This summer semester, our department was extremely proud to hose three defenses:
- Yang Feng
- Jordan Bateman
- Aishwarya Kulkarni
We are so proud of all our graduating students! Check out more about their defenses below.

Final defense
Yang Feng
Pharmacology Concentration Doctoral Student


Date: June 10, 2022
Mentor: Olga Guryanova, M.D., Ph.D.
Title: “The Effect of Clonal Hematopoiesis on the Molecular Pathophysiology of Solid Tumors”

Final defense
Jordan Bateman
Pharmacology Concentration Doctoral Student
Date: June 16, 2022
Title: “Opioid Suppression of an Excitatory Pontomedullary Respiratory Circuit by Convergent Mechanisms”



final defense
Aishwarya Kulkarni
Pharmacology Concentration Doctoral Student
Date: June 24, 2022
Mentor: Dan Wesson, Ph.D.
Title: “Mechanisms Underlying Olfactory Dysfunction in Prodromal Parkinson’s Disease”



