Mohannad Almikhlafi
Dr. Howard Fox's lab

M.S., Pharmacology
MCPHS University, Worcester, MA

Research Interests:
Asthma, ASM (airway smooth muscle) remodeling,
ET-1 (endothelin 1)

Yasra Arif
Dr. Tony Wilson's lab

Doctor of Medicine,
Ayub Medical College

Research Interests:
Changes in brain oscillations in visuospatial attention task after tdcs (transcranial direct current stimulation) via magnetoencephalography.

Mary Banoub
Dr. Howard Gendelman's lab

B.A., Biology
Rutgers University, Newark Campus, NJ

Research Interests:
HIV

Lara Bergdolt
Dr. Anna Dunaevsky's lab

B.A., Chemistry and Biology
Concordia University, Seward, NE

Research Interests:
Maternal immune activation and exosomes

Ashish Bhandari
Dr. Matthew Van Hook's lab

M.S., Biology
University of Houston

Research interests:
Retina, ganglion cells, glaucoma, TBI. and injury induced neurodegeneration, astrocytes, neuron-glia interactions.

Elizabeth Bierlein
Rotating in labs

B.A. Neuroscience
Alma College

Research Interests:

Denise Cobb
Dr. Howard Gendelman's Lab

B.S.
Kansas State University

Research Interests
Natural and Synthetic Nanoparticles, Antiretroviral Therapies

Suyash Sanjay Deodhar
Rotating in Labs

M.S. Pharmaceutical Sciences
Creighton University

Research Interests

Brandon Lew
Dr. Tony Wilson's lab

B.S., Physics, Psychobiology
State University of New York at Binghamton

Ke Liao
Dr. Shilpa Buch's Lab

M.S.
China Pharmaceutical University

Research Interests:
The extracellular vesicles mediated cross talking between astrocyte and pericyte implication for BBB

First Prize-Poster Presentation
27th Annual Inter-campus Virology Retreat
"The role of autophagy in HIV tat mediated disruption of BBB"

Christopher Mesnard
Dr. Wallace Thoreson's lab

B.S., Neuroscience
Creighton University

Research Interests:
The role of mitochondrial dysfunction in aging, as well as mechanisms of synaptic plasticity and neurodegeneration

Katherine Odegaard
Dr. Sowmya Yelamanchili's lab

B.S., Biology
Gordon State College

Research Interests:
Methamphetamine abuse and opioid abuse and their effects on neural development

Recipient: National Institutes of Health BRAIN Initiative Summer Course 2018

Brendan Ottemann
Dr. Howard E. Gendelman's lab

B.S.
University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Research Interests:
HIV, Parkinson's Disease, neuroinflammation

Connor Phipps
Dr. David Warren's lab

B.S., Bioinformatics
University of Nebraska - Omaha

Farah Shahjin
Dr. Sowmya Yelamanchili's lab

M. Pharm Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology

Research Interests:
Potential role of extracellular vesicles in the pathophysiology of drug addiction and neurotoxicity.

Amanda Smith
Dr. Anna Dunaevsky's lab

B.S., Chemistry
Azusa Pacific University

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Rachel K. Spooner
Dr. Tony Wilson's lab

B.S.
Central College

Research Interests:
Parkinson's Disease

Hang Su
Dr. Howard E. Gendelman's lab

B.S., Medicine
Tongji University, Shanghai, China

Research Interests:
Mechanism of HIV infection; HIV treatment;
animal behavior science

Hang in the news: 

UNMC Today | February 6, 2018
Chemically modified drug shows promise for HIV treatment, elimination

Michael Trevarrow
Dr. Max Kurz' lab

B.S., Neuroscience
University of Nebraska-Omaha

Research Interests:
Brain imaging and stimulation, motor disease

Kevin Tyner
Dr. Anna Dunaevsky's lab

B.S. Biology
Ottawa University

Research Interests:
Astrocytes in FXS Pathogenesis

Alex Wiesman
Dr. Tony Wilson's lab

B.A., Psychology; BS, Neuroscience
University of Nebraska-Omaha

Research Interests:
Magnetoencephalography, neurodegenerative disorders, neuroimaging genetics

Alex in the News:

UNMC Today | May 10, 2018
Research event lets undergrads, grad students network

UNMC Today | Febr. 26, 2018
Ingenuity on display in 3-D printing projects

UNMC Today | July 31, 2017
Alex Wiesman received National Institute of Aging award.

Student Interns:

Wilson Blomberg
Howard E. Gendelman's lab

Maddie Fung
Tony Wilson's lab

Carlos Vera-Esquivel
Keshore Bidasee's lab and Santhi Gorantla's lab

Nashanthea Roland
Kelly Stauch's lab

Cassandra Small
Howard Fox's lab