Michelle Aries, PhD
Research interest: Alzheimer’s disease
Brenda Canine, PhD
Research interests: metabolic disease and protein folding, mental health and suicide, and understanding Alzheimer’s disease.
Brenda Chinnery, PhD
Research interests focus on using state-of-the-art technologies with highly efficient laboratory techniques to inform curation of specimens, museum displays and other outreach activities. She has outstanding organizational skills and will gladly serve as a mentor or part of a team for a research project.
Andrea Grindeland, DVM
Current Research: Finding early detection methods and understanding genetic susceptibility factors for Chronic Wasting Disease, a neurodegenerative disease of deer and elk with potential for ecological impacts, is the Grindeland laboratory’s main focus.
Teresa Gunn, PhD
Research interests include the generation and characterization of mouse models of human disease, with a focus on neurodegenerative and neurodevelopmental disorders as well as congenital heart defects, with the goal of gaining a better understanding of the underlying pathways and identifying potential therapeutic targets.
Heather Harvey, DrPH
Research interests: broadly in public health and epidemiology, with specific interests in mental health, suicide, metabolic syndromes, and Native American health.
Mikael Klingeborn, PhD
Research focus: to understand the disease mechanisms of age-related macular degeneration as manifested in the retinal pigmented epithelium (RPE) cell layer in the eye.
Daniel Lawver, PhD
Daniel Lawver's research primarily focuses on the evolution of reproductive anatomy and physiology of turtles, dinosaurs, and their avian descendants. Additionally, he is interested in the ontogenetic changes of these organisms from embryos to sexually mature individuals. Techniques utilized in his lab include analysis of fossil and modern histological sections under polarized light microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and cathodoluminescence. Embryological analysis involves micro-computed tomography and specimen segmentation to produce high-fidelity 3D models.
Moses Leavens, PhD
Research interests: neurodegenerative disease proteinopathies, protein folding (abnormal protein conformers, protein modifications), and biomarkers.
S. Diane Lund, PhD
Research interests: educational outcomes
Thomas Miller, DO, MPH
Research interests: occupational medicine, urgent care, and public health in primary care.
Kartick Pramanik, PhD, BPharm, MPharm
The primary research interest in Dr. Pramanik’s laboratory is to understand the molecular mechanisms that regulate chemo-resistance and metastasis in pancreatic and lung cancer. His research includes the role of oxidants and antioxidants in cancer progression, chemo-resistance, and metastasis; as well as medical education research and the success of DO education.
Douglas Shearer, PhD, MD
Research interests: immunology research in pathogen detection, pathological hallmarks of disease including metabolic diseases and neurodegeneration.
Becky Slater, DO
Research interests: developing and employing collaborative communication and decision-making methods with cutting-edge technology to implement medical simulation educational scenarios.
Stephanie Zeszutek, DO, FACOG, RPh
Research interests: women’s health (including pregnancy, miscarriage, and chronic pain) and best educational practices.
