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Graduate Students

Angeline Antonio
B.S.     University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
 
Advisor:  Mary Druse Manteuffel, Ph.D.
Research: The ability of antioxidants to prevent ethanol-associated apoptosis in rhombencephalic neurons through their ability to activate pro-survival or inhibit pro-apoptotic pathways and/or increase endogenous antioxidant levels
Candidate:  Ph.D.  in Cell Biology, Neurobiology & Anatomy

E-mail:  aantonio@lumc.edu

Taylor Beahrs
B.S.   Gustavus Adolphus
 
Advisor:  Kathryn J. Jones, PhD
Research: The mechanisms of CD4+ T cell-mediated recruitment and neuroprotection following a peripheral nerve injury
Candidate: MS in Cell Biology, Neurobiology & Anatomy     

E-mail: tbeahrs@lumc.edu

Shirin Birjandi
B.S. / M.S  Loyola University of Chicago
 
Advisor:  Pamela L. Witte, PhD

Research: The effects of age on marginal zone

B cells

Candidate: PhD in Cell Biology, Neurobiology & Anatomy     

E-mail: sbirjan@lumc.edu

Lauren Fetty
B.A.     Northern IL University
 
Advisor: Toni R. Pak, PhD
Research: Determine the mechanisms regulating estrogen receptor gene expression in the brain during puberty
Candidate: MS. in Cell Biology, Neurobiology & Anatomy

E-mail: lfetty@lumc.edu

 
Jaimee Glasgow
B.S.    St. Olaf College
 
Advisor: Karie Scrogin, PhD
Research: Role of serotonin in cardiovascular regulation and anxiety disorders
Candidate: Ph.D. in Cell Biology, Neurobiology & Anatomy

E-mail: jglasgow@lumc.edu

John Karavitis
B.S.     University of Illinois  -Chicago
 
Advisor:   Elizabeth J. Kovacs, PhD
Research: The effects of acute ethanol exposure on macrophage function. Specifically,  focusing on phagocytosis and the mechanisms of Fcgamma-receptor mediated phagocytosis that are attenuated with ethanol exposure
Candidate: Ph.D. in Cell Biology, Neurobiology & Anatomy

E-mail: jkaravitis@lumc.edu

Paulette Krishack
B.S.    University of Illinois  -Springfield
 

Advisor:  Phong T. Le, PhD &

Pamela L. Witte, PhD

Research:
Candidate: MS in Cell Biology, Neurobiology & Anatomy

E-mail: pkrishack@lumc.edu

 

 

Kristen Lauing
B.S.  University of South Carolina
 
Advisor:  John Callaci, PhD
Research: Effects of alcohol on bone metabolism and bone fracture
Candidate: PhD in Cell Biology, Neurobiology & Anatomy

E-mail: klauing@lumc.edu

Natasha Mott
B.S. /  B.A.     University of Central Florida
 
Advisor: Toni R. Pak, PhD
Research:  Understanding ligand-independent actions of estrogen receptor beta and the differential transcription and effects of ERBeta's splice variants
Candidate:  PhD in Cell Biology, Neurobiology & Anatomy

E-mail: nmott@lumc.edu

Eva Murdoch
B.S.  St. Xavier University
 
Advisor: Elizabeth J. Kovacs, Ph.D.
Research: Pulmonary bacterial clearance after ethanol exposure and burn injury
Candidate: Ph.D.  in Cell Biology, Neurobiology & Anatomy

E-mail: emurdoch@lumc.edu

Areck Ucuzian, MD

B.S. /  B.A.   Cornell University

MD  Tufts University School of Medicine

 
Advisor: Howard Greisler, MD
Research:  Regulation and effects of vascular smooth muscle cell behavior for the development of tissue engineered blood vessels
Candidate: PhD in Cell Biology, Neurobiology & Anatomy

E-mail: aucuzian@lumc.edu

Cynthia VonZee

B.S. /  B.A.  Carthage College

 
Advisor: Evan B. Stubbs, Jr., Ph.D.
Research:  Lovastatin-dependent regulation of the actin cytoskeleton in cultured trabecular meshwork cells
Candidate:  Ph.D. in Cell Biology, Neurobiology & Anatomy

E-mail: cvonzee@lumc.edu

     

Derek Wainwright

B.S.    Bradley University

M.S.   Loyola University Chicago, Dept. of Cell Biology, Neurobiology & Anatomy

 
Advisor: Kathryn J. Jones, Ph..D.
Research:  T cell-mediated motoneuron recruitment and protection following an injury
Candidate: Ph.D.  in Cell Biology, Neurobiology & Anatomy

E-mail: dwainwright@lumc.edu

Erin Zook

B. S.   University of Illinois-Urbana

 
Advisor: Phong T. Le, PhD
Research: Thymic involution and the effect of aging on early T cell development
Candidate: Ph.D. in Cell Biology, Neurobiology &  Anatomy

E-mail:  ezook@lumc.edu


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