School of Medicine Defenses: July - December 2024

David Anderson Population Health Sciences Sudha Raman and Gillian Schmidler 7/8/2024 "Analyzing the Impact of State Policy Discretion on Risk, Enrollment, and Plan Offerings in the ACA Individual Health Insurance Markets."
Lindsay Ballengee Population Health Sciences Steven George and Leah Zullig  7/18/2024 "Opening the Implementation Blackbox for Non-Pharmacologic Pain Interventions."
Liam Lewis Pharmacology Vadim Arshavsky, Ph.D. 7/18/2024 Compartmental Differences in the Retinal Ganglion Cell Mitochondrial Proteome
E. Keith Keenan Molecular Cancer Biology Matthew Hirschey, Ph.D. 7/19/2024 Identification and Characterization of the Novel Post-Translational Modification Cysteine S-Acetylation
Lu Liu Biostatistics Sin-Ho Jung, Ph.D. 7/23/2024 Reconsider Machine Learning Method for Variable Selection and Validation with High Dimensional Data
Claudia Lee Biochemistry Dr Sudarshan Rajagopal 7/26/2024 Mechanisms Underlying Gαi and β-Arrestin Complex Formation at GPCRs
Arpine Sokratian Pharmacology Andrew West 8/1/2024 Structure and Function of α-Synuclein Fibril Polymorphs in Lewy Body Dementia
Kevin Moyung Computational Biology and Bioinformatics David MacAlpine, Ph.D. 8/19/2024 Unraveling the Chromatin-Mediated Mechanisms of Transcriptional Regulation
Cora Bright University Program in Genetics and Genomics Jeremy Kay 8/29/2024 Investigating the Role of the Mitochondrial Protein Armcx1
Isa Granados Population Health Sciences Asheley Skinner 9/3/2024 "Understanding and Enhancing Pediatric Obesity Interventions: A Focus on Dose and Sustainability."
Susan Liu Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Charlie Gersbach 9/11/2024 Development of Computational Methods for the Analysis of CRISPR Experiments
Kirill Chesnov Neurobiology Dr Kaf Dzirasa, M.D., Ph.D. 9/13/2024 Gap Junction Engineering for Precise Neuromodulation
Jana Cable Molecular Genetics and Microbiology Micah Luftig, Ph.D. 9/16/2024 Defining the Role of EBNA-LP in Epstein-Barr Virus Infection and Transformation
Luke Wachsmuth Pathology Peter Fecci, M.D., Ph.D. 9/16/2024 Elucidating Mechanisms of Systemic Immunosuppression in Intracranial Pathologies
Arthy Narayanan Neurobiology Anne West, M.D., Ph.D. 9/23/2024 Chromatin Regulatory Mechanisms of Bdnf Expression During Cocaine Abstinence
Laura Childers Cell Biology Michel Bagnat, Ph.D. 9/25/2024 Host-microbe interactions regulate protein absorption in zebrafish
Rebecca Leonard Molecular Genetics and Microbiology Nicholas Heaton, Ph.D. 10/11/2024 Approaches for improved interventions against RNA viruses with pandemic potential 
Robin Perelli Cell Biology Andrew Landstrom, M.D., Ph.D. 10/11/2024 "TAX1BP3 Loss Is an Autosomal Recessive Cause of Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy and TRPV4-mediated Arrhythmogenesis".
Felicia Williams Molecular Genetics and Microbiology Matthew Scaglione, Ph.D. 10/25/2024 Investigating Protein Aggregation in Dictyostelium discoideum Biology and Stress Response
Taylor Hinnant Cell Biology Terry Lechler, Ph.D. 10/25/2024 “Mechanical Regulation of Intestinal Morphology and Function”
Miko Liu Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Simon Gregory, Ph.D. 10/31/2024 Characterizing Brain Tumor Microenvironments Using Novel Methods for Spatial Transcriptomics and Multi-omics Data 
Lan Luo Neurobiology Lindsey Glickfeld 11/11/2024 Rapid adaptation in visual cortex and its impact on population coding
Alexandra Prado Mantilla Cell Biology Terry Lechler, Ph.D. 11/13/2024 “Characterizing differential specification of terminal cell fate in the developing epidermis”. 
Sophia DeLuca Cell Biology Nenad Bursac, Ph.D. 11/15/2024 "Discovery and Delivery of Cardiac Mitogens for Heart Regeneration". 
Yitong Xu Cell Biology Stefano Di Talia, Ph.D. 11/18/2024 The cell cycle oscillator and spindle length set the speed of chromosome separation in Drosophila embryos.
Yul Huh Cell Biology Ru-Rong Ji, Ph.D. 11/20/2024 “Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Regenerative Pain Medicine” 
Fabiola Duarte Ortiz Neurobiology Richard Mooney, Ph.D. 11/22/2024 Prediction and Evaluation of Vocal Performance in the Songbird Auditory Cortex
Kazi Hossain Cell Biology Scott Soderling, Ph.D. 12/13/2024 Dissecting the Molecular Mechanism Underlying Epilepsy Aphasia Syndrome 

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