BioMed Graduate Student
Advisory Committee
The Graduate Student Advisory Committee is a group of graduate students who have volunteered to meet periodically with the Associate Dean for Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies with the goal of enhancing the BioMed graduate student experience at Brown. Meeting summaries and member bios will be coming soon!
Joe Bahlman–>Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Research Interests: I am interested in the anatomy and aerodynamics of bat wings. I use physical models to determine how different wing morphologies and wing kinematics affect the aerodynamic force produced (benefit) and mechanical power required (cost) from flapping bat-like wings.
Megan Bowers–>Biomedical Engineering
Megan is a 4th year PhD student in biomedical engineering. She works in a bioengineering lab (brownbiomechanics.org) that is part of the Department of Orthopaedics at Brown Alpert Medical School/Rhode Island Hospital. Her work is focused on using imaging measures like MRI to understand why and how individuals develop knee osteoarthritis after common sports injuries like ACL tears and meniscus tears.
Violet Dancheck–>Molecular Pharmacology & Physiology
Violet came to Brown University in 2005 to pursue her Ph.D. in Dr. Wolfgang Peti’s structural biology laboratory. Her thesis work focuses on the role of flexibility and residual structure in the inhibition of Protein Phosphatase 1 by intrinsically unstructured inhibitor proteins. In addition to her laboratory work, Violet founded Graduate Women in Science and Engineering at Brown University, which has hosted several successful professional development events for graduate students in the sciences and engineering.
David Valenzuela-->Neuroscience
Research Interests: Coming Soon!
Elizabeth Bartley–>Pathobiology
Research Interests: Coming Soon!
Catherine Volle–>Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, & Biochemistry
Research Interests: Coming Soon!
Regina Grebla–>Epidemiology
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Noelle Hutchins–>Pathobiology
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Cindy Park–>Molecular Pharmacology & Physiology
Research Interests: Coming Soon!