Current Trainees

The Alcohol Research Program is home to graduates students from several different graduate departments and programs of the Graduate College of Loyola University Chicago.

Our students are enrolled in graduate programs in Cell Biology, Neuroanatomy and Anatomy.  Students from the program in Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry and the program in Neuroscience are also housed at the institute.

There are also postdoctoral fellows working in laboratories within the ARP.

 

Abigail Cannon, B.S.

Degree: B.S., Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL,

M.S., Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL

Research: Ischemic environment of the gut after burn injury and

the subsequent inflammatory response.

Mentor: Mashkoor A. Choudhry, Ph.D.

Current Position: 2018-date. Research Associate (Ph.D.), Integrated Program

in the Biomedical Sciences, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL

Email: acannon@luc.edu

 

Connor Guzior, MPH

Degrees: MPH, B.S.-Currently a second-year master's student in the Infectious Disease and Immunology Program.

Research: Investigating the Role of MicroRNAs in Lung Inflammation and Barrier Homeostasis After Alcohol and Burn Injury

Mentors: Mashkoor Choudhry, Ph.D; Richard Gonzalez, M.D.

Funding Source: R01, T32

Program: Burn & Shock Trauma Research Institute

Email: cguzior@luc.edu

 

 

Ryan Johnson, M.D.

Degree: M.D., B.S., B.A.

Research: Immunological Response in Burn and Trauma Patients

Mentor: Mashkoor Choudhry, Ph.D., John Kubasiak, M.D.

Funding Source: T-32

Program: Burn & Shock Trauma Research Institute

Email: rjohson36@luc.edu

 

Mary Grace Murray 

Degree: B.A. Biology and Chemistry, Rosemont College

Research: Gut Microbiome Perturbations in Alcohol and Burn

Mentor: Mashkoor Choudhry, Ph.D.

Funding Source: T-32 / MD/PhD Program

Program: Biochemistry, Molecular and Cancer Biology PhD Program

Email: mmurray14@luc.edu

 

Madison Tschann, M.S.

Degree: M.S., B.S., Current MD/PhD Candidate

Research: miRNA and Alcohol in Ulcerative Colitis

Mentor: Mashkoor Choudhry, Ph.D.

Funding Source: T-32

Program: Burn & Shock Trauma Research Institute

Email: mtschann@luc.edu