  Hypothalamic neurocircuitry and energy balance

• Blake McAlpin
  

  Blake.Mcalpin@uth.tmc.edu
  Advisor: Cobi Heijnen, Ph.D.

  Chemotherapy-related disorders and stem cell repair 

• Kimiya Memarzadeh
  

  Kimiya.Memarzadeh@uth.tmc.edu
  Advisor: Andrew Bean, Ph.D.

  Molecular mechanisms in neurodegenerative disease

• Russell Milton
  

  Russell.Milton@uth.tmc.edu
  Advisor: Valentin Dragoi, Ph.D.

• Alexis Mobley
  

  alexis.s.mobley@uth.tmc.edu
  Advisor: Jaroslaw (Jarek) Aronowski, MD, PhD Louise D McCullough, MD, PhD

  Neuroinflammation caused by innate lymphoid cells during ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke

• John (JJ) O'Malley
  

  John.OMalley@uth.tmc.edu
  Advisor: Michael Beierlein, Ph.D.

  Research interests: synapses, plasticity, and endocannabinoids

• Max Odem
  

  Max.Odem@uth.tmc.edu
  Advisor: Terry Walters, Ph.D.

  Nociception and pain in a rodent spinal cord injury model

• Anthony Patrizz
  

  Anthony.Patrizz@uth.tmc.edu
  Advisor: Louise McCullough, Ph.D.

  Stroke, neuroimmunology, respiratory physiology, aging/sex differences.  

• Iman Sahnoune
  

  isahnoune@mdanderson.org
  Advisor: Rivka Colen, MD

  Radiomics in the context of neuro-oncology

• David Savage
  

  David.J.Savage@uth.tmc.edu
  Advisor: Andrew Bean, Ph.D.

  Experimental Cancer Therapy and Neuroblastoma

• Neda Shahidi
  

  Neda.Shahidi@uth.tmc.edu
  Advisor: Valentin Dragoi, Ph.D.

  Population coding in visual cortex

• Jonika Tannous
  

  Jonika.Tannous@uth.tmc.edu
  Advisor: Jair Soares, M.D.

  Brain imaging and mood disorders

• Ndidi Uzor
  

  Ndidi-Ese.Uzor@uth.tmc.edu
  Advisor: Andrey Tsvetkov, Ph.D.

  Peroxisomal Metabolism in Neurons

• Christopher Walker
  

  Christopher.P.Walker@uth.tmc.edu
  Advisor: Raymond Cho, Ph.D.

  Cortical oscillations underlying executive processes and cognitive impairments in mental illness.

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