Pharmacology Current Students

Hala Abdelnasser Dissertation Title/Field of Research: TBD Major Advisor: Bradley McConnell / Richard Bond
Tabish Ali Dissertation Title/Field of Research: Differentiated Cardiac Conduction Cells for Heart Repair Major Advisor: Bradley McConnell
Wangjia Cao Dissertation Title/Field of Research: Cardiovascular Development Major Advisor: Mingfu Wu
Sayantap Datta Dissertation Title/Field of Research: Discovery & Pharmacological Studies of Novel Agents for Difficult-to-Treat Malignancies Major Advisor: Krishna Boini
Tahmid Faisal Dissertation Title/Field of Research: Role of Angiotensin receptors in T cell modulation in Reno protection and obesity Major Advisor: Tahir Hussain
Josef Fowler Dissertation Title/Field of Research: C Difficile Infection and Proton Pump Inhibitors Major Advisor: Kevin Garey
Hongyan Guo Dissertation Title/Field of Research: NFPs Regulate Trabeculation Compaction Major Advisor: Mingfu Wu
David Houshangi Dissertation Title/Field of Research: TBD Major Advisor: TBD
Aniket Joshi Dissertation Title/Field of Research: Signaling Mechanisms regulating skeletal muscle mass Major Advisor: Ashok Kumar
Andrea Kuljanic Dissertation Title/Field of Research: The Effects of Prostacyclin Expression in Alzheimer’s Disease Major Advisor: Jason Eriksen
Thanh Phuong Le Dissertation Title/Field of Research: Resistance Development to Clostridiodes Difficile RNA Polymerase Antibiotics Major Advisor: Kevin Garey
Renzhong Lu Dissertation Title/Field of Research: Design and Development of Protein Drugs for Inflammatory Disease Major Advisor: Ke-He Ruan
Kavya Mathukumalli Dissertation Title/Field of Research: Signaling Mechanisms Regulating the Growth of Rhabdomyosarcoma Major Advisor: Ashok Kumar
Jacob McPherson Dissertation Title/Field of Research: Basis of Commensal Bacillota Resistance to a Novel PolC-type DNA Polymerase III Inhibitor, Ibezapolstat, and the “Narrower” Spectrum of Activity Towards Clostridioides Difficile Major Advisor: Kevin Garey
Anika Nusrat Dissertation Title/Field of Research: Effects of Numb Family Proteins on the Differentiation and Maturation of Cardiac Fibroblasts under Normal and Disease Conditions Major Advisor: Mingfu Wu
Atiqur Rahman Dissertation Title/Field of Research: Role of NLRP3 Inflammasomes in Diabetic Nephropathy Major Advisor: Krishna Boini
Kiana Roudbari Dissertation Title/Field of Research: Lysosome Function in Angigenesis Major Advisor: Yang Zhang
Mantasha Tabassum Dissertation Title/Field of Research: Developing Circulating Biomarker Assays for Predicting Tumor Response to CDK4/6 Inhibitors in HR+/HER2- Breast Cancer Major Advisor: Meghna Trivedi
Ying Xu Dissertation Title/Field of Research: AKAP12 Scaffolding Coordinates Cardiac Function by Regulating Adrenergic Receptor Trafficking Major Advisor: Bradley McConnell
Rui Zuo Dissertation Title/Field of Research: Involvement of Lysosomal Dysfunction in Metabolic Diseases Major Advisor: Yang Zhang

Current Students

Hala Abdelnasser

Dissertation Title/Field of Research: TBD

Major Advisor: Bradley McConnell / Richard Bond

Tabish Ali

Dissertation Title/Field of Research: Differentiated Cardiac Conduction Cells for Heart Repair

Major Advisor: Bradley McConnell

Wangjia Cao

Dissertation Title/Field of Research: Cardiovascular Development

Major Advisor: Mingfu Wu

Sayantap Datta

Dissertation Title/Field of Research: Discovery & Pharmacological Studies of Novel Agents for Difficult-to-Treat Malignancies

Major Advisor: Krishna Boini

Tahmid Faisal

Dissertation Title/Field of Research: Role of Angiotensin receptors in T cell modulation in Reno protection and obesity

Major Advisor: Tahir Hussain

Josef Fowler

Dissertation Title/Field of Research: C Difficile Infection and Proton Pump Inhibitors

Major Advisor: Kevin Garey

Hongyan Guo

Dissertation Title/Field of Research: NFPs Regulate Trabeculation Compaction

Major Advisor: Mingfu Wu

David Houshangi

Dissertation Title/Field of Research: TBD

Major Advisor: TBD

Aniket Joshi

Dissertation Title/Field of Research: Signaling Mechanisms regulating skeletal muscle mass

Major Advisor: Ashok Kumar

Andrea Kuljanic

Dissertation Title/Field of Research: The Effects of Prostacyclin Expression in Alzheimer’s Disease

Major Advisor: Jason Eriksen

Thanh Phuong Le

Dissertation Title/Field of Research: Resistance Development to Clostridiodes Difficile RNA Polymerase Antibiotics

Major Advisor: Kevin Garey

Renzhong Lu

Dissertation Title/Field of Research: Design and Development of Protein Drugs for Inflammatory Disease

Major Advisor: Ke-He Ruan

Kavya Mathukumalli

Dissertation Title/Field of Research: Signaling Mechanisms Regulating the Growth of Rhabdomyosarcoma

Major Advisor: Ashok Kumar

Jacob McPherson

Dissertation Title/Field of Research: Basis of Commensal Bacillota Resistance to a Novel PolC-type DNA Polymerase III Inhibitor, Ibezapolstat, and the “Narrower” Spectrum of Activity Towards Clostridioides Difficile

Major Advisor: Kevin Garey

Anika Nusrat

Dissertation Title/Field of Research: Effects of Numb Family Proteins on the Differentiation and Maturation of Cardiac Fibroblasts under Normal and Disease Conditions

Major Advisor: Mingfu Wu

Atiqur Rahman

Dissertation Title/Field of Research: Role of NLRP3 Inflammasomes in Diabetic Nephropathy

Major Advisor: Krishna Boini

Kiana Roudbari

Dissertation Title/Field of Research: Lysosome Function in Angigenesis

Major Advisor: Yang Zhang

Mantasha Tabassum

Dissertation Title/Field of Research: Developing Circulating Biomarker Assays for Predicting Tumor Response to CDK4/6 Inhibitors in HR+/HER2- Breast Cancer

Major Advisor: Meghna Trivedi

Ying Xu

Dissertation Title/Field of Research: AKAP12 Scaffolding Coordinates Cardiac Function by Regulating Adrenergic Receptor Trafficking

Major Advisor: Bradley McConnell

Rui Zuo

Dissertation Title/Field of Research: Involvement of Lysosomal Dysfunction in Metabolic Diseases

Major Advisor: Yang Zhang