2025 Publications

Annie Brong

Mentor: Aikaterini Kontrogianni-Konstantopoulos, PhD

Brong A, Kontrogianni-Konstantopoulos A. Sex Chromosomes and Sex Hormones: Dissecting the Forces That Differentiate Female and Male Hearts. Circulation. 2025 Feb 18;151(7):474-489. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.124.069493. Epub 2025 Feb 17. PMID: 39960989; PMCID: PMC11839176.

Grogan A, Brong A, Joca HC, Boyman L, Kaplan AD, Ward CW, Greiser M, Kontrogianni-Konstantopoulos A. Constitutive deletion of the obscurin-Ig58/59 domains induces atrial remodeling and Ca2+-based arrhythmogenesis. JCI Insight. 2025 Jan 7:e184202. doi: 10.1172/jci.insight.184202. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39804820.

Kurt Espinosa

Mentor: Alexander C. Drohat, PhD

Pidugu LS, Servius HW, Espinosa KB, Cook ME, Varney KM, Drohat AC. Sumoylation of thymine DNA glycosylase impairs productive binding to substrate sites in DNA. J Biol Chem. 2024 Oct 17:107902. doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2024.107902. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39426728.

Aishwarya Iyer

Mentor: Aikaterini Kontrogianni-Konstantopoulos, PhD

Iyer A, Alizadeh M, Mariano JM, Kontrogianni-Konstantopoulos A, Raufman JP. The Impact of Heritable Myopathies on Gastrointestinal Skeletal Muscle Function. Cell Mol Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2025 Apr 22:101522. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmgh.2025.101522. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40268053.

Sudeep Khadka

Mentor: Jianfei Qi, PhD

Pornour M, Jeon HY, Ryu H, Khadka S, Xu R, Chen H, Hussain A, Lam HM, Zhuang Z, Oo HZ, Gleave M, Dong X, Wang Q, Barbieri C, Qi J. USP11 promotes prostate cancer progression by up-regulating AR and c-Myc activity. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2024 Jul 30;121(31):e2403331121. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2403331121. Epub 2024 Jul 25. PMID: 39052835; PMCID: PMC11295044.

Nina C. Lee

Mentor: Gerald Wilson, PhD

Pidugu LS, Gustafson EE, Servius HW, Cook ME, Lee NC, Varney KM, Drohat AC. Observing nucleotide flipping in DNA using indirect 2'-F nucleotide probes and 19F NMR. Nucleic Acids Res. 2025 Jun 6;53(11):gkaf492. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkaf492. PMID: 40488280; PMCID: PMC12146843.

Lee NC, Tilley HH, Acle GA, McGinnis PJ, Wilson GM. Unstructured protein domains stabilize RNA binding and mediate RNA folding by AUF1. J Biol Chem. 2025 Mar 25;301(5):108442. doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2025.108442. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40147776.

Yi Li

Mentor: Robert J. Bloch, PhD

Li Y, Wright NT, Bloch RJ. The juxtamembrane sequence of small ankyrin 1 mediates the binding of its cytoplasmic domain to SERCA1 and is required for inhibitory activity. J Biol Chem. 2025 Mar;301(3):108216. doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2025.108216. Epub 2025 Jan 23. PMID: 39863105; PMCID: PMC11927728.

Jennifer Mariano

Mentor: Aikaterini Kontrogianni-Konstantopoulos, PhD

Iyer A, Alizadeh M, Mariano JM, Kontrogianni-Konstantopoulos A, Raufman JP. The Impact of Heritable Myopathies on Gastrointestinal Skeletal Muscle Function. Cell Mol Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2025 Apr 22:101522. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmgh.2025.101522. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40268053.

Ian P. O'Keefe

Mentor: Robert K. Ernst, PhD

Hsieh YP, O'Keefe IP, Wang Z, Sun W, Yang H, Vu LM, Ernst RK, Dandekar AA, Malik HS. Magnesium depletion unleashes two unusual modes of colistin resistance with different fitness costs. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2025 Jun 25:2024.10.15.618514. doi: 10.1101/2024.10.15.618514. PMID: 39464160; PMCID: PMC11507728.

Met CM, Hofstaedter CE, O'Keefe IP, Yang H, Moustafa DA, Sherman ME, Doi Y, Rasko DA, Sweet CR, Goldberg JB, Ernst RK. Characterization of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from subjects with diffuse panbronchiolitis. Microbiol Spectr. 2024 Oct 8:e0053024. doi: 10.1128/spectrum.00530-24. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39377602.

Yang H, O'Keefe I, Smith RD, Sumner KP, Sherman ME, Goodlett DR, Sweet CR, Ernst RK. A Multimodal System for Lipid A Structural Analysis from a Single Colony. Anal Chem. 2024 Aug 16;96(34):13838–45. doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.4c01566. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39149983; PMCID: PMC11359392.

Mitasha Palha

Mentor: Joseph P. Kao, PhD

Dziewulska-Cronk KH, Reisz JA, Hay AM, Nemkov T, Cendali FI, Issaian A, Lamb DR, Palha MS, Legenzov EA, Kao JPY, Walker LA, Tekwani BL, Buehler PW, D'Alessandro A, Zimring JC. Primaquine-5,6-Orthoquinone Is Directly Hemolytic to Older G6PD Deficient RBCs in a Humanized Mouse Model. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2024 Sep 18;391(1):119-129. doi: 10.1124/jpet.124.002218. PMID: 39095205; PMCID: PMC11413921.

Hardler W. Servius

Mentor: Alexander C. Drohat, PhD

Servius HW, Drohat AC. Characterizing the excision of 7,8-dihydro-8-oxoadenine by thymine DNA glycosylase. J Biol Chem. 2025 Jun 16;301(7):110363. doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2025.110363. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40516873; PMCID: PMC12272883.

Pidugu LS, Gustafson EE, Servius HW, Cook ME, Lee NC, Varney KM, Drohat AC. Observing nucleotide flipping in DNA using indirect 2'-F nucleotide probes and 19F NMR. Nucleic Acids Res. 2025 Jun 6;53(11):gkaf492. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkaf492. PMID: 40488280; PMCID: PMC12146843.

Pidugu LS, Servius HW, Espinosa KB, Cook ME, Varney KM, Drohat AC. Sumoylation of thymine DNA glycosylase impairs productive binding to substrate sites in DNA. J Biol Chem. 2024 Oct 17:107902. doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2024.107902. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39426728.

Spiridon E. Sevdalis

Mentor: David J. Weber, PhD

Abeyawardhane DL, Sevdalis SE, Adipietro KA, Godoy-Ruiz R, Varney KM, Nawaz IF, Spittel AX, Hunter D, Rustandi RR, Silin VI, des Georges A, Cook ME, Pozharski E, Weber DJ. Pore formation by the CDTb component of the Clostridioides difficile binary toxin is Ca2+-dependent. Commun Biol. 2025 Jun 9;8(1):901. doi: 10.1038/s42003-025-08343-x. PMID: 40490540; PMCID: PMC12149301.

Sevdalis SE, Varney KM, Cook ME, Gillespie JJ, Pozharski E, Weber DJ. Structural and Functional Insights into the Delivery Systems of Bacillus and Clostridial Binary Toxins. Toxins (Basel). 2024 Jul 25;16(8):330. doi: 10.3390/toxins16080330. PMID: 39195740; PMCID: PMC11359772.

Maria K. Traficante

Mentor: Robert J. Bloch, PhD

Bloch RJ, Traficante M, Mariot V, Dumonceaux J. The recent clinical trial of losmapimod for the treatment of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy. Neuromuscul Disord. 2025 Jul;52:105422. doi: 10.1016/j.nmd.2025.105422. Epub 2025 Jun 22. PMID: 40580827.

Matthew Adams

Mentor: Shannon Takala Harrison, PhD

Bailey RD, Lawton JG, Niangaly A, Stucke EM, Bailey JA, Berry AA, Ouattara A, Coulibaly D, Lyke KE, Laurens MB, Zhou AE, Pablo J, Jasinskas A, Nakajima R, Adams M, Takala-Harrison S, Kouriba B, Kone AK, Guindo A, Rowe JA, Diallo DA, Doumbo OK, Felgner PL, Plowe CV, Thera MA, Travassos MA. Children with hemoglobin C or S trait have low serologic responses to a subset of malaria variant surface antigens. J Infect. 2024 Oct;89(4):106257. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2024.106257. Epub 2024 Aug 30. PMID: 39216830.

David A. Annis

Mentor: Stuart S. Martin, PhD

Mull ML, Pratt SJP, Thompson KN, Annis DA, Lee RM, Ju JA, Gilchrist DE, Stemberger MB, Boyman L, Lederer WJ, Vitolo MI, Martin SS. Disruption of P2Y2 Signaling Promotes Breast Tumor Cell Dissemination by Reducing ATP-Dependent Calcium Elevation and Actin Localization to Cell Junctions. Int J Mol Sci. 2025 May 1;26(9):4286. doi: 10.3390/ijms26094286. PMID: 40362524; PMCID: PMC12071985.

Ju JA, Thompson KN, Annis DA, Mull ML, Gilchrist DE, Moriarty A, Chang KT, Stemberger MB, Noto MJ, Vitolo MI, Martin SS. Tubulin-Based Microtentacles Aid in Heterotypic Clustering of Neutrophil-Differentiated HL-60 Cells and Breast Tumor Cells. Adv Sci (Weinh). 2024 Dec 18:e2409260. doi: 10.1002/advs.202409260. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39696759.

Salma A. Bargal

Mentor: Amber L. Beitelshees, PharmD, MPH

Cavallari LH, Hicks JK, Patel JN, Elchynski AL, Smith DM, Bargal SA, Fleck A, Aquilante CL, Killam SR, Lemke L, Ochi T, Ramsey LB, Haidar CE, Ho T, El Rouby N, Monte AA, Allen JD, Beitelshees AL, Bishop JR, Bousman C, Campbell R, Cicali EJ, Cook KJ, Duong B, Tsermpini EE, Girdwood ST, Gregornik DB, Grimsrud KN, Lamb N, Lee JC, Lopez RO, Mazhindu TA, Morris SA, Nagy M, Nguyen J, Pasternak AL, Petry N, van Schaik RHN, Schultz A, Skaar TC, Al Alshaykh H, Stevenson JM, Stone RM, Tran NK, Tuteja S, Woodahl EL, Yuan LC, Lee CR. The Pharmacogenomics Global Research Network Implementation Working Group: global collaboration to advance pharmacogenetic implementation. Pharmacogenet Genomics. 2025 Jan 1;35(1):1-11. doi: 10.1097/FPC.0000000000000547. Epub 2024 Oct 3. PMID: 39485373; PMCID: PMC11664750.

Sarah E. Brown

Mentor: Rebecca M. Brotman, MPH, PhD

Tuddenham S, Gajer P, Holm JB, Brown SE, Forney L, Ravel J, Ghanem KG, Brotman RM. Comparison of shipping versus immediate freezer storage of vaginal samples for vaginal microbiota assessment. Sex Transm Infect. 2024 Jul 2:sextrans-2023-056100. doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2023-056100. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38960602.

Roy J. Film, PT, MPT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT

Mentor: Alan M. Rathbun, PhD, MPH

Film R, Fritz J, Adams T, Johnson A, Sun N, Falvey J. Racial Disparities in Outpatient Physical Therapy Use After Hip Fracture: A Retrospective Cohort Study. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 2024 Dec;54(12):776-782. doi: 10.2519/jospt.2024.12641. PMID: 39602204.

Tsion Girmay

Mentor: Joanna M. Gaitens, PhD, MSN, MPH

Saif NT, Elghannam M, Diaz L, Hodorowicz MT, Doyle ML, Baumer S, Girmay T, Edwards LA, Gucer PW, Cloeren M. Evaluation of an Online Training Course in Motivational Interviewing for Occupational Health Clinicians to Address Vaccine Hesitancy. J Occup Environ Med. 2025 Mar 27. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000003405. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40165505.

Zahra Gohari

Mentor: Feyruz V. Rassool, PhD

Gohari Z, Stojanovic L, Rassool FV. Combining STING Agonists with PARP Inhibitors Mounts an NK-Dependent Defense against Therapy-Resistant Breast Cancer. Cancer Res. 2025 May 15;85(10):1747-1749. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-25-0831. PMID: 40370063.

Divya Hosangadi

Mentor: Kristen A. Stafford, PhD, MPH

Nampota-Nkomba N, Nyirenda OM, Mapemba V, Masonga R, Patel PD, Misiri T, Mwakiseghile F, Wachepa R, Ndaferankhande JM, Lipenga B, Patel P, Banda H, Oshinsky J, Pasetti MF, Heyderman RS, Jamka LP, Hosangadi D, Datta S, Gordon MA, Neuzil KM, Laurens MB. Single and two-dose typhoid conjugate vaccine safety and immunogenicity in HIV-exposed uninfected and HIV-unexposed uninfected Malawian children. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2024 Dec 31;20(1):2384760. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2024.2384760. Epub 2024 Sep 12. PMID: 39263923; PMCID: PMC11404620.

Jonathan G. Lawton

Mentor: Mark Travassos, MD, MSc

Sobota RS, Stucke EM, Coulibaly D, Lawton JG, Cummings BE, Sebastian S, Dara A, Munro JB, Ouattara A, Kone AK, Kane B, Traoré K, Guindo B, Tangara BM, Niangaly A, Ventimiglia NT, Daou M, Diarra I, Tolo Y, Sissoko M, Maiga F, Diawara A, Traore A, Thera A, Laurens MB, Lyke KE, Kouriba B, Doumbo OK, Plowe CV, Goodlett DR, Silva JC, Thera MA, Travassos MA. A shared inflammatory signature across severe malaria syndromes manifested by transcriptomic, proteomic and metabolomic analyses. Nat Commun. 2025 May 18;16(1):4620. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-59281-5. PMID: 40383794.

Lawton JG, Reddy AD, Herrera VM, Strain RJ, Mekonnen EE, Stearns FW, Obae SG, Glaser RL. Genome sequences of three temperate actinobacteriophages from clusters FA and AS. MicroPubl Biol. 2025 Feb 7;2025:10.17912/micropub.biology.001444. doi: 10.17912/micropub.biology.001444. PMID: 39989906; PMCID: PMC11845989.

Lawton JG, Zhou AE, Stucke EM, Takala-Harrison S, Silva JC, Travassos MA. Diamonds in the rif: Alignment-free comparative genomics analysis reveals strain-transcendent Plasmodium falciparum antigens amidst extensive genetic diversity. Infect Genet Evol. 2025 Apr;129:105725. doi: 10.1016/j.meegid.2025.105725. Epub 2025 Feb 5. PMID: 39920908; PMCID: PMC12032969.

Bailey RD, Lawton JG, Niangaly A, Stucke EM, Bailey JA, Berry AA, Ouattara A, Coulibaly D, Lyke KE, Laurens MB, Zhou AE, Pablo J, Jasinskas A, Nakajima R, Adams M, Takala-Harrison S, Kouriba B, Kone AK, Guindo A, Rowe JA, Diallo DA, Doumbo OK, Felgner PL, Plowe CV, Thera MA, Travassos MA. Children with hemoglobin C or S trait have low serologic responses to a subset of malaria variant surface antigens. J Infect. 2024 Oct;89(4):106257. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2024.106257. Epub 2024 Aug 30. PMID: 39216830.

Saleha Z. Munir

Mentor: Bennie H. Jeng, MD

Munir WM, Munir SZ. Evaluation of Sociomedical Factors on Corneal Donor Recovery Using Machine Learning. Ophthalmic Epidemiol. 2024 Sep 17:1-8. doi: 10.1080/09286586.2024.2399350. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39288325.

Ebuka Onyenobi

Mentor: Sally N. Adebamowo, MBBS, MSc, ScD

Onyenobi E, Zhong M, Soremekun O, Kamiza A, Boua R, Chikowore T; ACCME Research Group; Fatumo S, Choudhury A, Hazelhurst S, Adebamowo C, Ramsay M, Tayo B, Albrecht JS, O'Connor TD, Zhang Y, Mitchell BD, Adebamowo SN. Development and Validation of Polygenic Risk Scores for Blood Pressure Traits in Continental African Populations. Circ Genom Precis Med. 2025 Jun;18(3):e005048. doi: 10.1161/CIRCGEN.124.005048. Epub 2025 May 27. Erratum in: Circ Genom Precis Med. 2025 Jul 30:e000099. doi: 10.1161/HCG.0000000000000099. PMID: 40421529; PMCID: PMC12173169.

Zhong M, Onyenobi E, Duomatey A, Chen G, Perry J, Ye Z; ACCME Research Group as part of the H3Africa Consortium; Rotimi C, Adebamowo CA, Adeyemo A, Adebamowo SN. A meta-analysis and polygenic score study identifies novel genetic markers for waist-hip ratio in African populations. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2024 Oct 1. doi: 10.1002/oby.24123. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39351966.

Varun Rao

Mentor: Elana J. Fertig, PhD

Mitchell JT, Stapleton O, Krishnan K, Nagaraj S, Lvovs D, Cherry C, Poissonnier A, Horton W, Adey A, Rao V, Huff A, Zimmerman JW, Kagohara LT, Zaidi N, Coussens LM, Jaffee EM, Elisseeff JH, Fertig EJ. Differential cell signaling testing for cell-cell communication inference from single-cell data by dominoSignal. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2025 May 3:2025.05.02.651747. doi: 10.1101/2025.05.02.651747. PMID: 40654902; PMCID: PMC12248116.

Emma H. Rowley

Mentor: Shannon Takala Harrison, PhD

Guo B, Rowley E, O'Connor TD, Takala-Harrison S. Potential and pitfalls of using identity-by-descent for malaria genomic surveillance. Trends Parasitol. 2025 May;41(5):387-400. doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2025.03.012. Epub 2025 Apr 21. PMID: 40263027; PMCID: PMC12070291.

Ryan J. Scalsky

Mentor: Joana Carneiro da Silva, PhD

Dwivedi A, Scalsky RJ, Harris DG, Stabler TC, Shrestha B, Joshi S, Gandhi C, Munro JB, Ifeonu OO, Ouedraogo A, Tiono AB, Coulibaly D, Ouattara A, Richie TL, Sim BKL, Plowe CV, Lyke KE, Takala-Harrison S, Hoffman SL, Thera MA, Sirima SB, Laurens MB, Silva JC. Protective targets of PfSPZ vaccines identified from whole-genome sieve analysis of isolates from malaria vaccine efficacy trials in West Africa. medRxiv [Preprint]. 2025 Mar 6:2025.03.04.25323352. doi: 10.1101/2025.03.04.25323352. PMID: 40093207; PMCID: PMC11908318.

Scalsky R, Dwivedi A, Stabler TC, Mbambo G, Ouattara A, Lyke KE, Takala-Harrison S, Silva JC. Whole-genome sieve analysis: Identification of protective malaria antigens by leveraging allele-specific vaccine efficacy. Vaccine. 2025 Mar 19;50:126783. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2025.126783. Epub 2025 Feb 10. PMID: 39923546.

Sofia Torreggiani

Mentors: Dan Kastner, MD, PhD, and Timothy O'Connor, PhD

Torreggiani S, Castellan FS, Aksentijevich I, Beck DB. Somatic mutations in autoinflammatory and autoimmune disease. Nat Rev Rheumatol. 2024 Nov;20(11):683-698. doi: 10.1038/s41584-024-01168-8. Epub 2024 Oct 11. PMID: 39394526.

Diego Veliz-Otani

Mentor: Timothy O'Connor, PhD

Milla-Neyra K, Araujo-Aliaga I, Manrique-Enciso C, Sarapura-Castro E, Illanes-Manrique M, Veliz-Otani D, Saldarriaga-Mayo A, Medina-Colque A, Rios-Pinto J, Cornejo-Herrera I, Rivera-Valdivia A, F Mata I, Loesch D, Lozano-Vasquez L, Bordia T, O'Connor T, Schüle B, Cornejo-Olivas M. Novel Intermediate ATXN10 Alleles in the Healthy Peruvian Population: A Matter of Indigenous American Ethnic Origin. Cerebellum. 2025 Feb 7;24(2):44. doi: 10.1007/s12311-025-01795-1. PMID: 39918768.

Borda V, Loesch DP, Guo B, Laboulaye R, Veliz-Otani D, French JN, Leal TP, Gogarten SM, Ikpe S, Gouveia MH, Mendes M, Abecasis GR, Alvim I, Arboleda-Bustos CE, Arboleda G, Arboleda H, Barreto ML, Barwick L, Bezzera MA, Blangero J, Borges V, Caceres O, Cai J, Chana-Cuevas P, Chen Z, Custer B, Dean M, Dinardo C, Domingos I, Duggirala R, Dieguez E, Fernandez W, Ferraz HB, Gilliland F, Guio H, Horta B, Curran JE, Johnsen JM, Kaplan RC, Kelly S, Kenny EE, Konkle BA, Kooperberg C, Lescano A, Lima-Costa MF, Loos RJF, Manichaikul A, Meyers DA, Naslavsky MS, Nickerson DA, North KE, Padilla C, Preuss M, Raggio V, Reiner AP, Rich SS, Rieder CR, Rienstra M, Rotter JI, Rundek T, Sacco RL, Sanchez C, Sankaran VG, Santos-Lobato BL, Schumacher-Schuh AF, Scliar MO, Silverman EK, Sofer T, Lasky-Su J, Tumas V, Weiss ST; Latin American Research Consortium on the Genetics of Parkinson’s Disease (LARGE-PD); National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) Stroke Genetics Network (SiGN) Consortium; Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) Population Genetics Working Group; Mata IF, Hernandez RD, Tarazona-Santos E, O'Connor TD. Genetics of Latin American Diversity Project: Insights into population genetics and association studies in admixed groups in the Americas. Cell Genom. 2024 Nov 13;4(11):100692. doi: 10.1016/j.xgen.2024.100692. Epub 2024 Oct 31. PMID: 39486408; PMCID: PMC11605695.

Darien Weatherspoon

Jiang R, Gao MZ, Chen M, Weatherspoon DJ, Watts TL, Osazuwa-Peters N. Genetic and Molecular Differences in Head and Neck Cancer Based on Smoking History. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2025 Apr 1;151(4):379-388. doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2024.5409. PMID: 40048195; PMCID: PMC11886874.

Gaskin DJ, Kanwar O, McCleary R, Davis AL, Weatherspoon DJ, Fleming E, Iftikhar A, Balsara K, Zare H. Spatial Patterns of Emergency Dental Care Utilization: Assessing the Influence of Social Vulnerability and Dental Provider Availability. Healthcare (Basel). 2024 Nov 4;12(21):2191. doi: 10.3390/healthcare12212191. PMID: 39517402; PMCID: PMC11544978.

Seminario AL, Tabatabaiepur S, Wang Y, Okunseri C, Weatherspoon DJ, Roberts F. Examination of dental utilization of newly resettled adult refugees in Washington state enrolled in dental medicaid program. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol. 2025 Feb;53(1):58-68. doi: 10.1111/cdoe.13007. Epub 2024 Nov 4. PMID: 39496540.

Weatherspoon DJ, Chen H, Dye BA. Implant and implant restoration trends among adults 50 years and older in the United States, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999-2020. J Am Dent Assoc. 2024 Jul;155(7):574-586.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.adaj.2024.03.005. Epub 2024 May 27. PMID: 38804988.

Zhenyao Ye

Mentor: Shuo Chen, PhD

Feng L, Ye Z, Pan Y, McCoy RG, Mitchell BD, Kochunov P, Thompson PM, Chen J, Liang M, Nguyen TT, Shenassa E, Li Y, Canida T, Ke H, Lee H, Liu S, Hong LE, Chen C, Lei DKY, Chen S, Ma T. Adherence to life's essential 8 is associated with delayed white matter aging. EBioMedicine. 2025 May;115:105723. doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2025.105723. Epub 2025 Apr 24. PMID: 40280025; PMCID: PMC12242590.

Salem D, Clark SM, Roche DJO, Singh NJ, Talor MV, Buchanan RW, Harrington V, Ye Z, Chen S, Kelly DL. Pan T cells, Helper T cells, and Regulatory T cells are Associated with Negative Symptoms in Persons with Anti-Gliadin Antibody Positive Schizophrenia and Related Disorders. medRxiv [Preprint]. 2025 Feb 25:2025.02.24.25322815. doi: 10.1101/2025.02.24.25322815. PMID: 40061309; PMCID: PMC11888510.

Canida T, Ke H, Chen S, Ye Z, Ma T. Multivariate Bayesian variable selection for multi-trait genetic fine mapping. J R Stat Soc Ser C Appl Stat. 2024 Oct 28;74(2):331-351. doi: 10.1093/jrsssc/qlae055. PMID: 40092670; PMCID: PMC11905884.

Wang N, Ye Z, Ma T. TIPS: a novel pathway-guided joint model for transcriptome-wide association studies. Brief Bioinform. 2024 Sep 23;25(6):bbae587. doi: 10.1093/bib/bbae587. PMID: 39550224; PMCID: PMC11568880.

Pan Y, Bi C, Ye Z, Lee H, Yu J, Yammine L, Ma T, Kochunov P, Hong LE, Chen S. Tobacco Smoking Functional Networks: A Whole-Brain Connectome Analysis in 24,539 Individuals. Nicotine Tob Res. 2024 Oct 28:ntae256. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntae256. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39468718.

Ye Z, Pan Y, McCoy RG, Bi C, Mo C, Feng L, Yu J, Lu T, Liu S, Carson Smith J, Duan M, Gao S, Ma Y, Chen C, Mitchell BD, Thompson PM, Elliot Hong L, Kochunov P, Ma T, Chen S. Contrasting association pattern of plasma low-density lipoprotein with white matter integrity in APOE4 carriers versus non-carriers. Neurobiol Aging. 2024 Nov;143:41-52. doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2024.08.005. Epub 2024 Aug 22. PMID: 39213809; PMCID: PMC11514318.

Feng L, Ye Z, Du Z, Pan Y, Canida T, Ke H, Liu S, Chen S, Hong LE, Kochunov P, Chen J, Lei DKY, Shenassa E, Ma T. Association between allostatic load and accelerated white matter brain aging: findings from the UK biobank. Am J Epidemiol. 2024 Oct 11:kwae396. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwae396. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39393834.

Zhong M, Onyenobi E, Duomatey A, Chen G, Perry J, Ye Z; ACCME Research Group as part of the H3Africa Consortium; Rotimi C, Adebamowo CA, Adeyemo A, Adebamowo SN. A meta-analysis and polygenic score study identifies novel genetic markers for waist-hip ratio in African populations. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2024 Oct 1. doi: 10.1002/oby.24123. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39351966.

Feng L, Milleson HS, Ye Z, Canida T, Ke H, Liang M, Gao S, Chen S, Hong LE, Kochunov P, Lei DKY, Ma T. Nongenetic and Genetic Factors Associated with White Matter Brain Aging: Exposome-Wide and Genome-Wide Association Study. Genes (Basel). 2024 Sep 30;15(10):1285. doi: 10.3390/genes15101285. PMID: 39457408; PMCID: PMC11507416.

 

Jennifer Kirk

Mentors: Jennifer S. Albrecht, Alan M. Rathbun, Denise L. Orwig

Albrecht JS, Kirk J, Ryan KA, Falvey JR. Neighborhood Deprivation and Recovery Following Traumatic Brain Injury Among Older Adults. J Head Trauma Rehabil. 2024 Sep 13. doi: 10.1097/HTR.0000000000001007. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39293072.

Kirk JM, Rathbun AM, Gruber-Baldini AL, Hochberg MC, Magaziner J, Shardell MD, Orwig D. Sex differences and predictors of anti-osteoporosis medication use in the 12 months after hip fracture surgery in adults 65 or older. Osteoporos Int. 2024 Aug 2. doi: 10.1007/s00198-024-07211-4. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39093438.

Rachel McPherson

Mentor: Barbara Resnick, PhD, RN, CRNP, FAAN, FAANP

Resnick B, Boltz M, Galik E, Kuzmik A, McPherson R, Drazich B, Kim N, Zhu S, Wells CL. Differences in Medication Use by Gender and Race in Hospitalized Persons Living with Dementia. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2024 Oct;11(5):2839-2847. doi: 10.1007/s40615-023-01745-9. Epub 2023 Aug 14. PMID: 37580439; PMCID: PMC10864680.

Rhea Mehta

Mentor: Alan M. Rathbun, PhD

Mehta R, Falvey JR, Chen C, Dong Y, Shardell MD, Yamashita T, Orwig DL. Association Between Prehip Fracture Antidepressant Use and Posthip Fracture Length of Hospital Stay in Medicare Beneficiaries and Assessing Sex Differences. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2025 Jun;33(6):654-663. doi: 10.1016/j.jagp.2024.11.001. Epub 2024 Nov 14. PMID: 39609242; PMCID: PMC12005975.

Mehta R, Orwig DL, Chen C, Dong Y, Shardell MD, Yamashita T, Falvey JR. Association between pre-hip fracture depression and days at home after fracture and assessing sex differences. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2024 Jul 20. doi: 10.1111/jgs.19096. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39032025.

Shalini Sahoo

Mentor: John D. Sorkin, MD, PhD

Lin MS, Sahoo S, Hayssen H, Mayorga-Carlin M, Englum B, Siddiqui T, Nguyen P, Yesha Y, Sorkin JD, Lal BK. Evaluation of Factors Underlying Differences in Venous Thromboembolism Rates Between Black and White Patients. J Vasc Surg Venous Lymphat Disord. 2025 May 26:102270. doi: 10.1016/j.jvsv.2025.102270. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40436143.

Englum BR, Sahoo S, Mayorga-Carlin M, Siddiqui T, Turner DJ, Baquet CR, Sorkin JD, Lal BK. Disparities in Colorectal Cancer Screening and Diagnoses in the COVID Era: A Study of the VA Health System. Ann Surg Oncol. 2025 Jun;32(6):4228-4239. doi: 10.1245/s10434-025-17153-8. Epub 2025 Mar 20. PMID: 40111628.

Englum BR, Sahoo S, Laetsch TW, Tiao GM, Mayorga-Carlin M, Hayssen H, Yesha Y, Sorkin JD, Lal BK. Temporal trends in pediatric cancer mortality: rare cancers lag behind more common cancers. Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2024 Oct 24:1-13. doi: 10.1080/08880018.2024.2413643. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39449234.

Kus NJ, Sahoo S, Laetsch TW, Tiao GM, Mayorga-Carlin M, Yesha Y, Sorkin JD, Lal BK, Englum BR. Racial and Ethnic Survival Disparities in Pediatric Oncology Over Time: An Analysis of the SEER Registry. J Pediatr Surg. 2024 Sep 21:161953. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2024.161953. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39358080.

Lin MS, Hayssen H, Mayorga-Carlin M, Sahoo S, Siddiqui T, Jreij G, Englum BR, Nguyen P, Yesha Y, Sorkin JD, Lal BK. A composite risk assessment model for venous thromboembolism. J Vasc Surg Venous Lymphat Disord. 2024 Sep 19:101968. doi: 10.1016/j.jvsv.2024.101968. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39305950.

Gretchen Tucker

Mentor: John Cagle, MSW, PhD

Benfer J, Tucker GG, Cagle JG. Describing Dementia Specialty Care Units in US Nursing Homes: Leveraging National Survey Data From HARBORS and LTCfocus. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2025 Mar;26(3):105479. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2024.105479. Epub 2025 Feb 8. PMID: 39892877.

Nicole Viviano

Mentor: Ann L. Gruber-Baldini, PhD

Eke UA, Wasserstein K, Susman C, Eke AC, Mohanty K, Schmalzle S, Viviano N, Hoffmann JD, Pandit NS, Palmeiro R, Lee J, Ryan AS, Stafford KA, Gruber-Baldini A. The Performance of a New Multidimensional Frailty Index in Comparison to the Frailty Phenotype to Assess Frailty in People Living with HIV 50 Years of Age and Older in an Urban HIV Clinic. J AIDS HIV Treat. 2025;7(1):27-37. doi: 10.33696/aids.7.058. PMID: 40458125; PMCID: PMC12129442.

Madeline Alizadeh

Mentor: Jacques Ravel, PhD

Alizadeh M, Zisman E, Wong U. Hidradenocarcinoma in a Crohn's patient on ustekinumab: A case report. SAGE Open Med Case Rep. 2024 Jul 26;12:2050313X241254732. doi: 10.1177/2050313X241254732. PMID: 39071199; PMCID: PMC11282559.

Adonis D'Mello

Mentor: Herve Tettelin, PhD

Potter AD, Edwards VL, D'Mello A, Gray MC, Shetty AC, Forehand AL, Westlake CS, Lamb ER, Zhao X, Ragland SA, Criss AK, Tettelin H. Dual species transcriptomics reveals conserved metabolic and immunologic processes in interactions between human neutrophils and Neisseria gonorrhoeae. PLoS Pathog. 2024 Jul 8;20(7):e1012369. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1012369. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38976720.

Chembilikandy V, D'Mello A, Tettelin H, Martínez E, Orihuela CJ. Streamlining marker-less allelic replacement in Streptococcus pneumoniae through a single transformation step strategy: easyJanus. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2024 Aug 14:e0101024. doi: 10.1128/aem.01010-24. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39140740.

Daniela T. Fuller

Mentors: Ruya Liu, BM, PhD and Christopher W. Ward, PhD

Neitzel LR, Fuller DT, Cornell J, Rea S, de Aguiar Ferreira C, Williams CH, Hong CC. Inhibition of GPR68 induces ferroptosis and radiosensitivity in diverse cancer cell types. Sci Rep. 2025 Feb 3;15(1):4074. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-88357-x. PMID: 39900965; PMCID: PMC11791087.

Neitzel LR, Fuller DT, Williams CH, Hong CC. Inhibition of GPR68 kills glioblastoma in zebrafish xenograft models. BMC Res Notes. 2024 Aug 23;17(1):235. doi: 10.1186/s13104-024-06900-x. PMID: 39180089; PMCID: PMC11342492.

Darin Gilchrist

Mentor: Stuart S. Martin, PhD

Mull ML, Pratt SJP, Thompson KN, Annis DA, Lee RM, Ju JA, Gilchrist DE, Stemberger MB, Boyman L, Lederer WJ, Vitolo MI, Martin SS. Disruption of P2Y2 Signaling Promotes Breast Tumor Cell Dissemination by Reducing ATP-Dependent Calcium Elevation and Actin Localization to Cell Junctions. Int J Mol Sci. 2025 May 1;26(9):4286. doi: 10.3390/ijms26094286. PMID: 40362524; PMCID: PMC12071985.

Ju JA, Thompson KN, Annis DA, Mull ML, Gilchrist DE, Moriarty A, Chang KT, Stemberger MB, Noto MJ, Vitolo MI, Martin SS. Tubulin-Based Microtentacles Aid in Heterotypic Clustering of Neutrophil-Differentiated HL-60 Cells and Breast Tumor Cells. Adv Sci (Weinh). 2025 Feb;12(6):e2409260. doi: 10.1002/advs.202409260. Epub 2024 Dec 18. PMID: 39696759; PMCID: PMC11809343.

Garis Grant

Mentor: Tonya J. Webb, PhD

Grant G, Ferrer CM. The role of the immune tumor microenvironment in shaping metastatic dissemination, dormancy, and outgrowth. Trends Cell Biol. 2025 Jul 4:S0962-8924(25)00124-2. doi: 10.1016/j.tcb.2025.05.006. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40628544.

Benjamin Grissom

Mentor: Seth A. Ament, PhD

Wildermuth E, Patton MS, Cortes-Gutierrez M, Jinwala Z, Grissom BH, Campbell RR, Kranzler HR, Lobo MK, Ament SA, Mathur BN. A single-cell genomic atlas for the effects of chronic ethanol exposure in the mouse dorsal striatum. Mol Psychiatry. 2025 Apr 16. doi: 10.1038/s41380-025-03014-z. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40240618.

Nicole Higgins

Mentor: Mervyn J. Monteiro, PhD

Le NT, Chu N, Joshi G, Higgins NR, Nebie O, Adelakun N, Butts M, Monteiro MJ. Prion protein pathology in Ubiquilin 2 models of ALS. Neurobiol Dis. 2024 Sep 18;201:106674. doi: 10.1016/j.nbd.2024.106674. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39299489.

Christopher I. Holt

Mentor: Julie C. Dunning Hotopp, PhD

Mattick JSA, Bromley RE, Watson KJ, Adkins RS, Holt CI, Lebov JF, Sparklin BC, Tyson TS, Rasko DA, Dunning Hotopp JC. Deciphering transcript architectural complexity in bacteria and archaea. mBio. 2024 Sep 17:e0235924. doi: 10.1128/mbio.02359-24. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39287442.

Holt CI, Dunning Hotopp JC. Updated annotation and meta-analysis of Brugia malayi transcriptomics data reveals consistent transcriptional profiles across time and space with some study-specific differences in adult female worm transcriptional profiles. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2024 Sep 26;18(9):e0012511. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0012511. PMID: 39325836; PMCID: PMC11460672.

Tierra A. Johnson

Mentor: Toni Antalis, PhD

Johnson TA, Mukhopadhyay S, Buzza MS, Brooks JA, Sarkar R, Antalis TM. Regulation of macrophage fibrinolysis during venous thrombus resolution. Thromb Res. 2024 Nov;243:109149. doi: 10.1016/j.thromres.2024.109149. Epub 2024 Sep 14. PMID: 39317013; PMCID: PMC11486561.

Julia Ju

Mentor: Stuart S. Martin, PhD

Mull ML, Pratt SJP, Thompson KN, Annis DA, Lee RM, Ju JA, Gilchrist DE, Stemberger MB, Boyman L, Lederer WJ, Vitolo MI, Martin SS. Disruption of P2Y2 Signaling Promotes Breast Tumor Cell Dissemination by Reducing ATP-Dependent Calcium Elevation and Actin Localization to Cell Junctions. Int J Mol Sci. 2025 May 1;26(9):4286. doi: 10.3390/ijms26094286. PMID: 40362524; PMCID: PMC12071985.

Ju JA, Thompson KN, Annis DA, Mull ML, Gilchrist DE, Moriarty A, Chang KT, Stemberger MB, Noto MJ, Vitolo MI, Martin SS. Tubulin-Based Microtentacles Aid in Heterotypic Clustering of Neutrophil-Differentiated HL-60 Cells and Breast Tumor Cells. Adv Sci (Weinh). 2025 Feb;12(6):e2409260. doi: 10.1002/advs.202409260. Epub 2024 Dec 18. PMID: 39696759; PMCID: PMC11809343.

Katie Ko

Mentor: David Serre, Dr. rer. nat.

Tebben K, Eng V, Seng D, Tat B, Feufack Donfack LB, Orban A, Yeat R, Salvador J, Sin S, Ko K, Khim N, Flamand C, Sommen C, Lek D, Serre D, Popovici J. Cambodian Plasmodium vivax parasites with reduced hemoglobin digestion display delayed clearance upon artesunate treatment. medRxiv [Preprint]. 2025 Mar 11:2025.03.09.25323469. doi: 10.1101/2025.03.09.25323469. PMID: 40162245; PMCID: PMC11952599.

Jeffrey Koenig

Mentor: Asaf Keller, PhD

Koenig JA, Haga C, Cramer N, Keller A. Gestational Chlorpyrifos Exposure Imparts Lasting Alterations to the Rat Somatosensory Cortex. J Neurosci. 2025 May 9:e0363252025. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0363-25.2025. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40345837.

Shriya Madan

Mentor: Miroslaw Janowski, MD, PhD

Chu C, Qiao G, Madan S, Fadon-Padilla L, Wang J, Salemdawod A, Sharma S, Gulisashvili D, McDougall L, Liang Y, Janowski M, Walczak P. Multi-modality imaging for precise intra-arterial delivery of mRNA, AAVs, and antibodies to the head and neck area in mice. J Control Release. 2025 Aug 10;384:113880. doi: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2025.113880. Epub 2025 May 24. PMID: 40418990.

Allison E. Mancini

Mentor: Megan A. Rizzo, PhD

Mancini AE, Rizzo MA. A Novel Single-Color FRET Sensor for Rho-Kinase Reveals Calcium-Dependent Activation of RhoA and ROCK. Sensors (Basel). 2024 Oct 26;24(21):6869. doi: 10.3390/s24216869. PMID: 39517770; PMCID: PMC11548655.

Rebecca L. Marker

Mentor: Min Yu, PhD

Stojanovic L, Abbotts R, Tripathi K, Coon CM, Rajendran S, Abbasi Farid E, Hostetter G, Guarnieri JW, Wallace DC, Liu S, Wan J, Calendo G, Marker R, Gohari Z, Inayatullah MMA, Tiwari VK, Kader T, Santagata S, Drapkin R, Kommoss S, Pfisterer J, Konecny GE, Coopergard R, Issa JJ, Winterhoff BJN, Topper MJ, Sandusky GE, Miller KD, Baylin SB, Nephew KP, Rassool FV. ZNFX1 Functions as a Master Regulator of Epigenetically Induced Pathogen Mimicry and Inflammasome Signaling in Cancer. Cancer Res. 2025 Apr 3;85(7):1183-1198. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-24-1286. PMID: 39804147; PMCID: PMC11968244.

Iriondo O, Mecenas D, Li Y, Chin CR, Thomas A, Moriarty A, Marker R, Wang YJ, Hendrick H, Amzaleg Y, Ortiz V, MacKay M, Dickerson A, Lee G, Harotoonian S, Benayoun BA, Smith A, Mason CE, Roussos Torres ET, Klotz R, Yu M. Hypoxic Memory Mediates Prolonged Tumor-Intrinsic Type I Interferon Suppression to Promote Breast Cancer Progression. Cancer Res. 2024 Oct 1;84(19):3141-3157. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-23-2028. PMID: 38990731; PMCID: PMC11444891.

John S. Mattick

Mentor: Julie C. Dunning-Hotopp, PhD

Mattick JSA, Bromley RE, Watson KJ, Adkins RS, Holt CI, Lebov JF, Sparklin BC, Tyson TS, Rasko DA, Dunning Hotopp JC. Deciphering transcript architectural complexity in bacteria and archaea. mBio. 2024 Sep 17:e0235924. doi: 10.1128/mbio.02359-24. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39287442.

Leclerc L, Mattick J, Burns BP, Sassera D, Hottop JD, Lo N. Metatranscriptomics provide insights into the role of the symbiont midichloria mitochondrii in Ixodes ticks. FEMS Microbiol Ecol. 2024 Oct 4:fiae133. doi: 10.1093/femsec/fiae133. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39366749.

Amir Mehrabani Tabari

Mentor: Marta M. Lipinski, PhD

Mehrabani-Tabari A, Hegdekar N, Bustos S, Morel Y, Ji Y, Kachi SA, Pettyjohn-Robin O, Thapa S, Bhattiprolu M, Lipinski MM, Jones JW, Sarkar C. Peroxisomal ether-glycerophospholipid synthesis is dysregulated after TBI. J Lipid Res. 2025 May 7:100821. doi: 10.1016/j.jlr.2025.100821. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40345661.

Bern Monari

Mentor: Jacques Ravel, PhD

Monari B, Wilcox H, Haywood P, Gajer P, Rojas-Vargas J, Zuanazzi D, Rutt L, Shouldice A, Parmar R, Waetjen LE, Krakowsky Y, Potter E, Prodger JL, Ravel J. The vaginal microbiota, symptoms, and local immune correlates in transmasculine individuals using sustained testosterone therapy. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2025 Mar 15:2025.03.14.643255. doi: 10.1101/2025.03.14.643255. PMID: 40161595; PMCID: PMC11952554.

Rojas-Vargas J, Wilcox H, Monari B, Gajer P, Zuanazzi D, Shouldice A, Parmar R, Haywood P, Tai V, Krakowsky Y, Potter E, Ravel J, Prodger JL. The Neovaginal Microbiota, Symptoms, and Local Immune Correlates in Transfeminine Individuals with Penile Inversion Vaginoplasty. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2025 Mar 15:2025.03.14.643288. doi: 10.1101/2025.03.14.643288. PMID: 40161585; PMCID: PMC11952497.

Aidan Moriarty

Mentor: Min Yu, PhD

Ju JA, Thompson KN, Annis DA, Mull ML, Gilchrist DE, Moriarty A, Chang KT, Stemberger MB, Noto MJ, Vitolo MI, Martin SS. Tubulin-Based Microtentacles Aid in Heterotypic Clustering of Neutrophil-Differentiated HL-60 Cells and Breast Tumor Cells. Adv Sci (Weinh). 2025 Feb;12(6):e2409260. doi: 10.1002/advs.202409260. Epub 2024 Dec 18. PMID: 39696759; PMCID: PMC11809343.

Kevin T.K. Nguyen

Co-mentors: Braxton D. Mitchell, PhD, MPH and Steven J. Kittner, MD, M.P.H.

Viox EG, Richard J, Grandea AG 3rd, Nguyen K, Harper J, Auger J, Ding S, Gasser R, Prévost J, Marchitto L, Medjahed H, Bourassa C, Gaudette F, Pagliuzza A, Trifone CA, Gavegnano C, Hurwitz SJ, Park J, Clark NM, Hammad I, Capuano S 3rd, Martin MA, Schinazi RF, Silvestri G, Kulpa DA, Kumar P, Chomont N, Pazgier M, Smith AB 3rd, Sodroski J, Evans DT, Finzi A, Paiardini M. Safety, pharmacokinetics, and biological activity of CD4-mimetic BNM-III-170 in SHIV-infected rhesus macaques. J Virol. 2025 Apr 7:e0006225. doi: 10.1128/jvi.00062-25. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40192306.

Nguyen KTK, Xu H, Gaynor BJ, McArdle PF, O'Connor TD, Perry JA, Worrall BB, Malik R, Boncoraglio GB, Adebamowo SN, Zand R, Cole JW, Kittner SJ, Mitchell BD; Stroke Genetic Network and Early-Onset Stroke Consortia. Impact of Conventional Stroke Risk Factors on Early- and Late-Onset Ischemic Stroke: A Mendelian Randomization Study. Stroke. 2025 Mar;56(3):640-648. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.124.048015. Epub 2025 Feb 24. PMID: 39993026; PMCID: PMC11856430.

Riccardo Serra

Mentor: Graeme F. Woodworth, MD, BS

Stokum JA, Serra R, Gorny N, Wilhelmy B, Chryssikos TJ, Schwartzbauer G, Aarabi B, Gerzanich V, Simard JM. Mechanisms of Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury AIS Grade Conversion. Neurotrauma Rep. 2025 Jun 16;6(1):506-524. doi: 10.1089/neur.2025.0035. PMID: 40630651; PMCID: PMC12235128.

Wilhelmy B, Serra R, Patel P, Stokum J, Hasan O, Zhao R, Chen C, Hooten K, Puffer R, Ludwig S, Crandall K, Schwartzbauer G, Sansur C, Aarabi B, Chryssikos T. Reduction of traumatic unilateral locked facet of the subaxial cervical spine: what predicts successful closed skeletal traction, and is anterior or posterior surgery superior after unsuccessful closed reduction? J Neurosurg Spine. 2025 May 23:1-11. doi: 10.3171/2025.3.SPINE241107. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40408873.

Shim B, Ciryam P, Tosun C, Serra R, Tsymbalyuk N, Keledjian K, Gerzanich V, Simard JM. RiboTag RNA Sequencing Identifies Local Translation of HSP70 in Astrocyte Endfeet After Cerebral Ischemia. Int J Mol Sci. 2025 Jan 1;26(1):309. doi: 10.3390/ijms26010309. PMID: 39796165; PMCID: PMC11720067.

Torres J, Kim KT, Yarmoska SK, Serra R, Crandall KM. Brown-Séquard syndrome after blunt cervical spine trauma in a patient with preinjury multilevel hemilaminectomies and OPLL: illustrative case. J Neurosurg Case Lessons. 2024 Dec 23;8(26):CASE24637. doi: 10.3171/CASE24637. PMID: 39715541; PMCID: PMC11670128.

Wilhelmy B, Serra R, Chen C, Mishra M, Rodrigues D, Badjatia N, Motta M, Ksendzovsky A, Woodworth GF. An analysis of functional outcomes following laser interstitial thermal therapy for recurrent high-grade glioma. Neurosurg Focus. 2024 Nov 1;57(5):E4. doi: 10.3171/2024.8.FOCUS24460. PMID: 39486067.

Serra R, Smith SJ, Rowlinson J, Gorelick N, Moloney C, McCrorie P, Veal GJ, Berry P, Chalmers AJ, Suk I, Shakesheff KM, Alexander C, Grundy RG, Brem H, Tyler BM, Rahman R. Neurosurgical application of olaparib from a thermo-responsive paste potentiates DNA damage to prolong survival in malignant glioma. Br J Cancer. 2024 Dec;131(11):1858-1868. doi: 10.1038/s41416-024-02878-2. Epub 2024 Oct 22. PMID: 39433869; PMCID: PMC11589713.

Jacob R. Shaw

Mentor: Ryan M. Pearson, PhD

Sung JJ, Shaw JR, Rezende JD, Dharmaraj S, Cottingham AL, Weldemariam MM, Jones JW, Kane MA, Pearson RM. Lipid nanoparticles from L. meyenii Walp mitigate sepsis through multimodal protein corona formation. Mol Ther Methods Clin Dev. 2025 May 14;33(2):101491. doi: 10.1016/j.omtm.2025.101491. PMID: 40496000; PMCID: PMC12151679.

Shaw JR, Caprio N, Truong N, Weldemariam M, Tran A, Pilli N, Pandey S, Jones JW, Kane MA, Pearson RM. Inflammatory disease progression shapes nanoparticle biomolecular corona-mediated immune activation profiles. Nat Commun. 2025 Jan 22;16(1):924. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-56210-4. PMID: 39843415; PMCID: PMC11754911.

Shaw JR, Vaidya R, Xu F, Dharmaraj S, Pearson RM. Microfluidics-generated PLA nanoparticles: impact of purification method on macrophage interactions, anti-inflammatory effects, biodistribution, and protein corona formation. RSC Pharm. 2024 Nov 26;2(1):135-146. doi: 10.1039/d4pm00233d. PMID: 39650739; PMCID: PMC11615567.

Sung JJ, Shaw JR, Rezende JD, Dharmaraj S, Cottingham AL, Weldemariam MM, Jones JW, Kane MA, Pearson RM. Lipid Nanoparticles from L. meyenii Walp Mitigate Sepsis through Multimodal Protein Corona Formation. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2024 Nov 18:2024.11.13.623417. doi: 10.1101/2024.11.13.623417. PMID: 39605639; PMCID: PMC11601351.

Bosung Shim

Mentor: J. Marc Simard, MD, PhD

Shim B, Ciryam P, Tosun C, Serra R, Tsymbalyuk N, Keledjian K, Gerzanich V, Simard JM. RiboTag RNA Sequencing Identifies Local Translation of HSP70 in Astrocyte Endfeet After Cerebral Ischemia. Int J Mol Sci. 2025 Jan 1;26(1):309. doi: 10.3390/ijms26010309. PMID: 39796165; PMCID: PMC11720067.

Sagarina Thapa

Mentor: Xuefang Cao, PhD

Mehrabani-Tabari A, Hegdekar N, Bustos S, Morel Y, Ji Y, Kachi SA, Pettyjohn-Robin O, Thapa S, Bhattiprolu M, Lipinski MM, Jones JW, Sarkar C. Peroxisomal ether-glycerophospholipid synthesis is dysregulated after TBI. J Lipid Res. 2025 May 7:100821. doi: 10.1016/j.jlr.2025.100821. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40345661.

Nicolas Verhoeven

Mentor: Mariusz Karbowski, PhD

Verhoeven N, Oshima Y, Cartier E, Bippes CC, Neutzner A, Boyman L, Karbowski M. Outer mitochondrial membrane E3 Ub ligase MARCH5 controls de novo peroxisome biogenesis. Dev Cell. 2024 Oct 15:S1534-5807(24)00538-0. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2024.09.010. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39423819.

Mashhood Wani

Mentor: Dudley K. Strickland, PhD

Wani MM, Cooper JM, Migliorini M, Strickland DK. The LDL receptor related protein 1 (LRP1) facilitates ACE2-mediated endocytosis of SARS-CoV2 spike protein-containing pseudovirions. J Biol Chem. 2025 May 9:110227. doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2025.110227. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40349772.

Kaylee Watson

Mentor: Julie C. Dunning-Hotopp, PhD

Grünebast J, Singhal R, Bromley R, Kanatani S, Watson K, Dumetz F, Pascini TV, Tripathi A, Dunning Hotopp JC, Sinnis P, Llinás M, Serre D. Degradation of ribosomal RNA during Plasmodium falciparum gametocytogenesis. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2025 Feb 13:2025.02.12.637867. doi: 10.1101/2025.02.12.637867. PMID: 39990385; PMCID: PMC11844502.

Watson KJ, Bromley RE, Dunning Hotopp JC. Duplexed direct RNA sequencing protocol using polyadenylation and polyuridylation. Microbiol Resour Announc. 2025 Mar 11;14(3):e0104124. doi: 10.1128/mra.01041-24. Epub 2025 Jan 27. PMID: 39868771; PMCID: PMC11895459.

Mattick JSA, Bromley RE, Watson KJ, Adkins RS, Holt CI, Lebov JF, Sparklin BC, Tyson TS, Rasko DA, Dunning Hotopp JC. Deciphering transcript architectural complexity in bacteria and archaea. mBio. 2024 Sep 17:e0235924. doi: 10.1128/mbio.02359-24. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39287442.

Yuyi Zhu

Mentor: Tonya J. Webb, PhD

Derakhshandeh R, Zhu Y, Li J, Hester D, Younis R, Koka R, Jones LP, Sun W, Goloubeva O, Tkaczuk K, Bates J, Reader J, Webb TJ. Identification of Functional Immune Biomarkers in Breast Cancer Patients. Int J Mol Sci. 2024 Nov 16;25(22):12309. doi: 10.3390/ijms252212309. PMID: 39596374; PMCID: PMC11595306.

Yonit A. Addissie

Co-mentors: Nevil J. Singh, PhD, and Stanley Lipkowitz, MD, PhD

Wisniewski DJ, Voeller D, Addissie YA, Deshmukh SK, Wu S, Lustberg MB, Wangsa D, Wangsa D, Heselmeyer-Haddad K, Sledge GW Jr, Lipkowitz S. Dual inhibition of EGFR and PI3Kinase signaling in EGFR amplified triple negative breast cancer cells induces apoptosis and reduces tumor growth. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2025 Jun 7:2025.06.03.657674. doi: 10.1101/2025.06.03.657674. PMID: 40501689; PMCID: PMC12157506.

Jillian M. Baker

Mentor: Tim C. Luetkens, MD

Kocoglu MH, Luetkens T, Bork JT, Baddley JW, Omili D, Gebru E, Mulatu R, Yamoah D, Iraguha T, Fan X, Lesho P, Yousaf M, Baker JM, Dietze KA, Hankey KG, Badros A, Yared JA, Rapoport AP, Hardy NM, Atanackovic D. Coordinated antiviral immune response in a myeloma patient with systemic adenovirus infection post BCMA CAR T cells. Blood Adv. 2024 Jul 26:bloodadvances.2024012762. doi: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2024012762. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39058975.

Dietze KA, Nguyen K, Pathni A, Fazekas F, Baker JM, Gebru E, Wang A, Sun W, Rosati E, Lum D, Rapoport AP, Fan X, Atanackovic D, Upadhyaya A, Luetkens T. Cathepsin B causes trogocytosis-mediated CAR T cell dysfunction. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2024 Aug 22:2024.06.11.598379. doi: 10.1101/2024.06.11.598379. PMID: 38915559; PMCID: PMC11195252.

L. Rainer Butler

Mentor: Joao H.F. Pedra, PhD

Samaddar S, Rolandelli A, O'Neal AJ, Laukaitis-Yousey HJ, Marnin L, Singh N, Wang X, Butler LR, Rangghran P, Kitsou C, Cabrera Paz FE, Valencia L, R Ferraz C, Munderloh UG, Khoo B, Cull B, Rosche KL, Shaw DK, Oliver J, Narasimhan S, Fikrig E, Pal U, Fiskum GM, Polster BM, Pedra JHF. Bacterial reprogramming of tick metabolism impacts vector fitness and susceptibility to infection. Nat Microbiol. 2024 Jul 12. doi: 10.1038/s41564-024-01756-0. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38997520.

Marnin L, Valencia LM, Bogale HN, Laukaitis-Yousey HJ, Rolandelli A, Ferraz CR, O'Neal AJ, Schmitter-Sánchez AD, Cuevas EB, Nguyen TT, Leal-Galvan B, Rickert DM, Mendes MT, Samaddar S, Butler LR, Singh N, Cabrera Paz FE, Oliver JD, Jameson JM, Munderloh UG, Oliva Chávez AS, Mulenga A, Park S, Serre D, Pedra JHF. Tick extracellular vesicles undermine epidermal wound healing during hematophagy. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2024 Sep 18:2023.11.10.566612. doi: 10.1101/2023.11.10.566612. PMID: 37986907; PMCID: PMC10659423.

Kenneth A. Dietze

Mentor: Tim C. Luetkens, MD

Dietze KA, Nguyen K, Pathni A, Fazekas F, Baker JM, Gebru E, Wang A, Sun W, Rosati E, Lum D, Rapoport AP, Fan X, Atanackovic D, Upadhyaya A, Luetkens T. Cathepsin B causes trogocytosis-mediated CAR T cell dysfunction. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2024 Aug 22:2024.06.11.598379. doi: 10.1101/2024.06.11.598379. PMID: 38915559; PMCID: PMC11195252.

Kocoglu MH, Luetkens T, Bork JT, Baddley JW, Omili D, Gebru E, Mulatu R, Yamoah D, Iraguha T, Fan X, Lesho P, Yousaf M, Baker JM, Dietze KA, Hankey KG, Badros A, Yared JA, Rapoport AP, Hardy NM, Atanackovic D. Coordinated antiviral immune response in a myeloma patient with systemic adenovirus infection post BCMA CAR T cells. Blood Adv. 2024 Jul 26:bloodadvances.2024012762. doi: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2024012762. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39058975.

Valerie Harrington

Mentor: David A. Rasko, PhD

Salem D, Clark SM, Roche DJO, Singh NJ, Talor MV, Buchanan RW, Harrington V, Ye Z, Chen S, Kelly DL. Pan T cells, Helper T cells, and Regulatory T cells are Associated with Negative Symptoms in Persons with Anti-Gliadin Antibody Positive Schizophrenia and Related Disorders. medRxiv [Preprint]. 2025 Feb 25:2025.02.24.25322815. doi: 10.1101/2025.02.24.25322815. PMID: 40061309; PMCID: PMC11888510.

Thomas M. Hill

Mentor: Helen M. Dooley, PhD

Smith LC, Hill TM. Ultrafiltration and Fluid Excretion in Echinoids Involves the Axial Organ with Elimination via the Intestine. Life (Basel). 2025 May 10;15(5):767. doi: 10.3390/life15050767. PMID: 40430194; PMCID: PMC12113024.

Hill TM, Dooley H. The unexpected role of nurse shark pancreas as a secondary lymphoid organ. J Immunol. 2025 May 15:vkaf091. doi: 10.1093/jimmun/vkaf091. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40373270.

Casey E. Hofstaedter

Mentor: Robert K. Ernst, PhD

Met CM, Hofstaedter CE, O'Keefe IP, Yang H, Moustafa DA, Sherman ME, Doi Y, Rasko DA, Sweet CR, Goldberg JB, Ernst RK. Characterization of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from subjects with diffuse panbronchiolitis. Microbiol Spectr. 2024 Oct 8:e0053024. doi: 10.1128/spectrum.00530-24. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39377602.

Da'Kuawn Johnson

Mentor: Nicholas H. Carbonetti, PhD

Kumar A, Johnson D, Bukowski A, Noto MJ, Carbonetti NH. Interferon lambda signaling in neutrophils enhances the pathogenesis of Bordetella pertussis infection. J Leukoc Biol. 2025 Feb 13;117(2):qiae202. doi: 10.1093/jleuko/qiae202. PMID: 39302155; PMCID: PMC11879762.

Jaylyn L. King

Mentor: Karen M. Scanlon, PhD

Lietz S, Sommer A, Sokolowski LM, Kling C, Rodríguez Alfonso AA, Preising N, Alpízar-Pedraza D, King J, Streit L, Schröppel B, van Erp R, Barth E, Schneider M, Münch J, Michaelis J, Ständker L, Wiese S, Barth H, Pulliainen AT, Scanlon K, Ernst K. Alpha-1 antitrypsin inhibits pertussis toxin. J Biol Chem. 2024 Dec;300(12):107950. doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2024.107950. Epub 2024 Oct 30. PMID: 39481600; PMCID: PMC11683240.

Christina Kratzmeier

Mentor: Alexander S. Krupnick, MD

Kratzmeier C, Taheri M, Mei Z, Lim I, Khalil MA, Carter-Cooper B, Fanaroff RE, Ong CS, Schneider EB, Chang S, Leyder E, Li D, Luzina IG, Banerjee A, Krupnick AS. Lung adenocarcinoma-derived IFN-γ promotes growth by modulating CD8+ T cell production of CCR5 chemokines. J Clin Invest. 2025 Jun 24:e191070. doi: 10.1172/JCI191070. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40553564.

Mei Z, Khalil MA, Guo Y, Li D, Banerjee A, Taheri M, Kratzmeier CM, Chen K, Lau CL, Luzina IG, Atamas SP, Kandasamy S, Kreisel D, Gelman AE, Jacobsen EA, Krupnick AS. Stress-induced eosinophil activation contributes to postoperative morbidity and mortality after lung resection. Sci Transl Med. 2024 Aug 21;16(761):eadl4222. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.adl4222. Epub 2024 Aug 21. PMID: 39167663; PMCID: PMC11636577.

Erica Leyder

Mentor: Alexander S. Krupnick, MD

Kratzmeier C, Taheri M, Mei Z, Lim I, Khalil MA, Carter-Cooper B, Fanaroff RE, Ong CS, Schneider EB, Chang S, Leyder E, Li D, Luzina IG, Banerjee A, Krupnick AS. Lung adenocarcinoma-derived IFN-γ promotes growth by modulating CD8+ T cell production of CCR5 chemokines. J Clin Invest. 2025 Jun 24:e191070. doi: 10.1172/JCI191070. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40553564.

Yaoxian Lou

Mentor: Lishan Su, PhD

Li G, Ma J, Yu H, Tsahouridis O, Lou Y, He X, Funaki M, Mathur P, Kottilil S, Zheng P, Liu Y, Su L. CD24-Fc resolves inflammation and rescues CD8 T cells with polyfunctionality in humanized mice infected with HIV-1 under cART. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2024 Dec 19:2024.12.16.628615. doi: 10.1101/2024.12.16.628615. PMID: 39763958; PMCID: PMC11702585.

Liron Marnin

Mentor: Joao H.F. Pedra, PhD

Samaddar S, Rolandelli A, O'Neal AJ, Laukaitis-Yousey HJ, Marnin L, Singh N, Wang X, Butler LR, Rangghran P, Kitsou C, Cabrera Paz FE, Valencia L, R Ferraz C, Munderloh UG, Khoo B, Cull B, Rosche KL, Shaw DK, Oliver J, Narasimhan S, Fikrig E, Pal U, Fiskum GM, Polster BM, Pedra JHF. Bacterial reprogramming of tick metabolism impacts vector fitness and susceptibility to infection. Nat Microbiol. 2024 Jul 12. doi: 10.1038/s41564-024-01756-0. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38997520.

Marnin L, Valencia LM, Bogale HN, Laukaitis-Yousey HJ, Rolandelli A, Ferraz CR, O'Neal AJ, Schmitter-Sánchez AD, Cuevas EB, Nguyen TT, Leal-Galvan B, Rickert DM, Mendes MT, Samaddar S, Butler LR, Singh N, Cabrera Paz FE, Oliver JD, Jameson JM, Munderloh UG, Oliva Chávez AS, Mulenga A, Park S, Serre D, Pedra JHF. Tick extracellular vesicles undermine epidermal wound healing during hematophagy. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2024 Sep 18:2023.11.10.566612. doi: 10.1101/2023.11.10.566612. PMID: 37986907; PMCID: PMC10659423.

Jernelle C. Miller

Mentor: Sharon M. Tennant, PhD

Mumby MJ, Prodger JL, Hackman J, Saraf S, Zhu X, Ferreira RC, Tomusange S, Jamiru S, Anok A, Kityamuweesi T, Buule P, Fink C, Edgar CR, Trothen SM, Dekaban GA, Brown EE, Capoferri AA, Baker OR, Klock E, Miller JC, Kirby C, Lynch B, Tobian AAR, Poon AFY, Quinn TC, Galiwango RM, Reynolds SJ, Redd AD, Dikeakos JD. Association between HIV-1 Nef-mediated MHC-I downregulation and the maintenance of the replication-competent latent viral reservoir in individuals with virally suppressed HIV-1 in Uganda: an exploratory cohort study. Lancet Microbe. 2025 May;6(5):101018. doi: 10.1016/j.lanmic.2024.101018. Epub 2025 Mar 12. PMID: 40088911; PMCID: PMC12066219.

Miller JC, Cross AS, Tennant SM, Baliban SM. Klebsiella pneumoniae Lipopolysaccharide as a Vaccine Target and the Role of Antibodies in Protection from Disease. Vaccines (Basel). 2024 Oct 17;12(10):1177. doi: 10.3390/vaccines12101177. PMID: 39460343; PMCID: PMC11512408.

Ian P. O'Keefe

Mentor: Robert K. Ernst, PhD

Met CM, Hofstaedter CE, O'Keefe IP, Yang H, Moustafa DA, Sherman ME, Doi Y, Rasko DA, Sweet CR, Goldberg JB, Ernst RK. Characterization of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from subjects with diffuse panbronchiolitis. Microbiol Spectr. 2024 Oct 8:e0053024. doi: 10.1128/spectrum.00530-24. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39377602.

Anya J. O'Neal

Mentor: Joao H.F. Pedra, PhD

Samaddar S, Rolandelli A, O'Neal AJ, Laukaitis-Yousey HJ, Marnin L, Singh N, Wang X, Butler LR, Rangghran P, Kitsou C, Cabrera Paz FE, Valencia L, R Ferraz C, Munderloh UG, Khoo B, Cull B, Rosche KL, Shaw DK, Oliver J, Narasimhan S, Fikrig E, Pal U, Fiskum GM, Polster BM, Pedra JHF. Bacterial reprogramming of tick metabolism impacts vector fitness and susceptibility to infection. Nat Microbiol. 2024 Jul 12. doi: 10.1038/s41564-024-01756-0. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38997520.

Marnin L, Valencia LM, Bogale HN, Laukaitis-Yousey HJ, Rolandelli A, Ferraz CR, O'Neal AJ, Schmitter-Sánchez AD, Cuevas EB, Nguyen TT, Leal-Galvan B, Rickert DM, Mendes MT, Samaddar S, Butler LR, Singh N, Cabrera Paz FE, Oliver JD, Jameson JM, Munderloh UG, Oliva Chávez AS, Mulenga A, Park S, Serre D, Pedra JHF. Tick extracellular vesicles undermine epidermal wound healing during hematophagy. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2024 Sep 18:2023.11.10.566612. doi: 10.1101/2023.11.10.566612. PMID: 37986907; PMCID: PMC10659423.

Destiny Omili

Mentor: Stuart S. Martin, PhD

Atanackovic D, Luetkens T, Schneider D, Hu P, Wang X, Shetty AC, Tallon L, Patel I, Singh R, Gebru E, Mulatu R, Omili D, Yamoah D, Fan X, Matsangos A, Lesho P, Dietze KA, Fromowitz AA, Hankey KG, Dahiya S, Yared JA, Hardy NM, Koka R, Kallen ME, Badros A, Rapoport AP, Kocoglu MH. Immune correlates of anti-BCMA CAR-T products idecabtagene vicleucel and ciltacabtagene autoleucel in a real-world cohort of patients with multiple myeloma. Nat Commun. 2025 Jul 4;16(1):6154. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-60980-2. PMID: 40610432; PMCID: PMC12229333.

Noah A. Pollack

Mentor: William T. Jackson, PhD

Jassey A, Paudel B, Wagner MA, Pollack N, Cheng IT, Godoy-Ruiz R, Weber DJ, Jackson WT. Mitophagosomes induced during EV-D68 infection promote viral nonlytic release. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2024 Dec 6:2024.12.05.627125. doi: 10.1101/2024.12.05.627125. PMID: 39677747; PMCID: PMC11643070.

Pollack N, Jackson WT. Some assembly required: a single-RNA vaccine against enterovirus-D68. Trends Pharmacol Sci. 2024 Dec;45(12):1089-1091. doi: 10.1016/j.tips.2024.10.010. Epub 2024 Nov 11. PMID: 39532602; PMCID: PMC11624984.

David M. Rickert

Mentor: Nicholas H. Carbonetti, PhD

Marnin L, Valencia LM, Bogale HN, Laukaitis-Yousey HJ, Rolandelli A, Ferraz CR, O'Neal AJ, Schmitter-Sánchez AD, Cuevas EB, Nguyen TT, Leal-Galvan B, Rickert DM, Mendes MT, Samaddar S, Butler LR, Singh N, Cabrera Paz FE, Oliver JD, Jameson JM, Munderloh UG, Oliva Chávez AS, Mulenga A, Park S, Serre D, Pedra JHF. Tick extracellular vesicles undermine epidermal wound healing during hematophagy. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2024 Sep 18:2023.11.10.566612. doi: 10.1101/2023.11.10.566612. PMID: 37986907; PMCID: PMC10659423.

Cosette Schneider

Mentor: Lynda Coughlan, PhD

Seibert BA, Parish MA, Talukdar SN, Zhang T, Chaulagain S, Liu JA, Sachithanandham J, Schneider C, Coughlan L, Bowman A, Webby RJ, Harkema JR, Pekosz A, Klein SL. Vertical Transmission of Bovine H5N1 during Pregnancy and Lactation in Mice. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2025 Jul 27:2025.07.07.663583. doi: 10.1101/2025.07.07.663583. PMID: 40672328; PMCID: PMC12265628.

Michael J. Sikorski

Mentors: Myron M. Levine, MD, DTPH, and David A. Rasko, PhD

Martin LB, Tack B, Marchello CS, Sikorski MJ, Owusu-Dabo E, Nyirenda T, Mogasale V, Crump JA. Vaccine value profile for invasive non-typhoidal Salmonella disease. Vaccine. 2024 Jul 25;42(19S1):S101-S124. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.04.045. PMID: 39003017.

Kieran E. Tebben

Mentor: David Serre, Dr. rer. nat

Tebben K, Yirampo S, Coulibaly D, Koné AK, Laurens MB, Stucke EM, Dembélé A, Tolo Y, Traoré K, Niangaly A, Berry AA, Kouriba B, Plowe CV, Doumbo OK, Lyke KE, Takala-Harrison S, Thera MA, Travassos MA, Serre D. Immune gene expression changes more during a malaria transmission season than between consecutive seasons. Microbiol Spectr. 2024 Aug 20:e0096024. doi: 10.1128/spectrum.00960-24. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39162546.

Luisa M. Valencia

Mentor: Joao H.F. Pedra, PhD

Marnin L, Valencia LM, Bogale HN, Laukaitis-Yousey HJ, Rolandelli A, Ferraz CR, O'Neal AJ, Schmitter-Sánchez AD, Cuevas EB, Nguyen TT, Leal-Galvan B, Rickert DM, Mendes MT, Samaddar S, Butler LR, Singh N, Cabrera Paz FE, Oliver JD, Jameson JM, Munderloh UG, Oliva Chávez AS, Mulenga A, Park S, Serre D, Pedra JHF. Tick extracellular vesicles undermine epidermal wound healing during hematophagy. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2024 Sep 18:2023.11.10.566612. doi: 10.1101/2023.11.10.566612. PMID: 37986907; PMCID: PMC10659423.

Sydney E. Ashton

Mentor: Margaret M. McCarthy, PhD

Haakenson CM, Balthazart J, VanRyzin JW, Marquardt AE, Ashton SE, McCarthy MM, Ball GF. Neurochemical Characterization of Dopaminoceptive Cells in Song Control Nuclei of Canaries and Their Activation During Song Production: A Multiplex Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization Study. J Comp Neurol. 2024 Oct;532(10):e25675. doi: 10.1002/cne.25675. PMID: 39387367.

Emily M. DeMarco

Mentor: Thomas A. Blanpied, PhD

Hussey JW, DeMarco E, DiSilvestre D, Brohus M, Busuioc AO, Iversen ED, Jensen HH, Nyegaard M, Overgaard MT, Ben-Johny M, Dick IE. Voltage Gated Calcium Channel Dysregulation May Contribute to Neurological Symptoms in Calmodulinopathies. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2024 Dec 5:2024.12.02.626503. doi: 10.1101/2024.12.02.626503. PMID: 39677635; PMCID: PMC11642847.

Poorna A. Dharmasri

Mentor: Thomas A. Blanpied, PhD

Emperador-Melero J, Andersen JW, Metzbower SR, Levy AD, Dharmasri PA, de Nola G, Blanpied TA, Kaeser PS. Distinct active zone protein machineries mediate Ca2+ channel clustering and vesicle priming at hippocampal synapses. Nat Neurosci. 2024 Aug 19. doi: 10.1038/s41593-024-01720-5. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39160372.

Christie V. Dionisos

Mentor: Margaret M. McCarthy, PhD

Blanchard AC, Maximova A, Phillips-Jones T, Bruce MR, Anastasiadis P, Dionisos CV, Engel K, Reinl E, Pham A, Malaiya S, Singh N, Ament S, McCarthy MM. Mast cells proliferate in the peri-hippocampal space during early development and modulate local and peripheral immune cells. Dev Cell. 2025 Mar 24;60(6):853-870.e7. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2024.11.015. Epub 2024 Dec 10. PMID: 39662467; PMCID: PMC11945645.

Carolyn Doty

Mentor: Daniel J. O. Roche, PhD

Shetty AC, Verma A, Sivinski J, Fan X, Doty C, Hollander B, Roche D, Seneviratne C. Peripheral blood cell-type and sex-specific signatures of alcohol misuse revealed by single-cell transcriptomics. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2025 May 27:2025.05.21.655347. doi: 10.1101/2025.05.21.655347. PMID: 40501697; PMCID: PMC12154914.

Soad Elziny

Mentor: Peter B. Crino, MD, PhD

Yoon H, Ringland A, Anderson JJ, Sran S, Elziny S, Huynh C, Shinagawa N, Badertscher S, Corrigan RR, Mashburn-Warren L, Amari F, Chen M, Coppola V, Crino PB, Bedrosian TA. Mouse models of Slc35a2 brain mosaicism reveal mechanisms of mild malformations of cortical development with oligodendroglial hyperplasia in epilepsy. Epilepsia. 2024 Oct 26. doi: 10.1111/epi.18166. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39460689.

Kaliroi J. Engel

Mentor: Margaret M. McCarthy, PhD

Blanchard AC, Maximova A, Phillips-Jones T, Bruce MR, Anastasiadis P, Dionisos CV, Engel K, Reinl E, Pham A, Malaiya S, Singh N, Ament S, McCarthy MM. Mast cells proliferate in the peri-hippocampal space during early development and modulate local and peripheral immune cells. Dev Cell. 2025 Mar 24;60(6):853-870.e7. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2024.11.015. Epub 2024 Dec 10. PMID: 39662467; PMCID: PMC11945645.

Daniela Franco

Mentor: Mary Kay Lobo, PhD

Olusakin J, Dewan M, Kashyap A, Franco D, Kumar G, Lujan MA, Mark KS, Cheer J, Lobo MK. Concurrent maternal stress and THC exposure during pregnancy alters adolescent behavioral outcomes and corticolimbic molecular programs. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2025 Jun 28:2025.06.26.661775. doi: 10.1101/2025.06.26.661775. PMID: 40667373; PMCID: PMC12262384.

Kumar G, Franco D, Basu M, Olusakin J, Campbell R, Ament SA, Fox ME, Lobo MK. Nucleus accumbens neuron subtype translatome signatures in socially stressed females. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2025 Jun 1:2025.06.01.656319. doi: 10.1101/2025.06.01.656319. PMID: 40661585; PMCID: PMC12258951.

Mikah S. Green

Mentor: Mary Kay Lobo, PhD

Campbell RR, Green M, Choi EY, Wulff AB, Siclair AN, Khatri S, Virata G, Barrett C, Key S, Patel S, Rowell MB, Franco D, Ganapathy-Kanniappan S, Mathur BN, Lobo MK. Dopamine receptor 1 specific CRISPRa mice exhibit disrupted behaviors and striatal baseline cellular activity. eNeuro. 2025 Jul 24:ENEURO.0157-25.2025. doi: 10.1523/ENEURO.0157-25.2025. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40707359.

Catherine Haga

Mentor: Asaf Keller, PhD

Koenig JA, Haga C, Cramer N, Keller A. Gestational Chlorpyrifos Exposure Imparts Lasting Alterations to the Rat Somatosensory Cortex. J Neurosci. 2025 May 9:e0363252025. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0363-25.2025. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40345837.

Zhengyi Huang

Mentor: Marco Venniro, PhD

Lis CA, Casile A, Feulner B, Garcia J, Madangopal R, Papastrat KM, Huang Z, Pacheco-Spiewak A, Ramsey LA, Venniro M. A rat model of volitional mutual social interactions. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2025 Apr 25. doi: 10.1038/s41386-025-02113-3. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40281038.

John W. Hussey

Mentor: Ivy E. Dick, PhD

Hussey JW, DeMarco E, DiSilvestre D, Brohus M, Busuioc AO, Iversen ED, Jensen HH, Nyegaard M, Overgaard MT, Ben-Johny M, Dick IE. Voltage Gated Calcium Channel Dysregulation May Contribute to Neurological Symptoms in Calmodulinopathies. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2024 Dec 5:2024.12.02.626503. doi: 10.1101/2024.12.02.626503. PMID: 39677635; PMCID: PMC11642847.

Dominic Isaacs

Mentor: Thomas A. Longden, PhD

Longden TA, Isaacs D. Pericyte Electrical Signalling and Brain Haemodynamics. Basic Clin Pharmacol Toxicol. 2025 May;136(5):e70030. doi: 10.1111/bcpt.70030. PMID: 40159653; PMCID: PMC11955720.

Isaacs D, Xiang L, Hariharan A, Longden TA. KATP channel-dependent electrical signaling links capillary pericytes to arterioles during neurovascular coupling. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2024 Dec 10;121(50):e2405965121. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2405965121. Epub 2024 Dec 4. PMID: 39630860; PMCID: PMC11648664.

Niaz Z. Khan

Mentor: Alan I. Faden, MD

Lei Z, Krishnamachary B, Khan NZ, Ji Y, Li Y, Li H, Brunner K, Faden AI, Jones JW, Wu J. Spinal cord injury disrupts plasma extracellular vesicles cargoes leading to neuroinflammation in the brain and neurological dysfunction in aged male mice. Brain Behav Immun. 2024 Aug;120:584-603. doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2024.07.005. Epub 2024 Jul 8. PMID: 38986724; PMCID: PMC11269008.

Niaz Z. Khan

Mentor: Steffen B.E. Wolff, PhD

Altas B, Tuffy LP, Patrizi A, Dimova K, Soykan T, Brandenburg C, Romanowski AJ, Whitten JR, Robertson CD, Khim SN, Crutcher GW, Ambrozkiewicz MC, Yagensky O, Krueger-Burg D, Hammer M, Hsiao HH, Laskowski PR, Dyck L, Puche AC, Sassoè-Pognetto M, Chua JJE, Urlaub H, Jahn O, Brose N, Poulopoulos A. Region-Specific Phosphorylation Determines Neuroligin-3 Localization to Excitatory Versus Inhibitory Synapses. Biol Psychiatry. 2024 Nov 15;96(10):815-828. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2023.12.020. Epub 2023 Dec 27. PMID: 38154503; PMCID: PMC11209832.

Gautam Kumar

Mentor: Mary Kay Lobo, PhD

Olusakin J, Dewan M, Kashyap A, Franco D, Kumar G, Lujan MA, Mark KS, Cheer J, Lobo MK. Concurrent maternal stress and THC exposure during pregnancy alters adolescent behavioral outcomes and corticolimbic molecular programs. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2025 Jun 28:2025.06.26.661775. doi: 10.1101/2025.06.26.661775. PMID: 40667373; PMCID: PMC12262384.

Mares J, Kumar G, Sharma A, Emrani S, McIntire LB, Guo J, Menon V, Nuriel T; Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative. APOE ε4-associated heterogeneity of neuroimaging biomarkers across the Alzheimer's disease continuum. Alzheimers Dement. 2025 Jan;21(1):e14392. doi: 10.1002/alz.14392. Epub 2024 Nov 22. PMID: 39575672; PMCID: PMC11775459.

Cody A. Lis

Mentor: Marco Venniro, PhD

Lis CA, Casile A, Feulner B, Garcia J, Madangopal R, Papastrat KM, Huang Z, Pacheco-Spiewak A, Ramsey LA, Venniro M. A rat model of volitional mutual social interactions. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2025 Apr 25. doi: 10.1038/s41386-025-02113-3. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40281038.

Rebecca Lorsung

Mentor: Asaf Keller, PhD

Lorsung R, Cramer N, Alipio JB, Ji Y, Han S, Masri R, Keller A. Sex Differences in Central Amygdala Glutamate Responses to Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide. J Neurosci. 2025 Jan 8;45(2):e1898242024. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1898-24.2024. PMID: 39663115; PMCID: PMC11714345.

Sonia Malaiya

Mentor: Seth A. Ament, PhD

Blanchard AC, Maximova A, Phillips-Jones T, Bruce MR, Anastasiadis P, Dionisos CV, Engel K, Reinl E, Pham A, Malaiya S, Singh N, Ament S, McCarthy MM. Mast cells proliferate in the peri-hippocampal space during early development and modulate local and peripheral immune cells. Dev Cell. 2025 Mar 24;60(6):853-870.e7. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2024.11.015. Epub 2024 Dec 10. PMID: 39662467; PMCID: PMC11945645.

Ashley E. Marquardt

Mentor: Margaret M. McCarthy, PhD

VanRyzin JW, Marquardt AE, McCarthy MM. Feminization of social play behavior depends on microglia. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2024 Aug 19:2024.08.19.608675. doi: 10.1101/2024.08.19.608675. PMID: 39229086; PMCID: PMC11370478.

Haakenson CM, Balthazart J, VanRyzin JW, Marquardt AE, Ashton SE, McCarthy MM, Ball GF. Neurochemical Characterization of Dopaminoceptive Cells in Song Control Nuclei of Canaries and Their Activation During Song Production: A Multiplex Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization Study. J Comp Neurol. 2024 Oct;532(10):e25675. doi: 10.1002/cne.25675. PMID: 39387367.

Anna A. Maximova

Mentor: Margaret M. McCarthy, PhD

Blanchard AC, Maximova A, Phillips-Jones T, Bruce MR, Anastasiadis P, Dionisos CV, Engel K, Reinl E, Pham A, Malaiya S, Singh N, Ament S, McCarthy MM. Mast cells proliferate in the peri-hippocampal space during early development and modulate local and peripheral immune cells. Dev Cell. 2025 Mar 24;60(6):853-870.e7. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2024.11.015. Epub 2024 Dec 10. PMID: 39662467; PMCID: PMC11945645.

Jessica Mcinerney

Mentor: Mary Kay Lobo, PhD

Stapf CA, Keefer SE, McInerney JM, Cheer JF, Calu DJ. Dorsomedial Striatum (DMS) CB1R Signaling Promotes Pavlovian Devaluation Sensitivity in Male Long Evans Rats and Reduces DMS Inhibitory Synaptic Transmission in Both Sexes. eNeuro. 2025 Jan 29;12(1):ENEURO.0341-24.2024. doi: 10.1523/ENEURO.0341-24.2024. PMID: 39746803; PMCID: PMC11779511.

Mitchell B. Moyer

Mentor: J. Marc Simard, MD, PhD

Moyer MB, Langbein J, Tsymbalyuk O, McAfee D, Chen C, Bachani M, Gerzanich V, Simard JM, Ksendzovsky A. Dose Escalation in Pentylenetetrazol Kindling Detects Differences in Chronic Seizure Susceptibility. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2025 Feb 2:2025.01.29.635374. doi: 10.1101/2025.01.29.635374. PMID: 39975103; PMCID: PMC11838313.

Simard JM, Tosun C, Tsymbalyuk O, Moyer M, Keledjian K, Tsymbalyuk N, Olaniran A, Evans M, Langbein J, Khan Z, Kreinbrink M, Ciryam P, Stokum JA, Jha R, Ksendzovsky A, Gerzanich V. A mouse model of temporal lobe contusion. J Neurotrauma. 2024 Sep 20. doi: 10.1089/neu.2024.0242. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39302058.

Amanda Pacheco-Spiewak

Mentor: Marco Venniro, PhD

Lis CA, Casile A, Feulner B, Garcia J, Madangopal R, Papastrat KM, Huang Z, Pacheco-Spiewak A, Ramsey LA, Venniro M. A rat model of volitional mutual social interactions. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2025 Apr 25. doi: 10.1038/s41386-025-02113-3. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40281038.

Kimberly M. Papastrat

Mentor: Marco Venniro, PhD

Lis CA, Casile A, Feulner B, Garcia J, Madangopal R, Papastrat KM, Huang Z, Pacheco-Spiewak A, Ramsey LA, Venniro M. A rat model of volitional mutual social interactions. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2025 Apr 25. doi: 10.1038/s41386-025-02113-3. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40281038.

Aiden L. Pham

Mentor: Margaret M. McCarthy, PhD

Pham AL, Marquardt AE, Montgomery KR, Sobota KN, McCarthy MM, VanRyzin JW. Timing matters: modeling the effects of gestational cannabis exposure on social behavior and microglia in the developing amygdala. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2025 Feb 17:2025.02.17.638714. doi: 10.1101/2025.02.17.638714. PMID: 40027715; PMCID: PMC11870496.

Blanchard AC, Maximova A, Phillips-Jones T, Bruce MR, Anastasiadis P, Dionisos CV, Engel K, Reinl E, Pham A, Malaiya S, Singh N, Ament S, McCarthy MM. Mast cells proliferate in the peri-hippocampal space during early development and modulate local and peripheral immune cells. Dev Cell. 2025 Mar 24;60(6):853-870.e7. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2024.11.015. Epub 2024 Dec 10. PMID: 39662467; PMCID: PMC11945645.

Abagail F. Postle

Mentor: Todd D. Gould, MD

Georgiou P, Postle AF, Mou TM, Potter LE, An X, Zanos P, Patton MS, Pultorak KJ, Clark SM, Ngyuyen V, Powels CF, Prokai-Tatrai K, Kirmizis A, Merchenthaler I, Prokai L, McCarthy MM, Mathur BN, Gould TD. Estradiol, via estrogen receptor β signaling, mediates stress-susceptibility in the male brain. Mol Psychiatry. 2025 Apr 24. doi: 10.1038/s41380-025-03027-8. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40269188.

Meghann C. Ryan

Mentor: Linda Chang, MD, MS

Liu P, Ernst T, Liang H, Jiang D, Cunningham E, Ryan M, Lu H, Kottilil S, Chang L. Elevated cerebral oxygen extraction in patients with post-COVID conditions. NeuroImmune Pharm Ther. 2024 Nov 20;3(3-4):169-174. doi: 10.1515/nipt-2024-0014. PMID: 39959306; PMCID: PMC11823640.

Allison N. Siclair

Mentor: Brian N. Mathur, PhD

Campbell RR, Green M, Choi EY, Wulff AB, Siclair AN, Khatri S, Virata G, Barrett C, Key S, Patel S, Rowell MB, Franco D, Ganapathy-Kanniappan S, Mathur BN, Lobo MK. Dopamine receptor 1 specific CRISPRa mice exhibit disrupted behaviors and striatal baseline cellular activity. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2025 Jun 27:2025.06.26.661721. doi: 10.1101/2025.06.26.661721. Update in: eNeuro. 2025 Jul 24:ENEURO.0157-25.2025. doi: 10.1523/ENEURO.0157-25.2025. PMID: 40667237; PMCID: PMC12262671.

Catherine Stapf

Mentor: Donna J. Calu, PhD

Stapf CA, Keefer SE, McInerney JM, Cheer JF, Calu DJ. Dorsomedial Striatum (DMS) CB1R Signaling Promotes Pavlovian Devaluation Sensitivity in Male Long Evans Rats and Reduces DMS Inhibitory Synaptic Transmission in Both Sexes. eNeuro. 2025 Jan 29;12(1):ENEURO.0341-24.2024. doi: 10.1523/ENEURO.0341-24.2024. PMID: 39746803; PMCID: PMC11779511.

Brent W. Stewart

Mentor: David Seminowicz, PhD

Stewart BW, Cormie MA, Keaser ML, Moayedi M, Mathur BN, Seminowicz DA. The human claustrum initiates networks for externally and internally driven task demands. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2025 Jun 27:2025.06.26.661853. doi: 10.1101/2025.06.26.661853. PMID: 40666884; PMCID: PMC12262355.

Laura S. Ventura

Mentor: Joyce Teixeira Da Silva, PhD

Ventura L, do Espírito-Santo RF, Keaser M, Zhang Y, Ro JY, Da Silva JT. Green Light Exposure Reduces Primary Hyperalgesia and Proinflammatory Cytokines in a Rodent Model of Knee Osteoarthritis: Shedding Light on Sex Differences. Biomedicines. 2024 Sep 3;12(9):2005. doi: 10.3390/biomedicines12092005. PMID: 39335519; PMCID: PMC11429231.

Lakota Watson

Mentor: Luana Colloca, MD, PhD

Shafir R, Watson L, Felix RB, Muhammed S, Fisher JP, Hu P, Wang Y, Colloca L. Factors influencing the hypoalgesic effects of virtual reality. Pain. 2025 Mar 4. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003549. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40043143.

Liuruimin (Amy) Xiang

Mentor: Thomas A. Longden, PhD

Isaacs D, Xiang L, Hariharan A, Longden TA. KATP channel-dependent electrical signaling links capillary pericytes to arterioles during neurovascular coupling. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2024 Dec 10;121(50):e2405965121. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2405965121. Epub 2024 Dec 4. PMID: 39630860; PMCID: PMC11648664.

Naibo Zhang

Mentor: Brian M. Polster, PhD

Hwang H, Sarkar C, Piskoun B, Zhang N, Borcar A, Robertson CL, Lipinski MM, Yadava N, Goodfellow MJ, Polster BM. Idebenone Mitigates Traumatic-Brain-Injury-Triggered Gene Expression Changes to Ephrin-A and Dopamine Signaling Pathways While Increasing Microglial Genes. Cells. 2025 Jun 1;14(11):824. doi: 10.3390/cells14110824. PMID: 40498000; PMCID: PMC12154110.

 

Nesreen Alissa

Mentor: Kelly P. Westlake, PhD, MSc, PT

Alissa N, Shipper AG, Zilliox L, Westlake KP. A Systematic Review of the Effect of Physical Rehabilitation on Balance in People with Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy Who are at Risk of Falling. Clin Interv Aging. 2024 Jul 19;19:1325-1339. doi: 10.2147/CIA.S459492. PMID: 39050517; PMCID: PMC11268776.

Ruth Y. Akinlosotu

Mentor: Kelly P. Westlake, PhD, MSc, PT

Tomlin KB, Akinlosotu R, Gorman EF, Schmitt E, Eaton S, Westlake KP. Motor Learning in Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Systematic Review. Neuropsychol Rev. 2025 May 15. doi: 10.1007/s11065-025-09661-x. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40372622.

Kathleen R. Dondero

Mentor: Odessa R. Addison, DPT, PhD

Dondero KR, Siok DT, Zabriskie HA, Mázala DAG, Dobrosielski DA, Addison O, Landers-Ramos RQ. Acute Changes in Muscle Thickness and Quality Following Dynamic Bodyweight Exercise in Recreationally Trained Adults. J Sport Rehabil. 2025 Mar 25:1-7. doi: 10.1123/jsr.2024-0015. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40132612.

Ben Friedman

Mentor: Odessa R. Addison, DPT, PhD

Friedman B, Beamer BA, Beans J, Gray V, Alon G, Ryan A, Katzel LI, Sorkin JD, Addison O. Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation to Maximize Hip Abductor Strength and Reduce Fall Risk in Older Veterans: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Res Protoc. 2025 May 1;14:e68082. doi: 10.2196/68082. PMID: 40312027.

Rekant J, Ortmeyer H, Giffuni J, Friedman B, Addison O. Physical Functioning, Physical Activity, and Variability in Gait Performance during the Six-Minute Walk Test. Sensors (Basel). 2024 Jul 18;24(14):4656. doi: 10.3390/s24144656. PMID: 39066052; PMCID: PMC11280787.

Simon Ho

Mentor: Victoria G. Marchese, PhD, PT, FAPTA

Marchese VG, McCarthy E, Ho S, Horn L, Rock K. Exploring Posturography in Children with Sickle Cell Disease. Phys Occup Ther Pediatr. 2025 Mar 10:1-15. doi: 10.1080/01942638.2025.2463346. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40062602.

Mathis LM, Sun N, Ho SK, White LS, Addison O, Savin DN, Falvey JR. Associations Between Peak Expiratory Flow and Community Mobility Loss Among Older Adults in the United States. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2025 Jan 11. doi: 10.1111/jgs.19367. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39797724.

Shabnam Lateef

Mentor: Vicki L. Gray, MPT, PhD

Lateef S, Lanza MB, Gray VL. Does the rate of hip abductor and adductor muscle activation during weight transfer influence voluntary lateral stepping in chronic stroke? J Electromyogr Kinesiol. 2025 Mar 26;82:103003. doi: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2025.103003. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40184848.

Lanza MB, Baghi R, Frakes N, Lateef S, Martins LTC, Zhang LQ, Gray VL. Differences in muscle morphology assessed by ultrasound at various muscle regions and their impact on voluntary and involuntary force production. Sci Rep. 2025 Mar 18;15(1):9247. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-94158-z. PMID: 40102558; PMCID: PMC11920046.

Lateef S, Addison O, Zhang LQ, Gray V, Lanza MB. Exploring discrepancies in muscle analysis with ImageJ: understanding the impact of tool selection on echo intensity and muscle area measurements. J Ultrasound. 2024 Jul 26. doi: 10.1007/s40477-024-00934-4. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39060718.

Sarah M. Margerison

Mentor: David Seminowicz, PhD

Alcon C, Margerison S, Kirse H, Zoch C, Laurienti P, Seminowicz D, Wang-Price S. The Effect of Combining Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation and Pain Neuroscience Education in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain and High Pain Catastrophizing: An Exploratory Clinical, Cognitive, and fMRI Study. Brain Behav. 2025 May;15(5):e70543. doi: 10.1002/brb3.70543. PMID: 40343412; PMCID: PMC12060226.

Chowdhury NS, Bi C, Furman AJ, Chiang AKI, Skippen P, Si E, Millard SK, Margerison SM, Spies D, Keaser ML, Da Silva JT, Chen S, Schabrun SM, Seminowicz DA. Predicting Individual Pain Sensitivity Using a Novel Cortical Biomarker Signature. JAMA Neurol. 2025 Mar 1;82(3):237-246. doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2024.4857. PMID: 39869323; PMCID: PMC11773403.

Lindsey M. Mathis

Mentor: Douglas N. Savin, MPT, PhD, Ph.D.

Mathis LM, Sun N, Ho SK, White LS, Addison O, Savin DN, Falvey JR. Associations Between Peak Expiratory Flow and Community Mobility Loss Among Older Adults in the United States. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2025 Jan 11. doi: 10.1111/jgs.19367. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39797724.

Fique MT, Melgar Castillo A, Twardzik E, Mathis LM, Cooper JK, Falvey JR. 'Even if they're late or it takes forever … I will get home': Exploring lived experiences of older paratransit users. J Transp Health. 2025 Aug;43:102063. doi: 10.1016/j.jth.2025.102063. Epub 2025 May 5. PMID: 40519249; PMCID: PMC12162098.

Emily G. McCarthy

Mentor: Victoria G. Marchese, PhD, PT, FAPTA

Marchese VG, McCarthy E, Ho S, Horn L, Rock K. Exploring Posturography in Children with Sickle Cell Disease. Phys Occup Ther Pediatr. 2025 Mar 10:1-15. doi: 10.1080/01942638.2025.2463346. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40062602.

Kylie B. Tomlin

Mentor: Kelly P. Westlake, PhD, MSc, PT

Tomlin KB, Akinlosotu R, Gorman EF, Schmitt E, Eaton S, Westlake KP. Motor Learning in Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Systematic Review. Neuropsychol Rev. 2025 May 15. doi: 10.1007/s11065-025-09661-x. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40372622.