Graduate Students

Andrew Allee, PhD Candidate
Graduate Program: Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Research: Characterization of Natural Killer Cell Populations in the Developing Brain
McCarthy Lab

David Annis, PhD Candidate
Graduate Program: Epidemiology & Human Genetics
Research: Melanoma Cell Adhesion Molecule (MCAM) in breast cancer metastasis
Martin Lab

Jessica Cornell, PhD Candidate
Graduate Program: Molecular Medicine
Yu Lab

Deborah Delgado Herrera, PhD Candidate
Graduate Program: Molecular Medicine
Research: Identifying novel chemoresistance mechanisms in metastatic cells
Ferrer Lab

Christie Dionisos, PhD Candidate
Graduate Program: Program in Neuroscience
Research: Sex-specific effects of THC on microglial phagocytosis in the sexually dimorphic nucleus
McCarthy Lab

Eliza Douglass, PhD Candidate
Graduate Program: Molecular Medicine
Research: Novel di-synaptic circuit mechanisms of compulsive behavior
Mathur Lab

Sophie Elvig, PhD Candidate
Graduate Program: Program in Neuroscience
Research: Basal Ganglia projections in motor skill and learning
Wolff Lab

Kaliroi Engel, PhD Candidate
Graduate Program: Program in Neuroscience
Research: Olfactory stress in early development alters mast cell behavior in the hypothalamus
McCarthy Lab

Darin Gilchrist, MD/PhD Candidate
Graduate Program: Molecular Medicine
Research: Rapid analysis of autophagy and anoikis in breast tumor cells
Martin Lab

Julia Ju, PhD Candidate
Graduate Program: Molecular Medicine
Research: Clusters of neutrophils and circulating tumor cells during metastasis
Martin Lab

Katie Kruk, MD/PhD Candidate
Graduate Program: Program in Neuroscience
Mong Lab

Max Madden, PhD Candidate
Graduate Program: Program in Neuroscience
Research: Serotonergic modulation of cortical networking by the claustrum
Mathur Lab

Rebecca Marker, PhD Candidate
Graduate Program: Molecular Medicine
Research: Hypoxic memory and immune oncology
Yu Lab

Anna Maximova, MD/PhD Candidate
Graduate Program: Program in Neuroscience
Research: Characterization of a unique peri-hippocampal mast cell population and its potential to drive neurodevelopment
McCarthy Lab

Neema Moin Afshar, MD/PhD student
Graduate Program: Program in Neuroscience
Research: Characterizing the role of the innate immune system in the developing amygdala
McCarthy Lab

Aidan Moriarty, PhD Candidate
Graduate Program: Molecular Medicine
Research: Hypoxic memory and immune oncology
Yu Lab

Saovleak Noury Khim, PhD Candidate
Graduate Program: Program in Neuroscience
Research: Cortico-striatal interplay in multi-skill learning
Wolff Lab

Oluwatomiwa Oladunni, MD/PhD Candidate
Graduate Program: Program in Neuroscience
Research: Basal Ganglia projections in motor skill learning and execution
Wolff Lab

Chimdiya Onwukwe, MD/PhD Candidate
Graduate Program: Program in Neuroscience
Mong Lab

Aidan Pham, PhD Candidate
Graduate Program: Program in Neuroscience
Research: Characterizing the role of the endocannabinoid system in the Amygdala
McCarthy Lab

Colin Robertson, PhD Candidate
Graduate Program: Program in Neuroscience
Research: View publications on Google Scholar
Poulopoulos Lab

Allison Siclair, PhD Candidate
Graduate Program: Program in Neuroscience
Research: Prefrontal cortex disinhibition and restoration of flexible behavior following chronic alcohol exposure
Mathur Lab

Brent Stewart, PhD Candidate
Graduate Program: Program in Neuroscience
Research: Pain and cognition interactions mediated by the claustrum
Mathur Lab

Anu Sunkara, PhD Candidate
Graduate Program: Molecular Medicine
Research: SEMA4D and brain metastasis
Yu Lab

Ro Whitten, PhD Candidate
Graduate Program: Program in Neuroscience
Poulopoulos Lab