MS Student Profiles

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PS MS Students

Please click on the name of each student to learn more about them.

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Daniel Chrisenberry, PS MS Student

  

Email: dchrisenberry@arizona.edu

Advisor: Sean Limesand, PhD

Research Interests: Diabetes, mitochondrial proteins, metabolism, gene expression/regulation

Personal Interests: Working out, watching soccer/MMA, hiking, binging TV, discovering new things that I enjoy!

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Ryan Donovan-Schager, PS MS Student

Email: rdonovanschager@arizona.edu

Advisor: John Konhilas, PhD 

Research Interests: Cardiovascular physiology, Reproductive Physiology, Sex Differences, Women's Health.

Personal Interests: Dancing, traveling, cooking, and spending time with family!

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Nolan Dunn, PS MS Student

Email: nolandunn@arizona.edu

Advisor: Fiona Bailey, PhD 

Research Interests: Cardiovascular health and impacts of blood flow shear patterns

Personal Interests: spending time outside, hiking or skiing, at the gym, or hanging out with my family and friends.

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Matthew Edwards, PS MS Student

Email: mce3@arizona.edu 

Advisor: Emmanuel Katsanis, PhD 

Research Interests: To investigate the potential synergistic effects of exercise and pharmaceutical intervention on various forms of leukemia, and the effects of memory-like NK cells and anti-CD19 drugs in B-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemias. 

Personal Interests: soccer. 

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Matthew Gonzales, PS MS Student

  

Email: mattgonzales@arizona.edu

Advisor: Paulo Pires, PhD 

Research Interests: Aging, Health-span, and Alzheimer's disease.

Personal Interests: Working out, Hiking, Eating

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Delaney Harris, PS MS Student

Email: delaneyharris@arizona.edu

Advisor: Pawel Kiela, PhD

Research Interests: Immunology, Autoimmune Disease, Gut microbiome

Personal interests: Hiking, running, photography, spending time with friends and family

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Shelby Herrick, PS MS Student

Email: shelbyherrick@arizona.edu

Advisor: John Konhilas, PhD

Research Interests: Neurodegenerative Disease, Pharmacology, Clinical Toxicology 

Personal Interests: Photography and Travel, Thrifting, Car restoration and Caring for Plants 

Publications: 

Liang, W. Gu, M., Zhu L., Yan Z., Schenten D., Herrick S. Hongmin L., Samrat S.K., Zhu J.“The main protease of SARS-CoV-2 downregulates innate immunity via a translational repression.” Signal transduction and targeted therapy vol. 8,1 162. 13 Apr. 2023, doi:10.1038/s41392-023-01418-3

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Emilie Lu, PS MS Student

Email: ejlu1@arizona.edu

Advisor: Paul Langlais, PhD 

Research interests: Insulin signaling, cell/molecular research, type 2 diabetes

Personal interests: Making soup, crochet/amigurumi, writing/poetry

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Paige Martin, PS MS Student

 Email: paigemartin@arizona.edu

Advisor: Paulo Pires, PhD 

Research Interests: Vascular changes associated with aging and vascular dementias. 

Personal Interests: Swimming & Drinking Coffee

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Baylee Reed, PS MS Student

Email: bayleereed@arizona.edu

Advisor: Dawn K. Coletta, PhD

Research Interests: Type 2 Diabetes & Obesity, Metabolism, Aging

Personal Interests: Anything outdoors, photography, traveling, spending time with family and friends

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Maddy Skoda, PS MS Student

Email: madelynskoda@arizona.edu

Advisor: Lalitha Madhavan, MD, PhD

Research Interests: Aging, Metabolism, Neurodegeneration, Sex differences

Personal Interests: growing plants, eating plants, and protecting plants from my cats

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Christopher Sterzinar, PS MS Student

Email: csterzinar@arizona.edu

Advisor: Carol Barnes, PhD

Research Interests: Impact of Aging on the Brain; Learning and Memory; Neurodegenerative Disorders

Personal Interests: Baking, Running, Playing Sports, and Drawing.

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Stephenie Thai, PS MS Student

Email: sthai1234@arizona.edu

Advisor: Paulo Pires, PhD

Research Interests: Alzheimer’s Disease, Cerebrovascular Physiology

Personal Interests: Traveling, dancing, working out, and spending time with friends & family

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