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PhD Dissertations


Eric Teplitz

One Health Approach to Sustainable Aquaculture Development in Kenya
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Concentration: Population Medicine and Epidemiology
Principal Investigator: Kathryn Fiorella


Jackson Seminara

Dyscalcemia: A Maladaptive Postpartum Phenotype of Mutliparous Holstein Dairy Cows
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Concentration: Population Medicine and Epidemiology
Principal Investigator: Jessica McArt


Erica Secor

Investigating Joint Pathophysiology Through Synovial Fluid Proteomics, Immune Cell Profiling, and Therapeutic Approaches in Equine Osteoarthritis
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Concentration: Translational Medicine
Principal Investigator: Heidi Reesink


Alexander McGurk

T Cell Activation in Inflamed Tissues: Th1 Cells Cooperate With Monocytes to Form CXCL10+ Activation Niches
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Concentration: Immunology and Infectious Disease
Principal Investigator: Deborah Fowell


Chia-Hsin Hsu

Dissecting and Modulating the Tumor Microenvironment to Enhance Targeted Therapy Efficacy in Melanoma
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Concentration: Molecular and Cellular Medicine
Principal Investigator: Andrew White


Sharada Gopal

Somatic Metabolic Checkpoints Govern Reproductive Restraint and Germline Quiescence in C. elegans
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Concentration: Molecular and Cellular Medicine
Principal Investigator: Siu Sylvia Lee


Leanne Donahue

Suppression of Skin Carcinogenesis: Insights from the Gene to Species Level
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Concentration: Molecular and Cellular Medicine
Principal Investigator: Andrew White


Alexander Brady

A Single Amino Acid Substitution Humanizes Mouse CD28, Increasing Effector and Stem-like T Cell Activation
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Concentration: Immunology and Infectious Disease
Principal Investigator: Mandy McGeachy


Richard Adeleke

Pathogenic Models for Studying Broadly Protective Vaccines and Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC)
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Concentration: Immunology and Infectious Disease
Principal Investigator: Hector Aguilar-Carreno


Eric Gelsleichter

The Role of Pannexin-1 in Inflammasome Activation and Its Regulation by Cysteine-Palmitoylation
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Concentration: Molecular and Cellular Medicine
Principal Investigator: Hening Lin


Anna Kolarzyk

Dissecting the Role of Lymphatic and Blood Vasculature in Pancreatic Cancer Progression and Immune Surveillance
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Concentration: Molecular and Cellular Medicine
Principal Investigator: Esak Lee


Leah Simon

Characterizing BRDT Function in Mammalian Spermatogenesis: Genetic Models and Therapeutic Implications for Non-Hormonal Contraception
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Concentration: Molecular and Cellular Medicine
Principal Investigator: Paula Cohen


Bailey Lubinski

Chasing Variants: Making the Match Between the SARS-CoV-2 S1/S2 Cleavage Site and Host Cell Proteases
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Concentration: Immunology and Infectious Disease
Principal Investigator: Gary Whittaker


Hsin-Yun (Rachel) Chang

Unraveling the Molecular Basis of Stress Adaptation and Longevity in C. elegans Through the Lens of Heat Hormesis
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Concentration: Molecular and Cellular Medicine
Principal Investigator: Siu Lee


Paula Bañuelos

Microbiome Interactions with Dietary Choline
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Concentration: Molecular and Cellular Medicine
Principal Investigator: Elizabeth Johnson


Oluwafemi Adu

Exploring Antibody-Virus Interactions: From Defining Repertoires to Receptor Characterization
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Concentration: Immunology and Infectious Disease
Principal Investigator: Collin Parrish


Viraj Upadhye

Single Particle Structural Virology of Paramyxoviruses
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Concentration: Immunology and Infectious Disease
Principal Investigator: Hector Aguilar-Carreno


Sarah Saddoris

BAF Chromatin Remodeling Complexes During Herpes Simplex Virus 1 Infection
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Concentration: Molecular and Cellular Medicine
Principal Investigator: Luis Schang