Office of Postdoctoral Studies
Office of Postdoctoral Studies
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Overview
Advisory Committee
Instructors and Current Fellows
Overview
Our goal at UMMC is to provide a supportive environment and high-quality training for postdoctoral fellows. As part of our commitment to excellence in education and research, the Office for Postdoctoral Studies strives to serve as the dedicated resource for postdoctoral fellows and applicants, faculty mentors and department administrators.
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Advisory Committee
Members of the UMMC Postdoctoral Advisory Committee. Back row: Douglas McLaurin, Anna Funderburg, Sally Huskinson (Faculty Representative), Lais Berro (Director of Postdoctoral Studies), Nathan Campbell (Chair). Front row: Gertrude Arthur (Vice Chair), Manar Eissa, Megumi Mills (Secretary), Andrew Milner, Jordan Mallette
The Office of Postdoctoral Studies is supported by an Advisory Committee that provides and generates innovative ideas to enrich the postdoctoral training experience at UMMC. The members assist the Associate Dean in organizing seminars, Research Day, and workshops for the career development of postdoctoral fellows at UMMC.
- Lais Berro, PhD (Director, Office of Postdoctoral Studies)
- Nathan Campbell, PhD (Pharmacology and Toxicology), Chair
- Gertrude Arthur, PhD (Physiology and Biophysics), Vice-chair
- Megumi Mills, PhD (Physiology and Biophysics), Secretary
- Andrew Milner, PhD (Cell and Molecular Biology)
- Douglas McLaurin, PhD (Cell and Molecular Biology)
- Manar Eissa, PhD (Pharmacology and Toxicology)
- Jordan Mallette, PhD (Physiology and Biophysics)
- Anukool Bhopatkar, PhD (Pharmacology and Toxicology)
- Anna Funderburg, PhD (Biomedical Materials Science)
- Sally Huskinson, PhD (Faculty Representative)
Instructors and Current Fellows
Instructors
Current Fellows
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department of Cell and Molecular Biology
aaguayo@umc.edu
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department of Physiology and Biophysics
garthur@umc.edu
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department of Cell and Molecular Biology
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
abhopatkar@umc.edu
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
meissa@umc.edu
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
cfavoretto@umc.edu
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
agriffin4@umc.edu
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department of Cell and Molecular Biology
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department of Physiology and Biophysics
mkhan5@umc.edu
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department of Cell and Molecular Biology
mkhan4@umc.edu
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department of Physiology and Biophysics
bkonadu@umc.edu
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department of Physiology and Biophysics
dkucsera@umc.edu
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department of Cell and Molecular Biology
mlogan2@umc.edu
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department of Physiology and Biophysics
ajmallette@umc.edu
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
kmabus@umc.edu
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department of Cell and Molecular Biology
dmclaurin@umc.edu
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department of Cell and Molecular Biology
amilner2@umc.edu
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
trperry@umc.edu
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
esmolinski@umc.edu
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department of Cell and Molecular Biology
ktakeshita@umc.edu
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department of Cell and Molecular Biology
velluvalappil@umc.edu
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department of Physiology and Biophysics
- John Agbo
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department of Cell and Molecular Biology
jagbo@umc.edu - Rifath Ara Alam Barsha
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department of Population Health Science
rbarsha@umc.edu - Okechukwu C. Erinne
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
School of Nursing
oerinne@umc.edu - Anna Funderburg
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department of Biomedical Materials Science
afunderburg@umc.edu - Laibah Arshad Khan
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department of Medicine
lkhan@umc.edu - Syed Sarmad Javaid
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department of Medicine
ssjavaid@umc.edu - Kendra L. Stansak
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
kstansak@umc.edu