Students, Fellows, Alumni
Pharmacology, Toxicology & Neuroscience
Courtney Jamison (PhD, Dr. Kenneth McMartin)
Dissertation: Neurotoxic Effects of Nephrotoxic Compound Diethylene Glycol in vivo, and the Mitochondrial Dynamics of Toxic Metabolite Diglycolic Acid in vitro
Current Employment: Associate Toxicologist at WuXi AppTec
Lailun Nahar (PhD, Dr. Hugh Nam)
Dissertation: Glutamate in ALcohol Use Disorder and GABA-Mediated Glutamate Balance in Reward-Seeking Behavior
Current Employment: Postdoctoral Fellow, Ichan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Madison El-Saadi (PhD, Dr. Xiaohong Lu)
Dissertation: Genetically Engineering a Viral Sensor to Identify Environmental and Genetic Factors that Converge to Elicit Neuronal Genomic Instability: Implications in Parkinsonism
Current Employment: Biotech Equity Research Associate at Raymond James
Adam Richard (PhD, Dr. Xiaohong Lu)
Dissertation: Pharmacologic and Genetic Targeting of Neural Extracellular Matrix to Restore Neuroplasticity in the Striatum for Normal and Pathologic Aging-Related Cognitive Decline
Current Employment: Study Director, Covance
Merve Kasap (PhD, Donard Dwyer)
Dissertation: The Role of Neuronal Leak Channels in the Regulation of Movement
Current employment: Postdoctoral Fellow, Vanderbilt University
Corie Robinson (PhD, Dr. Kenneth McMartin)
Dissertation: Analyzing the transport and kinetic mechanisms of diglycolic acid as the underlying cause of diethylene glycol toxicity
Current employment: Study Director of Toxicology, Safety Assessment, Covance Laboratories Inc.,
Annapoorna Sreedhar (PhD, Dr. Yunfeng Zhao)
Dissertation: Investigating the Mechanistic Role of UCP2 During Skin Tumorigenesis
Current employment: Program Development (AZ), Office of Entrepreneurship, CCaTS, Mayo Clinic
Elliot Luttrell-Williams (MS, Dr. Kenneth McMartin)
Thesis: Evaluation of the Uptake and Transport of Oxalate Ion and Calcium Oxalate Monohydrate
Current employment: Assistant Research Scientist, NYU Langone Health
Elyse Cornett (PhD, Dr. Nicholas Goeders)
Dissertation: Behavioral and neurochemical effects of 96-hour methamphetamine self-administration in male and female rats: creating, developing and characterizing a novel model of methamphetamine abuse Current Employment: Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, LSU Health Shreveport
Kasey Jackson (PhD, Dr. Ronald Klein)
Dissertation: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis modeling and therapeutic development
Current employment: Senior Scientist at Decibel Therapeutics
Allyson Spence (PhD, Dr. Nicholas Goeders)
Dissertation: Polydrug Use: The Differential Effects of Alprazolam and Oxazepam on Methamphetamine- and Cocaine- Related Behaviors
Current employment: Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences; Regis University School of Pharmacy
Jennifer Arnold (PhD, Dr. Michael Salvatore)
Dissertation: Effects of treadmill exercise on nigrostriatal dopamine regulation and aging-related bradykinesia
Current employment: Senior Medical Writer, CMC Connect
Michelle Carroll-Turpin (PhD, Dr. Tammy Dugas)
Dissertation: 4,4’-Methylenedianiline as a novel, sex-specific model of pulmonary arterial hypertension in rats
Current employment: Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Houston College of Medicine
Kendra Bonnett (MS, Dr. Donard Dwyer)
Dissertation: The Role of NALCN in the Regulation of Movement
Current employment: Laboratory Scientist at City of Shreveport
Tanya Chotibut (PhD, Dr. Michael Salvatore)
Dissertation: Glutamate and Dopamine transporter modulation in the treatment of Parkinson's Disease and Levodopa Induced Dyskinesia
Current employment: Associate Director, Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Greg Landry (PhD, Dr. Kenneth McMartin)
Dissertation: Cytotoxic effects of Diglycolic Acid, the nephrotoxic metabolite of diethylene glycol, and the mechanisms leading to proximal tubule cell dysfunction
Current employment: Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Christopher Schmoutz (PhD, Dr. Nicholas Goeders)
Dissertation: The intersection of metyrapone, inhibitory neurosteroids and cocaine addiction
Current employment: Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology & Neuroscience, LSU Health Shreveport, Shreveport, LA
Jim Kleinedler (PhD, Dr. Tammy Dugas)
Dissertation: Investigating polyphenols as novel therapeutics for drug eluting stints.
Current employment: Senior Regulatory Affairs Specialist, Interventional Cardiology, Boston Scientific Corporation, Maple Grove, MN
Scott Pruett (PhD, Dr. Michael Salvatore)
Dissertation: Targeting the soluble GDNF family receptor alpha 1 in the substania nigra to reverse age-related bradykinesia
Current employment: Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology, Heersink School of Medicine, University of AL at Birmingham
Delira Robbins (PhD, Dr. Yunfeng Zhao)
Dissertation: Modulation of Manganese Superoxide Dismustase (MnSOD): Effects on cell metabolism, proinflammatory and p53 signaling
Current employment: NBTP Project Coordinator, St. Jude's Children Research Hospital
Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology & Neuroscience
LSU Health Shreveport
1501 Kings Highway
P.O. Box 33932
Shreveport, LA 71130-3932
Phone: (318) 675-7850
Fax: (318) 675-7857
For information about our graduate program or summer internship programs, please contact:
Xiaohong Lu, PhD
Graduate Student Recruiter
Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology & Neuroscience
Phone: (318) 675-4276
Email: Xiaohong.Lu@lsuhs.edu
Ty Martinez
Academic Coordinator
Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology & Neuroscience
Phone: (318) 675-7851
Email:
Ty.Martinez@lsuhs.edu
Pharmacology, Toxicology & Neuroscience