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Julia Hormes, Ph.D.
Degree: Ph.D., Department of Psychology,
University of Pennsylvania
Advisors: Richard Scribner, M.D. & Katherine Theall, Ph.D.
Research:
Alcohol / HIV Prevention in Rural Louisiana
Department: School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology
Email: jhorme@lsuhsc.edu |
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| I am currently collaborating on studies designed to advance translation of alcohol and HIV/AIDS prevention research into rural communities. Ongoing projects include assessment of the prevalence and correlates of HIV-related risk behaviors in these communities and implementation and evaluation of a novel HIV intervention targeting alcohol-using social networks via popular opinion leaders. |
Flavia M. Souza-Smith, Ph.D.
Degree: Ph.D., Department of Physiological Sciences, Federal University of Espirito Santo - Brasil/ Department of Pharmacology, LSUHSC
Advisors: Jerome Breslin, Ph.D.
Research:
Impact of alcohol intoxication on lymphatic contractile mechanisms.
Department: Physiology
Email: fsouz1@lsuhsc.edu |
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| My long-term research interest is the development of a comprehensive understanding of the role of alcohol intoxication on molecular signals controlling intrinsic lymphatic pumping. |
Paul Thevenot, Ph.D.
Degree: Ph.D., Department of Bioengineering Univeristy of Texas Arlington
Advisors: Stephania Cormier Ph.D.
Research:
Effects of Chronic Alcohol on Airway Remodeling and Hyperresponsiveness Following Acute Exposure to Particulate Matter
Department: Pharmacology
Email: ptheve@lsuhsc.edu |
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| Combustion derived particulate matter (PM) is found in urban locales (derived from sources such as industrial combustion, automotive combustion processes, and cigarette smoke) and contains environmentally persistent free radicals (EPFRs). We have previously observed that inhalation exposure to EPFRs results in pulmonary epithelial hyperplasia and loss of structural integrity, airway smooth muscle hypertrophy, and airway hyper-responsiveness (AHR). Our research focuses on how chronic alcohol consumption influences the ability of the airways to respond to EPFR induced lung injury. In particular, we are examining how deficiencies in the innate and adaptive pulmonary immune responses contribute to impaired epithelial barrier integrity and airway remodeling in the lung. |
Predoctoral Fellows |
Travis Doggett, B.S., B.A.
Degree: B.S., Our Lady of the Lake College, Baton Rouge; B.A., Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
Mentor: Jerome Breslin, Ph.D.
Research:
Microcirculation Physiology and Endothelial Cell Biology
Status: Ph.D. candidate, Department of Physiology
Email: tdogge@lsuhsc.edu
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Mary Beth Worrel Hulin , B.S.
Degree: B.S., Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
Mentors: Peter Winsauer,Ph.D
Research: The effects of DHEA and its metabolites on voluntary ethanol intake and drug
discrimination in rats.
Status: M.D. /Ph.D. candidate, Department of Pharmacology
Email:mworre@lsuhsc.edu
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| I use a voluntary ethanol consumption model in rats to determine the effects of neurosteroids on ethanol preference. I am also studying the effects of neurosteroids on the discriminative stimulus effects of ethanol in rats trained to discriminate ethanol and saline. |
Xu Sophie Teng, B.S.
Degree: B.S., Centenary College of Louisiana
Mentors: Patricia Molina M.D.,Ph.D
Research: The Effect of Alcohol on Neurological Outcomes from Traumatic Brain Injury
Status: M.D. /Ph.D. candidate, Department of Physiology
Email: xteng@lsuhsc.edu
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| Alcohol intoxication has been positively associated with the risk of traumatic brain injury (TBI). My research focuses on the effect of acute alcohol intoxication on the neurological outcomes by examining the brain’s structural and functional damage resulting from TBI. |
Greg Lee, B.S.
Degree: B.S, University of Michigan – Ann Arbor
Mentors: Stephania Cormier, Ph.D.and Ben DeBoisblanc, M.D.
Research: The Effects of Binge Alcohol Consumption on Aspiration Pneumonitis and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Status: M.D. /Ph.D. candidate, Department of Pharmacology
Email: glee3@lsuhsc.edu
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Alcohol consumption is one of the risk factors for aspiration pneumonitis which may lead to Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS). I am using a murine model to study the effects of binge alcohol consumption and how it alters the injurious biochemical pathway of aspiration pneumonitis as well as evaluating the use of tissue repair cytokines as possible therapeutic treatment.
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Annie Whitaker, B.S.
Degree: B.S., Southeastern Louisiana University
Mentor: Patricia Molina, M.D., Ph.D.
Research: Mechanisms involved in impaired vasopressin response to hemorrhage during acute alcohol intoxication
Status: Ph.D. candidate, Department of Physiology
Email: awhita@lsuhsc.edu
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