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Program: Neural Sciences

Graduation Year: 1979

Thesis Advisor: Adolph A. Cohen

Thesis Title: "A Freeze-Fracture Investigation of Vertebrate Photoreceptors"

Program: Molecular Biology

Graduation Year: 1983

Thesis Advisor: Rosalind R. Kornfeld

Thesis Title: "Localization and Biosynthesis of the Adenosine Deaminase Binding Protein"

Program: Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Current advisor: Jeffrey I. Gordon, MD

Undergraduate university: Columbia University, 2022

Program: Neurosciences

Current advisor: Jin-Moo Lee, MD, PhD

Undergraduate university: Washington University, 2024

Program: Neurosciences

Graduation Year: 2011

Thesis Advisor: Karen L. O`Malley

Thesis Title: Mechanisms of Observed Neuroprotection of Dopaminergic Neurons in Wallerian Degeneration Slow (WldS) Mice

Program affiliation
General

Research summary
Study of ethical, social, and professional issues that affect patients, researchers, and health care providers

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Program: Molecular Cell Biology

Graduation Year: 2022

Thesis Advisor: Gautam Dantas

Thesis Title: System shock: using -omics data to characterize biological remodeling in the microbiome, resistome, and transcriptome of bacteria

Program: Human and Statistical Genetics

Graduation Year: 2021

Thesis Advisor: Christina A. Gurnett

Thesis Title: Genetics of Pediatric Musculoskeletal Disorders

Program: Neurosciences

Current advisor: Timothy E. Holy, PhD

Undergraduate university: Lycoming College, 2022

Program affiliation
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Neurosciences

Research summary
Innate immunity and immune effector mechanisms in the retina; oxidative stress and cell death; models of developmental angiogenesis and neovascularization; inflammation and photoreceptor survival; macular degeneration

Key words
aging, Angiogenesis, macular degeneration, diabetes, innate immunity, macrophage, retinal degeneration, vascular biology