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Our lab is interested in the inflammatory role of platelets and the interface between inflammation and thrombosis. We currently have projects directed at the role of platelets in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) which involves analyzing clinical specimens and performing functional platelet assays. Other projects in the lab involve understanding the interaction of platelets with pathogenic bacteria and viruses.
Dr. Worth has trained graduate students (Ph.D., MS), medical students, and post-doctoral fellows who have all gone on to excellent positions in their respective fields.
Current Members:
- Assistant Professor - Research Track: Leah Wuescher, Ph.D.
Graduate Students:
- Iluja Gautam - Ph.D. student (Medical Microbiology & Immunology Track)
Medical Students:
- Louis Filipiak - M4
- Zachary Storad - M4
- Omar Bassiouni - M2
- Chadwick Huss - M1
Undergraduate Students:
- Arukshita Goel
Lab Alumni:
Post-Doctoral Fellows:
- Ramadan Ali, Ph.D. - Position after post-doc - Post-doctoral fellow, Dept. of Medicine, Div. Rheumatology, University of Michigan.
- Sharmeen Nishat, Ph.D. - Position after post-doc - Assistant Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology.
Graduate Students:
- Kaitlyn Zigulis - M.S.B.S. (Bioinformatics) - Position after graduation - Lab Technician, ProMedica Health System
- Claire Meikle - M.D./Ph.D. - 2021 - Position after graduation - Family Medicine/Psychiatry Resident,
U. Cincinnati.
- (Blade Article)
- 1st place - UT-COMLS CBGS Research Forum Oral Presentation 2017
- 1st place - 3MT® (3 Minute Thesis) 2018
- AAI - Careers in Immunology Fellowship 2018
- Joshua Vieth - Ph.D. 2010 - Position after graduation - Post-doctoral fellow, Dept. of Pediatrics, Child Health Institute of New Jersey. Current position - Director or Research, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, NY, NY.
- Elizabeth Beil - M.D./M.S. 2012 - Position after graduation - Emergency Medicine resident, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA. Current position - ER Physician - Southern Maine Healthcare, Beddeford, ME
Medical Students:
- Erin Schnakel - M.D. 2010 - Position after graduation - OB-Gyn resident - Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus, OH. Current position - Ob/Gyn physician - Women's Physicians in OB/GYN, Columbus, OH
- Steven R. Gay - M.D. 2011 - Position after graduation - Internal medicine resident, University Hospital, Cincinnati, OH. Current Position - Private practice in gastrointestinal medicine, Cincinnati, OH.
- Adam J. Antczak - M.D./M.B.A 2012 - Deceased June 18, 2012 - Position after graduation - Emergency Medicine resident, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI
- Elizabeth Beil - M.D./M.S. 2012 - Position after graduation - Emergency Medicine resident, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA. Current position - Emergency Medicine Physician - Southern Maine Healthcare, Beddeford, ME
- Brittany C. Heflin - M.D. 2013 - Position after graduation - Emergency Medicine resident, NEOMED/Akron General Hospital, Akron, OH. Current Position - Emergency Medicine Physician, Akron General Hospital, Akron, OH
- Mark D. Berlacher - M.D. 2014 - Position after graduation - Internal Medicine Resident, Indiana University Hospital, Indianapolis, IN. Current position - Cardiologist, Christ Hospital, Cincinnati, OH.
- Anum H. Riaz - M.D. 2014 - Position after graduation - Neurology Resident, Case Western Reserve University Hospitals, Cleveland, OH. Current position - Assistant Professor of Neurology, University of Toledo COMLS, Toledo, OH.
- Brian E. Tasma - M.D. 2015 - Position after graduation - Internal Medicine resident - University of Toledo, Toledo, OH. Current position - Assistant professor of Medicine, University of Toledo COMLS, Toledo, OH.
- Holly J. Boardman - M.D. 2015 - Position after graduation - Pediatrics resident - Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters (Eastern Virginia Med Sc.), Norfolk, VA
- Brent R. Keeley - M.D. 2016 - Position after graduation - Emergency Medicine resident - University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI. Current position - Emergency Medicine physician - ProMedica Physicians, Toledo, OH.
- Glenn R. Westphal - M.D. 2016 - Position after graduation - Internal Medicine resident - University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL. Current Position - Hospitalist - Wexner Medical Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
- Priyanka Garg - M.D. 2019 - Position after graduation - Internal Medicine resident - University of Miami/University of Rochester, NY
- Tess Gao - M.D. 2019 - Position after graduation - Obstetrics/Gynecology resident - Rutgers - New Jersey Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ
- Clare Kelly - M.D. 2019 - Position after graduation - Internal Medicine resident - Case Western/University Hospitals, Cleveland, OH
- Allison Dunn - M.D. 2020 - Position after graduation - Radiology resident - Ohio State University
- Joseph Jeffries - M.D. 2020 - Position after graduation - Internal medicine resident - Medical College of Wisconsin
- Christina Schultz - D.O. Student - Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Cara Bird - M.D. 2021 - Position after graduation - Pediatrics resident - Baylor University
- Adam Meisler - M.D. 2022 - Position after graduation - Anesthesiology resident - University of
Toledo
- Recipient of Medical Student Fellowship from North American Society for Thrombosis and Hemostasis
- Hanna Knauss - M.D. 2022 - Position after graduation - Internal Medicien resident - Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
High School Student:
- Arukshita Goel - Sylvania Southview High School