2022 Medical Student Research Scholars

Inserra Family Scholars
Scholar	Research Project	Research Institution	Mentor
Guneet Janda	Interactions between Gut Microbiome and B-Cell Depletion in Multiple Sclerosis	Yale School of Medicine	Erin Longbrake, MD, PhD
Foundation of the CMSC Scholars
Scholar	Research Project	Research Institution	Mentor
Jakob Alden	Patient and provider perspectives on the ethics of early screening for multiple sclerosis	The Medical College of Wisconsin	Ahmed Obeidat, MD, PhD
Elisa Bello	Immunophenotyping of Multiple Sclerosis Patients with Paramagnetic Rim Lesions	Department of Neurology, UMass Chan Medical School	Carolina Ionete MD, PhD
Jacob Cuevas	RGC-32 is regulating astrocyte maturation in MS	Univ of MD Schoo of Medicine	Horea Rus, MD, PhD
Tori Fricker	Forced-Rate Exercise to Promote Neuroplasticity in Persons with Multiple Sclerosis	Neurorestorative Rehabilitation Lab, Cleveland Clinic	Francois Bethoux, MD
Jordan Glassman	Disease modifying therapy de-escalation in patients with multiple sclerosis: a retrospective cohort study	Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health- Las Vegas	Le Hua, MD, FAAN
Samantha Hao	Identifying candidate cell type-specific causal variants in multiple sclerosis	Johns Hopkins University	Kate Fitzgerald, Sc.D Assistant Professor of Neurology and Epidemiology
Nahid Iseyas	Longitudinal Associations Between Physical Activity and Structural Visual Metrics in Pediatric Acquired Demyelinating Syndromes	Pediatric MS and Neuroinflammatory Disorders Center, The Hospital for Sick Children	E. Ann Yeh, MA, MD, FRCPC, Dip ABPN
Emilie Liu	Analysis of Evusheld Efficacy and Safety in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis	Graves Neuro-Immunology Research Group, UCSD	Jennifer Graves, PhD, MD, MAS
Alexia Richie	Longitudinal Walking Behavior, Capacity and Endurance in Pediatric-Onset Multiple Sclerosis Patients	Pediatric MS & Related Disorders Clinic, University of Virginia Health System	J. Nicholas Brenton, MD
Zachary Weinstock	Cognitive Relapse: An examination of the relative impacts of acute inflammation and chronic neurodegeneration affecting specific structural brain networks and their interaction with cognitive reserve in relapsing-remitting MS patients.	Buffalo Neuroimaging Analysis Center/ Jacobs MS Center	Michael G. Dwyer, III, PhD