2020 Neuroscience Graduate Students
Student Name, Undergraduate Institution, Area of Research & Research Advisor
Eugene Berezovski
Elizabeth Bergman
Donald Bradshaw
- Undergraduate Institution - Washington College, 2016, BS in Behavioral Neuroscience
- Area of Research - Therapeutic approaches to preventing white matter degeneration
- Advisor - Dr. Regina Armstrong
Laura Drebushenko
- Undergraduate Institution - Ursinus College, 2014, BS in Neuroscience
- Area of Research - Neurodevelopment, protein degradation
- Advisor - Dr. Martin Doughty
- Contact - laura.drebushenko.ctr@usuhs.edu
William Fierlage
Gabriel Gonzales
Antigone Grillakis
- Undergraduate: St. Mary's College of Maryland, BA Psychology, 2011
- Undergraduate: University of Maryland Baltimore County, BS Biological Sciences, 2014
- Area of research: traumatic brain injury
- Advisor: Dr. Joseph McCabe
- Contact: antigone.grillakis@usuhs.edu
Guzal Khayrullina
Sharon Kim
- Undergraduate Institution - University of Pennsylvania, 2017, BA in Biological Basis of Behavior
- Graduate Institution - University of Southern California, 2018, MS in Neuroimaging and Informatics
- Research Interests: TBI, PTSD
- Advisor: Dr. Kwang Choi
- Contact: sharon.kim@usuhs.edu
Claire Kostelnik
- Undergraduate Institution - St. Mary's College of Maryland, 2017, BA in Psychology, minor in neuroscience
- Area of Research - traumatic brain injury
- Advisor - Dr. Joseph McCabe
- Contact – claire.kostelnik@usuhs.edu
Savannah Kounelis-Wuillaume - MD/PhD Student
- Undergraduate Institution - University of Notre Dame, 2016, BS in Neuroscience
- Area of Research - TBI, neuroinflammation, immune response to injury, aging
- Advisor - Dr. Martin Doughty
- Contact - savannah.kounelis-wuillaume@usuhs.edu
Eileen McNamara
- Undergraduate Institution- Wake Forest University, 2015, BS in Neurobiology
- Area of Research- Meningeal response after traumatic brain injury
- Advisor- Dr. Joseph McCabe
- Contact- eileen.mcnamara.ctr@usuhs.edu
Michael Nieves
Summer Paulson
- Undergraduate institution: University of Minnesota, 2019, B.S., Dual major in Biochemistry and Neuroscience
- Area of Research: undecided (first year)
- Advisor - Undecided
- Contact - summer.paulson@usuhs.edu
Mariya Prokhorenko
- Undergraduate Institution - George Mason University, 2018, BS in Neuroscience
- Area of Research - Astrocyte calcium signaling, pain
- Advisor - Dr. Jeremy Smyth
- Contact - mariya.prokhorenko@usuhs.edu
Mydirah Littlepage-Saunders
- Undergraduate Institution: Lincoln University of Pennsylvania, 2019, BS in Biology & Pan-Africana Studies
- Area of Research: undecided (first year)
- Advisor - Undecided
- Contact: mydirah.littlepage-saunders@usuhs.edu
Samantha Scott
Michael Shaughness
Austin Smith
- Undergraduate Institution – University of Virginia, 2016, Dual BA in Psychology and Spanish, minor in Philosophy
- Area of Research – Function of microglia in injury and disease
- Advisor – Dr. Kimberly Byrnes
- Contact – austin.smith@usuhs.edu
Haley Spencer
- Undergraduate Institution - Colgate University, 2016, BA in Cellular Neuroscience
- Area of Research - Traumatic brain injury, ketamine
- Advisor - Dr. Kwang Choi
- Contact - haley.spencer@usuhs.edu
Patricia Vu (MD/PHD)
Kathleen Whiting
Alexandra Yaszemski
- Undergraduate Institution - University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, 2010, BS in Biology, BS in Chemistry
- Graduate Institution - University of St. Thomas, Master in Business Administration
- Area of Research - Peripheral Nerve Regeneration
- Advisor - Dr. Leon Nesti
- Contact - alexandra.yaszemski.ctr@usuhs.edu
MAJ Jonathan Yost, MSN, CRNA
- Undergraduate Institution - Brigham Young University, 2005, BS in Nursing
- Graduate Institution - Northeastern University, 2012, MSN Nurse Anesthesiology
- Area of Research - Pain and analgesia
- Advisor - Dr. Irwin Lucki
- Contact - jonathan.yost@usuhs.edu
Ph.D. Recent Graduates
Name & Research Advisor
- Christina Marion - Dr. Regina Armstrong - 2019 Graduate
- Ryan Shepherd - Fereshteh Nugent - 2019 Graduate
- Peter Atillo - Dr. Aviva Symes - 2019 Graduate
- John Reed -
- Michelle Bylicky - Dr. Gregory Mueller - 2019
- Francis Djankpa- Dr. Sharon Juliano - 2018 Graduate
- Kasey Moritz - Dr. Barrington Burnett - 2018 Graduate
- Edwin Obana– Dr. Martin Doughty - 2018 Graduate
- Ashley Russell - Dr. Tao Wu - 2018 Graduate
- Maria Sanchez– Dr. Regina Armstrong - 2018 Graduate
- Ramona Von-Leden– Dr. Kimberly Byrnes - 2018 Graduate
- Steven Dash- Dr. Kwang Choi - 2017 Graduate
