Graduate Students

Nicole Crowe
PhD Student, Integative Physiology
Dick Lab

Caroline Counts
PhD student, Anatomy (STARS)
Cho & Maddux Labs

Viet Dinh
PhD Student, Integative Physiology
NIH T32 Predoctoral Fellow
Rickards Lab

Daniella Guadarrama
MS Student, Anatomy (STARS)
Gonzales Lab

Michael Eleruja
PhD Student, Integative Physiology
Rickards Lab

Sal Essajee
PhD Student, Integative Physiology
NIH T32 Predoctoral Fellow
Tune Lab

Nidia Heredia
MS Student, Integative Physiology
Cunningham Lab

Dylan Olvera Rodriguez
MS Student, Integative Physiology
Ma Lab

Ysabella Ruiz
PhD Student, Integative Physiology
AHA Research Fellow
Romero Lab

Jonna Smith
PhD Student, Integative Physiology
NIH T32 Predoctoral Fellow
Cunningham Lab

Savannah Smith
PhD Student, Integative Physiology
NIH T32 Predoctoral Fellow
Cunningham Lab

Indya Thompson
PhD Student, Anatomy (STARS)
Gonzales Lab

Baonhu Tran
PhD Student, Anatomy (STARS)
NSF Graduate Research Fellow
NSF, Leakey, Wenner-Gren Foundation Awardee
Maddux Lab

Michael Wade
DO-PhD Student, Integative Physiology
Mallet Lab

Sophia Wagle
DO-PhD Student, Integative Physiology
Romero Lab

Cooper Warne
DO-PhD Student, Integative Physiology
Tune Lab

Lyndee Ward
PhD Student, Anatomy (STARS)
NIH (AIM-AHEAD) Training Fellow
NSF and Leakey Foundation Awardee
Maddux Lab

Cephas Appiah, PhD (2025)
Integrative Physiology
Cunningham Lab

Current: Postdoctoral Fellow, Texas A&M University Health Science Center

Courtney Miller, PhD (2025)
Structural Anatomy & Rehabilitation Sciences
Menegaz Lab

Current: Assistant Professor of Anatomy, Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine

Obed Paundralingga, PhD (2025)
Integrative Physiology
Cunningham Lab

Current: Postdoctoral Fellow, Texas A&M University Health Science Center

Dianna Huyen-Tram Nguyen, DO-PhD (2024)
Integrative Physiology
Cunningham Lab

Current: Resident Physician, UT Health - Houston

Taylor Robertson, PhD (2024)
Structural Anatomy & Rehabilitation Sciences
Handler Lab

Current: Assistant Professor of Anatomy, Central Michigan University

Libby Bradley, PhD (2023)
Structural Anatomy & Rehabilitation Sciences
Reeves Lab

Current: Assistant Professor of Anatomy, Michigan State University

Alexa Kelly, PhD (2023)
Structural Anatomy & Rehabilitation Sciences
Maddux Lab

Current: Assistant Professor of Anatomy, Campbell University

Graci Finco, PhD (2022)
Structural Anatomy & Rehabilitation Sciences
Patterson & Menegaz Labs

Current: Assistant Professor of Kinesology, Texas Christian University

Ato Oppong Aikins, PhD (2022)
Integrative Physiology
Cunningham Lab

Current: Senior Statistical Fellow, LabCorp, Durham, NC

Garen K. Anderson, PhD (2022)
Integrative Physiology
Rickards Lab

Current: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Utah