Alumni
Phd
Dr. Rohini Mehta (Ph.D) :"A Role of Visceral Adipose and Gastric Tissue in Inflammatory Conditions Associated with Metabolic Syndrome"
Dr. Sandra Page (Ph.D):""Novel Biomarkers For Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Associated Symptoms"
Dr. David Armistead (Ph.D) : "Differential Expression of microRNAs in the Visceral Adipose of Patients with NASH, Pericellular Fibrosis and Type II Diabetes"
Dr. Mohammed Jarrar (Ph.D):"A role of proinflammatory cytokines produced by excessive adipose in the development of the Non-Alcoholic SteatoHepatitis"
Dr. Michael Estep (Ph.D):"A role of the adipose in the liver fibrosis development"
Dr. Manpreet Randhawa (Ph.D):"Ectopic synthesis of melanin in adipose from morbidly obese subjects"
Dr. Ganiraju Manyam (Ph.D):"In silico study of the expression patterns associated with tumor development"
Massih Abawi (PhD in Bioscience):"Vitamin D levels Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) patients correlate with apoptosis and serum levels of M30"
Lei Wang (PhD in Bioscience):"Distance Analysis of Gene Expression Patterns".Co-advised by Dr. Boris Veytsman (SSB, CoS)
Dr. Massih Abawi (Ph.D):"Hormonal imnalance in morbidly obese bariatric patients with liver steatosis and non-alcoholic hepatitis"
Dr. Afshin Sohrabi (Ph.D):"Arthritic cell based assay model for measuring inflammatory response to therapeutic agents"
MS
Shanna Bolden (MS):"Gut microbiota, inflammatory
cytokines and gut hormones as confounding factors in the progression of the obesity"
Elizabeth Nohelty (MS):"C6ORF173 as an oncogene crucial for the progression of the breast carcinoma"
Amanda Zirzow (MS):"Nanoscale DNA/protein baskets for efficacious delivery of siRNA particles"
David (Nick) Shanan (MS):"The physiological effects of transporting proteins and their putative link to obesity"
Stephen King (MS):"Real-time PCR as confirmation
of microarray analysys in studies of differential gene expression in adipose tissue and ovarian carcinomas"
Lance Batchelor (MS):"A possibility of theraputic siRNA delivery inside DNA baskets"
Elizabeth Eom (MS):"Preservation of serum and mRNA samples for downstream high-throughput studies"
Haveesh Sharma (MS):"Expression of miRNAs and genes for miRNA processing proteins in patients with various forms of chronic liver disease"
Sarath Banu Krishna Murthy (MS in Bioinformatics): "An analysis of co-expression patterns of KCNRG gene using Oncomine"
Timothy Stotish (MS):"Brown adipose tissue in human obesity and metabolic syndrome: A systematic review"
Thuy Tran (MS):"Molecular Interactions of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) With Metabolic Syndrome and Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD)"
Anima Sharma (MS): "A Study of RNA Editing in Human Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells and Endotheliocytes by NextGen Sequencing"
Leah Byars (MS):"Investigations Into the Association of IL28B Genotype and the Metabolic Profile of Patients With and Without Chronic Hepatitis C"
Amir Shamsad (MS in Bioinformatics) :"Role of environmental factors in prevelance of Breast Cancer"
Christine McGown(MS) :"An exploration of possibility that RNA editing state of TLR receptors in plasmacytoid dendritic cells relates to their cytokine production"
Kianoush Jeiran (MS in Biology):"Mitochondrial Haplogroups In Obese Patients Predisposed To Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver (NAFLD)". Co-advised by Dr. Rohini Mehta (INOVA)
Jennifer Frost (MS in Biology): "Design and Validation of Primers for Accurate Analysis of Role of Chemokines
CCL4 and CCL21 on FAS mediated NF-kb Pathway"
Supol Phalalong (MS in Biology):"Comparative study of the performance of publicly available genome assembly tools using plasmodial genomes"Co-advised by Dr. Harsha Rajasimha (Strand Genomics)
Melissa Miller (MS in Biology):To be Determined
Chris Yesmont (MS in Biology):"A phylogenomic analysis of the Trumpeter (Cygnus buccinator) and Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus)".Co-advised by Dr. Pat Gillevet (ESP, CoS)
Kevin Arvai (MS in Bioinformatics):"Prioritization of NGS tumor suppressor gene candidates for familial Esophageal Carcinoma"
Greg Rice (MS in Bioinformatics): "The comparative genomics of DLEU7, a longevity gene candidate"
Allison Heath (MS in Biology):To be determined
Michelangelo Orciga (MS in Biology):" The Role of Leptin and Insulin-like Growth Factor-1 in the Interplay Between Metabolic Syndrome and PCOS"
Keerthi Gullapalli (MS in Biology):"Mitochondrial DNA mutations in PBMCs of patients with age-related pathologies"
Andrew Riggleman (MS in Biology):"The detection of 8-oxodeoxyguanosine in mitochondrial DNA"
Maria Keaton(MS in Biology):"A study of the inflammation and the brown adipose tissue embedded in visceral adipose of obese patients"
Purnima Pyarasani (MS in Bioinformatics):"Effect of artificial sweeteners on gut microbiota"
Anudeep Sharma Marupaka (MS in Bioinformatics):"PrimerBot – specific primer design application with BLAST algorithm"
Mahder Teka (MS in Bioinformatics):"Systematic Analysis of the Top 15 mutated genes in NSCLC"
BS
Thipkesone Simanivanh (BS)
Catherine Nguyuenngo (BS)