Current Graduate Students
Rawan alnafisah (phd-nnd)
Doctoral Candidate
Project: Dysregulated kinases in major depressive disorder
Advisor: Dr. Sinead O'Donovan
Taylen arvay (bs/msbs-BIPG, pipeline )
Undergraduate Student
Project: TBD
Advisor: TBD
Nicole Bell (phd-nnd)
Doctoral Candidate
Project: TBD
Advisor: Dr. Arun Anantharam and Dr. Giovannucci
Emily crossley (bs/msbs- BIPG, pipeline)
Undergraduate Student
Project: TBD
Advisor: TBD
hunter eby (md / phd-bioi)
Doctoral Candidate
Project: TBD
Advisor: Dr. Robert Smith
daniella gamboa pabon (phd-nnd)
Doctoral Candidate
Project: TBD
Advisor: Dr. Elissar Andari
hasti golchin (phd-nnd)
Doctoral Candidate
Project: TBD
Advisor: TBD
abdul-rizaq hamoud (phd-nnd)
Doctoral Candidate
Project: Examining differential cancer rates in severe mental illness
Advisor: Dr. Robert Smith
nicholas henkel (md/phd-nnd)
Doctoral Candidate
Project title: AMPK localization, expression, and activity in Alzheimer's Disease
Advisor: Dr. Robert Smith
ali imami (phd-bioi)
Doctoral Candidate
Project: Repurposing Antipsychotics
Advisor: Dr. Robert Smith
david jaramillo (md/phd-nnd)
Doctoral Candidate
Project: TBD
Advisor: Dr. Arun Anantharam
alexandra kruzel (msbs-BIPG)
Masters Student
Project: TBD
Advisor: Dr. Robert Smith
farzaneh naghavi (phd-nnd)
Doctoral Candidate
Project title: Neural networks encoding consoling behavior in the anterior cingulate cortex
Advisor: Dr. James Burkett
jennifer nguyen (phd-bioi)
Doctoral Candidate
Project: TBD
Advisor: Dr. James Burkett
dipesh pokharel (phd-nnd)
Doctoral Candidate
Project: TBD
Advisor: TBD
william ryan (phd-bioi)
Doctoral Candidate
Project: TBD
Advisor: TBD
nilanjana saferin (phd-nnd)
Doctoral Candidate
Project: Developmental pesticide exposure in rodents as a model of Autism
Advisor: Dr. James Burkett
smita sahay (md/phd-nnd)
Doctoral Candidate
Project: Understanding metabolic dysregulation across mental illnesses and ketogenic intervention as a potential therapeutic
Advisor: Dr. Sinead O'Donovan and Dr. Robert Smith
marziyeh salehi jahromi (msbs-bipg)
Masters Student
Project: TBD
Advisor: TBD
hemaa sree kumar (phd-nnd)
Doctoral Candidate
Project: Functional and Anatomical Mapping of Serotonergic Gut-Brain Signaling in the Zebrafish
Advisor: Dr. Jasenka Zubcevic
caroline swain (md/phd-nnd)
Doctoral Student
Project: TBD
Advisor: Dr. Thyagarajan Subramanian
jessica tschantz (msbs-bipg)
Masters Student
Project: TBD
Advisor: Dr. James Burkett
gabby vento (phd-bioi)
Doctoral Student
Project title: Multimodal models of Autism Spectrum Disorder Subtypes using Multiomics approaches
Advisor: Dr. Elissar Andari
