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University of Nebraska Medical Center

Current PhD Students

First Year

George Njoku

PhD student
Master's: BioHealth Engineering, University of Grenoble, France. Bachelor's: Biochemistry, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Nigeria

George Njoku

Second Year

Joy Adewumi

PhD student
Master's: Biotechnology, University of Texas at Tyler
Supervisor: Rebekah Gundry, PhD
Research Interest: Cardiovascular Physiology

Joy Adewumi
Emmanuel Adu-Agyekum

PhD student
MBBS: Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology
Supervisor: Yulong Li, MD, PhD
Research Interest: Cardiovascular Physiology

Emmanuel Adu-Agyekum
Colman Freel

MD/PhD student
Bachelor's: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Research Interest: Cardiovascular Disease

Colman Freel
Misha Gansvind

PhD student
Bachelor's: University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Supervisor: Karen Gould, PhD

Rasha Attia Barakat Ghorab

PhD student
Master's: Veterinary Medicine, Damanhour University

Rasha Attia Barakat Ghorab
Anna Kosmach

MD/PhD student
Bachelor's: Biochemistry and Mathematics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Supervisor: Pooneh Bagher, PhD
Research Interest: Vascular physiology and disease, calcium imaging

Anna Kosmach
Adedayo Ogunware

PhD student
Master's: Biology, University of Texas-San Antonio
Research Interest: Development, inflammation and degeneration of the nervous system

Afia Saabea Owusu Konadu

PhD student
BMBS: Medicine, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Supervisor: Yulong Li, MD, PhD

Afia Saabea Owusu Konadu

Third Year

Kwadwo Boateng

PhD student
OD: Optometry, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology
Supervisor: Wallace B. Thoreson, PhD
Research Interest: Ocular pathophysiology and retinal neurodegeneration

Kwadwo Boateng

Fourth Year

Shaurav Bhattarai

PhD student
Master's: Microbiology, South Dakota State University
Supervisor: Howard E. Gendelman, MD
Research Interest: Neurodegenerative disease, neuroimmunology, and Alzheimer's disease

Shaurav Bhattarai
Deepan Chatterjee

PhD student
Master's: Biotechnology, St. Xavier's College Kolkata
Supervisor: Robert E. Lewis, PhD
Research Interest: Kinase suppressor of Ras 1 roles in small-cell lung cancer

Deepan Chatterjee
Flobater Gawargi

PhD student
Bachelor's: Biology, Monmouth University
Supervisor: Paras Kumar Mishra, PhD
Research Interest: Diabetic cardiomyopathy and RNA biology

Flobater Gawargi
Rana Kadry

PhD student
Master's: Pharmacy, University of Georgia
Supervisor: Howard E. Gendelman, MD
Research Interest: Cell signaling, proteomics, pulmonary diseases

Rana Kadry
Delia Omar

PhD student
Master's: Clinical Pharmacy, University of Jordan
Supervisor: Micah Schott, PhD
Research Interest: Regenerative medicine in cardiovascular diseases, stem cell therapy
Co-Chair: IPMM Student Body Committee

Delia Omar
Dalton Staller

PhD student
Bachelor's: Midland University
Supervisor: Ram Mahato, PhD
Research Interest: Fatty liver disease
Chair: IPMM Student Body Committee

Dalton Staller

Fifth Year

Mane Polite Roneldine Mesidor

PhD student
Bachelor's: Oklahoma Baptist University
Supervisor: Rebekah L. Gundry, PhD
Research Interest: Cell surface proteins in heart failure progression
Co-Chair: IPMM Student Body Committee

Mane Polite Roneldine Mesidor

Sixth Year

Weilun Ai

PhD student
Master's: Cell Biology, Capital Medical University
Supervisor: Saraswathi Viswanathan, PhD
Research Interest: Alcohol-associated liver disease, alcoholic cardiomyopathy

Taija Hahka

PhD student
Master's: Biology, Michigan Technological University
Supervisor: Ann Anderson-Berry, MD, PhD
Research Interests: Mitochondrial dysfunction in human hypertensive disorders of pregnancy

Taija Hahka