Sanders-Brown Center on Aging About Us Our Trainees Our Trainees Image Spotlight: Kelsey Campbell My name is Kelsey Campbell, I’m a second-year graduate student in the department of neuroscience, and I’m working in Dr. Daniel Lee’s lab studying the effects of impacted nutrient signaling in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). I grew up in south-eastern Kentucky, and there I witnessed how a dementia diagnosis was capable of altering the dynamics of my family. ... This increase in AD prevalence as lifespans increase highlights how crucial the need for research and developments in AD are. My research aims to understand how nutrient signaling effects accumulation and clearance of neurodegenerative pathology in AD, and if autophagic or lysosomal pathways can be exploited to reduce AD pathology. Image Spotlight: Jessica Gebhardt My name is Jessica Gebhardt, and I am a graduate student in Dr. Josh Morganti’s Lab studying the effects of dysregulated neuroinflammation following traumatic brain injury (TBI). TBI has personally impacted me and my family, and as a result I have been interested in furthering my understanding of the mechanisms underlying the injury for many years. This led me to pursue a career as a scientist focused on studying TBI. Currently, there are no cures for TBI, and treatment is limited to managing symptoms. My research seeks to target the underlying causes of prolonged symptoms after injury which will hopefully aid in the collaborative scientific endeavor to create a cure for traumatic brain injury. Image Spotlight: Nick Devanney Nick’s project in the Johnson lab seeks to marry two facets of APOE’s risk through the concept of ‘immunometabolism’. Immunometabolism is the principle that immune cells such as microglia critically rely on metabolic pathways to perform their immune functions. Pro-inflammatory phenotypes are supported by an increased rate of the glycolysis pathway, whereas anti-inflammatory phenotypes require enhanced mitochondrial respiration. Microglia with defective mitochondria fail to engage an anti-inflammatory response. Bernardo Aguzzoli-Heberle Sanders-Brown Center on Aging Positions Held: Graduate Research Assistant Colleen Bodnar Sanders-Brown Center on Aging Positions Held: Graduate Research Assistant Valeria Buzinova Sanders-Brown Center on Aging Positions Held: Graduate Research Assistant Kelsey Campbell Sanders-Brown Center on Aging Positions Held: Graduate Research Assistant Nicholas Devanney PhysiologySanders-Brown Center on Aging Positions Held: Graduate Research Assistant Patricia Doyle NeuroscienceSanders-Brown Center on Aging Positions Held: Graduate Research Assistant Alexandria Early-Linton Sanders-Brown Center on AgingNeuroscience Positions Held: Graduate Research Assistant Taylor G. Estepp Sanders-Brown Center on Aging Positions Held: Graduate Research Assistant Jessica Gebhardt NeuroscienceSanders-Brown Center on Aging Positions Held: Graduate Research Assistant Lesley Golden PhysiologySanders-Brown Center on Aging Positions Held: Graduate Research Assistant Tyler Hammond MD/PhD ProgramSanders-Brown Center on Aging Positions Held: MD/PhD Student Carrie Johnson Molecular and Cellular BiochemistrySanders-Brown Center on Aging Positions Held: Graduate Research Assistant Sabrina Krause NeuroscienceSanders-Brown Center on Aging Positions Held: Graduate Research AssistantGraduate Student Summary: Year: G1 Katelynn Krick PhysiologySanders-Brown Center on Aging Positions Held: Graduate Research Assistant Tiffany Lee Sanders-Brown Center on Aging Positions Held: Scientist IVADC Biomarker Core ManagerMarkVCID Project Manager Steve MacLean PhysiologySanders-Brown Center on Aging Mary Katie Malone Sanders-Brown Center on AgingNeuroscience Positions Held: Fellowship Payment/Bi-Weekly Charles Seaks IV Sanders-Brown Center on Aging Positions Held: PostDoc Lincoln Shade Saha Cardiovascular Research CenterMD/PhD ProgramSanders-Brown Center on Aging Positions Held: MD/PhD Student Summary: Year: G4 Ryan Shahidehpour NeuroscienceSanders-Brown Center on Aging Positions Held: Graduate Research Assistant Ben Shaw Sanders-Brown Center on Aging Positions Held: Graduate Research Assistant Jonathan Vincent MD/PhD ProgramSpinal Cord and Brain Injury Research CenterNeuroscienceSanders-Brown Center on Aging Positions Held: MD/PhD StudentGraduate Research Assistant Summary: Year: G1 Justin R Welden, PhD Molecular and Cellular BiochemistrySanders-Brown Center on Aging Positions Held: Post-Doctoral Fellow Steven Winterfeldt Sanders-Brown Center on Aging Current page 1 Page 2 Next Last