Graduating Class of 2019

Elizabeth Ballinger
BS, UC Davis, 2008
MD and PhD in Neuroscience, 2017
Dissertation title: Phenotypical effects of MeCP2 deletion from cholinergic neurons on the recognition memory circuit
Mentor: Lorna Role, Neurobiology & Behavior, SBU
Residency: Child Neurology, Stanford University Prog, CA

 

Nadia McMillan
BA, Johns Hopkins, 2009
MD and PhD in Neuroscience, 2017
Dissertation title: ADAM10 Directs NSC Properties Via a JAMC/Rap1 Axis
Mentor: Adan Aguirre, Pharmacological Sciences, SBU
Residency: Neurology, BI Deaconess Medical Ctr, MA

 

Jeremy Miyauchi
BS, Cornell, 2009
MD and PhD in Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, 2017
Dissertation title: The Role of Neuropilin 1 in Glioma Associated Microglia and Macrophages
Mentor: Stella Tsirka, Pharmacological Sciences, SBU
Residency: Pathology, NY Presbyterian Hosp-Columbia Univ Med Ctr, NY

 

Michael Schneider
BS, Duke University, 2011
MD and PhD in Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, 2017
Dissertation title: Ligand-specific inhibition of Notch
Mentor: Robert Haltiwanger, Biochemistry & Cell Biology, SBU
Residency:Int Med/ABIM Research Pathway, Hospital of the Univ of PA

 

Himanshu Sharma
BS, Case Western Reserve, 2011
MD and PhD in Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, 2017
Dissertation title: Dystroglycan is a Novel and Context-Dependent Regulator of Notch in the Postnatal Subventricular Zone
Mentor: Holly Colognato, Pharmacological Sciences, SBU
Residency: Neurological Surgery, Baylor Coll Med-Houston, TX

 

Saul Siller
BA, Vanderbilt University, 2011
MD and PhD in Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, 2017
Dissertation title: The Centriolar Distal Appendage Proteins CEP164 and Chibby1 Coordinate Multiple Steps in the Formation and Maintenance of Airway Multicilia
Mentor: Ken-Ichi Takemaru, Pharmacological Sciences, SBU
Residency: Anesthesiology, Yale-New Haven Hosp-CT

 

Robert Wysocki
BA, Hamilton College, 2007
MD and PhD in Genetics, 2016
Dissertation title: Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) are induced by breast cancer cells to promote lung metastasis
Mentor: Mikala Egeblad, CSHL
Residency: Internal Medicine, NYU Winthrop Hospital-NY