Current Trainees
Predoctoral Trainees
Eden Gallegos, BS
Degree: BS, Louisiana State University
Mentor: Liz Simon, MVSc, PhD
Focus: Mitochondrial mechanisms of alcohol-mediated hepatic lipid accumulation in the context
of a high fat, high sucrose diet
Status: MD/PhD Student
E-mail:egall1@lsuhsc.edu
Postdoctoral Trainees
Alejandra Jacotte Simancas, PhD
Degree: PhD, Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain
Advisor: Patricia Molina, MD, PhD and Nicholas Gilpin, PhD
Research: Traumatic brain injury and alcohol use
Email: mjacot@lsuhsc.edu
Sydney Vita, PhD
Degree: PhD, University of Mississippi Medical Center
Advisors: Nicholas Gilpin, PhD and Patricia Molina, MD, PhD
Research: Binge alcohol and traumatic brain injury effects of the adolescent brain
Email:svita@lsuhsc.edu
Xavier Chapa-Dubocq, PhD
Degree: PhD, University of Puerto Rico: Medical Sciences Center
Advisor: Patrica Molina, MD, PhD
Research: Examining the Interplay between Alcohol Metabolism and Recovery from Post-Concussion
Syndrome
Email: xchapa@lsuhsc.edu
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