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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Paul Baumhardt

Email: pbaumhardt@arizona.edu

Advisor: Maya Kaelberer, PhD

Research Interests:  Gut-Brain Axis, Gut Microbiome

Personal Interests:  Hiking, Tennis, Golf

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Ben Cohen

Email:  cenbohen@arizona.edu

Advisor:  Marvin Slepian, M.D.

Research Interests: Pulsed electromagnetic fields, wound healing mechanisms, chronic wounds, and wearable devices.

Personal Interests:  Sports, cooking, hanging out with friends and family, weightlifting, and TV shows.

Email:  krishmaesar@arizona.edu

Advisor: Benjamin Renquist, Ph.D.

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Email: giulso@arizona.edu

Advisor: Maya Kaelberer, PhD 

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Anna Haralson

Email: annaharalson@arizona.edu

Advisor: Scott Boitano, PhD 

Research Interests:  Respiratory Physiology (PAR2's role in asthma)

Personal Interests:  Biking (road), running, skiing, spending time with friends and family, trying different coffee shops

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Amy He

Email: suizihe@arizona.edu

Advisor: Qin Chen, PhD

Research Interests: Oxidative stress signaling and Nrf2-mediated protective mechanisms in cardiac systems.

Personal interests:  Video games, SimRacing, guitar, weightlifting 

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Will Heyer

Email:  wheyer14@arizona.edu

Advisor: Scott Boitano, PhD

Research Interests: Respiratory System

Personal Interests: Green Bay Packers, Fishing, Kayaking, Golfing, Juggling, Guitar

 

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Dustin Jeffrey

Email:  dljeffrey@arizona.edu

Advisor: Scott Boitano, PhD 

Research interests: Role of allergies and epithelium. 

 

 

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Marikate Murphy

Email: memurphy18@arizona.edu

Advisor: Benjamin Renquist, PhD 

Research Interests:  Metabolism, type II diabetes, insulin resistance, chronic illness

Personal Interests:  Running, hiking, coffee shop/bakery hopping

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Maya Paley

Email: empaley@arizona.edu

Advisor: Benjamin Renquist, PhD

Research Interests:  Nutrition, metabolism, neuroscience

 

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Mary Catherine Roa

Email: mcroa@arizona.edu

Advisor: Paul R. Langlais, Ph.D.

Research Interests: Type II Diabetes Mellitus, insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, inflammation

Personal Interests: Hiking, reading, sewing, spending time with family

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Email:  kaswanson@arizona.edu

Advisor: Richard Simpson, PhD

Research Interests: Exercise immunology, sex-specific responses to exercise, and pharmacological modulation of exercise-induced immune responses; How exercise affects the immune system, and how sex, hormones, and medications influence that response.

Personal Interests: Weight lifting, hiking, rock climbing, and snowboarding; otherwise a homebody who enjoys spending time with my family and pets.

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Ilias Z

Email: zhorabek@arizona.edu

Advisor: Ralph Fregosi, PhD

Research Interests: Neural control of breathing, sudden infant death syndrome, perinatal nicotine exposure

Personal Interests: Traveling, reading, video games, running

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