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Education

2024 - Present

2024 - Present

Doctor of Medicine (MD)/Master of Public Health (MPH)

UAB Heersink School of Medicine/UAB School of Public Health

Birmingham, AL

2023 - 2024

UAB Collat School of Business

Master of Business Administration

Birmingham, AL

2017 - 2020

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience

Birmingham, AL

Birmingham, AL

UAB School of Public Health

Graduate Certificate in Global Health Studies

Birmingham, AL


Research

2019 - Present

University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine, Civitan International Research Center, Department of Neurology

Research Assistant

Birmingham, AL

Conducting research on Parkinson's Disease and Lewy Body Dementia, with the goal of preventing the formation and spread of alpha-synuclein aggregates under the mentorship of Dr. Volpicelli-Daley.


Publications

Eizo Marutani, Maria Miranda, Timothy J. Durham, Sharon H. Kim, Dreson L. Russell, Presli P. Wiesenthal, Paul Lichtenegger, Marissa A. Menard, Charlotte F. Brzozowski, Gary Ruvkun, Joshua D. Meisel, Laura Volpicelli-Daley, Vamsi K. Mootha, Fumito Ichinose. (2024). Hypoxia ameliorates neurodegeneration and movement disorder in a murine model of Parkinson’s disease [Manuscript Submitted].

Ananya Swaroop, Jodi R Paul, Laura J. McMeekin, Ashley M. Barnett, Alana M. Colafrancesco, Dreson L. Russell, Camille M. Smith, Micah S. Simmons, Laura A. Volpicelli-Daley, Rita M. Cowell, Karen L. Gamble. (2024). The molecular clock drives motivated locomotion and time-of-day-dependent firing patterns in mouse dopaminergic neurons [Manuscript Submitted].

Saroj Sah, Andrew D. Sauerbeck, Jyoti Gupta, Dayana PΓ©rez-AcuΓ±a, Jacob E. Reiber, Dreson L. Russell, Thomas M. Goralski, Michael X. Henderson, Laura A. Volpicelli-Daley, Michael J. Higley, Terrance T. Kummer, Thomas Biederer. (2024). Cortical synaptic vulnerabilities revealed in a Ξ±-synuclein aggregation model of Parkinson’s disease [Manuscript Submitted]. Link to paper.

Nolwazi Z. Gcwensa, Dreson L. Russell, Khaliah Y. Long, Charlotte F. Brzozowski, Xinran Liu, Karen L. Gamble, Rita M. Cowell, Laura A. Volpicelli-Daley. (2024). Excitatory synaptic structural abnormalities produced by templated aggregation of Ξ±-syn in the basolateral amygdala, Neurobiology of Disease, 199. Link to paper.

Casey L. Mahoney-Crane, Megha Viswanathan, Dreson Russell, Rachel A.C. Curtiss, Jennifer Freire, Sai Sumedha Bobba, Sean D. Coyle, Monika Kandebo, Lihang Yao, Bang-Lin Wan, Nathan G. Hatcher, Sean M. Smith, Jacob N. Marcus, Laura A. Volpicelli-Daley [Ph.D]. (2022). Neuronopathic GBA1L444P mutation accelerates Glucosylsphingosine levels and formation of hippocampal alpha-synuclein inclusions, Journal of Neuroscience, 43(3), 501–521. Link to paper.

Lindsay Stoyka, Casey Mahoney, Drake Thrasher, Dreson Russell, Anna Cook, Anner Harris, Ashwin Narayanan, Tiara Janado, David Standaert, Erik Roberson, and Laura Volpicelli-Daley. (2021). Templated Ξ±-synuclein inclusion formation is independent of endogenous tau, eNeuro, 8(3). Link to paper.

Nolwazi Z Gcwensa, DreΜ€son L Russell, Rita M Cowell, Laura Anne Volpicelli-Daley. (2021). Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Synaptic and Axon Degeneration in Parkinson's Disease, Frontier in Cellular Neuroscience, 15. Link to paper.

Lindsay E. Stoyka, Andrew E. Arrant, Drake R. Thrasher, Dreson L. Russell, Jennifer Freire, Casey L. Mahoney, Ashwin Narayanan, Aseel G. Dib, David G. Standaert, Laura A. Volpicelli-Daley. (2020). Behavioral defects associated with amygdala and cortical dysfunction in mice with seeded Ξ±-synuclein inclusions, Neurobiology of Disease, 134. Link to paper.


Presentations

β€œHeterozygosity of GBA1 L444P mutation enhances hippocampal pathology and lipid accumulation.” Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minoritized Scientists (ABRCMS) (November 2023, Phoenix, AZ)

β€œHeterozygosity of GBA1 L444P mutation enhances hippocampal pathology and lipid accumulation.” Society of Neuroscience (November 2022, San Diego, CA)

β€œL444P GBA mutation potentially mediates behavioral deficits and Ξ±-synuclein pathology.” National Conference on Undergraduate Research (April 2021, Virtual)

β€œL444P GBA mutation potentially mediates behavioral deficits and Ξ±-synuclein pathology.” The University of Alabama at Birmingham Fall Expo (November 2020, Birmingham, AL)


Professional Experience

2019 - Present

Founder and President

Unified Healing for Rural and Global Health (UHRGH)

Birmingham, AL

Unified Healing for Rural and Global Health (UHRGH) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving healthcare quality and access for all, regardless of location or socioeconomic status. We work to bridge the gap between developing and developed countries, as well as rural and urban areas within the United States, by providing disease control programs, volunteer labor, and healthcare facility reconstruction in impoverished areas. We also aim to raise awareness of rural health inequalities in the United States and provide citizens with resources to improve their health outcomes.

2019 - Present

Co-Founder and Executive Director

Project EMS: Education, Mentorship, Scholarship

Birmingham, AL

Project EMS, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that motivates and supports under-resourced students from multiple socioeconomic demographics on their journey toward a successful academic education.


Teaching Experience

2019 - Present

A tutoring company whose goal is to alleviate the academic stress experienced by college students through targeted, specialized instruction in advanced science courses such as Biology, General Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, and Biochemistry.

Birmingham, AL

Dreson’s Tutoring Co.

Founder


Honors and Awards

2023

Alabama Association of Educational Opportunity Program Personnel

2023 AAEOPP TRIO Achiever

Awarded to a former AAEOPP TRIO participant, this honor recognizes individuals who have demonstrated exceptional academic and leadership achievements, as well as significant contributions to society, as nominated by the Association.

2020

Awarded as a UAB Ever Faithful 50 in the 2020 Student Excellence Awards

UAB Office of Student Involvement and Leadership

Awarded to highlight the exceptional work of our upcoming graduates and their commitment to UAB’s mission pillars.


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