Andrew N. Stewart, PhD, is an assistant professor who received his BS in Kinesiology from the University of Michigan (2012), MS (2016) and PhD (2018) from Central Michigan University, and performed post-doctoral training at the Spinal-Cord and Brain Injury Research Center at the University of Kentucky (2023). Andrew’s graduate work under Dr. Gary Dunbar and Julien Rossignol focused on genetic engineering of mesenchymal and neural stem cells for use in rat models of spinal cord injury. During post-doc with Dr. John Gensel, Andrew first evaluated mechanisms of aging and sex as biological variables that affect SCI pathology, then advanced towards the use of gene therapies to treat chronic SCI. 

Katelin Slone received her BS from Berea College. She has been working in the C.N.S.-Lab since its start and is the main surgeon and behavioral expert of the lab.  

Chris Bosse-Joseph is currently pursuing a Master of Business Administration (MBA) at the Gatton College of Business and Economics. He earned a BS in Biology from Morehead State University (2022) and completed a master’s degree in medical sciences at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine (2023.) Born in Macon, GA, Chris grew up in Eastern Kentucky, in Johnson County. He is currently applying to MD/PhD programs for matriculation in 2025. In his free time, Chris enjoys volunteering and mentoring youth through Operation Making A Change (OMAC) in Lexington.

Jocelyn Salazar is a part-time technician and pre-med majoring in Kinesiology at the University of Kentucky. 

Dylan Capes is a lab-experienced technician with expertise in cognitive behavioral testing in rodents and overseas wet-lab activities related to immunohistochemistry, microscopy, cell culture and molecular techniques.  

Fahad Shah received his BS from UNC in Biomedical Engineering, and is now part of the combined MD/PhD program at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine. 

Sohan Parsi is a high-achieving, independent volunteer from Paul Laurence Dunbar High School in Lexington.

Kennedy Park of Louisville, KY graduated from UK in May of 2024 with a neuroscience degree. Kennedy worked with Dr. Stewart, first in in Dr. Gensel’s lab, before transitioning with him as he started his own lab. She worked with Dr. Stewart on a novel cre-inducible gene-therapy approach for chronic spinal cord injury, among other projects.