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Graduate Students

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Lillian Clark
PhD Student

Previous degrees: B.S. in Biology, University of Central Arkansas

Mentor: Dr. Angela Odle

Project title: TBD

E-mail: LClark2@uams.edu  

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Olivia LeBlanc
Graduate Student
Email: OGLeBlanc@uams.edu

Previous degrees: B.S. Biology, University of Dallas

Mentor: Dr. Sean Taverna

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Abby Lewis-Fulbright
PhD Student

Previous degrees: B.S. in Health Science, University of the Ozarks, M.S. in Exercise Science, University of Central Arkansas

Mentor: Dr. David Church

Project title: "The Effect of Essential Amino Acids on Cognition"

E-mail: afulbright@uams.edu

Raveena Ratnayake

Previous degree:

Master of Science in Molecular Biosciences, Arkansas State University

B.S. in Biotechnology, Horizon Campus, Malabe, Sri Lanka (affiliated with Nilai University, Malaysia)

Mentor: Linda Larson-Prior & Tuhin Virmani

Thesis title:  TBD

E-mail: rdratnayake@uams.edu

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Milla Reddick
MD/PhD Student

Previous degrees: B.S. in Neuroscience & Biology, Centenary College of Louisiana

Thesis title: Musashi-mediated mechanisms of pituitary plasticity

Mentor: Angus MacNicol

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Dakota Redling
PhD Student

Previous degrees: Oklahoma Christian University

Mentor: Dr. Kim Stephens

Project title: TBD

E-mail: dmredling@uams.edu

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Kayleigh Rodriguez

Previous degree: B.S. in Biotechnology from Arkansas State University
Mentor: Dr. Kimberly Stephens
Thesis title: “Impact of early-life stress on epigenetic mechanisms that alter interindividual pain susceptibility and development”
E-mail: KARodriguez@uams.edu

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Kamryn Thomas
Graduate Student
Email: KCThomas@uams.edu

Previous degrees: B.S. Chemistry, Tougaloo College

Mentor: Dr. Antiño Allen

Thesis title: TBD

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Bushra Zaman
Graduate Student
Email: BZaman2@uams

Previous degrees: B.Pharm Professional Degree, North South University

Mentor: Dr. Abdel Fouda

Thesis title: Clusterin is Neuroprotective in Ischemic Retinopathies

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