Current PhD Students
Second Year
PhD student
Master's: Biotechnology, University of Texas at Tyler
Supervisor: Rebekah Gundry, PhD
Research Interest: Cardiovascular Physiology
![Joy Adewumi](https://www.unmc.edu/physiology/_images/education/students/joy-adewumi.jpg)
PhD student
MBBS: Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology
Supervisor: Yulong Li, MD, PhD
Research Interest: Cardiovascular Physiology
![Emmanuel Adu-Agyekum](https://www.unmc.edu/physiology/_images/education/students/emmanuel-adu-agyekum.jpg)
MD/PhD student
Bachelor's: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Research Interest: Cardiovascular Disease
![Colman Freel](https://www.unmc.edu/physiology/_images/education/students/colman-freel.jpeg)
PhD student
Bachelor's: University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Supervisor: Karen Gould, PhD
PhD student
Master's: Veterinary Medicine, Damanhour University
![Rasha Attia Barakat Ghorab](https://www.unmc.edu/physiology/_images/education/students/rasha-ghorab.jpg)
PhD student
Master's: Biology, Washington University, St. Louis
Supervisor: Lynda Harris, PhD
MD/PhD student
Bachelor's: Biochemistry and Mathematics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Supervisor: Pooneh Bagher, PhD
Research Interest: Vascular physiology and disease, calcium imaging
![Anna Kosmach](https://www.unmc.edu/physiology/_images/education/students/anna-kosmach.jpeg)
PhD student
Master's: Biology, University of Texas-San Antonio
Research Interest: Development, inflammation and degeneration of the nervous system
PhD student
BMBS: Medicine, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Supervisor: Yulong Li, MD, PhD
![Afia Saabea Owusu Konadu](https://www.unmc.edu/physiology/_images/education/students/afia-saabea-owusu-konadu.jpg)
Third Year
PhD student
OD: Optometry, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology
Supervisor: Wallace B. Thoreson, PhD
Research Interest: Ocular pathophysiology and retinal neurodegeneration
![Kwadwo Boateng](https://www.unmc.edu/physiology/_images/education/students/kwadwo-boateng.jpg)
Fourth Year
PhD student
Master's: Microbiology, South Dakota State University
Supervisor: Howard E. Gendelman, MD
Research Interest: Neurodegenerative disease, neuroimmunology, and Alzheimer's disease
![Shaurav Bhattarai](https://www.unmc.edu/physiology/_images/education/students/shaurav-bhattarai.jpg)
PhD student
Master's: Biotechnology, St. Xavier's College Kolkata
Supervisor: Robert E. Lewis, PhD
Research Interest: Kinase suppressor of Ras 1 roles in small-cell lung cancer
![Deepan Chatterjee](https://www.unmc.edu/physiology/_images/education/students/deepan-chatterjee.jpg)
PhD student
Bachelor's: Biology, Monmouth University
Supervisor: Paras Kumar Mishra, PhD
Research Interest: Diabetic cardiomyopathy and RNA biology
![Flobater Gawargi](https://www.unmc.edu/physiology/_images/education/students/flobater-gawargi.jpg)
PhD student
Master's: Pharmacy, University of Georgia
Supervisor: Howard E. Gendelman, MD
Research Interest: Cell signaling, proteomics, pulmonary diseases
![Rana Kadry](https://www.unmc.edu/physiology/_images/education/students/rana-kadry.jpg)
PhD student
Master's: Clinical Pharmacy, University of Jordan
Supervisor: Micah Schott, PhD
Research Interest: Regenerative medicine in cardiovascular diseases, stem cell therapy
Co-Chair: IPMM Student Body Committee
![Delia Omar](https://www.unmc.edu/physiology/_images/education/students/delia-yousef-omar.jpg)
PhD student
Bachelor's: Midland University
Supervisor: Ram Mahato, PhD
Research Interest: Fatty liver disease
Chair: IPMM Student Body Committee
![Dalton Staller](https://www.unmc.edu/physiology/_images/education/students/dalton-staller.jpg)
Fifth Year
PhD student
Bachelor's: Oklahoma Baptist University
Supervisor: Rebekah L. Gundry, PhD
Research Interest: Cell surface proteins in heart failure progression
Co-Chair: IPMM Student Body Committee
![Mane Polite Roneldine Mesidor](https://www.unmc.edu/physiology/_images/education/students/mane-polite-mesidor.jpg)
Sixth Year
PhD student
Master's: Cell Biology, Capital Medical University
Supervisor: Saraswathi Viswanathan, PhD
Research Interest: Alcohol-associated liver disease, alcoholic cardiomyopathy
PhD student
Master's: Biology, Michigan Technological University
Supervisor: Ann Anderson-Berry, MD, PhD
Research Interests: Mitochondrial dysfunction in human hypertensive disorders of pregnancy
![Taija Hahka](https://www.unmc.edu/physiology/_images/education/students/taija-hahka.jpg)
PhD student
Master's: Physiology & Neuroscience, Wright State University
Supervisor: Hanjun Wang, MD
Research Interests: Breath abnormality in acute lung injury condition
![Kajal Kamra](https://www.unmc.edu/physiology/_images/education/students/kajal-kamra.jpg)