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2025

Students Alumni
John France
Dylan Ukasik
Alixandria Trombley
Sebastian Pernal
Grant Leavsseur
Caitlin Katz
Christine Lee
Jillian Eichstaedt
Taylor Takla
Annie Thy Nguyen
Samantha Ely
Manessa Riser
Fatiman Albazron
Jenna Laymon
Jessica Moser
Clifford Abel, II
Itzick Nahmoud
Lexi Soltesz
Tate Poplin
Evin Malin
Abbie Bauer
Ece Ercer		 Eric Brown, M.D./Ph.D.
Brianne Mohl, Ph.D
Dhruman Goradia, Ph.D.
Hilary Marusak, Ph.D.
Denise Briggs, Ph.D.
Helen Wu, M.D./Ph.D
Muzamil Arshad, M.D./Ph.D
Erik Woodcock, Ph.D
Michael Lisieski, M.D./Ph.D.
Andrew Neff, Ph.D
Natalie Wiseman, M.D./Ph.D.
Chaitali Anand, Ph.D
Wafaa Sweidan, Ph.D
Brian Silverstein, Ph.D.
James Matchynski, M.D./Ph.D.
Nolan O’Hara, M.D./Ph.D
Lana Ruvolo Grasser, Ph.D.
Erin Edwards, Ph.D.
Nicole Zabik, Ph.D.
Tabitha Moses, M.D./Ph.D.

 

Student Profiles

Jillian Eichstaedt
4th Year, Predoctoral Candidate

hh9892@wayne.edu
Education Michigan State University, MI; B.S. Human Biology, Neuroscience
Hometown Belleville, MI

Advisors

  Jeffrey A. Stanley, Ph.D.

Advisory/Dissertation Committee

Vaibhav A. Diwadkar, Ph.D.; Paul Burghardt, Ph.D.; Eric Woodcock, Ph.D.; Amy Rothberg, M.D.

Research

 Jillian is interested in studying neurological control of eating behavior and related disorders using behavioral assessments and multimodal neuroimaging methods. Jillian's work focuses on using self-report, inhibitory control task performance, proton functional magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H fMRS), and functional MRI to predict which individuals may struggle with maintaining weight loss following a clinical weight loss program.

Awards & Honors
  • Predoctoral Travel Fellowship Award, Society of Biological Psychiatry (2025–2027)
  • Top Poster Award, Caswell Diabetes Institute Metabolism, Obesity, Nutrition, and Diabetes Symposium, October 2024
  • Finalist, Magnetic Moments Competition of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, May 2023

Publications
  • Eichstaedt JM, Khatib D, Easter P, Rosenberg DR, Diwadkar VA, Stanley JA. Selective Inhibitory Motor Control Evokes Increased Glutamate Modulation in the dACC: a Proton Functional Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Study. Imaging Neuroscience. Under Review.
  • Perez-Bonilla P, Santiago-Colon K, Matasovsky J, Ramirez-Virella J, Garver H, Fink G, Dorrance AM, Leinninger GM. Activation of Ventral Tegmental Area Neurotensin Recpetor-1 Neurons Promotes Weight Loss. Neuropharmacology. 2021 Sep 1. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2021.108639.

Personal Interests

 "In my free time, I enjoy reading, cooking/baking, cheering for Detroit’s sports teams, or playing with my cat, Gumbo."

 

Ece Erder
1st year, Predoctoral Candidate / 3rd Year, M.D. Candidate

hm5242@wayne.edu

Advisors

 Eishi Asano, MD/PhD, MS

Advisory/Dissertation Committee

 N/A

Awards & Honors
  • 2022 – 2024 Board of Governors Merit Scholarship, Wayne State University

Publications
  • Erder E, Kuroda N, Ikeda A, Yaguchi Y, Hatano K, Luat AF, Asano E. Cortico-cortical Evoked Potential to Understand the Tumor-related Epilepsy Network. Annual Meeting of American Epilepsy Society 2024. 2024 December.
  • Ikeda A, Kuroda N, Yaguchi Y, Erder E, Hatano K, Kitazawa Y, Tanaka F, Asano E. Cortico-Cortical Evoked Potential for Exploring the Epileptic Networks Associated with Focal Cortical Dysplasia. American Clinical Neurophysiology Society 2025 Annual Meeting, Baltimore, USA. 2025 March.
  • Yaguchi Y, Kuroda N, Ikeda A, Erder E, Hatano K, Kitazawa Y, Tanaka F, Asano E. Localization of Seizure Onset Zones in Drug-resistant Epilepsy Associated with Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Using Cortico-Cortical Evoked Potentials. American Clinical Neurophysiology Society 2025 Annual Meeting, Baltimore, USA. 2025 February.
  • Ikeda A, Kuroda N, Yaguchi Y, Erder E, Hatano K, Kitazawa Y, Tanaka F, Asano E. Cortico-Cortical Evoked Potential for Exploring the Epileptic Networks Associated with Focal Cortical Dysplasia. Oral Presentation. Epilepsy Surgery Society of Japan, Tokyo, Japan. 2025 February.

 

 

Caitlin Katz
1st Year, Predoctoral Candidate

hi2907@wayne.edu
Education California State University SB; B.A. Biological Psychology
Hometown La Quinta, CA

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Christine Lee
4th Year, Predoctoral Candidate

christinelee@wayne.edu
Education  
Hometown Grand Ledge, MI

Advisors

Dr. Ana Daugherty

Advisory/Dissertation Committee

Dr. Ana Daugherty, Dr. Jessica Damoiseaux, Dr. Hilary Marusak, & Dr. Yaoxian Huang 

Research Interests

  I am interested in studying community-level factors that affect brain and cognitive health in aging, Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia. My thesis work uses spatiotemporal air pollution modeling, metrics of community disadvantage, memory assessments, structural MRI, and quantitative susceptibility mapping to look at air pollution exposure as a risk factor in brain and cognitive aging.

Awards & Honors

  • IOG Graduate Fellow, 2024 - Present, IOG Pre-Doctoral Training Program, Institute of Gerontology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI

  • Graduate Professional Scholarship, 2024 - 2025, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI

  • Sallie P. Asche Travel Assistance Award, 2025 Dallas Aging and Cognition Conference (DACC), February 2025, Dallas, TX

  • Trainee Travel Award, February 2025, Institute of Gerontology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI

  • Graduate Student Professional Travel Award, February 2025, Graduate School, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI

  • Thomas C. Rumble Competitive University Graduate Fellowship, 2023 - 2024, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI

Publications

N/A

 

Personal Interests

Baking, reading, music

 

 
   
   
   
   
   
   

 

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Taylor Takla
4th Year, Predoctoral Candidate

taylortakla@wayne.edu

Education
University of Michigan, MI; B.S. Neuroscience

Hometown
West Bloomfield, MI

Advisors

 Nora Fritz

Advisory/Dissertation Committee

Ana Daugherty, Hilary Marusak, Merrill Landers (from the University of Nevada Las Vegas)

Research

Addiction/substance abuse, exercise

Awards & Honors
  • Best Clinical Research Presentation, Translational Neuroscience Program Symposium, May 2024, Wayne State University
  • Thomas C. Rumble Competitive University Graduate Fellowship, 2023 – 2024, Wayne State University   
  • Whitaker Prize, Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers, June 2023, Aurora, Colorado
  • 2nd Place Graduate Research Symposium 3-Minute Thesis Competition, March 2023, Wayne State University
  • 1st Place Translational Neuroscience 3-Minute Thesis Competition, November 2022, Wayne State University
  • Outstanding Research Award, Eugene Applebaum College Research Day, October 2022, Wayne State University
  • 2nd Place Translational Neuroscience 3-Minute Thesis Competition, May 2022, Wayne State University

Publications
  • Takla, T. N., Feldpausch, J., Edwards, E. M., Han, S., Calabresi, P. A., Prince, J., Zackowski, K. M., & Fritz, N. E. (2025). Cerebellar Volume Measures Differentiate Multiple Sclerosis Fallers from Non-Fallers. Brain Sciences, 15(1), 77.
  • Takla, T. N., Monaghan, P. G., Peterson, D. S., & Fritz, N. E. (2024). The Relation Among Reactive Stepping and Fall-Related Psychological Factors in Multiple Sclerosis. Brain Sciences, 14(12), 1197. 
  • Takla, T. N., Matsuda, P. N., Herring, T. E., Daugherty, A. M., & Fritz, N. E. (2024). Motor and non-motor factors of concern about falling and fear of falling in multiple sclerosis. Journal of Neurologic Physical Therapy, 48(4), 198-206.
  • Monaghan, P. G., Takla, T. N., Chargo, A. N., Edwards, E. M., Yu, B., Myers, E., ... & Fritz, N. E. (2024). Measurement properties of backward walking and its sensitivity and feasibility in predicting falls in people with multiple sclerosis. Int J MS Care. 26(Q3), 155-166.
  • Chargo, A. N., Takla, T. N., Fritz, N. E., & Daugherty, A. M. (2024). On the Move: Correlation of Impaired Mobility with Spatial Navigation Ability in Persons with Multiple Sclerosis. Brain Sciences, 14(3), 277.
  • Takla, T. N., Matsuda, P. N., Herring, T. E., Daugherty, A. M., & Fritz, N. E. (2024). Scale development to evaluate differences between concern about falling and fear of falling: the concern and fear of falling evaluation. Frontiers in psychology, 15, 1336078.
  • Takla, T. N., Chargo, A. N., Daugherty, A. M., & Fritz, N. E. (2023). Cognitive Contributors of Backward Walking in Persons with Multiple Sclerosis. Multiple Sclerosis International, 2023(1), 5582242
  • Tidball, A. M., Niu, W., Ma, Q., Takla, T. N., Walker, J. C., Margolis, J. L., ... & Parent, J. M. (2023). Deriving early single-rosette brain organoids from human pluripotent stem cells. Stem Cell Reports, 18(12), 2498-2514
  • Takla, T. N., Luo, J., Sudyk, R., Huang, J., Walker, J. C., Vora, N. L., ... & Tidball, A. M. (2023). A shared pathogenic mechanism for valproic acid and SHROOM3 knockout in a brain organoid model of neural tube defects. Cells, 12(13), 1697.

 

Personal Interests

Working out, hiking, trying new foods/restaurants, traveling

 

Grant Levasseur
5th Year, Predoctoral Candidate

grant.levasseur@med.wayne.edu

Education:
Michigan State University, MI; B.S.

Hometown:

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Sebastian Pernal
5th Year, Predoctoral Candidate

sebastian.pernal@med.wayne.edu

Education:
Universtiy of Illionois at Chicago, IL; B.S.

 

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Alixandria Trombley
5th Year, Predoctoral Candidate

ga6821@wayne.edu

Education:
Wayne State University; B.S. Physics, Psychology

Hometown:
Saint Clair Shores, MI

 

Advisors

Shane Perrine, PhD

Advisory/Dissertation Committee

TBD

Research

Neural mechanisms of cocaine-taking

Awards & Honors

Neuroscience Scholars Program Associate, National Institute of Health T32 Initiative for Maximizing Student Diversity Fellow

Publications

N/A

 

Personal Interests

Playing soccer, weightlifting and hanging out with my "Detroit Special" rescue dog
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John France
6th Year, Predoctoral Candidate

gc9598@wayne.edu

Education:
Michigan State University; B.A. Human Physiology

Hometown:
Harper Woods, MI

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Dylan Ukasik
6th Year, Predoctoral Candidate

gw4458@wayne.edu

Education:
Allegheny College, PA; B.S. Neuroscience

Hometown:
SpringDale, PA

 

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Nicole Zabik
5th Year, Predoctoral Candidate

nzabik@med.wayne.edu

Education:
Oakland University, MI; B.S. Biochemistry

Hometown:
Sterling Heights, MI

Advisors

 Christine A. Rabinak, PhD and Mark K. Greenwald, PhD

Advisory/Dissertation Committee

To be announced

Research

With tools such as functional imaging, behavior measures, and pharmacological manipulation, the questions I seek to answer are the following: (1) How does previous, regular cannabis use influence PTSD symptoms and efficacy of synthetic THC-assisted exposure therapy? and (2) How do healthy individuals use cannabis in the modern day, and how do these patterns deviate when someone suffers from PTSD?

Awards & Honors
  • 2012-2016 Oakland University, Distinguished Scholar Award
  • 2014-2016 Oakland University, Dean's List
  • 2015-2016 Oakland University, Thompson Chemistry Scholarship
  • 2016 American Chemical Society, Travel Grant
  • 2017-2018 Wayne State University School of Medicine, Robert J. Bernucci Promising Scholar Award
  • 2018 Wayne State University, Invited Student Key Note Presenter at the Translational Neuroscience Symposia
  • 2018-2019 Wayne State University, Thomas Rumble Fellowship

Publications
  1.  Zabik, N.L., Virca, C.N., McCormick, T.M., Martic-Milne, S., "Selective Electrochemical Versus Chemical Oxidation of Bulky Phenol." J. Phy. Chem. B, 2016, 120, 8914-8924.
  2. Zabik, N.L., Imhof, M.M., Martic-Milne, S., "Structural evaluations of tau protein conformation: methodologies and approaches." Biochem. Cell Biol., 2017, 95, 338-349.

Personal Interests

If I'm not nerding out about my dissertation, I am most likely doing one of the following: cooking, making cold brew, weight training, or appreciating art.

 

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Tabitha Moses
Alumni

tmoses@med.wayne.edu

Education:
Johns Hopkins University

Hometown:
Goring, England

Advisors

Mark Greenwald, PhD

Advisory/Dissertation Committee

To be announced

Research

Substance use, stress, trauma

Awards & Honors
  • 2015 Brain Matters! 5 Travel Award                                                                    
  • 2016-2018  WSU School of Medicine Board of Governors Full Tuition Scholarship   
  • 2017, Oral Presentation Honorable Mention, Medical Student Research Symposium                                                                                                                                           
  • 2017 TEDMED Frontline Scholarship                                                                                       
  • 2018 First Place Poster, Retrospective Clinical Care & Public Health Section Medical Student Research Symposium
  • 2018 CPDD FORCE Junior Investigator Travel Award                                                           
  • 2018 Top Poster Award, International Neuroethics Society Annual Meeting                                                                      

Publications
  1. Moses, T., Lundahl, L. H., & Greenwald M.K., Factors Associated with Sedative Use and Misuse Among Heroin Users. April 2018. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 185, pp.10-16
  2. Moses, T., Woodcock, E. A., Lister J.J., Lundahl, L.H., & Greenwald M.K., Developing a Scale of Domains of Negative Consequences of Chronic Heroin Use. February 2018. Addictive Behaviors. 77, pp.260-266
  3. Moses, T.& Illes, J. Ethics, Ethicists, and Professional Organizations in the Neurological Sciences. March 2017. AJOB Neuroscience. 8(1), pp.3-11
  4. Moses, T., Emerging Technologies: The Ethical Dangers of Fixing What is Not Broken. May 2016. Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE Symposium on Ethics in Engineering, Science and Technology

Abstracts:

  1. Moses, T. Preventing a Lifetime of Trauma: Is it Ever Acceptable to Alter Memories in Children?,American Journal of Bioethics Neuroscience. In Press.
  2. Moses, T., The Freedom to Become an Addict: Are Addiction Vaccines an Assault on Free Will?, American Journal of Bioethics Neuroscience. July 2016.
  3. Moses, T., Is it Ethical to Hold a Person Culpable for His Actions if he Cannot Recognize Right and Wrong?, Neuroethics. May 2016.

Personal Interests

Travel, reading, cats
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Erin Edwards, Ph.D.

eedwards@med.wayne.edu

Education:
University of New England, ME; B.S. Neuroscience

Hometown:
Fenton, MI

Advisors

Nora Fritz, PhD and Jeffrey Stanley, PhD

Dissertation Committee

Ana Daugherty, PhD; Anna Kratz, PhD; Patrick Mueller, PhD

Dissertation Research Title

Backward Walking: A Clinical Marker of Fall Risk for Individuals with Multiple Sclerosis

Dissertation Defense Date

Friday, March 4, 2022
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Lana Ruvolo Grasser, Ph.D.

lgrasser@med.wayne.edu

Education:
Michigan State University, MI; B.S. Neuroscience

Hometown:
Sylvan Lake, MI

Advisors

Tanja Jovanovic, PhD and Arash Javanbakht, MD

Dissertation Committee

Paul Burghardt, PhD; Alana Conti, PhD; David Rosenberg, MD

Dissertation Research Title

Dancing the Storm: Neurobiological Correlates of Trauma-Related Psychopathology in Youth Resettled as Refugees, and the Efficacy of Creative Arts and Movement Therapies to Address Trauma-Related Psychopathology

Dissertation Defense Date

Thursday, March 3, 2022
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James Matchynski, Ph.D.

M.D./Ph.D. program, Wayne State University Medical School, 3rd year.

jamatchy@med.wayne.edu

Education:

Hometown:

Advisors

Alana Conti, PhD and Shane Perrine, PhD

Dissertation Committee

Kamran Avanaki, PhD; Tanja Jovanovic, PhD; Jeffrey Stanley, PhD

Dissertation Research Title

Development and Implementation of a Novel Method to Quantify FOS-Related Neuronal Acitivity in vivo Using High-Resolution Photoacousstic Imaging

Dissertation Defense Date

Friday, February 4, 2022

 

   

 

Nolan O'Hara, Ph.D.

M.D./Ph.D. program, Wayne State University Medical School, 3rd year.

nohara@med.wayne.edu

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Annie Thy Nguyen, Ph.D.
3rd Year, M.D.Candidate

annie.nguyen@med.wayne.edu

Education:
Scripps College; B.A. Neuroscience

Hometown:
Claremont, CA

Advisors

 Gil Mor, M.D./Ph.D., Alana Conti, Ph.D.

Advisory/Dissertation Committee

  Jayanth Ramadoss PhD, Marianna Sadagurski PhD, Jiahui Ding MD/PhD

Research

My primary research interests include critical periods of neurodevelopment and the effect of genetic or environmental variations throughout this process. I am also working on cortical network mapping and structure-function relationships of the developing brain.

Awards & Honors

         2020 – Thomas Rumble Fellowship

·         2022 – Michigan Chapter Society for Neuroscience – Graduate Student Poster Award

·         2022 – Nu Rho Psi Honor Society Travel Award – Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting

·         2022 – WSUSOM MD/PhD Travel Award

·         2023 – WSUSOM Graduate Student Research Day – Oral Presentation Award (Honorable Mention)

  • 2023 – WSUSOM Graduate Research Symposium – Platform Presentation (3rd place)
  • 2023 – American Society for Reproductive Immunology – Poster Presentation (3rd place)
  • 2023 – Translational Neuroscience Program 3 Minute Thesis Competition – Honorable Mention
  • 2024 – Michigan Chapter Society for Neuroscience – Graduate Student Poster Award
  • 2024 – Corrine F. Resta Endowed Doctoral Support Award ($25,000)

·         2025 – WSUSOM Graduate Student Research Day – Oral Presentation Award (Honorable Mention)

Publications

 Ding J*, Maxwell A*, Adzibolosu N, Hu A, You Y, Stemmer PM, Ruden DM, Petriello M, Sadagurski M, Debarba LK, Ramadoss J, Nguyen AT, Richards D, Liao A, Mor G. Immunological Sexual Dimorphism in Placenta and Its Response to Benzene Exposure.

·         Maxwell A, Swanson G, Nguyen AT, Hu A, Richards D, You Y, Stephan L, Manaloto M, Sharma S; Liao S, Ding J, Mor G. Hydroquinone impairs trophoblast migration and invasion via AhR-Twist-IFITM1 axis. Placenta. Accepted.

·         Nguyen AT, Hu A, Cardenas C, Mor G, Ding J. Gestational Volatile Organic Compound Exposure and Adverse Perinatal Health Outcomes. Manuscript in preparation.

·         Nguyen AT, Ding J, Maxwell A, Swanson G, Mor G. IFI44 protects first trimester trophoblasts from viral infection through induction of Interferon-Stimulated Genes. Manuscript in preparation.

·         Nguyen AT, Ding J, Adzibolosu N, Maxwell A, Swanson G, Mor G. Gestational benzene exposure leads to sexually dimorphic neuroimmune adaptations in offspring. Manuscript in preparation.

Personal Interests

  Hiking and running, traveling, hosting dinner parties, and hanging out wit her cat, Fern

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Brian Silverstein, Ph.D.

bsilvers@med.wayne.edu

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Chaitali Anand, Ph.D.

canand@med.wayne.edu

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Wafaa Sweidan, Ph.D.

wsweidan@med.wayne.edu

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Andrew Neff, Ph.D.

aneff@med.wayne.edu

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Natalie Wiseman, Ph.D.

awiseman@wayne.edu

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Michael Lisieski
M.D./Ph.D. program, Wayne State University Medical School, 3rd year.

mlisiesk@med.wayne.edu

Education:
University of Buffalo; B.S. Pharmacology & Toxicology; B.A. Psychology

Hometown:
North Huntingdon, PA

Advisor

Shane A. Perrine, Ph.D.

Dissertation Committee

Alana C. Conti, Ph.D., Mark K. Greenwald, Ph.D. and Jonathan D. Morrow, M.D., Ph.D.

Dissertation Research Title

The Effects of Cocaine Exposure on Hyperactivity, Susceptibility to Traumatic Stress, and Locus Coeruleus Function in Rats

Dissertation Defense Date

March 2018

 

   

 

Muzamil Arshad
M.D. Ph.D. program, Wayne State University Medical School,Detroit, MI, 4th year.

muarsha@med.wayne.edu

Education:
Benedictine University, Lisle, IL; B.S. Physics

Hometown:
Romeoville, IL

Advisor

Naftali Raz, Ph.D. and Jeffrey Stanley, Ph.D.

Dissertation Committee

Boris Baltes, Ph.D., Alexander Gow, Ph.D., and Donald Kuhn, Ph.D.

Dissertation Research Title

Change in Processing Speed and its Associations with Cerebral White Matter Microstructure

Dissertation Defense Date

May 2017

 

   

 

Eric A. Woodcock, Ph.D.
Posdoctoral Fellow, National Institute on Drug Abuse T32 Neuroimaging Sciences Training Program, Departments of Psychiatry, and of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT

eric.woodcock@yale.edu

Education:
University of Washington (Seattle); B.S. Psychology

Hometown:
Buckley, WA

Advisor

Mark Greenwald, Ph.D.

Dissertation Committee

Boris Baltes, Ph.D., Vaibhav Diwadkar, Ph.D., David Ledgerwood, Ph.D. and Jeffrey Stanley, Ph.D.

Dissertation Research Title

Neuropharmacological Investigation of Stress and Nicotine Self-Administration Among Current Cigarette Smokers

Dissertation Defense Date

May 2017

 

   

 

Denise Briggs, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Standford, CA

dibriggs@stanford.edu

Education:
University of Michigan; B.S. Neuroscience and Psychology

Hometown:
Grosse Pointe, MI

Advisor

Donald Kuhn, Ph.D. 

Dissertation Committee

Matthew Galloway, Ph.D., Jason Mateika, Ph.D. and Jeffrey Stanley, Ph.D.

Dissertation Research Title

Cognitive, Psychiatric, and Neuropathological Manifestations of Repetitive Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

Dissertation Defense Date

March 2016

 

   

 

Helen Wu, Ph.D.
M.D./Ph.D. program, Wayne State University Medical School, 4th year. 

wuhelen@med.wayne.edu

Education:
University of Michigan; B.S. Biomedical Engineering

Hometown:
 

Advisor

Jeffrey Loeb, M.D., Ph.D. and Jeffrey Stanley, Ph.D. 

Dissertation Committee

Bruce Berkowitz, Ph.D., Matthew Galloway, Ph.D. and Donald Kuhn, Ph.D.

Dissertation Research Title

Identification of Metabolite Biomarkers in Epilepsy using 1H MRS

Dissertation Defense Date

June 2016

 

   

 

Hilary Marusak, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Pharmacy and Health Science, Wayne State University

hmarusak@med.wayne.edu

Education:
Kalamazoo College; B.A. Biology and Psychology

Hometown:
 

Advisor

Moriah Thomason, Ph.D. 

Dissertation Committee

Mark Greenwald, Ph.D., David Rosenberg, M.D. and Richard Slatcher, Ph.D.

Dissertation Research Title

Childhood Trauma and Emotion Processing Neurocircuitry

Dissertation Defense Date

March 2016

 

   

 

Dhruman Goradia, Ph.D.
Associate Scientist, Banner Alzheimer's Institute

dhruman.goradia@bannerhealth.com

Education:
University of Mumbai; B.E. Instrumentation Engineering      Wright State University; M.S. Biomedical Engineering

Hometown:
Mumbai, India

Advisor

Jeffrey Stanley, Ph.D. 

Dissertation Committee

Vaibhav Diwadkar, Ph.D., Naftali Raz, Ph.D. and Manuel Tancer, M.D. 

Dissertation Research Title

Evidence of Distinctive Structural Alterations that Differentiate ADHD Boys With and Without a Comorbid Reading Disability

Dissertation Defense Date

June 2015

 

   

 

Brianne Mohl, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Radiology and Neurology, University of Colorado

brianne.mohl@ucdenver.edu

Education:
Colorado State University; B.S. Natural Sciences

Hometown:
Longmont, CO

Advisor

Jeffrey Stanley, Ph.D. 

Dissertation Committee

Joseph Casey, Ph.D., Vaibhav Diwadkar, Ph.D., Lara Jones, Ph.D. and Noa Ofen, Ph.D. 

Dissertation Research Title

Neural Alterations Influencing Skilled Reading in ADHD: A Task-based fMRI Study

Dissertation Defense Date

February 2015

 

   

 

Erik Brown, M.D., Ph.D.
Neurosurgical Resident, Department of Neurological Surgery, Oregon Health & Science University Hospital

ecbrown@med.wayne.edu

Education:
University of Michigan; B.S. Electrical Engineering

Hometown:
Allen Park, MI

Advisor

Eishi Asano, M.D., Ph.D. 

Dissertation Committee

Vaibhav Diwadkar, Ph.D., Jeffrey Loeb, M.D., Ph.D. and Jeffrey Stanley, Ph.D.

Dissertation Research Title

Multi-Modality Assessment of Language Function

Dissertation Defense Date

June 2013
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