Nuha Milad Ashtiwi MD (PhD candidate, 2019-2024)
Nuha completed her medical degree at
the University of Tripoli, in Tripoli, Libya. She has then acquired a Master’s degree in Health Sciences in Medical Laboratory / Biomedical Sciences MLS at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut, US. Nuha’s previous research work focused on the phenotypic analysis of mutant strains of Borrelia Burgdorferi, the Lyme disease agent, under the supervision of Dr. Christian Eggers. Nuha joined the Rada lab at UGA at the end of November 2019. Her research focuses on oxidative epithelial mechanisms targeting influenza virus and explores their therapeutic potential to attenuate lung infection and inflammation.
Nuha defended her PhD on March 15, 2024! Congratulations!
E-mail: nuha.ashtiwi@uga.edu
Naveen Gokanapudi (PhD student, 2022-)
Naveen finished his Bachelor in Pharmacy from India and M.S in Chemistry at California State University Fresno. He joined the Rada lab during 2022 and working towards PhD in infectious diseases at University of Georgia. He is studying the effects of neutrophil elastase on neutrophil killing of CF Staphylococcus aureus clinal isolates, antibody responses and autoimmunity in CF airway environment.
Email: naveen.gokanapudi@uga.edu
Jacob Fairholm (2023-)
Jacob completed his Bachelor’s degree in Microbiology and Master’s degree in Microbiology and Molecular Biology from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. His undergraduate research focused on bacteriophage discovery while his Master’s research explored how mutations to viral proteins affected the ability of HIV to induce cell death as well as further characterization of Bacillus anthracis phages. Jacob joined the Rada Lab at UGA through the ILS program in January 2023. His doctoral work focuses on the role of exosomes in cystic fibrosis airway disease and -more specifically- how exosomes effect antimicrobial functions of neutrophils.
E-mail: jacob.fairholm1@gmail.com
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