Main ContentSpring 2023 SGSHS Student Dissertation/Thesis Defenses

Kathryn Veazey
Thursday, February 23, 2023 | 9:00 a.m.
North Wing - Classroom 4A
Clinical Anatomy - Ph.D. Student
“Clinical Communication Skills in Medical Students: Influences, Attitudes, and Evolution”

Owen Herrock
Friday, March 3, 2023 | 1:00 p.m.
Research Wing - Lower Amphitheatre R153
Pharmacology and Toxicology - Ph.D. Student
“The Role of B Lymphocytes in the Pathophysiology of Hypertension in Response to Placental Ischemia.”

Casey Boothe
Wednesday, March 8, 2023 | 10:00 a.m.
Research Wing - Room 4A
Clinical Anatomy - Ph.D. Student
"Study Strategies and Time Management: the Broccoli of Academics"

Alexandra Huffman
Thursday, March 9, 2023 | 1:30 p.m.
Research Wing - Lower Amphitheatre R153
Cell & Molecular Biology - Ph.D Student
"Androgen-Induced Metabolic Dysfunction in a Hyperandrogenemic Mouse Model of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)"

John Aaron Howell
Friday, March 10, 2023 | 9:00 a.m.
BankPlus Conference Center (Methodist Rehabilitation Center)
Neuroscience - Ph.D. Student
"Development of Biologics to Inhibit Nuclear Factor Kappa B as Treatments for Ischemic Stroke"

Ahmed Zaki Moustafa, MD
Tuesday, March 21, 2023 | 3:00 p.m.
Wiser - Room W020
Maternal-Fetal Medicine Program - Graduate Fellow
"Implementing the Systemic Treatment and Management of Postpartum Hypertension Bundle in a High-risk Mississippi Population"

Dylan Solise, MD
Tuesday, March 21, 2023 | 3:00 p.m.
Wiser - Room W020
Maternal-Fetal Medicine Program - Graduate Fellow
“Specific Inhibitors of TNF-α and AT1-AA Do Not Worsen Offspring Growth, Survival, Cardiovascular Function, or Immunologic Function”

Charles Barnes
Wednesday, March 22, 2023 | 1:00 p.m.
BankPlus Conference Room (Methodist location)
Neuroscience - Ph.D. Student
"The role of glucocorticoid-related signaling for protection against noise-induced hearing loss"

Maria Jones-Muhammad
Wednesday, March 29, 2023 | 1:00 p.m.
Research Wing - N318 (3A)
Neuroscience - Ph.D. Student
“Investigating potential mechanisms for increased seizure sensitivity in RUPP mice.”

Elliot Varney
Thursday, March 30, 2023 | 12:00 p.m.
School of Medicine - Lecture Room 122
Biomedical Sciences - Ph.D. Student
"Modifiable Imaging Biomarkers for Cardiometabolic Disease”

Courtney Thompson
Monday, April 3, 2023 | 3:00 p.m.
Research Wing - Lower Amphitheatre R153
Microbiology & Immunology - Ph.D. Student
"Nonencapsulated Streptococcus pneumoniae Oligopeptide Transporters Regulate Transcriptional Pathways and Alter Pneumococcal Virulence."

Jonathan Crider
Thursday, April 6, 2023 | 3:00 p.m.
Classroom Wing - Room CW106
Microbiology & Immunology - Ph.D. Student
"Insights into Leukocyte Immune-Type Receptor (LITR)-mediated phagocytosis in channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus"