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Ashley Ewens, PhD

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Graduation date: January 26, 2024

Dissertation title: "Levetiracetam prevents neurophysiological changes and preserves cognitive function in the HIV-1 TAT transgenic mouse model of HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder"

Advisor: Stanley Thayer, PhD

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Hannah McMullan, PhD

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Graduation date: February 2, 2024

Advisor: Stanley Thayer, PhD

Dissertation title: "Select antiretrovirals from multiple classes induce excitatory synapse loss in primary rodent hippocampal cultures"

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Sanghoon Choi, PhD

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Graduation date: August 20, 2024

Dissertation title: "Methamphetamine-induced dysfunction of spiny projection neurons in the dorsal striatum" 

Advisor: Steven Graves, PhD

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Shirley Haichang Luo, PhD

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Graduation date: July 24, 2024

Dissertation title: "Hippocampal inhibitory G protein-gated signaling in cognitive function and Alzheimer’s Disease" 

Advisor: Kevin Wickman, PhD

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Zhiyan Silvia Liu, PhD

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Graduation date: July 16, 2024

Dissertation title: "PARP1 inhibition preferentially sensitizes spliceosome mutant leukemias through R-loop-associated genomic vulnerabilities

Advisor: Hai Dang Nguyen, PhD

Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Dehm lab

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Anna Carey, PhD

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Graduation date: December 2, 2024

Dissertation title: "B cell-mediated cross talk with macrophages in adipose tissue: key modulators to inflammation and metabolism during aging"

Advisor: Christina Camell, PhD

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Heba Khattab, MS

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Graduation date: December 2024

Advisor: Kevin Wickman, PhD

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