Department of Physiology Postdoctoral Fellows
Alejandra Jacotte Simancas, PhD
Currently, my research seeks to elucidate the neurobiological mechanisms underlying escalation of post-TBI alcohol drinking. |
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Andrea Jones, PhD
Degree: PhD, Tulane University School of Medicine The goal of my research is to determine how the MC4R changes with chronic pain. I am interested in sex- and age-specific differences in the way the MC4R functions within brain circuits associated with chronic inflammatory pain. Additionally, I am interested in the role of alcohol use disorder in the transition from acute to chronic pain. View Curriculum Vitae |
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Danielle E. Levitt, PhD
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Patrick McTernan, PhD
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Christian Montanari, PhD
I am interested in the rewarding, motivational and inhibitory behaviors and in their neurobiological basis, both in normal conditions and in neurological and psychiatric illnesses as drug addiction and PTSD. My work at LSUHSC will model in rats the human nicotine and alcohol co-abuse, and it will investigate its neurobiological, cellular and molecular bases. View Curriculum Vitae |
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Franciely Paliarin, PhD
Degree: PhD, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil The goal of my research is to understand molecular mechanisms that underlie alcohol use disorders and stress-escalated drinking. View Curriculum Vitae |
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Sydney Vita, PhD
Degree: PhD, University of Mississippi Medical Center View Curriculum Vitae |
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Marcus Weera, PhD
I am interested in elucidating the neural circuits and neurobiological factors that underlie substance (primarily alcohol) use disorders. Further, my research seeks to understand the neural bases of co-morbid substance use and psychiatric (e.g. post-traumatic stress) disorders, as well as between different types of substance use disorders. The goal of my research is to inform prevention and treatment strategies for substance use and related psychiatric disorders. View Curriculum Vitae |
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Former Post-Doctoral Fellows
Kandasamy Neelamegam, PhD
Currently Post-Doctoral Associate |
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Elizabeth Delery, PhD
Currently Assistant Professor of Microbiology & Immunology College of Osetopathic Medicine at Marian University. |
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Elizabeth A Fucich, PhD
Currently Professor of Practice in Neuroscience at Tulane University. |
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Amanda R. Pahng, PhD
Currently Research Health Scientist Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System |
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Joshua Oakes, PhD
Degree: PhD, Baylor College of Medicine Advisor: Jason Gardner, PhD and Xinping Yue, PhD |
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Udita Datta, PhD
Degree: PhD, Bowling Green State University Advisor: Nicholas Gilpin, PhD |
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Matthew Auten, MD, PhD
Degree: PhD, LSUHSC-New Orleans MD from LSUHSC May 2016 Advisor: Patricia Molina, MD, PhD. Currently a Pathology resident at West Virginia University School of Medicine. |
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Emily A. Roltsch Helland, PhD
Degree: PhD, Texas A&M University Advisor: Nicholas Gilpin, PhD Currently working as a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Dr. Jun Wang at Texas A&M University. |
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Megan L. Armstrong, PhD
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Tracy Y. Dodd, PhD
Degree: PhD, University of South Alabama Advisor: Patricia Molina, PhD Currently a medical student at LSUHSC-New Orleans. |
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Paige S. Katz, PhD
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Christy A. Itoga, PhD
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Annie Whitaker, PhD
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Karina Villalba, MPH, PhD
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Anthony A. Duplanty, PhD
Degree: Ph.D., University of North Texas Advisor: Patricia Molina, MD, PhD Currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Kinesiology at Texas Women's University. |
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