Current Students
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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., Northeastern University
M.S., Brown University
Advisor: TBD -
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 BrossayResearch Interests: My work in the Brossay Lab focuses on the influence of checkpoint inhibitors in the development and function of NK and T cells during murine cytomegalovirus infection.
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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 -
B.S., Arizona State University
Advisor: Richard Bennett -
B.S., Pharmacy School of Cairo University
M.S., Cairo University
Advisor: Nikos Tapinos -
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-DeiryResearch Interests: My research involves discovering ways to therapeutically modulate the tumor microenvironment to promote anti-tumor immunity.
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B.S., University of Miami
Advisor: Amanda Jamieson -
B.S., University of New Hampshire
Advisor: Laurent BrossayResearch Interests: My research focuses on the role immune checkpoint inhibitors play in cancer metastasis and growth.
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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., University of California, San Diego
Advisor: TBD -
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.S., Salve Regina University
Advisor: TBD -
B.A., Barnard College of Columbia University
Advisor: Sheldon HolderResearch Interests: My work seeks to understand the molecular mechanisms and signaling pathways that mediate the expression of PIM1 in cancer in an effort to develop better anti-cancer strategies.
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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 BelenkyResearch Interests: I study how carbon source modulates antibiotic susceptibility in the gut bacterium Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron.
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M.A., Clark University
B.A., Clark University
Advisor: Jennifer Sanders -
B.S., University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras Campus
Advisor: TBD -
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., University of Arizona
Advisor: TBD -
B.A., Barnard College of Columbia University
Advisor: Jake Kurtis -
B.S., University of Vermont
Advisor: TBD -
B.S., University of Idaho
Advisor: Jeffrey Bailey -
B.A., Colgate University
Advisor: Richard Bennett -
B.S., The University of Sheffield
Advisor: TBD -
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 -
B.S., Fordham University
Advisor: Jake Kurtis