Name: Gethein Andrew
Year in Program: 3rd
Department: Genetics
Mentor: Dr. Ed Grabczyk, Ph.D.
Hometown: Maryville, TN
Education:
B.S. East Tennessee State University – Health Sciences
M.S. East Tennessee State University – Biomedical Sciences
Past Research Experience:
B.S. – Developing a C. elegans Co-infection Model for Assessing Bacterial-Fungal Interactions
M.S. – GABAergic-Related Pathology in the Anterior Cingulate Cortex of Postmortem Human Brain Tissue in Autism Spectrum Disorder
Current Research Interest: Drug development to aid in disease control of multiple repeat expansion disorders.
Publications:
Reid, M.M., Kautzmann, MA.I., Andrew, G. et al. NPD1 Plus RvD1 Mediated Ischemic Stroke Penumbra Protection Increases Expression of Pro-homeostatic Microglial and Astrocyte Genes. Cell Mol Neurobiol 43, 3555–3573 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10571-023-01363-3
Career Goal: Post-Doc at a Federal Institution and develop a career focused on drug development for personalized medicine.
Best Thing about the Program: The cohort I came in with. All 9 of us are still close friends.
What makes you unique? My dog and I are both avid PokemonGO players. If you see me in a gym… no you didn’t <3