Shannon is a lab manager for the Ferrell Lab.

Matt is a senior research assistant in the Ferrell Lab.

Shifat is a KSU BMS Ph.D. candidate in the Ferrell Lab. She is investigating the bile acid receptor Tgr5 and the influence it has on driving ethanol consumption and on peripheral ethanol metabolism.

Titilayo is a KSU BMS Ph.D. candidate in the Ferrell Lab. She is studying a newly-discovered bacterial species (Ileibacterium valens) and its effects on metabolic liver disease and hepatic lipid metabolism.

Nusrat Jahan, Ph.D. Student (KSU BMS)

Mirjavid Aghayev, Ph.D. Student (KSU BMS)

Lakshitha Gunawardana, Ph.D Student (KSU BMS)

Zaid Batayneh, Ph.D (2025, KSU BMS)

Shreya Gupta, Ph.D. (2025, KSU BMS)

Katie Bretland, Ph.D. (2024, COGS/BTB)

Amanda Iset, 2024 Summer Research Fellow, NEOMED Class of 2027

Rahul Chandra, 2023 Summer Research Fellow, NEOMED Class of 2026

Matthew Lowery, 2023 Summer Research Fellow, NEOMED Class of 2026

Zachary Stahl, former technician, NEOMED Class of 2026

Sabita Pokhrel, Ph.D., former postdoc, currently postdoc OSU

Andrew Harvey, 2022 Summer Research Fellow, NEOMED Class of 2025

Shreya Dey, M.D. ‘24, 2021 Summer Research Fellow, Resident, UCMC, Cincinnati OH

Negin Khosravi, M.D. ‘23, 2020 Summer Research Fellow, Resident, Akron General, Akron OH

Mitchell Best, M.D. ‘22, 2019 Summer Research Fellow, Resident, Case Western, Cleveland OH

Fariha Mostafiz, M.D. ‘22, 2019 Summer Research Fellow, Resident, Akron Children’s, Akron OH

Andrea Simeone, M.D. ‘19, 2016 Summer Research Fellow, Internal Medicine, SummaHealth, Akron OH