Chemotherapy and Radiation treatment are an integral part of the treatment of patients inflicted with cancer. As cancer patients live longer, delayed treatment effects on normal tissue have become a concern. Damage to postnatal neurogenesis and mature neuronal morphology are now believed to be the cellular basis for much of the cognitive dysfunction that follows cancer treatment with cranial radiation and chemotherapy. Led by Antiño Allen, Ph.D., the laboratory utilizes pharmacologic approaches and genetic models to examine how the changes in the neuronal microenvironment (e.g. inflammation, oxidative stress) affects cognitive function.
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Team Members
Christa Corley graduated from Jackson State University 2019 with a MS in Biology.
Bailey Cronin graduated with honors from University of Arkansas - Little Rock with a BS in 2021.
Jovan Grujicic graduated with honors from Ave Maria University with a BA in Biochemistry in 2021.
Fathima Mubeena Shaik is pursuing an MS in Bioinformatics.
Justin Thomas has a Master of Science in Veterinary Biomedical Sciences form Lincoln Memorial University.
Madison Trujillo graduated from Western State Colorado University in 2018, magna cum laude, with a BS in Biology with a minor in Chemistry.