Jessie Chappel
Research interests: Bioinformatics.
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Julia Rager
Awards: The Leon and Bertha Golberg Postdoctoral Fellowship
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Dre'Von Dobson
Research interests: Dre'Von's current research interests are in using molecular biology, protein biochemistry, and in silico analysis to understand how ozone exposure affects cardiovascular health. Mechanisms of interest include cholesterol oxidation, generation of reactive oxygen species, inflammation, prothrombotic changes in plasma proteins, protein adduction, and endothelial cell dysfunction.
Faculty Mentor:听Dr. Meghan Rebuli
Awards: Recipient of The Leon and Bertha Golberg Postdoctoral Fellowship
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Office: Mary Ellen Jones Building, Room 4302
Michelle Fiamingo Fyle
Research interests: Evaluating the effects of daily non-environmental factors (ie. psychosocial stress, housing) in modifying the toxicological response to air pollution.
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Mehdi Hazari
Awards: Recipient of The Leon and Bertha Golberg Postdoctoral Fellowship
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Elise Hickman
Research interests: Elise鈥檚 current research interests include understanding wildfire smoke mixtures toxicity using聽in vitro and computational approaches, evaluating the role of extracellular vesicles in respiratory responses to toxicants using human clinical samples, and exploring relationships between chemical exposure, social stressors, and the built environment.
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Julia Rager
Awards:听1st place, President鈥檚 Award for Research Competition, NC SOT (08/2023) | Anderson-Clewell Trainee Award, SOT Biological Modeling & Risk Assessment Specialty Sections (03/2023)
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Grants Awarded: 黑料网-CH Center for Environmental Health and Susceptibility Rapid Response Seed Grant, 鈥淧ilot data for tracing wildfire-induced intercellular communication throughout the respiratory tract through extracellular vesicle technologies鈥� (PI: Hickman/Rager) | NIEHS T32 Postdoctoral Training Grant in Toxicology (黑料网-CH) (PI: Jaspers)
Extracurricular:听NCSOT Postdoctoral Representative-Elect (2023-2024) | SOT Postdoctoral Assembly Executive Board Councilor (2023-2024)
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Office: Michael Hooker Research Center, Room 1204A
Syed Masood
Research interests: The mechanisms of redox toxicity due to wood smoke exposure in primary cell culture models at air-liquid interface. My project combines in vitro exposure technology (an aerosol -compatible cell culture exposure system) with organotypic primary cell culture models on the human respiratory tract to evaluate the relative toxicities of different wood smokes and combustible materials. Specifically, I investigate the molecular initiating events and the mechanisms of oxidative stress due to these exposure in real-time.
Faculty Mentor:听Dr. Ilona Jaspers
Awards:听Recipient of The Leon and Bertha Golberg Postdoctoral Fellowship
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Bruno Musetti
Research interests: Vascular Biology, Atherosclerosis, Cannabinoids toxicology
Faculty Mentor:听Dr. Edward Bahnson
Awards:听Recipient of The Leon and Bertha Golberg Postdoctoral Fellowship
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Office:听Neurosciences聽Research Building | Room 5131
Jennie Thies
Research interests: Jennie鈥檚 current research interests include using in vitro models to investigate how inhaled essential oils and flavoring compounds alter immune modulator signaling and downstream cellular effects on mitochondria, aging, and oxidative stress using molecular biology techniques. She is particularly interested in endocrine disruption as a mechanism of action for such inhalable products.
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Meghan Rebuli
Awards: The Leon and Bertha Golberg Postdoctoral Fellowship, Graham Prize, Graduate Student Outstanding Teaching Award
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Grants Awarded: R36 Dissertation Fellowship, NIH Diversity Supplement
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Office: Mary Ellen Jones Building, Room 4301
Tim Smyth
Research interests: Investigating polarization state-dependent functional and transcriptional changes in human monocyte-derived macrophages following exposure to particulate matter.
Faculty Mentor:听Dr. Ilona Jaspers
Awards:听Recipient of The Leon and Bertha Golberg Postdoctoral Fellowship
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