Join us in celebrating our graduates The UF College of medicine Doctor of Philosophy grads 2020

Mentor: Dr. Mark Atkinson | Thesis: Type 1 Diabetes Prevention: A Novel Combinatorial Therapy Utilizing Immune Depletion with Induction of Oral Tolerance to Proinsulin

Mentor: Dr. David Bloom | Thesis: Defining Herpes Simplex Virus 1 Latency One Cell at a Time

Mentor: Dr. Barry Setlow and Dr. Jennifer Bizon | Thesis: Effects of Dopamine on Risky Decision Making

Mentor: Dr. Shuang Huang | Thesis: The Impact of Long and Short Wnt5A Isoforms in Ovarian Cancer

Mentor: Dr. Gordon Mitchell and Dr. Elisa Gonzalez-Roth | Thesis: Serotonergic Innervation of Respiratory and Non-Respiratory Motor Nuclei after Cervical Spinal Cord Injury

Mentor: Dr. Dorina Avram | Thesis: Bcl11b in the Control of Regulatory T and Mucosal Associated Invariant T Cell Programs

Mentor: Dr. Jörg Bungert | Thesis: The Role of Enhancer RNA and Integrator in Locus Control Region Mediated Regulation of Beta Globin Gene Expression

Mentor: Dr. Paramita Chakrabarty and Dr. Jada Lewis | Thesis: Investigating How Tau Alters the Brain in Alzheimer’s Amyloidosis Mouse Models and Wild Type Mice

Mentor: Dr. Robert Burne | Thesis: Investigation of Probiotic Mechanisms of Action of Streptococcus Sp. A12

Mentor: Dr. Shannon Boye | Thesis: Biophysical Characterization of AAV2-Based Capsid Mutants Exhibiting Increased Retinal Transduction following Intravitreal Injection, and Quantification of Aggregation Prevention as a Function of Vector Formulation

Mentor: Dr. Lynn Rill and Dr. Manuel Arreola | Thesis: Investigating Patient Skin and Eye Lens Radiation Dose during Endovascular Neurosurgery Procedures

Mentor: Dr. Chenglong Li | Thesis: Biochemical, Biophysical, Structural and Cellular Studies of Protein-Ligand Interaction: Insights on Early Drug Discovery Targeting PRMT5 and TEAD2

Mentor: Dr. Steven Munger | Thesis: The Behavioral and Neuroanatomical Basis of GC-D-Dependent Odor Learning

Mentor: Dr. Dorina Avram | Thesis: An Emerging Role for Hectd3 in the Prevention of Inflammation and Malignancy in the Gut via Ubiquitination of Master Regulators of Innate Immunity

PhD graduate Kyulim Lee was among those who competed in the 2019 Medical Guild Graduate Research Symposium.

PhD graduate Enrico Barrozo was among those who competed in the 2017 Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) competition, which was designed to support students in developing research communication skills.

Shelby Blaes was highlighted as a McKnight Brain Institute rising star for her research, which focuses on understanding the neurobiology of substance use disorders, specifically how they affect risky decision-making, to guide in the development of better therapeutic techniques for patients battling addiction.

Olivia Bailey, who studied immunology and microbiology, was highlighted as one of only a handful of predoctoral fellows in the UF College of Medicine.

Kyulim Lee, who studied immunology and microbiology, was highlighted as one of only a handful of predoctoral fellows in the UF College of Medicine.