Jordan Bragg

• Degree: MS, Pharmaceutical & Biomedical Sciences
• PI Name: Dr. Cory Momany
• Committee Members: Dr. Mark Eiteman and Dr. Gurvinder Singh Rekhi
• Final Project: Investigation of Ribonucleotide Reductase and RNase III Inhibition on the Disruption of Double Stranded DNA Synthesis

Vrushali Bodke

• Degree: MS, Pharmaceutical & Biomedical Sciences
• PI Name: Dr. Uma Singh
• Committee Members: Dr. Neil Grimsey and Dr. Wided Missaoui
• Thesis: Investigation & Synthesis of Modified-Nucleos(t)ide Analogs Against Epstein Barr Virus (EBV) and Kaposi’s Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus (KSHV)

Isabella Frances de Luna

• Degree: MS, Pharmaceutical & Biomedical Sciences
• PI Name: Dr. Ross Marklein
• Committee Members: Dr. Neil Grimsey and Dr. Shelley Hooks
• Final Project: Investigating the Effects of Manufacturing Conditions on MSC-EV Potency through Microglia Morphology Modulation

Matthew Gatto

• Degree: MS, Pharmaceutical & Biomedical Sciences
• PI Name: Dr. Wided Missaoui
  Committee Members: Dr. Uma Singh and Dr. Gurvinder Singh Rekhi
  Final Project:  Lyophilization of IPA-3 Drug Loaded Liposomes for the Improvement of Long-Term Storage

Amanda Wong

• Degree: MS, Regulatory Affairs
• PI: Dr. Michael Bartlett
• Committee Members: Dr. Gurvinder Singh Rekhi, Dr. Grace V Milton Gowda, and Jennifer Ahearn
• Thesis: 503(a) and 503(b) Compounding: Manufacturing Violation Trends

Manyasreeprapti (Manya) Yendamuri

• Degree: MS, Clinical and Experimental Therapeutics
• PI: Dr. Somanath Shenoy
• Committee Members: Dr. S. Priya Narayanan and Dr. Duo Zhang
• Final Project: Role of epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition genes as predictive markers of metastatic cancer

Junyi Zha

• Degree: MS NT, Pharmaceutical & Biomedical Science
• PI: Dr. Houjian Cai
• Committee Members: Dr. Shelley Hooks and Dr. Joonhyuk Suh
• Final Project: Long-chain Acyl-CoA Synthetases (ACSLs) in Prostate cancer

Sultan Almuntashiri

• Degree: Ph.D., Clinical & Experimental Therapeutics
• PI Name: Dr. Duo Zhang
• Committee Members: Dr. Somanath Shenoy, Dr. S. Priya Narayanan and
• Dr. Xiaoyun Wang
• Dissertation: Investigating TIMP-1 as a Potential Biomarker and Target in Acute Lung Injury

Krista Barbour

• Degree: Ph.D., Pharmaceutical & Biomedical Sciences
• PI Name: Dr. Eileen Kennedy
• Committee Members: Dr. Eugene Douglass, Dr. Natarajan Kannan and
• Dr. Eva Strauch
• Dissertation: Targeting Parkinson’s Related LRRK2 Activity using Constrained Peptides

Phillip (Philly) Dean

• Degree: Ph.D., Pharmaceutical & Biomedical Sciences
• PI Name: Dr. Shelley Hooks
• Committee Members: Dr. Neil Grimsey, Dr. Houjian Cai and Dr. Wendy Watford
• Dissertation: Impact of Microglial Regulator of G-Protein Signaling 10 (RGS10) on the Glioblastoma Tumor Microenvironment