Part of the Center for Biomedical Genomics and Informatics (CBMGI), Center for Study of Chronic Metabolic Diseases (CSCMD) and School of Systems Biology (SSB)

If you want to do Graduate Studies in Ancha's lab:

MASTERS IN BIOLOGY

PhD in BIOSCIENCE

MASTERS in BIOINFORMATICS

PhD in BIOINFORMATICS

INOVA Undergraduate Internships in Chronic Diseases

RESEARCH STAFF

• Aybike Birerdinc, PhD
• Peter Masschelin, MS in Biology Candidate
• Sasha Stoddard, MS in Biology Candidate

MS STUDENTS

• Shelly Jones Topic: Nonpeptide Small Caspase-3 Inhibitors as Anti-Apoptotic Treatments for Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH)
• Peter Masschelin Topic: The Effects of the Treatment with Various Lipid Species on Mitochondrial and Cellular Functions of Hepatocytes
• Gladys Shaw Topic: To be determined
• Sasha Stoddard Topic: Molecular connections between non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), NASH and steatohepatitic HCC (SH-HCC)
• Kameron Tavakolian Topic: Profiling Fibrotic Genes in Visceral Adipose Tissue (VAT) Among Patients within the Spectrum of NAFLD
• Kuan Yao Topic: To be determined
• Kyle Kurzke Topic: To be determined
• Elizabeth Fullenkamp Topic: To be determined
• Melisa Wison Topic: To be determined
• Katherine Mireles Topic: To be determined
• Heather Branscome Topic: To be determined
• Akshata Ganne (BINF) Topic: To be determined

PhD STUDENTS

• Katie Doyle Topic: Inflammation as a Central Factor in the Pathogenesis of Human Chronic Diseases
• Maria Keaton Topic: Brown adipose tissue biomarkers in visceral fat.Co-advised by Dr. Aybike Birerdinc
• Edgar Rodriguez Topic: Role of Inflammation in Chronic Disease
• Tiange Cui Topic: To be determined
• Sasha Stoddard Topic: To be determined
• Christine McGown Topic: To be determined
• Elizabeth Romano (Environmental Science and Policy) Topic: To be determined
• Rafique Islam Topic: To be determined
• Sumeeta Singh (Bioinformatics and Computational Biology) Topic: To be determined

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

• Murad Alfaqih Topic: Correlation Study Between Molecular Biomarkers and Liver Biopsy in Determining the Degree of Fibrosis in Cases of Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) and Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH)
• Mark Kasab Topic: Predicting the Prevalence of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Using Quantitative Data Based on Global Obesity and Diabetes Rates
• Kendall Bielak Topic: Co-Infection of Hepatitis B and Malaria
• Ahmad Haj-Assaad Topic: Global Rates of Neonatal Mortality and the Contributing Factors
• Kyeong Yun Jeong Topic: Epigenetics in the Etiology of Chronic Diseases
• Srivalli Srivangipuram Topic: Lipid Profiling in Cardiovascular Risks
• Chandler Walsh Topic: Traumatic Brain Injury, speed of hospitalization, and subsequent morbidity and mortality rates
• Danielle Zimmet Topic: Global Rates of Iron Deficiency Anemia in Children

The George Mason University Aspiring Scientists Summer Internship Program 2015

• Sheena M. Fletcher, Maria Keaton, and Aybike Birerdinc Topic: Differentiating Adipocytes from Mesenchymal Stem Cells