Matriculating 2014
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Michael Frisoli
Michael Frisoli is a graduate of Boston University with a BS in Business Administration. Following his graduation Michael first explored medical research studying the impact of environmental chemicals on vitiligo skin disease in the laboratory of John Harris, and this experience inspired him to pursue a career as a physician-scientist.
Since matriculating in 2014, Michael rotated in the labs of Gyongyi Szabo, Read Pukkila-Worley, and John Harris, where he respectively studied the impact of macrophage polarization to alcoholic liver disease, innate immune pathways involved in host defense to Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and melanocyte ability to stimulate innate immune cells in co-culture.
Michael is currently pursuing a thesis in translational skin research under the mentorship of John Harris, and he is primarily studying basic mechanisms of skin inflammation in allergic and irritant contact dermatitis.
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Oghomwen E. Igiesuorobo
Oghomwen E. Igiesuorobo graduated from The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) with a BSc. in Neuroscience. Before entering UMassMed as an MD/PhD Candidate, she conducted research at UCLA’s Department of Neurology in the lab of Dr. Peyman Golshani, investigating how alterations in neural connectivity results in sensory dysfunction in a mouse model of Autism Spectrum Disorders. Following her graduation, she completed a two-year research fellowship at the National Institutes of Health in the lab of Dr. Mihaela Serpe, investigating the intracellular interactions that regulates the recruitment and stabilization of ionotropic glutamate receptors (iGluRs) at the neuromuscular junction of Drosophila.
She is currently pursuing her Ph.D in the lab of Dr. Christelle Anaclet (thesis advisor), in the Department of Neurobiology. Oghomwen studies the role of slow-wave-sleep in memory consolidation in aging and Alzheimer’s disease. She completed her rotations in the labs of Dr. Kensuke Futai, Dr. Joel Richter, Dr. Jose Lemos, and Dr. Christelle Anaclet.
