Medical College of GeorgiaVascular Biology Center
Vascular Biology Center

Brian Stansfield Lab

Lab Personnel

photo of Abdelhakim Morsy, MD, PhD

Abdelhakim Morsy, MD, PhD

  • Postdoctoral Fellow
photo of Yusra Zaidi, PhD

Yusra Zaidi, PhD

  • Postdoctoral Fellow
photo of Daphne Pineda, MD

Daphne Pineda, MD

  • Neonatology Fellow
photo of Amina Aly

Amina Aly

  • Student Assistant
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Valerie Harris

  • Research Associate

 

 

2024

Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) Annual Conference, held May 5, 2024

Yusra Zaidi, PhD, received the ARVO Foundation Travel Grant for the highest-scored abstract at the, in Seattle, for the project title “Loss of Neurofibromin facilitates pathological retinal neovascularization (RNV) via Akt-2 facilitated GLUT-1 translocation”

Arco Foundation Travel Grant
Travel Grant Awardees Arvo 2024

 

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3rd Annual Savannah River Eye Meeting held March 13, 2024 
Yusra Zaidi, PhD, received the Postdoctoral Fellow Poster Award  for project title “Loss of Neurofibromin facilitates pathological retinal neovascularization (RNV) via Akt-2 facilitated GLUT-1 translocation”

VDI Savannah Eye research meeting award
VDI Savannah Eye research meeting award

 

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Yusra Zaidi, PhD

Yusra Zaidi, PhD38thAnnual Graduate Research Dayevents held March 7 & 8, 2024
Yusra Zaidi, PhD. received the Postdoctoral Fellow Oral Presentation Award for project title "Loss of Neurofibromin facilitates pathological retinal neovascularization (RNV) via Akt-2 facilitated GLUT-1 translocation”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2021

Congratulations!  Dr. Tritz.

Tritz Graduate photo with family

 

Rebekah Tritz successfully defends her Thesis “Leveraging the Bioenergetic Profile in Neurofibromatosis Type 1” 

Rebekah Tritz