The University of Toledo : Current Students in the Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases Track

Current Students in the Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases Track

Kristine Angevine Ph.D. Candidate Advisor: Edith Mensah-Osman, M.D., Ph.D. E-mail: Kristine.Angevine@rockets.utoledo.edu
Yeshavanth Banasavadi-Siddegowda Ph.D. Candidate Project: FKBP8 Regulates the Folding and Export of Plasma Membrane Ion Channels Advisor: Xiaodong Robert Wang, Ph.D. E-mail: YeshavanthKum.BanasavadiSiddegowda@rockets.utoledo.edu
Moumita Banerjee Ph.D. Candidate Advisor: Zi-Jian Xie, Ph.D. E-mail: Moumita.Banerjee@rockets.utoledo.edu
Thomas Bowman Ph.D. Candidate Project: Hepatic CEACAM1 Protects Against Diet-Induced Obesity Advisor: Sonia Najjar, Ph.D. E-mail: Thomas.Bowman@rockets.utoledo.edu
Shuai Dong Ph.D. Candidate Advisor: Zi-Jian Xie, Ph.D. E-Mail: Shuai.Dong@rockets.utoledo.edu
Sumona Ghosh Ph.D. Candidate Advisor: Sonia Najjar, Ph.D. E-Mail: Sumona.Ghosh@rockets.utoledo.edu
Shalini Gupta Ph.D. Candidate Advisor: Joseph I. Shapiro, M.D. E-mail: Shalini.Gupta@rockets.utoledo.edu	NO PICTURE
Steven Haller Ph.D. Candidate Advisor: Joseph I. Shapiro, M.D. E-mail: Steven.haller@rockets.utoledo.edu	NO PICTURE
Tanoya Harris Ph.D. Candidate Advisor: Zi-Jian Xie, Ph.D. E-mail: Tanoya.Harris@rockets.utoledo.edu
Garrett Heinrich Ph.D. Candidate Project: A Role for CEACAM2 in Energy Balance and Peripheral Insulin Action Advisor: Sonia Najjar, Ph.D. E-mail: Garrett.Heinrich@rockets.utoledo.edu
Terry Hinds Ph.D. Candidate Project: Fatty Acid and Glucocorticoid Regulation of Lipid Storage and Obesity via Protein Phosphatase 5 Advisor: Edwin Sanchez, Ph.D. E-mail: Terry.Hinds@rockets.utoledo.edu
Kelly Ledford Ph.D. Candidate Project: The Role of CEACAM1 in Cardiovascular Complications Associated with Metabolic Diseases Advisor: Sandrine Pierre,Ph.D. E-mail: Kelly.Ledford@rockets.utoledo.edu
Jehnan Liu M.D., Ph.D. Candidate Project: Correlation Between Visceral Obesity and Cancer Development Advisor: Sonia Najjar, Ph.D. E-mail: Jehnan.Liu@rockets.utoledo.edu
Leah Palladino Ph.D. Candidate Advisor: Edith Mensah-Osman, M.D., Ph.D. E-mail: Leah.Palladino@rockets.utoledo.edu	NO PICTURE
Payal Patel Ph.D. Candidate Project: Free Fatty Acid Regulation of CEACAM1 Advisor: Sonia Najjar, Ph.D. E-mail: Payal.Patel@rockets.utoledo.edu
Vipula Petluru Ph.D. Candidate Advisor: Beata Lecka-Czernik, Ph.D. E-mail: Vipula.Petluru@rockets.utoledo.edu
Ashwin Prakash Ph.D. Candidate Advisor: Alexei Fedorov, Ph.D. E-mail: Ashwin.Prakash@rockets.utoledo.edu
Sima Rahman Ph.D. Candidate Project: Suppression of Osteoblast Phenotype in Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells by Nuclear Receptor PPARg2 Advisor: Beata Lecka-Czernik, Ph.D. E-mail: Sima.Rahman@rockets.utoledo.edu	NO PICTURE
Sadeesh Ramakrishnan Ph.D. Candidate Advisor: Sonia Najjar, Ph.D. E-mail: Sadeesh.Ramakrishnan@rockets.utoledo.edu
Gargi Roy Ph.D. Candidate Project: Sorting Signals, Domain Conformation and Interdomain Interactions in CFTR Misprocessing and Rescue Advisor: Xiaodong Robert Wang, Ph.D. E-mail: Gargi.Roy@rockets.utoledo.edu
Rudel Saunders Ph.D. Candidate Project: Characterization of the Anti-Obesity and Antiadipogenic Effects of the Limonoid Prieurianin Advisor: Khew-Voon Chin, Ph.D. E-mail: Rudel.Saunders@utoledo.edu
Anita Saxena Ph.D. Candidate Project: Hsp105 Plays an Important Role in the ER Associated Folding and Conformational Maturation of DF508-CFTR Thereby Increasing its Export at the Cell Surface Advisor: Xiaodong Robert Wang, Ph.D. E-mail: Anita.Saxena@rockets.utoledo.edu
Samuel Shepard Ph.D. Candidate Project: Pattern Formation and Self-Organization in the Human Genome and Other Species Advisor: Alexei Fedorov, Ph.D. E-mail: Samuel.Shepard@utoledo.edu
Kathryn Smedlund Ph.D. Candidate Advisor: Guillermo Vazquez, Ph.D. E-mail: kathryn.smedlund@rockets.utoledo.edu
Maria Szkudlarek Ph.D. Candidate Project: Transcriptional Regulation of Adipogenesis by Prieurianin Advisor: Khew-Voon Chin, Ph.D. E-mail: Maria.szkudlarek@utoledo.edu
Jean-Yves Kouame Tano Ph.D. Candidate Advisor: Guillermo Vazquez, Ph.D. E-mail: Jean-Yves.Tano@rockets.utoledo.edu
Edward Toland Ph.D. Candidate Project: Analysis of Blood Pressure Quantitative Trait Loci on Rat Chromosone 9 Advisor: Bina Joe, Ph.D. E-mail: Edward.Toland@rockets.utoledo.edu
Shadi Zahedi M.S.B.S. Candidate Advisor: David Giovannucci, Ph.D. E-mail: Shadi.Zahedi@rockets.utoledo.edu	NO PICTURE
Yanling Yan Ph.D. Candidate Advisor: Joseph I. Shapiro, M.D. E-Mail: Yanling.Yan@rockets.utoledo.edu	NO PICTURE
QiQi Ye Ph.D. Candidate Advisor: Zi-Jian Xie, Ph.D. E-Mail: Qiqi.Ye@rockets.utoledo.edu

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Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases Graduate Program Track : Current Students in the Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases Track