Alumni - Neurosciences and Bioinformatics
Attention Alumni!
The University of Toledo encourages you to update us with current position information. Please contact Neurosciences and Psychiatry by email at Neurosciences@utoledo.edu . We look forward to hearing from you
Jennifer Nguyen, PHD-BIPG
Defense Date: 7/11/25
Dissertation Title: Drug Discovery for Psychiatric Disorders Using a Multiomics Approach
Advisor: Dr. James Burkett
William Ryan, PHD-BIPG
Defense Date: 4/2/25
Dissertation Title: Vertical and Horizontal Integration of Multi Omics Data
Advisor: Dr. Robert Smith
Nicole Bell, PHD-NND
Defense Date: 3/10/25
Dissertation Title: PACAP-mediated Regulation of Exocytosis in Adrenal Chromaffin Cells
Advisor: Dr. Arun Anantharam and Dr. David Giovannucci
Smita Sahay- Kausar , MD/PHD- NND
Defense Date: 3/3/25
Dissertation Title: Metabolic Perturbations in Severe Mental Illnesses
Advisor: Dr. Robert Smith
Nilanjana Saferin, PHD-NND
Defense Date: 11/26/24
Dissertation Title: Folate prevents the austism-relevant phenotype caused by developmental pyrethroid exposure in prairie voles
Advisor: Dr. James Burkett
Abdul-Rizaq Hamoud, PHD-NND
Defense Date: 4/30/24
Dissertation Title: Examining differential cancer rates in severe mental illness
Advisor: Dr. Robert Smith
Emily Crossley, MSBS-BIPG
Defense Date: 4/11/24
Thesis Title: Identification of Sequence Peculiarities within Ultra-Conserved Elements Inside the Human Genome”
Advisor: Dr. Alexei Federov
Marziyeh Salehi Jahromi, MSBS-BIPG
Defense Date: 4/10/24
Thesis Title: Sex-Specific Protein Kinase Activity Profiles in Astrocytes: Insights for Insulin-Induced Signaling
Advisor: Dr. Jennifer Hill
Taylen Arvay , MSBS- BIPG
Defense Date: 7/19/2024
Thesis Title: An Analysis of Proteomic and Kinomic Profiling in Chronic Mild Stress Mice
Advisor: Dr. Robert Smith
Alexandra Kruzel, MSBS - BIPG
Defense Date: 11/28/23
Thesis Title: An In Silico Investigation of Cell Subtype Specific Kinase Expression in the Human and Rodent Brain
Advisor: Dr. Robert Smith
Rawan Alnafisah
Defense Date: 4/19/23
Dissertation Title: Altered Kinase Networks in Major Depressive Disorder
Advisor: Dr. Robert Smith
Nicholas Henkel, MD/PHD - NND
Defense Date: 3/29/23
Dissertation Title: Perturbations of Metabolic Protein Kinase Signaling in Disorders of Cognition
Advisor: Dr. Robert Smith