Nicole Hall
Mentor: Dr. Kevin Murnane
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Neuroscience
MTCP T-32 Fellow
CCDS FELLOWS
PRE-DOCTORAL FELLOWS
PRE-DOCTORAL FELLOWS
CURRENT
Lauren Henderson
Mentor: Dr. Jeremy Kamil
Microbiology and Immunology
MTCP T-32 Fellow
Ashton Jorgenson
Mentor: Dr. Hyung "Hugh" Nam
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Neuroscience
Gaganpreet Kaur
Mentor: Norman Harris
Molecular and Cellular Physiology
Jiyu Li
Mentor: Dr. Hong Sun
Cellular Biology and Anatomy
Sudha Sharma
Mentor: Dr. Sumitra Miriyala
Cellular Biology and Anatomy
PAST
Richa Aishwarya
Mentor: Shenuarin Bhuiyan
Department: Molecular & Cellular Physiology
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow at LSUHS, Dr. Shenuarin Bhuiyan's Lab.
Zaki Al-Yafeai
Mentor: Wayne Orr
Department: Molecular & Cellular Physiology
Current Position: Internal Medicine Resident at LSUHS
Mahloud Al-Kofahi
Mentor: J. Steven Alexander
Department: Molecular & Cellular Physiology
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota
Mansoureh Barzegar
Mentor: J. Steven Alexander
Department: Molecular & Cellular Physiology
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, LSUHS, Dr. Steven Alexander's Lab
Cassidy Blackburn
Mentor: Matthew Woolard
Department: Microbiology and Immunology
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Virginia, Dr. Coleen McNamara's Lab
Jerry Brunson
Mentor: Karen Stokes
Department: Molecular & Cellular Physiology
Current Position: Assistant Professor,
School of Biological and Physical Sciences, Northwestern State University of Louisiana
Elodie Burlet
Mentor: Sushil Jain
Department: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Michelle Carroll-Turpin
Mentor: Tammy Dugas
Department: Pharmacology and Toxicology
Current Position: Assistant Professor,
College of Medicine, University of Houston, Texas
Donna Collins-McMillen
Mentor: Andrew Yurochko
Department: Microbiology & Immunology
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow,
University of Arizona
Alexandre Do Couto e Silva
Mentor: Kevin Lin
Department: Cellular Biology and Anatomy
Current Position: Medical Student, Oregon Health Sciences University
Heather Fulkerson
Mentor: Andrew Yurochko
Department: Microbiology and Immunology
Current Position: Medical Writer 1, Technical Resources Int'l in Maryland (working closely with NCI)
Steven D. Funk
Mentor: Wayne Orr
Departments: Pathology; Cellular Biology & Anatomy
Current Position: Post-Doctoral Fellow,
Washington University
Aaron Navratil
Mentor: Mathew Woolard
Department: Microbiology & Immunology
Current Position: Biology Scientist,
Theravance Biopharma US, Inc, California
Chris Nguyen
Mentor: Jeremy Kamil
Department: Microbiology & Immunology
Kanikarla-Marie Preeti
Mentor: Sushil Jain
Department: Biochemistry
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Computational, Modeling & Nanoscale Processsing Unit, Glycemic Studies Division, Tamil Nadu, India
Terrel Sugar-Master
Mentor: Kevin McCarthy
Departments: Pathology; Cellular Biology & Anatomy
Current Position: Assistant Professor,
Department of Cellular Biology and Anatomy, LSU School of Medicine, New Orleans
Emily Stevenson
Mentor: Andrew Yurochko
Department: Microbiology &Immunology
Current Position: Sanofi Aventis, Medical Science Liaison, Sobi, North America
Krystle Trosclair
Mentor: Albert Glasscock
Department: Cellular Biology and Anatomy
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Director of Neurosurgical Research, LSUHS
Shuai Yuan
Mentor: Chris Kevil
Department: Cellular Biology & Anatomy
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow,
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pennsylvania
Jungmi Winny Yun
Mentor: Steve Alexander
Department: Molecular and Cellular Physiology
POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWS
POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWS
CURRENT
Mabruka Alfaidi, PhD
Mentor: A. Wayne Orr
Pathology
AHA Fellow
Minseong Kim, PhD
Mentor: Dr. Changwon Park
Molecular and Cellular Physiology
Matthew Scott, PhD
Mentor: A. Wayne Orr
Pathology
AHA Fellow
PAST
Chowdhury Abdullah, PhD
Mentor: Shenu Bhuiyan
Department: Pathology
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, LSUHS, Dr. Bhuiyan's Lab, AHA Fellow
Shafiul Alam, PhD
Mentor: Shenu Bhuiyan
Department: Molecular and Cellular Physiology
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, LSUHS, Dr. Chris Kevil's Lab
Mabruka Alfaidi, PhD
Mentor: A. Wayne Orr
Department: Pathology and Translational Pathobiology
Current Position: Instructor
Shyamal Bir, PhD
Mentor: Christopher Kevil
Department: Pathology
Current Position: Neurology Internship, LSUHS
Gary Chan, PhD
Mentor: Andrew Yurochko
Department: Microbiology and Immunology
Current Position: Associate Professor, SUNY Upstate Medical University, New York
Prashant Chittiboina, MD, MPH
Mentor: Guohong Li
Department: Neurosurgery
Current Position: Neurosurgery Unit for Pituitary and Inheritable Diseases, National Institute of Neurological Disease and Stroke (NINDS)
Vijay Ganta, PhD
Mentor: Steven Alexander
Department: Molecular and Cellular Physiology
Current Position: Instructor, Robert M. Berne Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Virginia
Felipe Gomez, PhD
Mentor: D. Neil Granger
Department: Molecular and Cellular Physiology
Pavan Katikaneni, MD
Mentor: Jai Varma; Chris Kevil; Kalgi Modi
Department: Medicine/Cardiology
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Cardiology, LSU Health Shreveport
Mikhail V. Khoretonenko, PhD
Mentor: Karen Stokes
Department: Molecular & Cellular Physiology
Current Position: Assistant Professor,
Lakeland Community College, Ohio
Jung Heon Kim, PhD
Mentor: Andrew Yurochko
Department: Microbiology and Immunology
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Seoul National University, South Korea
Gopi Kolluru, PhD
Mentor: Christopher Kevil
Department: Pathology
Current Position: Assistant Professor,
Research in Pathology, LSU Health Shreveport
Chun (Mia) Li, MD
Mentors: William Mayhan and Hong Sun
Department: Cellular Biology and Anatomy
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, LSU Health Shreveport
We Li, PhD
Mentor: Tak Yee Aw
Department: Molecular & Cellular Physiology
Yan Li, M.D., PhD
Mentor: Brent Reed
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Current Position: House Officer, LSU Health Shreveport
Prasenjit Manna, PhD
Mentor: Sushil Jain
Department: Pediatrics
Current Position: Assistant Professor – II,
Life Science Division, Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology, Guwahati, Assam, India
Seiichi Omura, PhD
Mentor: Ikuo Tsunoda
Department: Microbiology and Immunology
Current Position: Assistant Professor,
Department of Microbiology, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Japan
Rajesh Parsanathan, PhD
Mentor: Sushil Jain
Department: Pediatrics
Elvis Peter, MD
Mentor: Jai Varma and Chris Kevil
Department: Medicine/Cardiology
Current Position: Cardiologist, Marshfield Clinic, Wisconsin
Chun-Su Piao, PhD
Mentor: Li-Ru Zhao
Department: Neurology
Saranya Rajendran, PhD
Mentor: Chris Kevil
Department: Pathology
Fumitaka Sato, PhD
Mentor: Ikuo Tsunoda
Department: Microbiology & Immunology
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Japan
Hilary Seifert, PhD
Mentors: William Mayhan and D. Neil Granger
Department: Molecular and Cellular Physiology
Elena Senchenkova, PhD
Mentor: D. Neil Granger
Department: Molecular and Cellular Physiology
Bandana Shrestha, PhD
Mentor: Chris Pattillo
Department: Cellular Biology and Anatomy
Man Si, PhD
Mentor: Edward Glasscock
Department: Cellular Biology and Anatomy
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, LSU Health Shreveport
Helen Smith, PhD
Mentor: Felicity Gavins
Department: Molecular & Cellular Physiology
Emily Stevenson, PhD
Mentor: Steven Alexander
Department: Molecular and Cellular Physiology
Ya Hui Tang, PhD
Mentor: J. Steven Alexander
Department: Molecular and Cellular Physiology
Bin Wang, PhD
Mentor: Tak-Yee Aw
Department: Molecular & Cellular Physiology
Celeste Wu, PhD
Mentor: Kevin Lin
Department: Neurology
Current Position: Assistant Professor - Research in Neurology, LSUHS
Alper Yildirim, PhD
Mentor: Neil Granger
Department: Physiology
Current Position: Associate Professor,
Department of Physiology, Marmara University, Turkey
Shuang Zhao, MD
Mentor: Yuping Wang
Department: Obstetrics & Gynecology
Current Position: Georgia Gwinnett College
CCDS Fellows
Center for Cardiovascular Diseases and Sciences