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Doctoral Students (PhD)
Adrienne Quan, OD, FAAO
Adrienne Quan, OD, FAAO
Dr. Adrienne Quan is an assistant professor at Midwestern University, Chicago College of Optometry and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Health Sciences at Rush University. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Biotechnology/Chartered Accountancy from the University of Waterloo and received her Doctor of Optometry degree from the Illinois College of Optometry. She subsequently completed her residency training in Vision Therapy / Low Vision Rehabilitation and Neuro-Optometric Rehabilitation at Southern College of Optometry. Her research interests include brain injury vision rehabilitation, low vision and sensory substitution technologies, and electrophysiology. She will be completing her dissertation research as a member of the TVSLab investigating the role of noninvasive brain stimulation in vision rehabilitation following brain injury.
Past Doctoral Students
Xiaoxin Chen, MD, PhD '24
Xiaoxin Chen, MD, PhD '24
Xiaoxin Chen earned his PhD at the University of Waterloo under the supervision of Dr. Ben Thompson. He studied ophthalmology and optometry at Wenzhou Medical University in southern China and graduated with a master’s degree in Medicine. Xiaoxin worked with Dr. Thompson and Dr. Chakraborty to explore the use of noninvasive brain stimulation to enhance visual plasticity in human adults.
Graduate Students (Biomedical Sciences)
Farhaan Syed (BioMed Mast '25)
Farhaan Syed (BioMed Mast '25)
Tamam Zeidan (BioMed Mast '25)
Tamam Zeidan (BioMed Mast '25)
Past Graduate Students
Tayloran Atwell (BioMed Mast '23)
Tayloran Atwell (BioMed Mast '23)
Tayloran completed her masters thesis research investigating the role of noninvasive brain stimulation in convergence insufficiency patients.
Weronika Niedzielski  (BioMed MA '23)
Weronika Niedzielski  (BioMed MA '23)
Research Assistants (AY 2024-2025)
Abigail Anderson
(Osteopathic Medicine '26)
Lauren Byars
(Optometry '26)
Gabriel Comonal
(Optometry '27)
Samaya Danthurthy
(Osteopathic Medicine '27)
Kenna Decker
(Osteopathic Medicine '26)
Michael Ghuneim
(Osteopathic Medicine '27)
Vishrut Gupta
(Osteopathic Medicine '27)
Daniel Kaufman
(Osteopathic Medicine '27)
Sofia Khatoon
(Osteopathic Medicine '28)
Jasmeen Khela
(Optometry '27)
Kevin Kohmescher
(Osteopathic Medicine '28)
Emily Max
(Osteopathic Medicine '26)
Nozrul Miah
(Osteopathic Medicine '26)
Aishu Sanchula
(Osteopathic Medicine '28)
Paul Shin
(Osteopathic Medicine '26)
Melody Yang
(Optometry '28)
Bella Yu
(Osteopathic Medicine '27)
Past Members
Crystal Abdallah
(Osteopathic Medicine '25)
Omar Ahmad
(Osteopathic Medicine '25)
Samiyya Ahmed
(Osteopathic Medicine '25)
Destiny Chavers
(Optometry '24)
Madeline Curtis
(Optometry '22)
Matthew Graessle
(Optometry '26)
Kennedy Hall
(Optometry '22)
Luma Mallah
(Optometry '25)
Alekya Mallampalli
(Osteopathic Medicine '26)
Osman Mohiuddin
(Osteopathic Medicine '25)
Griffin Moore
(Osteopathic Medicine '25)
Shama Patel
(Optometry '23)
Janzen Pigg
(Optometry '23)
Roman Somogy
(Optometry '25)
Salima Thanawala
(Optometry '23)
Pranay Vadapally
(Osteopathic Medicine '27)
Adam Zakaria
(Osteopathic Medicine '27)
Andrew Zellner
(Optometry '26)
Summer Research Students
Daphne Suckow
(Summer 2024)
Ashley S.
(Summer 2024)
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