Current Graduate Students

Neuroscience Graduate Students

Name:

Raymond Anderson

Education:

B.S., Psychology and Biology, University of South Dakota

Advisor:

Dr. David Smith

Room:

3130F HSC-North
Research Interests:

Mechanics of Proteasome Function
Achievements:
Publication

DeVallance E, Branyan K, Lemaster KA, Anderson RT, Marshall KL, Olfert M, Smith DM, Bryner R, Frisbee J, Chantler P (2019) Exercise training prevents the perivascular adipose tissue-induced aortic dysfunction with metabolic syndrome. Redox Biology.

Smith JP, Prince MA, Achua JK, Robertson JM, Anderson RT, Ronan PJ, Summers CH (2016).Intensity of anxiety is modified via complex integrative stress circuitries. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 63: 351-361.

Snoberger A, Anderson RT, Smith DM (2017). The proteasomal ATPases use a slow moving but high power strategy to unfold proteins. Frontiers Molecular Biosciences.

Thibaudeau TA, Anderson RT, Smith DM. (2018). A Common mechanism of proteasome impairment by neurodegenerative disease-associated oligomers. Nature Communications.
Award

2^nd place poster presentation. Appalachian Regional Cell Conference, October 2016

WVU Travel Award recipient. November 2016

American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists – President, July 2017 – August 2018

F-31 Pre-doctoral Fellowship. December 2017-Present
Name:

Philip Bender

Education:

B.S., Biology, University at Albany, SUNY, M.H.S., Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Advisor:

Dr. Charles Anderson

Room:

318 BMRC

Research Interests:

Auditory processing and synaptic zinc
Name:

Jacob Boos

Education:

B.S., Biology, St. Edward's University

Advisor:

Dr. Werner Geldenhuys

Room:

121 BMRC
Research Interests:

Neurodegenerative Diseases - Alzheimer's Disease in particular
Achievements:
Award

T32 Trainee, Stroke and its Comorbidities T32 Training Grant, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV. May 2019-Present.

Dr. James Stevenson Behavioral and Biomedical Sciences Scholarship, April 2019.
Name:

Jacob Bumgarner

Education:

B.M., Piano Performance, West Virginia University

Advisor:

Dr. Randy Nelson

Room:

305 BMRC
Research Interests:

Disruption of circadian rhythms, pain, and stroke.
Achievements:
Publication

Bumgarner JR, Walker II WH, Liu JA, Walton JC, Nelson RJ (2020) Dim light at night exposure induces cold hyperalgesia and mechanical allodynia in male mice. Neuroscience (In Press).

Walker II WH, Bumgarner JR, Nelson RJ, DeVries AC. (2020). Transcardial Perfusion is not Required to Accurately Measure Cytokines within the Brain. Journal of Neuroscience Methods 108601.

Sprowls SA, Arsiwala TA, Bumgarner JR, Shah N, Lateef SS, Kielkowski BN, Lockman PR. (2019). Improving CNS Delivery to Brain Metastases by Blood-Tumor Barrier Disruption. Trends Cancer 5, 495-505.
Award

NIH T32 Stroke and its Comorbidities Associate Scholar, 2020

Arlen G. & Louise Stone Swiger Fellowship, 2019 – Present

Order of Augusta Scholar, 2019
Name:

Emily Burrage

Education:

B.S., Neuroscience, Minor in Chemistry, Bay Path University

Advisor:

Dr. Paul Chantler

Room:

8604 HSC
Research Interests:

The role of stress and obesity on the neurovascular unit
Achievements:
Publication

Burrage E, Marshall K.L, Santanam N, and Chantler PD. Cerebrovascular dysfunction with stress and depression. Brain Circulation. 4(2) 43-53, 2018. PMID: 30276336

O’Connell GE, Walsh K, Burrage E, Adeoye O, Chantler PD, AND Barr TL. High-throughput profiling reveals widespread sex-associated differences in the composition of circulating proteome following ischemic stroke. Physiological Genomics. 50(10):876-883, 2018. PMID:30029587
Award

Stroke and its Co-Morbidities T32 Associate, West Virginia University 2019-current

Toxicology Working Group Travel Award, West Virginia University 2019

Stroke and its Co-Morbidities T32 Fellow, West Virginia University 2018-2019
Name:

Alexis Crockett

Education:

B.S., Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University

Advisor:

Dr. Visvanathan Ramamurthy

Room:

3126 HSC-N

Research Interests:

Neurodegeneration
Name:

Russell Hardesty

Education:

B.S., Engineering, Case Western Reserve University

Advisor:

Dr. Valeriya Gritsenko

Room:

151 BMRC
Research Interests:

My research is focused on understanding the neural mechanisms of motor control (how the brain controls and coordinates movement) and how that system goes awry during pathological states, such as after a stroke.
Achievements:
Publication

Hardesty, R. L., Ellaway, P. H., and Gritsenko, V. (2019) Distinct Proximal and Distal Corticospinal Signals Embed Limb Dynamics Through Through Both Direct Force Control and the Modulation of Stiffness. bioArxiv preprint.

R. L. Hardesty, P. H. Ellaway, and V. Gritsenko, (2019) Corticospinal Dynamics Reflect Muscle Recruitment During Volitional Reaching Tasks. Under Revision.

Hardesty, R.L., Boots M.T., Yakovenko, S., Gritsenko, V. (2017) The primary afferent activity cannot capture the dynamical features of muscle activity during reaching movements. bioRxiv [Internet].

Sobinov, A., Yakovenko, S., Gritsenko, V., Hardesty, R.L., Boots, M.T. (2017) Approximation of complex musculoskeletal dynamics. U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 62/559,711 Filing Date: September 18, 2017. International Application No. PCT/US18/51575 Filing Date: September 18, 2018.

V. Gritsenko, R. L. Hardesty, M. T. Boots, and S. Yakovenko (2016) Biomechanical constraints underlying motor primitives derived from the musculoskeletal anatomy of the human arm. PLoS ONE, 11(10), e0164050. PMID: 27736890
Award

June 2016 - April 2017: Selected as an associate scholar to the Integrative Behavioral and Biomedical Sciences Training Program (Institutional T32 Award: NIGMS T32 GM081741).

April 2017: 2017 WVU Rising Star Award in Neuroscience

May 2017: Selected as trainee for Stroke and Co-Morbidities Training Program (Institutional T32 Award: NIGMS T32 AG052375).

July 2017: Selected for the National Center for Adaptive Neurotechnologies Summer Course
Name:

Rachel Hostetler

Education:

B.S., Neuroscience and German Studies, University of Minnesota

Advisor:

Dr. Aric Agmon

Room:

320 BMRC
Research Interests:

Investigating the diverse roles of the somatostatin-containing inhibitory interneurons in cerebral cortex circuitry and their involvement in associative learning.
Achievements:
Publication

Hu X, Urhie O, Chang K, Hostetler R, Agmon A (2018) A Novel Method for Training Mice in Visuo-Tactile 3-D Object Discrimination and Recognition. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 12.
Award

2020 Outstanding Service Award- WVU Office of Research and Graduate Education

2018-2020: Trainee, NIH T32 "Behavioral and Biomedical Sciences" Training Grant NIGMS GM081741

2017-2018: Associate Scholar, NIH T32 "Behavioral and Biomedical Sciences" Training Grant NIGMS GM081741
Name:

Dakota Jackson

Education:

B.S., Biology, West Virginia University

Advisor:

Dr. George Spirou

Room:

321 BMRC
Research Interests:

Neural development, Synaptogenesis, Synaptic competition, & Physiology Behavior
Achievements:
Publication

G Srinivasan, A Dagostin, RN Leão, V Balakrishnan, P Holcomb, D Jackson, G Spirou, H von Gersdorff. (2019) Dendritic speeding of synaptic potentials in an auditory brainstem principal neuron. Preprint available through bioRxiv

Sivaramakrishnan S*, Brandebura A*, Holcomb P, Daniel Heller D, Kolson D, Jackson D, Mathers P, Spirou G (accepted 2018) Perinatal Development of the Medial Nucleus of the Trapezoid Body. In The Oxford Handbook of the Auditory Brainstem; Ed. Karl Kandler; Oxford University Press. *co-first authors.

GA Spirou, D Jackson and GA Perkins. (2015) Mitochondria Anchored at the Synapse, in The Functions, Disease-Related Dysfunctions, and Therapeutic Targeting of Neuronal Mitochondria (eds V. K. Gribkoff, E. A. Jonas and J. M. Hardwick), John Wiley & Sons, Inc, Hoboken, NJ.

GA Perkins, DR Jackson, GA Spirou. Resolving presynaptic structure by electron tomography. Synapse 69 (2015), pp. 268-82

PS Holcomb, BK Hoffpauir, MC Hoyson, DR Jackson, TJ Deerinck, GS Marrs, M Dehoff, J Wu, MH Ellisman, GA Spirou. Synaptic inputs compete during rapid formation of the calyx of Held: a new model system for neural development. J Neurosci Off J Soc Neurosci, 33 (2013), pp. 12954-12969
Award

NanoSafe (formerly WVNano Initiative) Fellowship recipient, 2011
Name:

Jennifer Liu

Education:

B.S., Biology, Utica College

Advisor:

Dr. Randy Nelson

Room:

305 BMRC
Research Interests:

Chronobiology, Circadian Disruptions, and the role of Dim Light at Night on Physiology in the context of Stroke
Achievements:
Publication

Bumgarner JR, Walker II WH, Liu JA, Walton JC, Nelson RJ (2020) Dim light at night exposure induces cold hyperalgesia and mechanical allodynia in male mice. Neuroscience (In Press).
Name:

Mason McCollum

Education:

B.S., Biochemistry, Mercyhurst University

Advisor:

Dr. Charles Anderson

Room:

318 BMRC
Research Interests:

Auditory processing and synaptic zinc
Achievements:
Award

Neuroscience Graduate Program Committee- Student Representative 2020- Present

The National Society of Leadership and Success- Member 2020- Present

Behavioral & Biomedical Sciences- Associate Scholar 2019- Present
Name:

Tyler McGaughey

Education:

B.S., Biology & Chemistry, Hampden Sydney College

Advisor:

Dr. Victor Finomore

Room:

RNI
Research Interests:

Functional neuroimaging, chronic lower back pain, and endogenous pain modulation mechanisms.
Achievements:
Publication

Fischer, K. M., Scott, T., Browe D., McGaughey T. A., Woods, C., Wolyniak, M. J., & Freeman J. W. (2020). Hydrogels for Skeletal Muscle Regeneration. Regenerative Engineering and Translation Medicine
Award

Behavior and Biomedical Sciences Research Training Program – Morgantown, WV August 2019 – Present NIGMS T32 Training Grant GM132494
Name:

Hecmarie Melendez-Fernandez

Education:

B.S., Integrative Biology, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus

Advisor:

Dr. Randy Nelson

Room:

305 BMRC
Research Interests:

Circadian biology disruption focused on health outcomes, particularly as it relates to recovery after injury (cardiac arrest, stroke, neuroinflammation), affective disorders and ageing.
Achievements:
Publication

Walker, W. H.*, Meléndez-Fernández, O. H.* , Nelson, R. J., & Reiter, R. J. (2019). Global climate change and invariable photoperiods: A mismatch that jeopardizes animal fitness. Ecology and evolution , 9 (17), 10044-10054. *authors contributed equally

Walker, W. H.*, Meléndez-Fernández, O. H*. , & Nelson, R. J. (2019). Prior exposure to dim light at night impairs dermal wound healing in female C57BL/6 mice. Archives of dermatological research, 311 (7), 573-576. *authors contributed equally

Walker, W. H., Borniger, J. C., Gaudier-Diaz, M. M., Meléndez-Fernández, O. H., Pascoe, J. L., DeVries, A. C., & Nelson, R. J. (2019). Acute exposure to low-level light at night is sufficient to induce neurological changes and depressive-like behavior. Molecular psychiatry, 1-14.

Fonken, L.K., Aubrecht, T.G., Meléndez-Fernández, O.H., Weil, Z.M., & Nelson, R.J. (2013). Dim light at night disrupts molecular circadian rhythms and increases body weight. Journal of Biological Rhythms. August 2013 28: 262-271

Fonken, L.K.*, Meléndez-Fernández, O.H.*, Weil, Z.M., & Nelson, R.J. (2014). Exercise attenuates the effects of dim light at night on metabolism. Journal of Physiology and Behavior. 124 (2014) 33-36.
Award

Behavioral and Biomedical Sciences T32 Training grant affiliate scholar. West Virginia University. NIGMS grant T32 GM081741.
Name:

Sree Motipally

Education:

B.S., Microbiology, Genetics and Chemistry, M.S., Biotechnology, Osmania University, M.S., Biology, West Virginia University

Advisor:

Dr. Saravanan Kolandaivelu

Room:

E363, E357, WVU Eye Institute
Research Interests:

Neurodegeneration and rescue
Achievements:
Publication

Motipally, S.I., Allen, K.M., Williamson, D.K., and Marsat, G.(2019). Differences in Sodium Channel Densities in the Apical Dendrites of Pyramidal Cells of the Electrosensory Lateral Line Lobe. Front. Neural Circuits 13:41.doi: 10.3389/fncir.2019.00041
Name:

Deidre O'Dell

Education:

B.S., Biology, California University of Pennsylvania, M.S., Human Biology, Chatham University

Advisor:

Dr. Bernard Schreurs

Room:

1510 RNI
Research Interests:

Learning and memory, development, perineuronal nets, cerebellum, behavior, PTSD, AD
Achievements:
Publication

Wang, D, Smith-Bell, CA, Burhans, LB, O'Dell, DE, Bell, RW, Schreurs, BG, (2018). Changes in membrane properties of rat deep cerebellar nuclear projection neurons during acquisition of eyeblink conditioning, PNAS.
Award

2019 Second Place poster at the Appalachian Regional Cell Conference, Morgantown WV

2018 Rising Star Award for Ph.D. Program in Neuroscience

2016 - 2018 BBS T32 Trainee
Name:

Robin Oliverio

Education:

B.S., Biology, West Virginia University

Advisor:

Dr. Zachary Weil

Room:

313 BMRC

Research Interests:

Traumatic Brain Injury and Alcohol Use Disorder
Name:

Dominic Quintana

Education:

B.S., Biology, University of Texas at Brownsville

Advisor:

Dr. James Simpkins

Room:

105 BMRC
Research Interests:

My research interests include the study of cerebrovascular dysfunction and degeneration in Alzheimer’s disease pathophysiology.
Achievements:
Publication

SN Sarkar, EB Engler-Chiurazzi, JZ Cavendish, JM Povroznik, AE Russell, DD Quintana, PH Mathers, JW Simpkins (2019) Over-expression of miR-34a induces a rapid cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease-like pathology. Brain Res 10.1016/j.brainres.2019.146327.

JZ Cavendish, SN Sarkar, MA Colantonio, DD Quintana, N Ahmed, BA White, EB Engler-Chiurazzi, JW Simpkins (2019) Mitochondrial movement and number deficits in embryonic cortical neurons from 3xTg –AD mice. J of Alzh Dis 10.3233/JAD-190143.

DD Quintana, JA Garcia, Y Anantula, SL Rellick, EB Engler-Chiurazzi, SN Sarkar, CM Brown, JW Simpkins (2019) Amyloid-β causes mitochondrial dysfunction via a Ca2+-driven upregulation of oxidative phosphorylation and superoxide production in cerebrovascular endothelial cells. J Alzh Dis. DOI 10.3233/JAD-190964.

DD Quintana, SE Lewis, Y Anantula, JA Garcia, SN Sarkar, JZ Cavendish, CM Brown, JW Simpkins (2019) The cerebral angiome: high resolution microCT imaging of the whole brain cerebrovasculature in female and male mice. NeuroImage 202(2019) 116109.

DD Quintana, X Ren, H Hu, EB Engler-Chiurazzi, SL Rellick, SE Lewis, JM Provoznic, JW Simpkins, M Alvi (2018) Gradual common carotid artery occlusion as a novel model for cerebrovascular hypoperfusion. Metab Brain Dis. 33(6):2039-2044.

DD Quintana, JA Garcia, SN Sarkar, S Jun, EB Engler-Chiurazzi, AE Kerr, JZ Cavendish, JW Simpkins (2017) Hypoxia-Reoxygenation of Primary Astrocytes Results in a Redistribution of Mitochondrial Size and Mitophagy. Mitochondrion. 2019 Jul;47:244-255

DD Quintana, SE Lewis (2017) Cerebrovascular Casts. Featured Researcher. News Letter, Microscope Imaging Facility. Morgantown, WV.

SN Sarkar, S Jun, S Rellick, DD Quintana, JZ Cavendish, JW Simpkins (2016) Expression of MicroRNA-34a in Alzheimer’s Disease Brain Targets Genes Linked to Synaptic Plasticity, Energy Metabolism, and Resting State Network Activity. Brain Res. 1646:139-151.

M Bukeirat, SN Sarkar, Hu H, DD Quintana, JW Simpkins, X Ren (2016) MiR-34a regulates blood-brain barrier permeability and mitochondrial function by targeting cytochrome c. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 36:387-392.
Award

2019 Trainee Research Award, Department of Neuroscience, School of Medicine, West Virginia University

2017-2018 [Scholar] T32 Stroke and its Comorbidities, West Virginia University, Morgantown WV.

2016-2017 [Scholar] Associate Scholar, T32 Behavioral and Biomedical Sciences, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
Name:

James Scripter

Education:

B.S., Biology, Westfield State University

Advisor:

Dr. Eric Tucker

Room:

314 BMRC

Research Interests:

I am researching the effects of the c-Jun N-terminal Kinase (JNK) signaling pathway on Thalamocortical Axon development and examining the mechanisms of Thalamocortical Axon projections by observing guidance cues in JNK cTKO brains.
Name:

Catherine Smoot (Smith)

Education:

B.S., Biology, Oregon State University

Advisor:

Dr. Eric Tucker

Room:

314 BMRC
Research Interests:

I am studying the role of the novel gene map3k12 binding inhibitory protein (Mbip) in cortical interneuron development using novel genetic mouse models, with a focus on assessing the effects of genetic knockout on postnatal anatomical structure and animal behavior.
Achievements:
Publication

Abigail K. Myers, Jessica G. Cunningham, Skye E. Hickling, John P. Snow, Catherine A. Smoot, and Eric S. Tucker. "JNK signaling is required for proper tangential migration and laminar allocation of cortical interneurons," Development 2020.

Brett D. Dufour, Catherine A. Smith, Randall L. Clark, Timothy Walker and Jodi L. McBride. “Intra-jugular vein delivery of AAV9-RNAi prevents neuropathological changes and weight loss in Huntington’s disease mice,” Molecular Therapy 2014.
Award

Travel Award for Brain Camp Participation, Department of Neuroscience, West Virginia University

2019 2nd Place Graduate Student Talk, Appalachian Regional Cell Biology Conference, West Virginia University

2019 Travel Award for Success in ARCC preparation, Cell Biology Training Program, West Virginia University

July 2017 - June 2018 Schoepp Neuroscience Research Student Fellowship Award
Name:

Ariel Thomas

Education:

B.A., Biology/Neuroscience, West Virginia University

Advisor:

Dr. Valeriya Gritsenko

Room:

151 BMRC
Research Interests:

Motor control, Stroke, Rehabilitation, Virtual Reality, Modeling
Achievements:
Publication

Thomas, A., Olesh, E., Adcock, A., and Gritsenko, V. (2019) Force-based assessment captures unseen changes in normal and abnormal arm motion. bioArxiv preprint.

K. Blair, L. Kaptis, J. Keeting, A.Wright, A.Thomas, M.Boots, A. Sobinov, and V. Gritsenko (2018) The Use of Electromyography of Hand and Wrist Motions for the Development of a Virtual Reality Prosthesis: A Mechanism Study. WVU Doctor of Physical Therapy Research Thesis

Bradley SP, Chapman PD, Thomas A, Daly KC (2016) Olfactory network function is modulated by flight motor pattern generating centers: Evidence for the first corollary discharge circuit to an olfactory pathway, Chemical Senses 1(9):E140-E140
Award

National Institute on Aging T32 Fellowship, AG052375

Arlen G. and Louise Stone Swiger Fellowship

American Councils for International Education Business, Technology and Innovation Scholarship

Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute Trainee Travel Award

Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center Doctoral Student Travel Award
Name:

Bailey Whitehead

Education:

B.S., Neuroscience & Psychology, Central Michigan University

Advisor:

Dr. Zachary Weil

Room:

313 BMRC
Research Interests:

Metabolic Responses after Traumatic Brain Injury, Stroke and TBI Co-morbidities
Achievements:
Award

NIH T32 Stroke and its Comorbidities Associate Scholar, 2020

Neuroscience M.D./Ph.D. Candidates

Name:

Divine Nwafor

Education:

B.Sc., Biochemisty, West Virginia University

Advisor:

Dr. Candice Brown

Room:

108 BMRC
Research Interests:

Sepsis, Alzheimer’s disease and Traumatic Brain Injury
Achievements:
Publication

Nwafor D, Zdilla, MJ, Petrone, AB, and Lambert, HW. Bilateral elongated styloid processes with a unilateral triticeal cartilage in the stylohyoid ligament: Implications in Eagle syndrome. Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy.

Kundu B, Lucke-Wold B, Foster C, MD, Englot DJ, Urhie O, Nwafor D, Rolston JD. Fornicotomy for the Treatment of Epilepsy: a Re-examination of the Literature. Neurosurgery.

Brichacek AL, Benkovic SA, Chakraborty S, Nwafor DC, Wang W, Jun S, Geldenhuys WJ, Pinkerton AB, Millán JL, Brown CM. Systemic inhibition of tissue-nonspecific alkaline phosphatase alters the brain-immune axis in experimental sepsis. Scientific Reports.

Nwafor DC, Chakraborty S, Brichacek AL, Jun S, Gambill CA, Benkovic SA, Engler-Chiurazzi E, Dakhlallah D, Brown CM. Loss of tissue non-specific alkaline phosphatase (TNAP) enzyme activity in brain microvasculature is coupled to dysfunction of neuroimmune axis and persistence neuroinflammation post-sepsis. Brain, Behavior and Immunity.

Nwafor DC, Brichacek AL, Chakraborty S, Benkovic SA, Gambill CA, Brown CM. Neuroendocrine and Neuroimmune Mechanisms Regulating Blood-brain Barrier. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Neuroscience.

Nwafor DC, Petrone AB, Collins JM, Adcock AK. Paraneoplastic Opsoclonus Myoclonus in a Patient with Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma. Case Reports in Neurological Medicine. April 2019:1-3. doi:10.1155/2019/3601026.

Nwafor, D, Brichacek A, Griffith A, Mohammed A, Lucke-Wold B, Geldenhuys W, Lockman P, Brown C. Targeting the Blood-Brain Barrier to Prevent Sepsis-Associated Cognitive Impairment. Journal of Central Nervous System Disease. April 2019. doi:10.1177/1179573519840652.

Nwafor, D., Radwan, W., Lucke-Wold, B., Underwood, W., Gyure, K., Marsh, R., (2018). Follicular lymphoma presenting as scalp mass deformity: Case Report and Review of the literature. Biomedical Research and Clinical Practice, 3(1): 1-3

Lucke-Wold, B., Nolan, R., Nwafor, D., Nguyen, L., Cheyuo, C., Rosen, C., Marsh, R.,Turner, R., Marsh, R., (2018). Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Delineating the Progression and Underlying Mechanisms Following Blast Traumatic Brain Injury. J Neurosci Neuropharm 4:118.

Nwafor, D., Brichacek, A., Griffith, A., Mohammed, A., Lucke-Wold, B., Geldenhuys, W., Lockman, P., Brown, C., (2018). Targeting the Blood-Brain Barrier to Prevent Sepsis-Associated Cognitive Impairment. Journal of Central Nervous System Disease. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F1179573519840652

Nwafor D, Zdilla, M.J., Petrone, A.B., and Lambert, H.W. (2018). Bilateral elongated styloid processes with a unilateral triticeal cartilage in the stylohyoid ligament: Implications in Eagle syndrome. Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Divine C. Nwafor, Ashley B. Petrone, Joseph M. Collins, and Amelia K. Adcock. (2019). Paraneoplastic Opsoclonus Myoclonus with Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma.

Case Rep Neurol Med. 2019 Apr 16;2019:3601026. doi: 10.1155/2019/3601026.

Bornali Kundu, MD, PhD*, Brandon Lucke-Wold, MD, PhD*, Chase Foster, MD, Dario J. Englot, MD, PhD, Ogaga Urhie, Divine Nwafor, John D. Rolston, MD, PhD. (2018). Fornicotomy for the Treatment of Epilepsy: a Re-examination of the Literature. Neurosurgery, nyz554, https://doi.org/10.1093/neuros/nyz554
Award

2020 American Physician Scientist Association (APSA) Travel Award

2019 Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute Excellence Award

2019 Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) Travel Award

2018 - 2020 NIH T32 Stroke and Co-morbidities Associate Scholar

2018 Stevenson Behavioral and Biomedical Sciences Scholarship

2018 WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute Travel Award

2017 IDeA Southeast Regional Conference Poster Award (3^rdPlace)

2017 WVU E. Van Liere Conference Poster Award (1^stPlace)

2016 Mountaineer Medical Scholarship

2015 WVU Order of Augusta Award

2015 WVU Foundation Outstanding Graduating Senior Award

2015 Woodburn Circle Society Recognition Dinner

2015 Gamma Sigma Delta Inductee Recognition Dinner

2015 Gamma Sigma Delta Outstanding Senior Award

2014 Woodburn Circle Society Recognition Dinner

2014 Gamma Sigma Delta Outstanding Sophomore Award

2014 Davis College Alumni Scholarship

2013 WVU International Student Merit Scholarship

2011 - 2015 President’s List