UNMC | Graduate Students

In the News Former INBRE students and now graduate students, Emily Harrison and Jessica Hutter-Saunders, are featured in the October 2011 issue of INROADS. INBRE or the Institutional Development Award Program (IDeA) Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence, provides research opportunities for undergraduate students. The INBRE program is supported by a $17.2 million National Insitutes of Health Grant.
	Fadhel Al-Omar Dr. Keshore Bidasee's lab PhD student - Neuroscience BS-Pharmaceutical Sciences King Saud University falmar@unmc.edu	Research Interests: Neuropharmacology Drug discovery to treat degenerative brain diseases.

	Kristi Anderson Dr. R. Lee Mosley's lab PhD student - Neuroscience BS, Biology, Midland University, Fremont, NE	Research Interests: Parkinson's Disease Neurodegeneration Neuroinflammation Immunology

	Aditya Bade Dr. Howard E. Gendelman's lab and Dr. Yutong Liu PhD Student BS-Pharmacy B.A.M.U. University, India aditya.bade@unmc.edu	Research Interests: Medical Imaging Neurodegenerative Disorders Immunohistochemistry

	Anna Brynskikh Dr. Alexander Kabanov's lab PhD student - Neuroscience MSc, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia abrynskikh@unmc.edu	Research Interests: Antioxidative nanoformulations for Parkinson's disease and ischemic stroke therapy

	Ariel Burns Dr. Pawel Ciborowski's lab PhD student - Neuroscience B.S. Biochemistry Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS ariel.burns@unmc.edu	Research Interests: Biochemical functions altered in the brain by diseases like multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's disease Targeted drug delivery and it's mechanisms.

	Minghui Chen Dr. Wally Thoreson's lab PhD student - Neuroscience Bachelor and Master Degree of Medicine 2009 Central South University, Changsha, China mchen@unmc.edu	Research Interests: Mechanisms of drug abuse

	Qiang Chen Dr. Jialin Zheng's Lab MSIA Bachelor of Medicine, Shandong University, China, 2007 qche1@unmc.edu	Research Interests: Neurodegenerative Disorders

	Karlene Cork Dr. Wallace Thoreson Lab PhD Student - Neuroscience BA, Carleton College, 2009 kmcork@unmc.edu	Research interests: Treatment of neurodegenerative disorders

	Amrita Datta Chaudhuri Dr. Howard Fox's lab PhD student - Neuroscience B.S. Physiology, University of Calcutta, India MS Medical Pharmacoogy, Manipal University, India adattach@unmc.edu	Research interests: Autophagy in neurons

	Adrian Epstein Dr. Michael Boska's lab and Dr. Howard E. Gendelman's lab MD/PhD student - Neuroscience BA 2003 St. Louis University MA, 2008 Washington University, St. Louis aepstein@unmc.edu	Research Interests: Brain subregion proviling of neuropathology linked to metabolic encephalopathy in the murine model of HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND)

	Danielle (Danni) Fenster Dr. Howard Fox Lab PhD Student BS Biochemistry/Molecular Biology, Nebraska Wesleyan University 2009 dfenster@unmc.edu	Research Interests: Repair mechanisms of the CNS including neuroprogenitor cell proliferation and differentiation

	Duy Ha Dr. Howard E. Gendelman Lab MD/PhD Student dha@unmc.edu	Research Interests: Test immunomodulatory agents targeted at restoring regulatory T cell function to prevent microglial driven chronic neuroinflammation and neurotoxicity as a strategy for Parkinsons's Disease vaccine development.

	Corey Hartley PhD student BS, Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA corey.hartley@unmc.edu	Research Interests: miRNA HIV-1 co-operativity and drugs of abuse

	Emily Harrison PhD student BS Biotechnology, University of Nebraska Omaha 2011 emily.harrison@unmc.edu	Research Interests: Neurodegeneration

	Nicole (Nicky) Haverland Dr. Pawel Ciborowski's lab PhD Student - Neuroscience BA Biology and Chemistry, Minnesota State University, Morehead nhaverland@unmc.edu	Research Interests: Proteomics and neuroinflammatory diseases

	Richa Hanamsagar Dr. Tammy Kielian's lab PhD student-Neuroscience rhanamsa@unmc.edu	Research Interests: Immune responses during staphylococcus aureus infections in the brain

	Lisa Kosloski Dr. Howard E. Gendelman's lab PhD Student - Neuroscience BA Human Biology, University of Kansas lkosloski@unmc.edu	Research Interests: Nanomedicine-based drug delivery systems for the treatment of Parkinson's Disease

	Max Kuenstling Dr. Howard E. Gendelman's lab and Dr. R. Lee Mosley's lab PhD student - Neuroscience mkuenstling@unmc.edu	Research Interests: Neurodegeneration, neuroinflammation, immunology, vaccine strategies and molecular mechanisms behind Parkinson's disease

	Tianyuzi Li Dr. Howard E. Gendelman's lab PhD Student-Neuroscience BS, Pharmacy tianyuzi.li@unmc.edu	Research Interests: Proteomics

	Andrea Martinez-Skinner Dr. Howard E. Gendelman's lab PhD student - Pharmacology BS Mathematics; Professional Chemistry University of Nebraska at Kearney amartinezskinner@unmc.edu	Research Interests: Nanomedicine, antiretroviral drug formulations, HIV, nanotechnology

	Caronda Moore Dr. Keshore Bidasee's Lab PhD Student - Pharmacology BS Jackson State University cjmoore@unmc.edu	Research Interests: Small GTPases during Type 1 Diabetes Cardiovascular Complications

	Carly Ninemire Dr. Howard Fox's lab PhD Student - Neuroscience BS Wayne State College Biology cninemir@unmc.edu	Research Interests: Exploring the synergistic effects of SIV and METH induced CNS dysfunctions

	Pavan Puligujja Dr. Howard Gendelman's lab PhD student Masters in Pharmaceutical Sciences Campbell University, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, North Carolina pavan.puligujja@unmc.edu	Research Interests: Nanomedicine and Proteomics

	Phillip Purnell Dr. Howard Fox's lab MD/PhD student BS, Univerity of California Santa Cruz MS, California State University, Sacramento ppurnell@unmc.edu	Research Interests: Molecular Basis of Disease

	Benjamin Reiner Dr. Anna Dunaevsky's lab PhD student - Neuroscience BS University of Nebraska, Omaha bcreiner@unmc.edu	Research Interests: The synaptic basis of memory and Fragile X Syndrome

	Jessica Hutter Saunders Dr. Howard E. Gendelman's lab PhD Student - Neuroscience BS Biology, Doane College, Crete, NE jhutter@unmc.edu	Research Interests: Parkinson's Disease, regulatory T cells, behavior

	David Stone Dr. Howard E. Gendelman's lab and Dr. R. Lee Mosley's lab MD/PhD student - Neuroscience MS, Cell and Molecular Biology Missouri State University, Springfield, MO dstone@unmc.edu	Research Interests: Neurodegenerative diseases, immunology, neuroimmune vaccine strategies, glial response to chronic insult

	Poornima Suresh Dr. Alexander Kabanov's lab PhD Student - Neuroscience BS, Pharmacy, Mubai University psuresh@unmc.edu	Research Interests: Study of intracellular traficking of SOD1 and Catalase nanoparticles used for the therapy of neurodegenerative diseases

	Lance Villeneuve Dr. Howard Fox's lab PhD student - Neuroscience BS Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame lvillene@unmc.edu	Research Interests: Neuronal autophagy

	Moqiang Wang Dr. Jialin Zheng's lab PhD student - Neuroscience track BS Biology - Nanchang University moqiang.wang@unmc.edu	Research Interests: Glutaminase regulation and potential pahtogenic role in HIV-associated dementia

	Yi Wang Dr. Jialin Zheng's lab PhD student - Neurocience track BS, Biological Sciences Beijing Normal University yi.wang@unmc.edu	Research Interests: Oxidative stress on neurodevelopment

	Yongxiang Wang Dr. Jialin Zheng's lab PhD student - Neuroscience Master of Medicine Shandong University, China ywan1@unmc.edu	Research Interests: Induced pluripotent stem cells

	Jessi Winkler Dr. Howard Fox's lab PhD student - Neuroscience BS University of Evansville BS University of Southern Indiana jwinkle@unmc.edu	Research Interests: Signal transduction in corpus luteum regression

	Shawna Woollard Dr. Georgette Kanmogne's lab PhD student - Neuroscience BA Biology, Capital University, Ohio swoollar@unmc.edu	Research Interests: Blood-brain barrier in HIV neuropathogensis

	Jianxun Xia Dr. Huangui Xiong's lab PhD student - Neuroscience MS Physiology, Nanjing Medical University Nanjing, China, 2004 jxia@unmc.edu	Research Interests: Drug addiction, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease and pain, using the in vitro and in vivo methods, along with other molecular and cellular biology methods

	Xiaohuan Xia Dr.Iqbal Ahmad's lab PhD student - Neuroscience track xiahuan.xia@unmc.edu	Research Interests:

	Lu Yang Dr. Shilpa Buch's lab PhD student - Neuroscience track BS, Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University, Changchun, China	Research Interests: Drugs of abuse HIV co-operativity

	Li Yuan MS student BS, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, South Cina Agricultural University, Canton, China li.yuan@unmc.edu	Research Interests: Signal transduction

	Gang Zhang Dr. Howard E. Gendelman's lab Ph.D. student - Neuroscience Dental Medicine Doctor Xi'an Jiao Tong University Xi'an, China gzhang@unmc.edu	Research Interests: Alzheimer's Disease nanozyme neurogenesis macrophages