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Since establishing her independent research program at the University of Florida in 2013, Dr. Sara Burke has focused on systems-level mechanisms of cognitive aging, particularly interactions among the hippocampus, prefrontal cortex, and perirhinal cortex. Her research incorporates multidisciplinary approaches, including behavioral neuroscience, in vivo electrophysiology, molecular and metabolic analyses, neuroimaging, and cross-species models.

Currently, Dr. Li leads multiple NIH-funded, multi-institutional studies within the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) and Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) programs. His recent research examines environmental determinants of APOL1-associated CKD progression, mitochondrial DNA abnormalities in kidney disease, and molecular mechanisms linking kidney dysfunction with cognitive decline.

The University of Arizona's Physiological Sciences GIDP presents Rachel Battershell and Dayannara Munoz as part of the Physiological Sciences Student Forum.

Dr. Teresa Pitts is a clinically trained and ASHA-certified speech language pathologist (CCC-SLP) licensed to practice in the state of Missouri.

Her laboratory focuses on the systems-level neurophysiology of the upper airway, and more specifically, the regulation of behaviors that are activated by upper airway afferents (swallow, breathing, laryngeal adductor reflex, etc.). Her long-term goal is to understand the mechanisms of upper airway dysfunction and develop novel therapies that have a high likelihood of clinical utility.

A major focus of his work is to advance the technique of human single-neuron
recordings and its use to deciphering a cellular-level understanding of human cognition and its impairment by disease. Dr. Rutishauser’s training includes a BS in computer science, a PhD in Computation & Neural Systems from Caltech and postdoctoral fellowships at Caltech and the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research.

The University of Arizona's Physiological Sciences GIDP presents Rachel Battershell and Dayannara Munoz as part of the Physiological Sciences Student Forum.

The University of Arizona's Physiological Sciences GIDP presents Rachel Battershell and Dayannara Munoz as part of the Physiological Sciences Student Forum.

In subsequent studies, Dr. Harrison and colleagues have defined a role for the adaptive immune system in hypertension. His group initially characterized
NADPH oxidase as a source of reactive oxygen species in hypertension and defined roles for this enzyme system in the vasculature and central nervous system in modulating blood pressure and peripheral inflammation.

By combining single-cell transcriptomics with genetic, anatomical, and functional approaches, they uncover molecularly specialized neural circuits, including those connecting the brain to the body through the vagus nerve, and their roles in physiology and behavior.

The University of Arizona's Physiological Sciences GIDP presents Rachel Battershell and Dayannara Munoz as part of the Physiological Sciences Student Forum.