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Graduate Students

Isabel Aristizabal Ramirez

  • Physiology

Positions Held:
  • Graduate Research Assistant

Contact
iar226@uky.edu
Gregory Frolenkov Lab, 780 Rose Street, Medical Science Building, Rm: MS-617 Lexington, KY 40536-0298

Clair Ashley

  • Physiology

Positions Held:
  • Graduate Research Assistant

Contact
Clair.ashley3@uky.edu
760 Press Ave

Emma O Bondy

  • Physiology

Positions Held:
  • Ph.D Student in Nutritional Sciences

Contact
emma.bondy@uky.edu
Gregory Frolenkov Lab, 741 S Limestone Street

Gabriela X Brown, MS

  • Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center
  • Physiology

Positions Held:
  • Student/Non-Work Study
  • Graduate Research Assistant

Summary:
Year:  PGY-2

Contact
Gabriela.Brown@uky.edu
741 S. Limestone, John Gensel Lab

Kelsey Bullens

  • Physiology

Positions Held:
  • Graduate Research Assistant
  • Medical Student

Summary:
Year:  G3

Contact
k.bullens@uky.edu
Thad Wilson Lab, 780 Rose Street, Medical Science Building, Rm: MS-618 Lexington, KY 40536-0298

Benjamin I Burke

  • Physiology

Positions Held:
  • Graduate Research Assistant

Contact
Benjamin.Burke@uky.edu
John McCarthy Lab

Abigail K Dragich

  • Physiology

Positions Held:
  • Graduate Research Assistant

Summary:
Year:  PGY-1

Contact
330-419-4709
abigail.dragich@uky.edu
Gregory Frolenkov Lab, 780 Rose Street, Medical Science Building, Rm: MS-617 Lexington, KY 40536-0298

Alyssa M Franklin

  • Physiology

Positions Held:
  • Graduate Research Assistant

Contact
Alyssa.Franklin@uky.edu
Kathy Saatman lab, 780 Rose Street

Jensen Z Goh

  • Physiology

Positions Held:
  • Graduate Research Assistant

Contact
jensen.goh@uky.edu
John McCarthy Lab, 780 Rose Street, Medical Science Building, Rm: MS-633 Lexington, KY 40536-0298

Sara Gonzalez Velez

  • Physiology

Positions Held:
  • Graduate Research Assistant

Contact
sara.gonzalez@uky.edu
780 Rose Street

Olivia Hage

  • MD/PhD Program
  • Physiology

Positions Held:
  • PhD Candidate, Gordon Laboratory

Summary:
Year:  G2
Education: B.S. Biochemistry & Molecular Biology - Pennsylvania State University
Hometown: Philadelphia, PA

Contact
okha229@uky.edu

Emily Huffman

  • MD/PhD Program
  • Physiology

Positions Held:
  • PhD Candidate, Sturgill & Waters Laboratories

Summary:
Year:  G2
Education: B.S. Neuroscience, University of Kentucky
Hometown: Louisville, KY

Contact
8595622359
eehu226@uky.edu
HKRB 523

Riley E Irmen

  • Physiology

Positions Held:
  • Graduate Research Assistant

Contact
Riley.Irmen@uky.edu
Shannon Macauley lab, Physiology, 760 Press Ave, HKRB room

Alexander Keeble

  • Physiology

Positions Held:
  • Fellowship Payment/Bi-Weekly

Contact
arke243@uky.edu
Chris Frye Lab, 900 South Limestone Street, Wethington Building, Rm: 434, Lexington, Kentucky 40536-0200

Madison O Kilgore

  • Physiology
  • Saha Cardiovascular Research Center
  • MD/PhD Program

Summary:
Year:  M2
Education: B.S. Biology, Distinguished Major - University of Virginia
Hometown: Yorktown, VA

Contact
(859) 323-2274
Madison.Kilgore@uky.edu
741 South Limestone, BBSRB Room B354

Abdalla Lawag

  • Physiology

Positions Held:
  • Graduate Research Assistant

Contact
Abdalla.Lawag@uky.edu
780 Rose

Cortney Laye

  • Office of Biomedical Education
  • Physiology

Positions Held:
  • Graduate Assistant

Contact
Cortney.Laye@uky.edu
Rose St

Ana Lopez-Porras

  • Physiology

Positions Held:
  • Graduate Research Assistant

Contact
AnaLopez95@uky.edu
Cata Velez-Ortega Lab, 780 Rose Street

Chloe C Lucido

  • Office of Biomedical Education
  • Physiology

Positions Held:
  • Graduate Research Assistant

Contact
cclu223@uky.edu
708 Rose Street

Steve MacLean

  • Physiology
  • Sanders-Brown Center on Aging

Positions Held:
  • Graduate Research Assistant- Johnson Lab

Contact
steve.maclean@uky.edu
Johnson Lab, Healthy Kentucky Research Building, 760 Press Avenue

Nicholas McVay

  • Physiology

Positions Held:
  • Graduate Research Assistant

Contact
Satin Lab, BBSRB 741 S Limestone, Lexington, KY 40536

Austin Minton

  • Physiology

Positions Held:
  • Graduate Research Assistant

Contact
Austin.Minton@uky.edu
Ken Campbell lab

Sandra Miranda Sardon

  • Physiology

Positions Held:
  • Graduate Research Assistant

Contact
Sandra.Miranda@uky.edu
741 South Limestone, BBSRB

Kylie H Morin

  • Physiology

Positions Held:
  • Graduate Research Assistant

Contact
km6372@uky.edu
Mariana Nikolova-Karakashian Lab
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