PhD Resources
Current Students
Monica Moore
Year 7, Clinicals
Lab: Dr. Ozlem Guzeloglu-Kayisli
Research Interests: I study the stress-responsive protein FKBP51 and its role in the effects of prenatal stress on the development of the ovary and how this impacts ovarian health throughout the reproductive life course.
Email: monicamoore@usf.edu
Sarah Lulu
Year 6, Dissertation Research
Lab: Dr. Patrick Hwu
Evan Potts
Year 5, Dissertation Research
Lab: Dr. Jolan Walter
Email: davidevanpotts@usf.edu
Natasha Ram
Year 5, Dissertation Research
Lab: Dr. Gopal Thinakaran
Research Interests: Neuroinflammation, neurodegenerative disease/ TBI and health disparities. For my PhD work, my overall objective is to identify genetic markers in chronic subdural hematomas through bioinformatic and molecular biology approaches to better understand disease prognosis and recurrence.
Email: natasharam@usf.edu
Vincent Lok
Year 4, Directed Research
Lab: Dr. Brian Czerniecki
Research Interest: Leveraging dendritic cell-based immunotherapy to break immune tolerance in breast cancer
Emily Otmanowski
Year 4, Directed Research
Lab: Dr. Jasenka Zubcevic
Jacob Connolly
Year 3, Directed Research
Lab: Dr. Nathan Schilaty
Research Interests: The field of neuroscience with a particular focus on neurodegenerative diseases
Email: connolly45@usf.edu
Derek Jacobs
Year 3, Directed Research
Lab: Dr. Zachary Porterfield
Research Interest: Cardiovascular research
Email: derekjacobs@usf.edu
Melis Yilmaz
Year 2, Pre-Clinical
Research Interest: I have a background in neuroimmunology and although I have not joined a lab yet, I am interested in working on immune cell dysregulation and autoreactive B-cells in different organ system diseases.
Email: melisyilmaz@usf.edu
Aahir Srinath
Year 1, Pre-Clinical
Christina Dabrowski
Year 1, Pre-Clinical