2018-19
![Brandon Coughlin, Ph.D.](https://physiology.natsci.msu.edu/sites/_physiology/cache/file/068C1752-8E64-4327-94EA443CA3B5D4C5_small.jpg)
Dissertation: Regulation of IL-6 Signaling in Human Retinal Cells and Tissue in Health and Disease
Advisor: Susanne Mohr, Ph.D.
Graduated: Summer 2019
![Sonia Gentile, Ph.D.](https://physiology.natsci.msu.edu/sites/_physiology/cache/file/94613A20-D2C9-44B6-8D3F930B12FC3D10_small.jpg)
Dissertation: Targeting Cellular Signaling Pathways in ER Positive Breast Cancer
Advisor: Susan Conrad, Ph.D.
Graduated: Fall 2018
Dissertation: The Role and Regulation of Pyruvate Dehydrogenase in Skeletal Muscle Bioenergetics and Type 2 Diabetes
Advisor: Robert Wiseman, Ph.D.
Graduated: Graduated Fall 2018
Dissertation: The Role of Inflammation and the Kynurenine Pathway in Mood
Disorders and Pregnancy
Advisor: Lena Brundin, M.D., Ph.D.
Graduated: Spring 2019
Thesis: Neuroprotective Effect of Intraocular Bdnf and Optogenetic Stimulation of Visual Cortex on Retinal Ganglion Cell Survival and Function in the Rat following Optic Nerve Injury
Advisor: Arthur Weber, Ph.D.
Graduated: Fall 2018
![Jonathan Schepper, Ph.D.](https://physiology.natsci.msu.edu/sites/_physiology/cache/file/A97F3685-8CF8-4C8E-BBC7A8CD4B1AB94B_small.jpg)
Dissertation: Investigation of the gut microbiota as a mediator and therapeutic target for secondary osteoporosis
Advisors: Laura McCabe, Ph.D. and Narayanan Parameswaran, BVSc., Ph.D.
Graduated: Spring 2019
![Lisette Yco, M.S.](https://physiology.natsci.msu.edu/sites/_physiology/cache/file/B1065AC0-2FDB-4911-BDEBD8A9FD96879E_small.png)
Thesis: Therapeutically Targeting Autophagy in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Advisor: Jeff MacKeigan, Ph.D.
Graduated: Spring 2019
![Robert Zondervan, Ph.D.](https://physiology.natsci.msu.edu/sites/_physiology/cache/file/DB320577-9A32-4B50-A21B1B45FA7C3E9E_small.jpg)
Dissertation: The Thrombospondin-Cd47 Axis in Skeletal Fracture Biology
Advisor: Kurt D. Hankenson, DVM, Ph.D.
Graduated: Fall 2018