Graduate Students

In the News Former INBRE students and now graduate student Emily Harrison and former graduate student 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 Institutes of Health Grant. Current students
	Fadhel Al-Omar Dr. Keshore Bidasee's lab BS, Pharmaceutical Sciences King Saud University falmar@unmc.edu	Research Interests: Neuropharmacology Drug discovery to treat degenerative brain diseases.

	Hassan Alsaad Pharm. D., Pharmacy King Faisal University hassan.alsaad@unmc.edu	Research Interests: Pharmacology Immunology

	Kristi Anderson Dr. R. Lee Mosley's lab BS, Biology, Midland University, Fremont, NE kristi.anderson@unmc.edu	Research Interests: Parkinson's Disease Neurodegeneration Neuroinflammation Immunology

	Aditya Bade Dr. Yutong Liu and Dr. Howard E. Gendelman BS, Pharmacy, BAMU-University, India aditya.bade@unmc.edu	Research Interests: Medical Imaging Neurodegenerative Disorders Immunohistochemistry

	Megan Bosch BS, Biology, Creighton University megan.bosch@unmc.edu	Research Interests: Brain Development Parkinson's Disease Neural HIV

	Anna Brynskikh Dr. Tatiana Bronich's lab 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 BS, 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 its mechanisms

	Minghui Chen Dr. Wally Thoreson's lab Bachelor and Master Degree of Medicine 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

	Xingcheng Chen Dr. Shilpa Buch's Lab BS, Central South University, Changsha, China chen.xingcheng@unmc.edu	Research Interests: Cardiovascular pharmacology Drug abuse Genetic pharmacology

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

	Amrita Datta Chaudhuri Dr. Howard Fox's lab BS, Physiology, University of Calcutta, India MS Medical Pharmacology, 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 BA, St. Louis University 2003 MA, Washington University, St. Louis, 2008 aepstein@unmc.edu	Research Interests: Brain subregion profiling of neuropathology linked to metabolic encephalopathy in the murine model of HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND)

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

	Yun Gao Dr. Shilpa Buch's Lab Bachelor of Clinical Medicine Tongji University, Shanghai, China yun.gao@unmc.edu	Research Interests: HIV-associated neuropatholigies Alzheimer's Dementia Neuroregeneration Neuroimaging technology Translational research

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

	Emily Harrison Dr. Howard Fox laboratory BS, Biotechnology, University of Nebraska Omaha 2011 emily.harrison@unmc.edu	Research Interests: Neurodegeneration

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

	Lisa Kosloski Dr. Howard E. Gendelman's lab 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. R. Lee Mosley's and Dr. Tony Wilson's laboratories BA, Biochemistry and Biology, Wartburg College, Iowa mkuenstling@unmc.edu	Research Interests: Neuroinflammation, immunization strategies and T cell involvement in Parkinson's disease Neurophysiological imaging methods: magnetoencephalography (MEG)

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

	Weizhe Li Dr. Huangui Xiong's lab MD, Neuroscience weizhe.li@unmc.edu	Research Interests: Neurodegenerative disorders

	Han Liu Dr. Huangui Xiong's lab Bachelor of Medicine, Xinxiang Medical College, China han.liu@unmc.edu	Research Interests: Ion channel processes in neuron degenerative diseases White matter injury in HIV-associated dementia

	Andrea Martinez-Skinner Dr. Howard E. Gendelman's lab 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 BS, Jackson State University cjmoore@unmc.edu	Research Interests: Small GTPases during Type 1 Diabetes Cardiovascular Complications

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

	Pavan Puligujja Dr. Howard Gendelman's lab 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, University 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 BS, University of Nebraska, Omaha bcreiner@unmc.edu	Research Interests: The synaptic basis of memory and Fragile X Syndrome

	Kiran Sapkota M.S., Pharmacology, Creighton University, Omaha, NE kiran.sapkota@unmc.edu	Research Interests: Immunology Neuropharmacology Neuroinflammation Cell signaling

	Charles Schutt Dr. Lee Mosley's laboratory BS, Biology, Drake University, Des Moines, IA MS, Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Creighton University, Omaha, NE charles.schutt@unmc.edu	Research Interests: Neurodegenerative diseases and disease of protein misfolding such as Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and Prion diseases

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

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

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

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

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

	Ted Warren Dr. Wally Thoreson's lab BS, Biology, University of Nebraska at Omaha ted.warren@unmc.edu	Research Interests: Vision Synapse biology

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

	Rebecca Wilshusen BS, Biology and Chemistry, University of Nebraska at Omaha rebecca.wilshusen@unmc.edu	Research Interests: Parkinson's disease Immunology T-cell mediated death Neuroinflammation

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

	Beiqing Wu Dr. Jialin Zheng's lab PhD Student beiqing.wu@unmc.edu	Research Interests:

	Jianxun Xia Dr. Huangui Xiong's lab 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 xiahuan.xia@unmc.edu	Research Interests:

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

	Li Yuan Dr. Jyothi Arikkath's lab BS, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, South China Agricultural University, Canton, China li.yuan@unmc.edu	Research Interests: Signal transduction

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