Recent Dissertation Titles
Dissertation titles authored by doctoral degree conferees in the past two academic years; they are listed with the student’s name and mentor.
- "Poly 1:C Induced Gene Ablation Negates Potentially Beneficial Effects of A4-Integrin Depletion of Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis."
- Cyd Castro-Rojas
Mentor: Olaf Stuve, M.D., Ph.D. - "Mechanisms of Macrophage Detection and Control of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection"
- Angela Collins
Mentor: Michael Shiloh, M.D., Ph.D. - "New Approaches to the Development of Peptoid Vaccines”
- Angela Desmond
Mentor: Ellen Vitetta, Ph.D. - "Type I Interferon Mediates Th2 Reprogramming and Acute Suppression of Effector Functions"
- Sarah Gonzales-van Horn
Mentor: David Farrar, Ph.D. - "Characterization of Non-Coding RNAs in Regulating Thymic Epithelial Cell Responses to Pathophysiological Stress"
- Ashley Hoover
Mentor: Nicolai van Oers, Ph.D. - "Dysregulated B Cells in Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis and their Impact on T-cell Function"
- Sara Ireland
Mentor: Nancy Monson, Ph.D. - "Molecular Players in Lupus -Leads from Proteomic Screens"
- Jacob Orme
Mentor: Nicolai van Oers, Ph.D. - "Regulation of Human Monocyte Function by Cross-Linking of Immunoglobulin E"
- David Pyle
Mentor: Michelle Gill, Ph.D. - "Clinical Diagnostic Potential and Characterization of Distinctly Hyper-mutated Antibodies in Multiple Sclerosis Patients"
- William Rounds
Mentor: Nancy Monson, Ph.D. - "CD8+ T Cells Are Required for the Action of Glatiramer Acetate in Autoimmune Demyelinating Disease"
- Andrew Tyler
Mentor: Nitin Karandikar, M.D., Ph.D.