Our Doctoral Program Students

Adella Bartoletti, Meadows Lab

Undergraduate Studies: Nicholls State University (2021)

Dissertation topic: Assessing mosaicism and vascular integrity in HHT-AVM mouse models

Garrett Bartoletti, He Lab

Undergraduate Studies: Tulane University (2017), BS, Cell & Molecular Biology, Psychology

Dissertation topic: Investigating the role of Pdgfra in calvaria bone and cartilage development

Publications
Bartoletti G, Dong C, Umar M, He F. Pdgfra regulates multipotent cell differentiation towards chondrocytes via inhibiting Wnt9a/beta-catenin pathway during chondrocranial cartilage development. Dev Bio. 2020. 

Dong C, Umar M, Bartoletti G, Gahankari A, Fidelak L, He F. Expression pattern of Kmt2d in murine craniofacial tissues. Gene Expr Patterns. 2019. 

Gahankari A, Dong C, Bartoletti G, Galazo M, He F. Deregulated Rac1 activity in neural crest controls cell proliferation, migration and differentiation during midbrain development. Front Cell Dev Biol. 2021. 

Shreya Bavishi, Meadows Lab

Undergraduate Studies: AMC MET Medical College, Ahmedabad, India (2018)

Publications
Bavishi, S., Chaudhary, D., Li, J., Naik, S., Abedi, V., & Zand, R. (2022). Long-term mortality in ischemic stroke patients with concomitant chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, 31(11), 106701. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.JSTROKECEREBROVASDIS.2022.106701 

Chaudhary, D., Anyaehie, M., Demiraj, F., Bavishi, S., Shahjouei, S., Li, J., Abedi, V., & Zand, R. (2022). Comparison of Long-Term Outcomes and Associated Factors between Younger and Older Rural Ischemic Stroke Patients. Journal of Clinical Medicine 2022, Vol. 11, Page 143011(5), 1430. https://doi.org/10.3390/JCM11051430 

Abedi, V., Avula, V., Razavi, S.-M., Shreya, B., Chaudhary, D., Shahjouei, S., Wang, M., Griessenauer, C. J., Li, J., & Zand, R. (2021). Predicting short and long-term mortality after acute ischemic stroke using EHR. Journal of the Neurological Sciences427, 117560. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2021.117560 

Abbas, K.; Lu, Y.; Bavishi, S.; Mishra, N.; TomThundyil, S.; Sawant, S.A.; Shahjouei, S.; Abedi, V.; Zand, R. A Simple Review of Small Vessel Disease Manifestation in the Brain, Retina, and Kidneys. J. Clin. Med. 2022, 11, 5546https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm11195546

Dissertation topic: Developing targeted therapeutics in HHT by elucidating mechanism of AVM development

Kylie Browne, Meadows Lab

Undergraduate Studies: Johns Hopkins University (2018)

Dissertation topic: Characterizing venous malformation formation and behavior in a Pik3ca-mutant murine model; Assessing effects of Pik3ca mutation in arteries versus veins for mechanisms relating to vessel-specific malformation onset; Identifying alternative therapeutic targets for venous malformations.

Curie Chen, Fang Lab

Undergraduate Studies: University of California, Irvine (2022)

Kwame Darkwah (Year 1)

Md. Aminul Islam (Year 2)

Asal Jalal Abadi (Year 2)

Yisu Li, Chen Lab

Qilan Liang, Chen Lab

Undergraduate Studies: Harbin Medical University (2015)

Graduate Studies: Dalian Medical University, MS, 2020; Tulane University, MS 2022

Publications:

1.  Oncogenic AURKA-enhanced N6-methyladenosine modification increases DROSHA mRNA stability to transactivate STC1 in breast cancer stem-like cells. Cell Res. 2021 Mar;31(3):345-361. Peng F*, Xu J*, Cui B*, Liang Q*, Zeng S*, He B, Zou H, Li M, Zhao H, Meng Y, Chen J, Liu B, Lv S, Chu P, An F, Wang Z, Huang J, Zhan Y, Liao Y, Lu J, Xu L, Zhang J, Sun Z, Li Z, Wang F, Lam EW, Liu Q.;

2. Estrogen receptor β upregulated by lncRNA-H19 to promote cancer stem-like properties in papillary thyroid carcinoma. Cell Death Dis. 2018 Nov 2; 9 (11):1120. Mei Li, Hui-Fang Chai, Fei Peng, Yu-Ting Meng, Li-Zhi Zhang, Lin Zhang, Hong Zou, Qi-Lan Liang, Man-Man Li, Kai-Ge Mao, Dong-Xu Sun, Meng-Ying Tong, Zi-Qian Deng, Zhi-Jie Hou, Yi Zhao, Jia Li, Xiao-Chao Wang, Sha-Sha Lv, Qing-Qing Zhang, Xiao Yu, Eric W.-F. Lam, Quentin Liu, Xiao-Nan Cui & Jie Xu 

Edward Looker, Fang Lab

Sandra Offor, Schrader Lab

Undergraduate Studies: Federal University of Technology Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria (2019) 

Belarsi Ouattara (Year 1)

Graduate Studies: Tulane University, MS, Cell & Molecular Biology (2025)

Anirban Ray, Meadows Lab

Zhaoyang Ren (Year 2)

Most Ayesha Siddika, Galazo Lab

Allie Stegall, Dalva Lab

Taylor Stephens (Year 2)

Saron Tadesse (Year 1)

Kapil Thapa, Fang Lab

Undergraduate Studies: Trichand Multiple Campus, Tribhuwan University, Kathmandu, Nepal (2021)

Chen-Chuan Wu (Year 2)

Tianhao Wu, Huang Lab

Undergraduate institution: Tulane University (2021)
 
Dissertation topic: Ion channel dysfunction in the auditory synapse of Fragile X mental Retardation

Tianyi Xiao, Huang Lab

Undergraduate institution: Shenzhen University (2017)

Dissertation topic:  Changes in Properties of Auditory Synapses following Conductive Hearing Loss

Qi Zhou, Wang Lab

Undergraduate information: Henan Agriculture University (2014)

Graduate Studies: Tulane University, MS (2021)

Dissertation topics: Senescence and AMD disease.