Past students

Name Sort ascending Dissertation Program start PhD earned Current position
Matthew Yorek
Catherine J. Yeates The reversibility and limits of homeostatic synaptic plasticity Freelance Technical Communicator
Kenneth Williford
Brittany Williams Characterization of the modulatory effects of alternative splicing on Cav1.4 Ca2+channels Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Medicine, Cell Biology & Physiology, Ben Philpot Laboratory, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Aislinn Williams A role for the acid-sensing ion channel -1a in anxiety and depression-related behaviors
Kelsey L. Whittier G-Protein Coupled Receptor Expression in Medulloblastoma Subgroups: Identifying and Exploiting Molecular Targets Resident, Dept. Obstetrics and Gynecology, Washington University
Pamela Wernett The effects of MED12 variation upon cell cycle progression and differential gene expression. Health Science Policy Analyst, National Institutes of Health
Shunguang Wei Angiotensin II-stimulated Mitogen-activated Protein kinases Regulate the Expression of Brain Angiotensin Type 1 Receptors in Heart Failure Assistant Research Scientist, Dept. of Internal Medicine, UIHC
Mi Wang
Lavanya Vijayaraghavan The effects of age at onset of major depressive disorder on motivation Research Coordinator, MS Ramaiah Indic Centre for Ayurved & Integrative Medicine, Gokula Education Foundation
Ellen Van der Plas Social Functioning and Brain Structure in Adolescents and Young Adults with Isolated Cleft Lip and/or Palate Postdoc, Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Ontario
Annie E. Tye Cortical spreading depression upregulates calcitonin gene-related peptide expression in the ipsilateral cerebral cortex
Beth Turner Anderson Sex, Drugs, and Driving: The Effects of Marijuana Research Scientist, Olin Neuropsychiatry Research Center, Hartford Hospital
Tien Tong “Assessment of Brain Morphology and Resting-State Functional Connectivity in Children with a Family History of Alcohol Use Disorder” Current position:, Postdoctoral Fellow, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York
Sokol Todi Investigating Auditory Transduction Functions of Myosin Viia In Drosophila Melanogaster Assistant Professor, Dept. of Pharmacology & Neurology, Wayne State University
Dylan W. Todd Role of the genes, NOS1 and CREB1, in a mouse model of fetal alcohol syndrome
Margaret (Maggie) Tish
Jessica R. Thomas Elucidating the molecular and biophysical determinants that suppress Ca2+-dependent facilitation of Cav2.2 channels Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Vanderbilt University
Alexander (Sasha) V. Tereshchenko Brain Structure and Function in Juvenile-Onset Huntington’s Disease
Frida A. Teran “Epilepsy, dietary therapies, and SUDEP: the role of serotonin and CO2 chemoreception” Current position:, Medical Scientist Training Program, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa
Rebecca J. Taugher Exploring the role of ASIC1A in mouse models of anxiety Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Dept. of Psychiatry, University of Iowa
Bradley Taber-Thomas A model of the neural bases of predecisional processes: the fronto-limbic information acquisition network Postdoctoral Scholar, Dept. of Psychology, Pennsylvania State University
Matthew J. Sutterer Plasticity and reorganization of brain networks subserving decision-making and emotion Science and Technology Policy Fellow, National Institute of Justice - Amerian Association for the Advancement of Science
Yishan Sun TRP ion channels contribute to gravity sensing and spatial orientation in drosophila Investigator, Research Dept. Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research
Madeliene Stump The Role of Brain PPARγ in Regulation of Energy Balance and Glucose Homeostasis Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine, Department of Dermatology
Elizabeth Spartz
Timothy Skog Top-down modulation of stress response patterns through the midbrain periaqueductal gray
Rachel E. Schroeder “Impacts of chronic prenatal stress on maternal and offspring outcomes, and the mitigating effects of P7C3 compounds” Current position:, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Dept. of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics (Taylor lab), University of Iowa
Kayleen Schreiber Who cares who’s talking? The influence of talker gender on how listeners hear speech. Technical Communicator, Medpace Inc.
Scott Schachtele Life Science Content Developer, Bio-Teche, R&D Systems Inc.
Jakob Satz Dystroglycan in CNS Development and Disease Research Scientist, The Jackson Laboratory
McCall E. Sarrett To /b/ or not to /b/: Characterizing the neural timecourse of speech perception Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Dept. of Psychological & Brain Sciences (Toscano lab), Villanova University
Mitul Sarkar Tau Association with HSP70 Chaperones Postdoctoral Fellow , Dr. John Koland's lab, Department of Pharmacology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Jacob Rysted Molecular Mechanisms and Functions of Mitochondrial Calcium Transport in Neurons Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Pharmacology, University of Iowa
Kelly C. Rowe (Bijanki) Beyond the cortex: Implications of white matter connectivity for depression, cognition, and vascular disease Research Faculty, Department of Neurosurgery, Emory University School of Medicine
Arianna Rigon Structural and functional neural networks underlying facial affect recognition impairment following traumatic brain injury Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Vanderbilt University - Department of Hearing & Speech Sciences
Benjamin Rangel
Kanchna Ramchandran The Neuropsychological Correlates of Leadership Effectiveness Postdoctoral Scholar, Dept. of Psychiatry, UIHC
Benton Purnell The effect of time-of-day and circadian phase on breathing and vulnerability to seizure-induced respiratory arrest and death Postdoctoral Research Scholar , Dept of Neurosurgery (Boison lab), Rutgers University
Katherine L. Proch Characterizing the effect of serotonergic input on medullary Phox2b neurons
Alan M. Plumeau
Jeffrey M. Plume
Carissa Philippi The Dynamic Self: Exploring the Critical Role of the Default Mode Network in Self Referential Processing Assistant Professor, University of Missouri-St. Louis, Dept. of Psychological Sciences
Alexandra Petrucci
Stacey Peek “Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Akirin2 Function in Maturing Neurons” Current position:, Instructor, Department of Biology, University of Iowa
Thomas Pak The Behavioral and Brain Phenotype of Mouse Models of Bardet-Biedl Syndrome
Hans Packer A dominant negative over expression model of mammalian MED12 function Science Writer, Dept. of Scientific Communications, Integrated DNA Technologies
Katrina Okerstrom-Jezewski The impact of specific cognitive impairments on the capacity to consent to research Assistant Professor, Dept. of Psychology, St. Ambrose University
Kirill Nourski Acoustic-electric Interaction in the Auditory Nerve: Simultaneous and Forward Masking of the Electrically Evoked Compound Action Potential Research Assistant Professor, Dept. of Neurosurgery, UIHC
Maria F. Noterman Cell-Specific Consequences of Cav1.2 Loss on Brain Health Postdoctoral Associate, Dept of Pharmacology (Nelson lab), University of Vermont