Dr. White is a current Career Development Awardee from The Department of Veteran Affairs Research R&D. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering from Harvard University and his Ph.D. in neuroscience from The University of Florida (UF). Dr. White then completed postdoctoral training at UF and Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM). Dr. White has over 25 years of research experience focused on the study of neurotrauma and potential treatment protocols.

During his doctoral studies, he performed neurotransplantation of fetal tissue and stem cells, gene therapy, and pharmacological treatments in an effort to restore anatomical connectivity and functional behavior following spinal cord injury. His postdoctoral work expanded into the area of traumatic brain injury (TBI), genomics, and bioinformatics in an effort to understand the common genetic, molecular and cellular mechanisms of acute brain injuries. He has published on patterns of gene expression in injured spinal cord, neuroplasticity, neuronal progenitor transplantation and respiratory outcomes following upper cervical spinal cord injury and more recently on gene expression patterns following unilateral traumatic brain injury. Part of the more recent work has been the significant use of bioinformatics analyses and the development of a logical process for finding the central genes in the observed expression patterns.

Dr. Graham is currently a postdoctoral research scientist in Dr. White's laboratory in the Center for Visual and Neurocognitive Rehabilitation. She earned both her B.S. in biology and M.S. in veterinary science from Tuskegee University, her M.B.A. from the University of Georgia, and her Ph.D. in pharmaceutical sciences from Mercer University. She has 10 years of research experience that spans the areas of biological science, behavioral neuropharmacology, and neurotrauma.

Dr. Graham's graduate research entailed the molecular detection of foodborne pathogens in inoculated food matrices (M.S.), evaluation of potential novel anti-depressant therapeutic agents (Ph.D.), and development of a depression model utilizing adolescent chronic restraint stress in freely-cycling female rats (Ph.D.). Her postdoctoral work in neurotrauma with Dr. White is focused on molecular characterization of repetitive mild traumatic brain injury in rats.

Dr. Graham is also an academic tutor for Strive Academics, where she provides supplemental instruction to elementary, middle, and high school students in mathematics, science, and a variety of other subjects.

Patria Juzang is currently a research assistant technician in Dr. White’s laboratory for the Center for Visual and Neurocognitive Rehabilitation. Her primary duties include providing administrative and technical support for the laboratory’s current research projects. Ms. Juzang earned her Bachelor’s degree in biochemistry from Oakwood University in Huntsville, Alabama. During her undergraduate studies, she interned at CFD Research Corporation where she worked on a project involving electrochemical science and technology. The project focused on the effects of certain hybrid non-enzymatic and enzymatic cascades on enzymatic biofuel cells.

After completing her undergraduate degree, Ms. Juzang relocated to the Greater Atlanta Area in 2018 where her career has transitioned into the field of neuroscience. Her current work with Dr. White is in neurotrauma and focuses on traumatic brain injury.

O’lisa Yaa Waithe is a PhD student currently studying at Morehouse School of Medicine. She graduated from Agnes Scott College in 2019 with a B.S. in Neuroscience, where her focus was on digital stimuli and anxiety. Since entering the White Lab, she has now shifted focus to neurotrauma and is interested in exploring prosthetic solutions to TBI.

Dallas S. Ellis III is a PhD candidate in Biomedical Sciences at Morehouse School of Medicine. He graduated from Norfolk State University in 2014 with a B.S. in Biology Pre-Professional. His current interests include developing diagnostics and therapies for neurotrauma.