Completed Theses Projects

2026

Karina Imisheva
Project: The Role of FOXM1 in Regulating Wound Healing in Aged Skin
Mentor: Dr. Andrew Sawaya

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Mark Deva Lachman
Project: Psoriatic Cytokines Suppress Caveolin-1 Expression to Create a Self-Sustaining Pro-Inflammatory Micro-Environment
Mentor: Dr. Ivan Jozic

2025

Chioma G. E. Ajaegbu
Project: Examining the Role of Delta-Like Ligand/ Protein (DLL3)- A Notch Ligand, in Melanoma Resistance and (Metastasis)
Mentor: Dr. Barbara Bedogni

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Sammya Salomao Antonio Mufarrej
Project: Assessing Health Disparities in Access to to Biologics: The Role of Race/Ethnicity in the Institution of Therapy
Mentor: Dr. Paolo Romanelli

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Victoria Soto
Project: Proteomic Profiling of Extracellular Vesicles Isolated from Discarded Wound Dressings as a Novel Method for Identification of Predictive Biomarkers of Healing and Non-Healing Wounds
Mentor: Dr. Ivan Jozic

2023

Tatiana Gomez Gomez
Project: Human Scalp Hair Follicle Pigmentation Modulator: Role of Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide (VIP)
Mentor: Dr. Ralf Paus

2022

Watcharee Amornpairoj
Project: Deregulation of the Host Immune Response and Impaired Re-Epithelialization in Hidradenitis Suppurativa
Mentor: Dr. Irena Pastar

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Dana-Lee Demetrius
Project: The Impact of Interleukin-15 on Macrophages and iNKT10 Cells in Human Skin Under Physiological and Inflammatory Conditions Ex Vivo
Mentor: Dr. Ralf Paus

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Rebecca Verpile
Project: Chronic Wound Microenvironment Shapes Pathogenicity of Staphylococcus Epidermidis Isolates
Mentor: Dr. Marjana Tomic-Canic

2020

Rashmika T.N. Reddy
Project: A Pilot Study Identifying Potential Diagnostic Biomarkers in Venous Leg Ulcers
Mentor: Dr. Marjana Tomic-Canic

2019

Marquese Noel-McCormick
Project: The Effects of a Topical Chinese Herbal Medicine in Skin Wound Healing
Mentor: Dr. Jie Li