Graduate Student Dissertation Defenses
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Home ItemVirtual Dissertation Defense: Women's Healthcare Utilization in Primary and Acute Care Contexts , home
Sept. 21 2023, 10 a.m. | Jasmine Johnson | Graduate Student Dissertation Defense
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Home ItemDissertation Defense: The Voltage Gated Sodium Channel β1/β1B Subunits: Emerging Therapeutic Targets in the Heart , home
Dec. 4, 2023, 10 a.m. | Zachary Williams | Graduate Student Dissertation Defense
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Home ItemDissertation Defense: Gut-brain Interactions in Food Reward , home
Dec. 5, 2023, 2:30 p.m. | Amber Burns | Graduate Student Dissertation Defense
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Home ItemDissertation Defense: The Influence and Manipulation of Resting-state Brain Networks in Alcohol Use Disorder , home
Dec. 13, 2023, 2:30 p.m. | Jeremy Myslowski | Graduate Student Dissertation Defense
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Home ItemDissertation Defense: Mechanisms of Intercellular Communication During Breast Cancer Progression Through Metastasis , home
April 11, 2024, 10 a.m. | Tina Wheeler | Graduate Student Dissertation Defense
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Home ItemDissertation Defense: Sodium Channel Loss of Function Sensitizes Conduction to Changes in Extracellular Sodium Concentration , home
May 6, 2024, 10 a.m. | William P. Adams | Graduate Student Dissertation Defense
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Home ItemDissertation Defense: Internally Translated Cx43 Isoform GJA1-20k Affects Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition and Metastatic Breast Cancer Cell Behavior , home
Aug. 8, 2024, 2 p.m. | Kenneth Young II | Graduate Student Dissertation Defense
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Home ItemXiaobo Wu's Dissertation Defense (12/1/2022): The Role of the Perinexus in Long QT Syndrome Type 3 , home
Dec. 1, 2022, 10:00 a.m. | Xiaobo Wu | Graduate Student Dissertation Defense
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Home ItemDevin Tomlinson's Dissertation Defense (3/27/2023): Cumulative Vulnerabilities: Substance Use in Adolescence and in Recovery , home
March 27, 2023, 1 p.m. | Devin Tomlinson | Graduate Student Dissertation Defense
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Home ItemGrace Blair's Dissertation Defense (4/18/2023): Investigating the Coordination of Cardiac Conduction and Repolarization in Ventricular Myocardium , home
April 18, 2023, 3 p.m. | Grace Blair | Graduate Student Dissertation Defense
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Home ItemWilliam Craft's Dissertation Defense (4/19/2023): The Impact of Pain on Key Outcomes in Opioid Use Disorder Recovery , home
April 19, 2023, 3 p.m. | William Craft | Graduate Student Dissertation Defense
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Home ItemDissertation Defense: Extracellular Matrix Contributions to Early Vascular Development and Pericyte Precursor Dynamics , home
May 9, 2023, 11:30 a.m. | Maruf M. Hoque | Graduate Student Dissertation Defense
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Home ItemDissertation Defense: Sitting, Standing & Starting: Detailing Postural Control & Gait Anticipation for Children with Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy , home
July 24, 2023, 11 a.m. | Hassan-Galaydh M. Farah | Graduate Student Dissertation Defense
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Home ItemMark Orloff's Dissertation Defense (8/23/2021): Risky Decision Making Under Social Influence , home
Aug. 23, 2021, 10:00 a.m. | Mark Orloff | Graduate Student Dissertation Defense
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Home ItemRandy Strauss's Dissertation Defense (9/13/2021): The Cx43 Carboxyl-Terminal Mimetic Peptide, αCT1, Protects Endothelial Barrier Function in a ZO1 Binding-Competent Manner , home
Sept. 13, 2021, 12:00 p.m. | Randy Strauss | Graduate Student Dissertation Defense
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Home ItemCarleigh Studtmann's Dissertation Defense (2/10/2022): Diverse Mechanisms Impair Thalamic Circuit Function in a Dravet Syndrome Mouse Model , home
February 10, 2022, 11:00 a.m. | Carleigh Studtmann | Graduate Student Dissertation Defense
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Home ItemRachel Padget's Dissertation Defense (3/11/2022): Arrhythmogenic Mechanisms of Acute Cardiac Infection , home
March 11, 2022, 1:00 p.m. | Rachel Padget | Graduate Student Dissertation Defense
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Home ItemKijana George's Dissertation Defense (3/14/2022): The Role of Blood-Borne Factors in Triggering Atypical Astrocytes , home
March 14, 2022, 10:00 a.m. | Kijana George | Graduate Student Dissertation Defense
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Home ItemKatrina Colucci-Chang's Dissertation Defense (5/4/2022): The Relationship between Ephaptic Coupling and Excitability in Ventricular Myocardium , home
May 4, 2022, 9:00 a.m. | Katrina Colucci-Chang | Graduate Student Dissertation Defense
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Home ItemParas Patel's Dissertation Defense (5/5/2022): The Role of CASK in Central Nervous System Function and Disorder , home
May 5, 2022, 10:00 a.m. | Paras Patel | Graduate Student Dissertation Defense
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Home ItemRachana Deven Somaiya's Dissertation Defense (5/6/2022): The Role of Retinal Inputs and Astrocytes for the Development of Visual Thalamus , home
May 6, 2022, 9:00 a.m. | Rachana Deven Somaiya | Graduate Student Dissertation Defense
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Home ItemGabriela Gabriela Lizana Carrillo's Dissertation Defense (8/1/2022): Mechanisms Underlying Neural Circuit Remodeling in Toxoplasma Gondii Infection , home
Aug. 1, 2022, 9:00 a.m. | Gabriela Lizana Carrillo | Graduate Student Dissertation Defense
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Home ItemAmnah Eltahir's Dissertation Defense (9/23/2020): Novel Electrochemical Methods for Human Neurochemistry , home
Sept. 3, 2021, 1:00 p.m. | Amnah Eltahir | Graduate Student Dissertation Defense
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Home ItemRyan King's Dissertation Defense (12/4/20): Effects of Perfusate Composition (Na+ and Ca2+) on Cardiac Electrical and Mechanical Function in the Isolated Langendorff-Perfused Heart , home
Dec. 4, 2020, 1:00 p.m. | Ryan King | Graduate Student Dissertation Defense
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Home ItemAlyssa Brunal's Dissertation Defense (10/15/2020): Effects of Constitutive and Acute Connexin 36 Deficiency On Brain-wide Susceptibility to PTZ-induced Neuronal Hyperactivity , home
Oct. 15, 2020, 9:00 a.m. | Alyssa Brunal | Graduate Student Dissertation Defense
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Home ItemJessie Mann's Dissertation Defense (11/30/2020): Tele-Neurorehabilitation: Potential for Treatment and Assessment , home
Nov. 30, 2020, 1:00 p.m. | Jessie Mann | Graduate Student Dissertation Defense
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Home ItemZhuoya Cui's Dissertation Defense (4/15/21): Understanding Social Function in Psychiatric Illnesses Through Computational Modeling and Multiplayer Games , home
April 15, 2021, 10 a.m. | Zhuoya Cui | Graduate Student Dissertation Defense
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Home ItemBenjamin Heithoff's Dissertation Defense (4/19/21): Uncovering astrocyte roles at the blood-brain barrier in the healthy and injured brain , home
April 19, 2021, 10 a.m. | Benjamin Heithoff | Graduate Student Dissertation Defense
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Home ItemAllison Gallucci's Dissertation Defense (4/27/2021): The gut-brain axis in seizure susceptibility: A role for microbial metabolite S-equol , home
April 27, 2021, 2:00 p.m. | Allison Gallucci | Graduate Student Dissertation Defense
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Home ItemOscar Alcoreza's Dissertation Defense (5/3/2021): Modulating System xc- Activity As A Treatment For Epilepsy , home
May 3, 2021, 8:00 a.m. | Oscar Alcoreza | Graduate Student Dissertation Defense
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Home ItemXianlin Zou's Dissertation Defense (5/6/2021) : Interlocking Mechanisms Regulating the Circadian Clock Response to DNA Damage , home
May 6, 2021, 1:00 p.m. | Xianlin Zou | Graduate Student Dissertation Defense
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Home ItemTré Mills Dissertation Defense (5/10/21): Gliovascular Plasticity in the Maintenance of Cerebrovascular Health , home
May 10, 2021, 3:00 p.m. | Tré Mills | Graduate Student Dissertation Defense
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Home ItemJoelle Martin's Dissertation Defense (5/11/2021): Modulation of System XC-Mediated Glutamate Release in Glioblastoma Multiforme Via the Extracellular Matrix , home
May 11, 2021, 1:00 p.m. | Joelle Martin | Graduate Student Dissertation Defense
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Home ItemUbadah Sabbagh's Dissertation Defense (5/11/2021) The development, cytoarchitecture, and circuitry of the ventral lateral geniculate nucleus , home
May 11, 2021, 1:00 p.m. | Ubadah Sabbagh | Graduate Student Dissertation Defense
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