Neurosciences and Psychiatry

 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

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

William Ryan, PHD-BIPG

Defense Date: 4/2/25

Dissertation Title: Vertical and Horizontal Integration of Multi Omics Data

Nicole

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

Smita Sahay- Kausar , MD/PHD- NND

Defense Date: 3/3/25

Dissertation Title: Metabolic Perturbations in Severe Mental Illnesses

Advisor: Dr. Robert Smith

 

NJ 

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

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

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

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

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

 

Alex

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

Rawan Alnafisah

Defense Date: 4/19/23

Dissertation Title:  Altered Kinase Networks in Major Depressive Disorder

Advisor:  Dr. Robert Smith

Nick

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

 

 

 

 

 



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