Mentor: Julia Kofler, MD
Current Year in Program: 5th Year CMP Student
Research Fellowships
- F31 Ruth L Kirschstein National Research Service Award, 8/2024 – present
- Clinical and Translational Science Fellowship Program, 6/2023 - 7/2024
Academic Leadership Positions
- Biomedical Graduate Student Association (BGSA) President: 5/2024 - 5/2025
- Biomedical Graduate Student Association (BGSA) Community Outreach Coordinator: 5/2022 - 6/2024
Julian DR, Bahramy D, Neal M, Pearce TM, Kofler J. Current Advancements in Digital Neuropathology and Machine Learning for the Study of Neurodegenerative Diseases. American J of Invest Pathol. 2025 Feb 13. PMID: 39954963.
Julian DR, Kazakoff MA, Patel A, Jaynes J, Willis MS, Yates CC. Chemokine-Based Therapeutics for the Treatment of Inflammatory and Fibrotic Convergent Pathways in COVID-19. Curr Pathobiol Rep. 2021 Dec 8;1-13. PMID: 34900402.
Swogger J, Conner IP, Happ C, Kemmerer MC, Julian DR, Wells A, Schuman JS, Yates CC. A Novel Combination Therapy Reduces Subconjunctival Fibrosis after Glaucoma Filtration Surgery in the Rabbit Model. Clin Exp Opthalmol. 2021 Jan;49(1):60-69. doi: 10.1111/ceo.13884. PMID: 33426793.
Cheikhi AM*, Johnson ZI*, Julian DR, Wheeler S, Feghali-Bostwick C, Conley YP, Lyons-Weiler J, Yates CC. Prediction of severity and subtype of fibrosing disease using model informed by inflammation and extracellular matrix gene index. PLoS One. 2020 Oct 23; 15(10):e0240986. PMID: 33095822.
Pope WH, Bandla S, Colbert AK, Eichinger FG, Gamburg MB, Horiates SG, Jamison JM, Julian DR, Moore WA, Murthy P, Powell MC, Smith SV, Mezghani N, Milliken KA, Thompson PK, Toner CL, Ulbrich MC, Furbee EC, Grubb SR, Warner MH, Montgomery MT, Garlena RA, Russell DA, Jacobs-Sera D, Hatfull GF. Genome sequences of Gordonia phages BaxterFox, Kita, Nymphadora, and Yeezy. Genome Announc. 2016 Aug 11; 4(4):e00600-16. PMID: 27516501.
Selected Oral Presentations
“Lipid Alterations and Oligodendrocyte Distribution in White Matter Hyperintensities in Alzheimer’s Disease”, University of Pittsburgh Department of Pathology Annual Retreat, May 2025
“Investigating Cellular Neighborhoods and Tissue Architecture in White Matter Hyperintensities”, American Society for Investigative Pathology Young Investigator Keynote Seminar Series, May 2024
“Methods to Uncover White Matter Hyperintensity Clinical Subtypes” TL1 William Schnapper Mini Symposium, Virtual, March 2024
“Quantitative Digital Image Analysis of Whole Slide Images to Investigate White Matter Rarefaction in Alzheimer’s Disease”, American Society for Investigative Pathology/American Society for Matrix Biology/Histochemical Society Joint Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT Fall 2023