Graduate Training
The Burn and Shock Trauma Research Institute is home to graduates students from several different departments and programs of the Graduate School of Loyola University Chicago.
Our students are enrolled in graduate programs in the Microbiology and Immunology, Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics and Cell & Molecular Physiology as well as students from the interdisciplinary programs in Integrated Cell Biology, Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. In addition, students participate in the Alcohol Research Program and the program in Immunology and Aging.
Current Graduate Students
Connor Guzior, M.S.
Degree: Loyola University Chicago, MS in Infectious Disease and Immunology with concentration in Epidemiology
Research: The Role of miRNA in Alcohol and Burn
Mentor: Mashkoor Choudhry, Ph.D.
Current Position: 2022-Current, Loyola University Chicago, MS in Public Health with a Concentration in Epidemiology
Caroline Johnson, B.S.
Degree: B.S., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL
Research: MicroRNA and gut inflammation following alcohol and burn injury
Mentor: Mashkoor Choudhry, Ph.D.
Current Position: 2016-date. Graduate Student, Ph.D., Integrated Program in Biomedical Sciences, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL
Anne Sullivan, B.S.
Degree: Indiana University, Bloomington, IN in May 2022 with a degree in Epidemiology. I am currently pursuing a Masters of Infectious Disease and Immunology through Loyola University Chicago.
Research:
Mentor: Mashkoor Choudhry, Ph.D.
Current Position: 2022-date. Graduate Student,
Madison Tschann, M.S.
Degree: University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN
Research: The gut microbiota in inflammatory bowel disease
Mentor: Mashkoor Choudhry, Ph.D.
Current Position: 2022-date. Graduate Student, M.D., Ph.D., Integrated Program in Biomedical Sciences, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL