Dr. Leah M. Pyter, Ph.D., M.S. (PI)
(she/her)
Director, Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research
Brumbaugh Chair in Brain Research and Teaching
Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
Comprehensive Cancer Center, Cancer Control Group
Hails from Chicago. Training includes B.S. and M.S. in Biology (Reproductive Endocrinology) from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana under the mentorship of Dr. Janice Bahr. Ph.D. in Neuroscience (Behavioral) from the Ohio State University under the mentorship of Dr. Randy Nelson. Post-Doc in Biological Psychology at the University of Chicago under the mentorship of Dr. Brian Prendergast. Visiting Research Assistant Professorship in the Wound Healing Center at the University of Illinois at Chicago under the mentorship of Drs. Phillip Marucha, Christopher Engeland, and Luisa DiPietro.
Dr. Pyter at Women’s March on Washington, January 21, 2017
Neuroscience outreach: Dr. Pyter gives 4th graders hands-on experience with real brains of all species thanks to OSU’s NEURO group.
Dr. Pyter as an OSUCOM new R01 awardee 2018
Dr. Pyter presenting research program to OSU Wexner Medical Board Feb 2018
Current Pyter Lab Members:
Post-Docs:
Dr. Angela del Aguila, Ph.D. (she/her)
Dr. Zoe Tapp, Ph.D. (she/her)
Dr. Nick Lozier, Ph.D. (he/him) CV
Grad Students:
Yonaida Valentine – Ph.D. (she/her)
Jeremy Beales – M.D./Ph.D. (he/him)
Jana Fisher – Ph.D. (she/her)
Techs:
Melina Seng, M.S. (she/her)
Brooke Escue, B.S. (she/her)
Undergraduates:
Fizza Khalid, Neuroscience major
Rithika Selvendiran, Neuroscience major
Krithika Dama, Neuroscience major
Former Pyter Lab Members and their subsequent role:
Dr. Corena Grant (post-doc 2019-2022): Field Scientist, Molecular Devices
Dr. Kathryn Russart (post-doc 2018-2020): Assistant Professor at Minnesota State University Moorhead
Lindsay Strehle (PhD student 2019-2024): post-doc Johns Hopkins University
Lauren Otto-Dobos (nee Otto) (PhD student 2020-2024): medical student, Ohio State University
Melina Seng (MS student 2022-2023): technician, Ohio State University
Nicklaus Halloy (MS student/tech 2020-2022): PhD student, Ohio State University
Kyle Sullivan (PhD student 2015-2020): post-doc at Oak Ridge National Lab
Jessica Santos (PhD student 2017-2018): post-doc at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Kelley Jordan (PhD student 2017-2018): technician at Oregon Health and Sciences University
Olivia Wilcox (tech 2019-2021): MS student and data analyst
Ashley Lahoud (tech 2017-2019): PhD student at Kent State
Jasskiran Kaur (undergrad then tech 2014-2019): medical student Toledo
Savannah Bever (undergrad then tech 2014-2017): PhD student at Berkeley
Annemarie Krug (tech 2016): PhD student at University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana
Hsin-Yun Lin (tech 2014-2016): PhD student at Oregon Health and Sciences
SCN Courtesy of K. Sullivan
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.
-Albert Einstein