Walsh Graduate Student Support Initiative Recipients

2023 Winners

Gillian McLellan

Professor
Surgical Sciences / Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
Mentee: Virginia Mathu

Virginia Mathu

Graduate Student
Comparative Biomedical Sciences (CBMS)
Mentor: Gillian McLellan

Thesis title: “Disease Mechanisms at the Intersection of Glaucoma and Alzheimer’s Disease”

Ari Rosenberg

Associate Professor
Neuroscience
Mentee: Zikang ‘John’ Zhu

Zikang ‘John’ Zhu

Graduate Student
Neuroscience
Mentor: Ari Rosenberg

Thesis title: “Causal contributions of parieto-occipital cortex to 3D visual perception”

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2022 Winner

2022 Winners

Freya Mowat

Assistant Professor
Surgical Sciences, Opthalmology & Visual Sciences
Mentee: Michael Salzman

Michele Salzman

Graduate Student
Comparative Biomedical Services, SVM
Mentor: Freya Mowat

Thesis title: “The Effects of Cadmium Exposure on the Retina in Outbred and Laboratory Animal Species”

2021 Winners

2021 Winners

C. Shawn Green

Professor
Psychology
Mentee: Mohan Ji

Emily Ward

Assistant Professor
Psychology
Mentee: Mohan Ji

Mohan Ji

Graduate Student
Psychology
Mentor: C. Shawn Green & Emily Ward

Thesis title: “The Visual Perception of Animacy and Intentionality”

2020 Winners

2020 Winners

Ari Rosenberg

Associate Professor
Neuroscience
Mentee: Lowell W. Thompson

Lowell W. Thompson

Graduate Student
Neuroscience
Mentor: Ari Rosenberg

Thesis title: “Hierarchical Neural Circuitry Supporting 3D Object Motion Processing”

Nader Sheibani

Professor
Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
Mentee: Yong Seok-Song

Yong-Seok Song

Graduate Student
Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
Mentor: Nader Sheibani

Thesis title: “CYP1b1 Expression, Iron Homeostasis, and Ocular Oxidative Stress.”