Ph.D. Candidates

 

Julia Tobacyk, B.S.
Mentor: Lee Ann MacMillan-Crow, Ph.D.
Undergraduate Degree: Louisiana Tech University

Research Interests: Role of mitochondrial fusion regulators in renal transplant injury.

 

Catheryn Wilson, B.S.
Mentors: Bill Fantegrossi, Ph.D. and Paul Prather, Ph.D.
Undergraduate Degree: University of North Carolina at Pembroke

Research Interests: Studying the effects of synthetic cannabinoids using in vivo and in vitro approaches.

 

Lauren Russell, B.S.
Mentor: Bill Fantegrossi, Ph.D.
Undergraduate Degree: Southern Arkansas University

Research Interests: Neuro degeneration

 

 

 

Amal Shoeib, M.S.
Mentor: Paul Prather, Ph.D.
Undergraduate Degree: Misr International University (in Egypt)
Research Interests: Development of Cannabinoid receptor biased agonists for potential improvement of the safety and efficacy of therapeutic agents.

 

 

Christian Cabanlong, B.S.
Mentor: Paul Prather, Ph.D.
Undergraduate Degree: University of New Mexico

Research Interests: Signal transduction.

 

 

David Henry, M.P.H.
Mentor: Sung Rhee, Ph.D.
Undergraduate Degree: Davidson College
Masters Degree: Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
Research Interests: The role of adrenergic receptors in leptomeningeal collateral arterial blood flow.

 

Joel Vazquez, B.S.
Undergrad: St. John’s University, Queens, NY, 18′, B.S. Toxicology
Grad: 2nd year in GPIBS, Pharmacology & Toxicology track, in the lab of Dr. Mitch McGill
Research interests: Establishing and validating biomarkers that would give better predictive and prognostic insight, useful in both the clinical setting and in improving the drug regulatory process by distinguishing between artificial and real liver injury.

 Pre-Candidates

Lance Benson, B.S.
Mentor: Shengyu Mu, Ph.D.
Undergraduate Degree: Harding University

Research Interests: Mechanisms of development in salt-sensitive hypertension, especially considering the mechanism by which CD8+T cells become activated to contribute to its initiation and progression.

 

Brian Parks, B.S.
Mentor: Dr. Lisa Brents, Ph.D.
Undergraduate Degree: Abilene Christian University

Research Interest: Development and mechanisms of acute and chronic pain.