Meet the Team

Brain Research Center

Neurology Clinical Trials Team

Stephanie McGrath

MS, DVM, DACVIM
Director for the Brain Research Center

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Breonna Kusick

MS, MHA, CCRC
Trial Manager

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Jutarush Pakdeenit

MS, DVM
PhD Student

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Elizabeth Stinar

RVT
Technician Supervisor

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Jenn Van Vliet

AAS, RVT
Technician

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Masa Ukai

MS, DVM
PhD Student

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Lynelle Lopez

BS
Lab Manager

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Sheila Pelkey

AAS, RVT
Technician

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Bridgit Patten

BS, MPH
Research Associate

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Paige Weiss

DVM
Intern

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Markos Antonakakis

MS, DVM
PhD Student

Neurology Research Team

Julie Moreno

BS, PhD
Associate Director for the Brain Research Center

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Sean Boland

PhD Candidate

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Payton Shirley

PhD Student

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Kapahi Kawai Puaa

PhD Student

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Abdullatif Alsulami

PhD Candidate

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Becky Fultz

PhD Student
Pathology Resident

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Samirah Alkhudaydi

Master's Student

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Moreno Lab Site

Our research program is rooted in a One Health approach, integrating studies on neurotoxicity in animals, humans, and the environment to better understand brain aging and neurodegenerative disease.

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