Congratulations to the MSTP students who recently completed their thesis defenses!
| Name | Graduate Program (Mentor) | Dissertation |
|---|---|---|
| Sam Beik, PhD | Cancer Biology (Carlos Lopez, PhD and Vito Quaranta, PhD) | Evaluating Heterogeneity and Phenotypic Transitions in Small Cell Lunch Cancer via Mechanistic Modeling |
| Andrew Boal, PhD | Neuroscience (David Calkins, PhD) | Retinal Ganglion Cell Excitability and Adaptations to Ionic Stress in Glaucomatous Optic Neuropathy |
| Leon Cai, PhD | Biomedical Engineering (Bennett Landman, PhD) | Enhancing Neuroimaging Studies at Multiple Scales with Structural MRI and Multimodal Inference Techniques |
| Nowrin Chowdhury, PhD | Molecular Pathology & Immunology (Dawn Newcomb, PhD) | Androgen Receptor Signaling Reprograms CD4+ T Cell Metabolism |
| Juan Colazo, PhD | Biomedical Engineering (Craig Duvall, PhD) | Local and Systemic Short-interfering RNA Drug Delivery Methods for the Treatment of Rheumatic Disease |
| Graham Johnson, PhD | Biomedical Engineering (Dario Englot, MD, PhD) | Advanced Structural and Functional Network Applications to Improve Neurosurgical Treatment of Epilepsy |
| Thao Le, PhD | Molecular Physiology & Biophysics (Julio Ayala, PhD) | Identification of Intracellular and Physiological Targets Transducing the Weight-Lowering Actions of Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 Receptor Agonists |
| Matthew O'Neill, PhD | Human Genetics (Dan Roden, MD) | Deciphering the Molecular Mechanism of Rare Variants in Inherited Arrhythmia Syndrome Genes |
| Michael Rudloff, PhD | Molecular Pathology & Immunology (Mary Philip, MD, PhD) | Hallmarks of CD8 T cell dysfunction are established within hours after tumor antigen encounter |
| Duncan Smart, PhD | Molecular Physiology & Biophysics (Meena Madhur, MD, PhD) | Inflammation in hypertensive cardiac remodeling and heart failure |
| Camille Wang, PhD | Neuroscience (Ege Kavalali, PhD and Lisa Monteggia, PhD) | Optical analysis of nanoscale physiology at presynaptic terminals |
