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Neurodegeneration Laboratory:
Risk factors, Biomarkers, Therapeutics

Dr. Nasser H. Zawia, Ph.D.

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Personnel


Current

Nasser H. Zawia, Ph.D.

Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology
Principal Investigator
Email: nzawia@uri.edu
Hany Alashwal, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow
Email: hany@uri.edu
Syed Waseem Bihaqi, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow
Email: syedwasim7@gmail.com

Remi Dosunmu

Ph.D. Candidate
Email: rsd1005@gmail.com

Gehad Subaiea

Ph.D. Candidate
Email: gehad_subaiea@mail.uri.edu

Lina Adwan

Ph.D. Candidate
Email: lina_adwan@mail.uri.edu
Hui Huang

Exchange Student
Email: hui_huangzzu@yahoo.com.cn



Collaborators

  • Dr. Fernando Cardozo-Pelaez (University of Montana, Missoula, MT)
  • Dr. Chellu S. Chetty (Savannah State University, Savannah, GA)
  • Dr. Jean Harry (NIH – NIEHS, Research Triangle Park, NC)
  • Dr. Howard Hu (Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA)
  • Dr. Prasad Rao S. Kodavanti (USEPA, Research Triangle Park, NC)
  • Dr. Debomoy Lahiri (University of Indiana, Indianaopolis, IN)
  • Dr. Hilal Lashuel (EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland)
  • Dr. Herbert Needleman (University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA)
  • Dr. Battaiya Rajanna (Alcorn State University, Alcorn, MS)
  • Dr. G. Rajarami Reddy (S.V University, Tirupati, India)
  • Dr. Deborah C. Rice (Maine Dept. of Health & Human Services, Augusta, ME)
  • Dr. Mohan C. Vemuri (Reprogenetics, West Orange, NJ)
  • Dr. Maen Abdelrahim, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Florida

 

Previous Lab Members and Students

Postdocs

  • Riyaz Basha Mahammad, Ph. D.: Research Assistant Professor (MD Anderson cancer Center, Orlando)
  • Wei Wei, MD (Staff Scientist, URI)

Graduate students

  • Jingfang Wu: Ph.D. (Medical College, Albany)
  • Saleh Bakheet (Assistant Professor, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia)
  • Tiffany Crumpton (Toxicologist, Florida Health Dept.)
  • Aaron Hilliard (Dir. of Environmental Health, Florida
  • Deidra Atkins (Assistant Professor, Southern University, Baton Rouge, LA)
  • Morad Razmiafshari (Biotechnology Company, San Diego)
  • Michelle Brydie (Pharmaceutical Firm, TN)
  • Vishwa Senani (Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Boston)
  • Brian Brock (Pharmaceutical Industry)

Undergraduate students

  • Amy Anderson, graduate student, Emory
  • Abiola Babalola (pharmacist)
  • Markus Bookland (resident MD)
  • Nathalie Benitez (pharmacist)
  • Nykeba Brady (Savannah State University)
  • Katie DiPalma (Providence College)
  • M. Egezike (URI)
  • Shanon Frazer (Savannah State University)
  • DeShawn Grandberry
  • Manjari Murali (Ph.D. Candidate, Brown University)
  • Omar Siddiqi (Resident MD, Philadelphia)
  • Hasan Siddiqi: (Medical Student, U. Michigan)
  • Asef Hasan (URI)

 

Contact information

Office Phone: (401) 874-5909
Lab Phone: (401) 874-5368
Fax: (401) 874-2516
Email: nzawia@uri.edu

Neurotoxicology and Epigenomics Laboroaratory
University of Rhode Island
227 Fogarty Hall, 41 Lower College Road
Kingston, RI 02881