Recent Dissertations

Alice Chen-Liaw, PhD (IMM, Mentor: Jeremiah Faith, PhD)

Gut microbiota bacterial strain richness is species-specific and limits therapeutic engraftment

Donald Doanman, PhD (MIC, Mentor: Benjamin K. Chen, MD, PhD) Single Cell Analysis of Acute and Latent HIV Infection using Novel Reporter Systems

Michael Espino Horesh, PhD (IMM, Mentor: Dusan Bogunovic, PhD)

Gain-of-Function Variants in JAK1 cause Autoimmunity, Atopy, Colitis, and/or Dermatitis (JAACD Syndrome)

Iain Forrest, PhD (GGS, Mentor: Ron Do, PhD)

Integration of large-scale genetic and clinical data in population-based biobanks for precision medicine

David Gonzalez, PhD (DRS, Mentor: Nicole Dubois, PhD)

Transient Notch Activation Converts Pluripotent Stem Cell Derived Cardiomyocytes towards a Purkinje Fiber-like Fate

DeAnalisa Jones, PhD (PTD, Mentor: Eric Sobie, PhD)

Modeling the ultrastructural features of ventricular cardiomyocytes: Implications for Ca2+ signaling in heart failure

Kaustubh Kulkarni, PhD (NEU, Mentors: Daniela Schiller, PhD and Xiaosi Gu, PhD) A computational psychiatry approach towards momentary craving

Rachel Levantovsky, PhD (IMM, Mentor: Judy Cho, MD) Advances in understanding IBD pathogenesis across populations via multimodal data integration

Randal Serafini, PhD (NEU, Mentor: Venetia Zachariou, PhD)

Studies on Epigenetic and Transcriptional Regulation of Peripheral Nerve Injury in Mesocorticolimbic Circuitry

Camille Spencer-Salmon, PhD (NEU, Mentor: Kanaka Rajan, PhD) Dynamical foundations of task-related computation

Lauren Stalbow, PhD (GGS, Mentor: Ruth Loos, PhD) A genotype-first approach to diabetes

Christian Stevens, PhD (MIC, Mentor: Benhur Lee, MD)

Viruses are the Best Cell Biologists: Viral Engineering to Deliver Gene Editing Tools and Interrogate SARS-CoV-2 Entry