Doctoral Students
Brittany Rickard
Advisors: Sue Fenton/Imran Rizvi
Research interests:
Ovarian cancer, chemotherapy resistance, environmental contaminants, photodynamic therapy, mitochondrial function
Papers published:
Link to complete publication list: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/1F70iYLkzpfYin/bibliography/public/
Awards won:
PEO Scholar Award, 2023
Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center Graduate Fellow Award in Basic Science, 2023
UNC Graduate Schools Impact Award, 2023
American College of Toxicology North American Graduate Fellowship, 2022-2024
Roland Seim
Advisor: Leon Coleman
Research interests include trauma, radiation toxicity, severe burn injury, and immunology.
Papers published:
Seim, R.F., et al. (2023). Nuclear Factor-Erythroid-2-Related Factor regulates systemic and pulmonary barrier function and immune programming after burn and inhalation injury. Shock: Injury, Inflammation, and Sepsis: Laboratory and Clinical Approaches, 59(2), 300-310.
Seim, R.F., et al. (2023). Extracellular vesicles as regulators of immune function in traumatic injuries and sepsis. Shock: Injury, Inflammation, and Sepsis: Laboratory and Clinical Approaches, 59(2), 180.
Seim, R. F., et al (2023). Involvement of extracellular vesicles in the progression, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of whole-body ionizing radiation-induced immune dysfunction. Frontiers in Immunology, 14, 1188830.
Awards:
National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship 2023
Jeffrey Houpt Innovator Award Recipient 2023
