COURSES TAUGHT

Neurodevelopment in Action: How the brain is built, ages and responds to disease

(NRSC 572 ABS 572, CTS 572, PS 572)

  • Course Description: Neurodevelopment provides a context in which to understand not only the genesis of the nervous system, but also biological functions and the emergence of pathology across the lifespan. The goals of this course are to examine the principles underlying early nervous system development and to learn how such developmental mechanisms extend into adulthood and ageing to maintain tissue homeostasis. Additionally, how the developmental mechanisms relate to disease, especially neurodegenerative diseases, and the function of stem cells during development and neural repair, will be discussed.

Regenerative Medicine (NEUR 450)

  • Course Description: Regenerative medicine is a multidisciplinary field developing next-generation therapies that aim to augment and repair tissues to restore normal function. It is a cutting-edge area on the frontiers of science which is poised to transform clinical practice by providing meaningful solutions to chronic and degenerative diseases such as Diabetes and Parkinson's disease. These solutions may concern direct tissue replacement via stem cells, indirect mechanisms to ameliorate disease or enhance intrinsic tissue repair, or the development of gene-based, pharmaceutical and other treatments. The purpose of this course is to provide a basic grounding in the principles and applications of regenerative medicine and provide students an opportunity to learn about this exciting field.

  • Instructor: Dr Lalitha Madhavan, Associate Professor, Department of Neurology

MENTORING

  • Kelsey Bernard (former graduate student)

    Postdoc, Neurology, UA

  • Gunjan Goyal (former postdoc)

    Postdoc at University of Texas, El Paso

  • Anandhan Annadurai (former postdoc)

Associate Research Professor, College of Pharmacy, UA                      

  • Sara Abidar (former graduate student, Fulbright PhD Dissertation Scholar)

 Research fellow, Abdelmalek Essaâdi University, Tangier, Morocco

  • Aiden McRobbie-Johnson (former graduate student)

 Lecturer/Laboratory Coordinator, Physiology, UA

  • Arturo Lujan (former undergraduate student)

 Medical student, University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson

  • Emma Carruth (former undergraduate student)

 Graduate student, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland

  • Nhat Nguyen (former undergraduate and high school student)

     Medical student, University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson

  • Arjun Syal (former undergraduate student)

    Medical Resident, Icahn School of Medicine, NYC

  • Shruthi Srinivasan (former undergraduate student)

     Medical student, University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson

  • Luke Dreher (former undergraduate student)

    Medical resident, Mayo Clinic Aizona

  • Madhulatha Chavali (former graduate student)

     Research associate, Ensignia Biosystems

  • Kanchan Shrestha (former graduate student)

    Proud mom and homemaker

  • Konner Kirwan (former undergraduate student)

    Just completed a PhD at Columbia University!

  • Okobi Ekpo, PhD, Visiting Fulbright Scholar

     Professor, University of Western Cape Town, South Africa

  • Joji Teves (former graduate student)

    Postdoctoral Fellow, MIT

  • Sneha Ray (former undergraduate student)

     Postdoc , University of Washington

  • Andrew Flores (former graduate student)

Postdoc, University of California San Diego                           

  • Vedanshi Bhargava (former undergraduate student)

      MD-PhD student, University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix

  • Alexa Roddey (former undergraduate student)

  • Faye Ortiz (former undergraduate student)

  • Kaylu Yu (former undregraduate student)

 Graduate student, Doctor of Occupational Therapy, Dignity Health, San Francisco CA

  • Alex Reed (former undergraduate student)

 Medical student, Creighton University School of Medicine, Phoenix

  • Abhishek Umashankar (former undergraduate student)

 Emergency Medicine Resident, Oschner Health, New Orleans

  • Taylor Russell (former undergraduate student)

     Medical device sales, Aroa Biosurgery Limited

  • Quentin Remley (former undergraduate student)

     Echocardiography student at Mayo Clinic Arizona

  • Sonia Jolly (former high school student)

     Resident, Indiana University School of Medicine

  • Justine Davis (former high school student)

    Graduate student, University of Florida

  • Tiffany Green (former Neurology resident intern)

     Practicing Neurologist, Health First Holmes Regional Medical Center, Melbourne FL

  • Youssef Alqahatani (former visiting medical intern)

Practicing Neurologist, UAE

LAB ALUMNI