Summer Research Program Mentors

(Please click on each faculty member to visit their websites.)

	David Baker, Ph.D. Department of Biomedical Sciences Neurobiology of cocaine addiction
Marie Hoeger Bement, Ph.D., MPT Department of Physical Therapy Exercise-induced analgesia in musculoskeletal pain using animal and human models
	SuJean Choi, Ph.D. Department of Biomedical Sciences Central mechanisms that regulate appetite in the hypothalamus which may contribute to the treatment and care of individuals suffering from obesity, anorexia and other appetite-related disorders.”
William Cullinan, Ph.D. Department of Biomedical Sciences Stress neurobiology, neuroanatomy, neuroendocrinology
	Paul Gasser, Ph.D. Department of Biomedical Sciences Neurobiology of stress; Cellular mechanisms underlying stress hormone action
Behnam Ghasemzadeh, Ph.D. Department of Biomedical Sciences Synaptic transmission and plasticity in drug abuse
	April Harkins, Ph.D., MT( ASCP) Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences "Lipid Signaling and Cell Polarity in Yeast"
Sandra Hunter, Ph.D. Department of Physical Therapy Program in Exercise Science "The Neural and muscular mechanism contributing to the sex, age and task differences in muscle fatigue in humans"
	Allison Hyngstrom , Ph.D. Department of Physical Therapy Motor Control Physiology and Pathophysiology
Douglas Lobner, Ph.D. Department of Biomedical Sciences Mechanisms of cell death in neurodegenerative diseases, neurotrophic factors, stroke
	John Mantsch, Ph.D. Department of Biomedical Sciences Stress and drug addiction
Alexander Ng, Ph.D., FACSM Department of Physical Therapy Program in Exercise Science Muscle fatigue in multiple sclerosis
	Robert Peoples, Ph.D. Department of Biomedical Sciences Effects of alcohol on the NMDA receptor
Aaron Roseberry, Ph.D. Department of Biomedical Sciences Neurobiology of Feeding and Food Reward; Biology of Taste Perception
	Sheila Schindler-Ivens, P.T., Ph.D. Department of Physical Therapy Research description: Neuromuscular control of locomotion in healthy people and individuals with nervous system injury.
Kevin Siebenlist, Ph.D. Department of Biomedical Sciences Interactions of fibrin(ogen) with other proteins of the coagulation cascade
	Linda Vaughn, Ph.D. Department of Biomedical Sciences Mechanisms of action of nitrous oxide in brain, GABA and nitrous oxide interactions in the nervous system