MS Student Profiles

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

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Tess Champ

Email: champ5@arizona.edu

Advisor: Katalin Gothard, PhD

Research Interests: Neurophysiology 

Personal Interests: Reading, hiking, and traveling. 

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Daniel Chrisenberry headshot

  

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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Lizzie Church headshot

Email: echurch@arizona.edu

Advisor: Carol Barnes, PhD

Research Interests: Electrophysiology of memory and aging

Personal Interests: Reading, traveling, and going to concerts.

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Melissa Dennis ​​​​​​​headshot

Email: melissardennis@arizona.edu

Advisor: Christopher Banek, PhD

Research Interests: Cardiovascular and Renal Physiology, Polycystic Kidney Disease

Personal Interests: Hiking, working out, and drinking lots of coffee

Publications:

Parvin , I., Gauthier, M., Dennis, M. and Banek, C. (2021), Sequential Afferent-Targeted and Total Renal Denervation and Impact on Regulation of Arterial Pressure, Glomerular Filtration, and Sodium Handling in Sprague Dawley Male Rats. The FASEB Journal, 35:. https://doi.org/10.1096/fasebj.2021.35.S1.04343

Gauthier, M., Dennis, M., Parvin, I., Schwartz, K. and Banek, C. (2021), Cannabinoid Administration Does Not Affect Mean Arterial Pressure or Glomerular Filtration Rate in DOCA-Salt Hypertensive Rats. The FASEB Journal, 35:. https://doi.org/10.1096/fasebj.2021.35.S1.04100

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Jean Dill headshot

Email: jema919@arizona.edu

Advisor: Andrew Fuglevand, PhD

Research Interests: Neurophysiology: Cognitive Development, Learning and Memory, Neurodegenerative Disorders, Cognitive Resilience, Movement/ Motor Control

Personal Interests: Volleyball, hiking, traveling, running, aerial silks, rock climbing, scuba diving, learning to play piano, spending time with family and friends

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Sadia Falana headshot

Email: sfalana1@arizona.edu

Advisor: Jared Churko, PhD

Research Interests: Cardiovascular Physiology, hiPSC disease modeling, Molecular and Cellular Physiology

Personal Interests: Swimming, Watching movies, Traveling, Spending time with family and friends

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Sam Gillman headshot

Email: samgillman@arizona.edu

Advisor: Scott Boitano, PhD

Research Interests: Biased Signaling, Allergic Asthma

Personal Interests: Cycling and Running

Publications:

Schiff, H. V., Rivas, C. M., Pederson, W. P., Sandoval, E., Gillman, S., Prisco, J., Kume, M., Dussor, G., Vagner, J., Ledford, J. G., Price, T. J., DeFea, K. A., & Boitano, S. (2022). β‐arrestin‐biased proteinase‐activated receptor‐2 antagonist C781 limits allergen‐induced airway hyperresponsiveness and inflammation. British Journal of Pharmacology. https://doi.org/10.1111/bph.15903

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Matthew Gonzales headshot

  

Email: mattgonzales@arizona.edu

Advisor: Jennifer Stern, PhD

Research Interests: Metabolism, Aging and Health span

Personal Interests: Working out, Hiking, Eating

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Adrian Grijalva

Email: adriangrijalva@arizona.edu

Advisor: Steven Goldman, M.D. 

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Delaney Harris headshot

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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Stephen Hutchinson

Email: shutchison@arizona.edu

Advisor: Michael Grandner, PhD

Interests: Role of metabolism and obesity in aging.

Personal Interests: Rock climbing, weightlifting, snowboarding and science fiction.

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Allison Kath headshot

Email: allisonkath@arizona.edu

Advisor: Chi Zhou, PhD

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Kora Kostiew ​​​​​​​headshot

Email: korakostiew@arizona.edu

Advisor: Jennifer Teske, PhD

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Lauren Loreto headshot

Email: loretol@arizona.edu

Advisor: Heddwen Brooks, PhD

Research Interests: Cardiovascular Physiology and Cardiovascular Disease; Hypertension; Reproductive Physiology; Nutritional Sciences and Disease

Personal Interests: Reading, cooking and baking, spending time with loved ones and traveling

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Emma Louis headshot

  

Email: emmalouis@arizona.edu

Advisor: TBD

Research Interests: Immunology, Sex Differences

Personal interests: hiking, traveling, drinks and hanging with friends, going to the gym, NBA

Publications:

Blackwell JA, Silva JF, Louis EM, Savu A, Largent-Milnes TM, Brooks HL, Pires PW. Cerebral arteriolar and neurovascular dysfunction after chemically-induced menopause in mice. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 23 Sept 2022.

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Paige Martin headshot

 Email: paigemartin@arizona.edu

Advisor: Jen Stern, PhD

Research Interests: Metabolism & Aging

Personal Interests: Swimming & Drinking Coffee

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Arezou Mobramaein headshot

Email: amobramaein@arizona.edu

Advisor: Pawel Kiela, PhD

Research Interests: Systems physiology, Gastrointestinal diseases, Gut microbiome, Immunobiology 

Personal Interests:  Trying new foods, watching crime movies, forensic science, spending time with my family and friends

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Stanley Ndugba headshot

Email: chinaenyendugba@arizona.edu

Advisor: John Konhilas, PhD

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Publications:

Amu EO, Ndugba SC, Olatona FA. Knowledge of Cervical Cancer and Attitude to Cervical Cancer Screening among Women in Somolu Local Government Area, Lagos, Nigeria; Journal of Community Medicine and Primary Health Care. 2019; 31 (1) 76–85.

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Baylee Reed

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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Stephenie Thai headshot

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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Izzy Thesz

Email: ikethesz@arizona.edu

Advisor: Michael Grandner, PhD

Research Interests: Sleep habits and exercise/academic performance, improving sleep efficiency

Personal interests: Anything outdoors, exercise, coaching cheer/tumbling, spending time with loved ones

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Matt Vance

Email: mvance1@arizona.edu

Advisor: Kirsten Limesand, PhD

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Nathan Wright

Email: naw12@arizona.edu

Advisor: John Konhilas, PhD

Research Interests: Cardiovascular and Reproductive Physiology, CVD (Cardiovascular Disease), affects of sex differences on the heart

Personal Interests: Being a Father, Photography, Gardening, and Swimming

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Linda Wu headshot

Email: lindawu@arizona.edu

Advisor: Dawn K. Coletta, PhD

Research Interests: Obesity & Type 2 Diabetes, Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility

Personal Interests: Major foodie, dance, yoga, binge watching shows, and hanging out with friends and family!

Publications:

Garcia LA, Zapata-Bustos R, Day SE, Campos B, Hamzaoui Y, Wu L, Leon AD, Krentzel J, Coletta RL, De Filippis E, Roust LR, Mandarino LJ, Coletta DK. Can Exercise Training Alter Human Skeletal Muscle DNA Methylation? Metabolites. 2022 Mar 2;12(3):222. doi: 10.3390/metabo12030222. PMID: 35323665; PMCID: PMC8953782.

Wang Z, Jain P, Rodriguez M, Ayon R, Ravellette K, Wu L, Balistrieri F, Tang H, Wu X, Chen J, Zhao T, Black S, Desai A, Garcia J, Sun X, Shyy J, Valdez-Jasso D, Thistlehwaite P, Makino A, Wang J, Yuan JX. Endothelial upregulation of mechanosensitive channel Piezo1 in pulmonary hypertension. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2021 Dec 1;321(6):C1010-C1027. doi: 10.1152/ajpcell.00147.2021. Epub 2021 Oct 20. PMID: 34669509; PMCID: PMC8714987.

Wu L, Qin J, Lu S, Howell J, Gelety T. J., Wu B. (2019). Effect of Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) on Babies Born: Compared by IVF Laboratories of Two Countries. In: Feng, HL, ed. Embryology: Theory and Practice. London, UK: IntechOpen, 123-134. doi: 10.5772/intechopen.87842

Babicheva A, Ayon RJ, Zhao T, Ek Vitorin JF, Pohl NM, Yamamura A, Yamamura H, Quinton BA, Ba M, Wu L, Ravellette KS, Rahimi S, Balistrieri F, Harrington A, Vanderpool RR, Thistlethwaite PA, Makino A, Yuan JX. MicroRNA-mediated downregulation of K+ channels in pulmonary arterial hypertension. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2020 Jan 1;318(1):L10-L26. doi: 10.1152/ajplung.00010.2019. Epub 2019 Sep 25. PMID: 31553627; PMCID: PMC6985878.

Wu B, Qin J, Lu S, Wu L, Gelety, T. J. (2017). Improving ART Pregnancy Rate with Two Kinds of Media and Two Types of Incubators. In: Embryo Cleavage. Rijeka, Croatia: InTech, 99-111. doi:10.5772/intechopen.70062

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