Name: Zachary Stielper
Year: L4
Hometown: Lafayette, LA
Education: B.S. in Biology and Neuroscience- Centenary College of Louisiana (2015)
Past Research Experience: 2014 Louisiana Biomedical Research Network Summer Internship in the Neuroscience Center of Excellence, LSUHSC-NO
Publications:
Fucich, Elizabeth, Zachary Stielper, Heather L. Cancienne, Scott Edwards, Nicholas W. Gilpin, Patricia E. Molina and Jason W. Middleton. “Neuronal properties after post traumatic brain injury; quantitative comparison and classification and impact of and rescue by endocannabinoid degradation inhibitors” Journal of Neurophysiology. Vol 123, Issue 2: 707-717 (2020)
Stielper, Zachary, Elizabeth Fucich, Jason W. Middleton, Cecilia J. Hillard, Scott Edwards, Patricia E. Molina, and Nicholas W. Gilpin. Traumatic Brain Injury and Alcohol Drinking Alter Basolateral Amygdala Endocannabinoids in Female Rats. Journal of Neurotrauma. Vol 38, Issue 4:422-434 (2020)
Jacotte-Simancas, Alejandra, Elizabeth Fucich, Zachary Stielper, and Patricia Molina. Traumatic brain injury and the misuse of alcohol, opioids, and cannabis. International Review of Neurobiology. Vol 157:195-243. (2021)
Molina, Patricia, Zachary Stielper, Scott Edwards, Nicholas W. Gilpin. Role of endocannabinoids in the escalation of alcohol use following traumatic brain injury. In: Preedy VR, Patel VB, Ragendram R (Eds.) The Neuroscience of Traumatic Brain Injury (In press)
Current research interest: The role of the endocannabinoid system in the pathophysiology of mild traumatic brain injury and psychiatric comorbidities
Current medical interest: Psychiatry
Career goal: Academic Medicine
Best thing about MD/PhD program: It provides an established path toward becoming an effective physician-scientist!
What makes me unique: I've been to three Lady Gaga concerts!
What makes me common: I'm addicted to caffeine.