Current Students
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Student
M.D., Hacettepe University
Advisor: Chun Geun LeeResearch Interests: I am trying to understand how Chitinase-3-like-1 protein promotes primary lung cancer development and pulmonary metastasis through immune-modulation in tumor microenvironment by using in-vivo mouse models and in-vitro tissue culture techniques.
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Student
B.S., King Abdulaziz University
M.S., University of Rhode Island
Advisor: Daniel Spade -
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Division of Surgical Research, Aldrich 226, Rhode Island Hospital 593 Eddy Street Providence, RI, 02903
B.S., Pennsylvania State University
M.S., Brown University
Advisor: Alfred AyalaResearch Interests: Research interests include murine models of hypovolemic shock, sepsis and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), and understanding the contribution of checkpoint protein deficiencies to these diseases of immune dysregulation.
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B.S., Shahed University
M.S., New York University
Advisor: Shipra VaishnavaResearch Interests: My project involves studying the role of gut microbiome in Vitamin A metabolism in the liver and its impact on liver physiology.
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B.S., Southampton College of Long Island University
M.S., C.W. Post of Long Island University
Advisor: Patrycja Dubielecka -
B.S., Tufts University
Advisor: Laurent Brossay -
B.A., Brown University
Advisor: Amanda JamiesonResearch Interests: I am interested in discovering new host tolerance mechanisms to pulmonary viral/bacterial coinfections.
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B.S., SUNY at Buffalo
Advisor: Wafik El-Deiry -
Graduate Student
B.S., Fairfield University
Advisor: Jessica PlavickiResearch Interests: I am using the zebrafish model to study cardiovascular development and how development is disrupted by environmental exposures and genetic mutations.
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B.S., University of Arizona - Tucson
M.S., Boston University
Advisors: Kathryn Grive and Jennifer Ribeiro -
Graduate Student
B.S., University of Massachusetts Amherst
Advisor: Laurent BrossayResearch Interests: My research is focused on characterizing the tissue-resident NK cell subset within the liver microenvironment, and their response to viral challenge.
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B.A., Brown University
Advisor: Eleftherios MylonakisResearch Interests: Currently, I am using the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans as a whole animal infection model to study basic innate immunity pathways during bacterial infection. Using this model, I am most interested in studying immunomodulation mediated by synthetic compounds.
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B.S., Arizona State University
Advisor: Richard Bennett -
B.S., Pharmacy School of Cairo University
M.S., Cairo University
Advisor: Nikos Tapinos -
B.S., University of Puerto Rico - Río Piedras
Advisor: Wafik El-Deiry -
B.S., Washington University in St. Louis
Advisor: Craig Lefort -
B.S., University of California - Berkeley
Advisors: Marc Tatar and Karla Kaun -
B.S., University of Washington
Advisor: Wafik El-Deiry -
B.S., University of Miami
Advisor: Amanda Jamieson -
B.S., University of New Hampshire
Advisor: Amanda JamiesonResearch Interests: My research focuses on innate immune responses to cutaneous wound healing. Our laboratory employs models of physiological wound closure as well as models of delayed wound closure.
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B.S., Cornell University
Advisor: Nikos Tapinos -
B.S., Roger Williams University
Advisor: Peter BelenkyResearch Interests: My research is focused on understanding development and transfer of antibiotic resistance, and utilizing next generation sequencing based methods to study how anthropogenic activities influence the antibiotic resistance profiles of microbial communities in the environment.
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B.S., National Taiwan University
M.S., National Taiwan University
Advisor: Richard BennettResearch Interests: I am interested in yeast genetics, morphological regulation, and host-pathogen interactions.
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B.S., University of Eldoret
M.S., Maseno University
Advisor: Jeffrey Bailey -
B.S., Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Advisor: Jessica PlavickiResearch Interests: My research interests encompass developmental neurogenetics and neurotoxicology. In particular, I focus on understanding how persistent and emerging environmental contaminants impact neuronal development and alter behavior.
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B.A., Assumption College
Advisor: Jessica PlavickiResearch Interests: I am interested in understanding the involvement of immune cells in both cardiac and neurodevelopment. Also, using transgenic zebrafish, I am studying how exposure to common environmental toxicants perturbs the development and cell-cell interactions of these systems.
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B.A., Barnard College of Columbia University
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B.S., University of Connecticut
Advisor: Walter AtwoodResearch Interests: I am interested in the pathogenesis of JC polyomavirus in the central nervous system and am currently characterizing a novel pathway of infection that contributes to JCPyV spread.
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B.S., Pomona College
Advisor: Laurent Brossay -
B.S., Roger Williams University
Advisor: Peter Belenky -
M.A., Clark University
B.A., Clark University
Advisor: Jennifer Sanders -
B.S., University of Vermont
Advisor: Yu-Wen Alvin Huang -
B.A., Drew University
Advisor: Patrycja Dubielecka-Szczerba -
B.S., University of Maryland Baltimore County
Advisor: Peter BelenkyResearch Interests: I study the responses of the microbiome to antibiotics and how nutrition can affect gut bacteria. I am interested in looking at how dietary fibers can alter gut microbiota and recovery from antibiotics.
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B.A., Barnard College of Columbia University
Advisor: Jake Kurtis -
B.A., Ohio Wesleyan University
Advisor: Amanda JamiesonResearch Interests: My thesis project is focused on discovering the immunotoxicity of electronic cigarettes. I employ in vitro and in vivo exposure methods in conjunction with infection by clinically relevant pulmonary pathogens to determine the impacts of vaping on the lung.
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B.S., University of Idaho
Advisor: Jeffrey Bailey -
B.A., Colgate University
Advisor: Richard Bennett -
B.S., The University of Sheffield
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B.A., Brown University
M.A., Brown University
Advisor: Jonathan Reichner -
B.A., Smith College
Advisor: Peter BelenkyResearch Interests: I am examining the role that host metabolism plays in bacterial antibiotic efficacy.
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B.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Advisor: Yang Zhou -
B.S., Marist College
Advisor: Shipra Vaishnava -
B.S., Tulane University
M.S., Tulane University
Advisor: Nikos Tapinos -
Student
B.S., Nankai University
M.S., New York University
Advisor: Wafik El-Deiry -
B.S., Fordham University
Advisor: Jake Kurtis