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MS Trainees

MS-1

	Adriana Baker Research Interest: Cancer Biology Prior Education: College of Southern Nevada, A.S.; University of Nevada-Las Vegas, B.S.
	Jessica Jarnagin Research Interest: Cancer Biology Prior Education: Florida State University, B.S.
	Milind Joshi Research Interest: Infectious Diseases Prior Education: Vassar College, B.A.
	Christopher Mullally Research Interest: Neuroscience Prior Education: University of California-Los Angeles, B.S.
	Moawiz Saeed Research Interest: Genetics Epigenetics Prior Education: University of Houston, B.S.
	Enrique Torres Hernandez Research Interest: Neuroscience Prior Education: St. Mary’s University, B.A.

MS-2

	Annie Danyang Dang Research Interest: Neuroimaging Prior Education: Georgia Institute of Technology, B.S., University of North Texas Health Science Center, M.S.
	Trong Phat Do Research Interest: Cancer Biology Prior Education: Texas Christian University, B.S.
	Joseph Goodson-Gregg Research Interest: Cancer Immunology Prior Education: Macalester College, B.A.
	Tony Yu-Hsiu Lin Research Interest: Cancer Bioinformatics Prior Education: University of California-Berkeley, B.A.
	Linh Pham Research Interest: Neuroimaging Prior Education: Humboldt State University, B.S. NIH Oxford-Cambridge Scholars Program, Track 1 Student
	Meng Wang Research Interest: Neuroscience, Aging Prior Education: University of Houston, B.S.
	Anne Wells Research Interest: Neuroscience, Physiology Prior Education: Rice University, B.A., Boston University, M.S.

MS-3

	Andy Q. Banh, Ph.D. Ph.D. Track: IBMS: Physiology & Pharmacology Ph.D. Mentor: Veronica Galvan, Ph.D. Ph.D. Project: "Pathogenic Tau Oligomers Induce Endothelial Cell Senescence and Dysfunction in Models of Alzheimer's Disease” Ph.D. Dissertation Defense Date: July 9, 2021 Award: NIH F31AG067732 "Tau-induced endothelial cell impairment as a driver of microvascular dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease" Prior Education: California State University-Fullerton, B.S.
	Anand Kornepati, Ph.D. Ph.D. Track: IBMS: Molecular Immunology and Microbiology Ph.D. Mentor: Tyler Curiel, M.D., M.P.H. Ph.D. Project: "Mechanistic insights into non-canonical, cell-intrinsic PD-L1 control of DNA damage responses in tumor cells" Ph.D. Dissertation Defense: July 15, 2021 Award: NIH F30CA239390 "Role of cell-intrinsic effects of PD-L1 in carcinogenesis" Prior Education: Duke University, B.S.
	Ryan M. Reyes, Ph.D. Ph.D. Track: IBMS: Molecular Immunology and Microbiology Ph.D. Mentor: Tyler Curiel, M.D., MPH Ph.D. Project: "Microenvironment-Specific Immunity Alters Anti-Programmed Death Ligand 1 And Interleukin-2 Receptor-Targeted Immunotherapy Responses In Bladder Cancer" Ph.D. Dissertation Defense: March 16, 2021 Award: CTSA Translational Science (TL-1) Fellowship Award, 2018 Prior Education: University of Arkansas at Monticello, B.S.

MS-4

	Eric Baeuerle, Ph.D. Ph.D. Track: Biology of Aging Ph.D. Mentor: Nicolas Musi, M.D. Ph.D. Project: "Evaluation of Microbiome-Targeting Interventions on Metabolic Endotoxemia and Insulin Sensitivity in Obese Humans" Ph.D. Dissertation Defense: July 22, 2020 Prior Education: Rice University, B.S.
	Laura Caflisch, Ph.D. Ph.D. Track: Physiology & Pharmacology Ph.D. Mentor: Andrew Brenner, M.D., Ph.D. Ph.D. Project: “Peroxisomal Fatty Acid Oxidation as a Potential Metabolic Target for Anti-Angiogenic Resistant Glioblastoma” Ph.D. Dissertation Defense: June 24, 2020 Award: NIH F30CA225143 "Metabolic Resistance to Hypoxia in Glioblastoma Multiforme" Prior Education: Texas A&M University, B.S.
	Brian Iskra, Ph.D. Ph.D. Track: Cancer Biology Ph.D. Mentor: Greg Aune, M.D., Ph.D. Ph.D. Project: “Assessing the Heterogeneity of Cardiac Non-Myocytes and the Effect of Cell Culture with Integrative Single Cell Analysis” Ph.D. Dissertation Defense: April 8, 2020 Award: NIH F30AG057213 "Targeting Doxorubicin-Induced Mitochondrial Failure in Mesenchymal Stem Cells with Metformin" Prior Education: City University of New York, B.S.
	Cassandra Leonardo, Ph.D. Ph.D. Track: Radiological Sciences, Neuroscience Imaging Track Ph.D. Mentor: Peter Fox, M.D. Ph.D. Project: "Genetic Influence over Age-Related Functional Connectivity Changes within the Default Mode Network" Ph.D. Dissertation Defense: May 13, 2020 Award: CTSA Translational Science (TL-1) Fellowship Award, 2019, 2020 Prior Education: New York University, B.S
	Petra (Jans) Pederson, Ph.D. Ph.D. Track: Physiology & Pharmacology Ph.D. Mentor: Susan Mooberry, PhD Ph.D. Project: “Evaluating the Effects of Eribulin and Paclitaxel on Exosome Formation and Cargo in Triple Negative Breast Cancer Cells” Ph.D. Dissertation Defense: May 7, 2020 Prior Education: Colorado College, B.A.