Hannah Stadtler, 3rd Year PhD Candidate, VCU MSTP/CTS PhD Program
Advisor - Dr. Gretchen Neigh
- CTS T32 Trainee; "Early Career Investigator" Award
- Community and Public Health Research Award 2025
- Stadtler, H., Rubin, L.H., Neigh, G.N. (2025) Early life trauma is associated with alterations in basal mitochondrial function in Women with HIV. 2025 American Society for Clinical Investigation/American Physicians/American Physician Scientists Association Joint Meeting. Chicago, IL, USA (Poster presentation April 2025)
- Stadtler, H., Folk, J., Neigh, G.N., Farley, A. (2025) Efficacy of a 12-week nutrition intervention to increase general health knowledge and diet-related outcomes amongst men and women living with HIV. 2025 Women’s Health Research Day. Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA (Poster presentation April 2025)
- Stadtler, H., Santiuste, I., Rubin, L.H., Neigh, G.N. (2025) CNS Complications in Women Living with HIV: The Role of Mitochondrial Function. 2025 Association for Clinical and Translational Science Conference. Washington, DC, USA (Poster presentation April 2025)
- Stadtler, H., Turkson, S., Eglovitch, M., Svikis, D.S., Neigh, G.N., Martin, C.E. (2024) Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Symptomatology is Associated with Insomnia among Females Treated for Opioid Use Disorders. 2024 Women’s Health Research Day. Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA (Poster presentation April 2024)
- Stadtler, H., Santiuste, I., Rubin, L.H., Neigh, G.N. (2024) Understanding Mitochondrial Function in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells Isolated from Women Living with HIV. 2024 International Workshop on HIV and Women. Washington, DC, USA (Poster presentation April 2024)
- Stadtler H., Turkson, S., Wegener, A., Fulenwider, H., and Neigh, G.N. (2023) Understanding Mitochondrial Function in Peripheral Blood Nuclear Cells Isolated from People Living with HIV. 2023 Women’s Health Research Day. Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA, (Poster presentation April 2023)
- Stadtler, H., Turkson, S., Eglovitch, M., Svikis, D. S., Neigh, G., & Martin, C. E. (2024). Post-traumatic stress disorder symptomatology is associated with insomnia among women engaged in opioid use disorder treatment with buprenorphine. Archives of Women’s Mental Health. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00737-024-01487-5
- Stadtler, H., & Neigh, G. N. (2023). Sex Differences in the Neurobiology of Stress. The Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 46(3), 427–446. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psc.2023.04.002
- Stadtler, H., Shaw, G., & Neigh, G. N. (2021). Mini-review: Elucidating the psychological, physical, and sex-based interactions between HIV infection and stress. Neuroscience Letters, 747, 135698. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neulet.2021.135698
Elizabeth Dustin, 4th Year PhD Candidate
Advisor - Dr. Jeffrey Dupree
- Graduate School Dissertation Assistantship Award 2022
- CVCSN Best Poster Award - Graduate Student Category 2022
- School of Medicine Travel Awards January 2022 and April 2022
- ACTRIMS Forum 2022 Educational Grant Young Scientist Travel Award
- School of Medicine Neuroscience Travel Award 2020
- Graduate Student Travel Award 2020
- American society for Neurochemistry April 2022: Adult-onset depletion of sulfatide leads to structural and functional axonal abnormalities with myelin sparing
- Americas Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (ACTRIMS) Young Investigator Forum April 2022: Adult onset of sulfatide depletion leads to structural and functional axonal abnormalities with myelin sparing
- Central Virginia Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience April 2022 - Adult-onset depletion of sulfatide leads to structural and functional axonal abnormalities with myelin sparing
- Translational Immunology and Glia Research group October 2021 - Adult-onset depletion of sulfatide drives structural and functional CNS abnormalities
- European Meeting on Glial Cells in Health and Disease July 2021: Functional Consequence of adult onset sulfatide depletion in the mature CNS
- American society for Neurochemistry June 2021: Sulfatide is essential for nodal stabilization in the mature CNS
- Central Virginia Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience March 2021: Sulfated galactolipid is essential for structure and function of the adult CNS
- Prim JH, Phillips MC, Lamm MS, Brady J, Cabral I, Durden S, Dustin E, Hazellief A, Klapheke B, Lamb AD, Lukowsky A, May D, Sanchez SG, Thompson KC, Tyler WA, Godwin J. 2022. Estrogenic signaling and sociosexual behavior in wild sex-changing bluehead wrasses, Thalassoma bifasciatum. J Exp Zool A Ecol Integr Physiol 337(1):24-34. doi:10.1002/jez.2558.
- Qiu S, Palavicini JP, Wang J, Gonzalez NS, He S, Dustin E, Zou C, Ding L, Bhattacharjee A, Van Skike CE, Galvan V, Dupree JL, Han X. 2021. Adult-onset CS+NS myelin sulfatide deficiency is sufficient to cause Alzheimer's disease-like neuroinflammation and cognitive impairment. Mol Neurodegener 16(1):64. doi: 10.1186/s13024-021-00488-7
- Shaw GA, Hyer MM, Dustin E, Dyer SK, Targett IL, Neigh GN. 2021. Acute LPS exposure increases synaptosomal metabolism during estrus but not diestrus. Physiol Behav 239:113523. doi: 10.1016/i.physbeh.2021.113523.
Kelly Flounlacker, 5th Year PhD Candidate
Advisor - Dr. Pamela Knapp
- Jean de Vellis Memorial Prize, American Society for Neurochemistry (April 14, 2022)
- VCU School of Medicine Travel Award (January 15, 2022)
Martina Hernandez, 5th Year PhD Candidate
Advisor - Dr. Audrey Lafrenaye
- 2022 NIH Blueprint Diversity Specialized Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Advancement in Neuroscience (D-SPAN) Award (F99 NINDS)