Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies
Current Graduate Students
Among the graduate students studying the science of aging at the Barshop Institute of the UT Health Science Center are the following:
Thomas G. Andrews
Faculty Mentor: Peter Hornsby, PhD, Professor of Physiology
Yanan Chen
Faculty Mentor: James Lechleiter, PhD, Professor of Cellular and Structural Biology
Wilson Fok
Research Interests: Redox regulation and redox signaling pathways
Faculty Mentor: Arlan Richardson, PhD, Professor of Cellular and Structural Biology and Director of the Barshop Institute
Faculty Mentor: Arlan Richardson, PhD, Professor of Cellular and Structural Biology and Director of the Barshop Institute

Kaitlyn Lewis
Faculty Mentor: Rochelle Buffenstein, PhD, Professor of Physiology
Research Interests: Naked mole-rat aging, cytotoxic/antioxidant pathways
Research Interests: Naked mole-rat aging, cytotoxic/antioxidant pathways

Chen-Yu (Stanley) Liao
Research Interests: The mechanisms of dietary restriction on life extension
Faculty mentor: James F. Nelson, PhD, Professor of Physiology
Faculty mentor: James F. Nelson, PhD, Professor of Physiology
Jamila Momand
Research Interests: Paternal age effect on DNA repair pathways
Faculty Mentor: Christi Walter, PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of Cellular and Structural Biology
Faculty Mentor: Christi Walter, PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of Cellular and Structural Biology
Laura Montier
Faculty Mentor: James Lechleiter, PhD, Professor of Cellular and Structural Biology
AndreAna Pena
Faculty Mentor: Olivia Pereira-Smith, PhD, Professor of Cellular and Structural Biology
Daniel Pulliam
Faculty Mentor: Holly Van Remmen, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Cellular and Structural Biology

Yun Shi
Research Interest: Skeletal muscle regeneration, satellite cell biology, aging.
Faculty Mentor: Holly Van Remmen, PhD, Associate Professor of Cellular and Structural Biology
Faculty Mentor: Holly Van Remmen, PhD, Associate Professor of Cellular and Structural Biology
Alexandra Este Soto-Pina
Faculty Mentor: Randy Strong, PhD, Professor of Pharmacology
Jenna Lynn Styskal
Faculty Mentor: Arlan Richardson, PhD, Professor of Cellular and Structural Biology and Director of the Barshop Institute
Michael Walsh
Faculty Mentor: Holly Van Remmen, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Cellular and Structural Biology
Yuehong Wu
Research Interests: Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells)
Faculty Mentor: Peter Hornsby, PhD, Professor of Physiology
Faculty Mentor: Peter Hornsby, PhD, Professor of Physiology
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San Antonio, Texas 78245
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