Graduate Student

Michelle Failla

Room: 202 Kaufmann Building

Phone:

Mentor: Dr. Amy Wagner

mdc56@pitt.edu

Prior Degree:

BS, Truman State University(2007)

Focus:

Neurogenetics relating to mood and cognitive recovery following traumatic brain injury.

Publications:

Failla, M.D., Miller, M.A., Burkhardt, J.N., Scanlon, J.M., Ferrell, R.E., Conley, Y.P. and Wagner, A.K. Variants of SLC6A4 in depression risk following severe TBI. Brain Injury, 2013 (accepted).

Goyal, A., Carter, M., Niyonkuru, C., Fabio, A., Amin, K., Berger, R.P. and Wagner, A.K. S100b as a Prognostic Biomarker in Outcome Prediction for Patients with Severe TBI. J Neurotrauma. Nov 29, 2012. [Epub ahead of print]

Jedema, H.P., Carter, M.D., Dugan, B.P., Gurnsey, P., Olsen, A.S., and Bradberry, C.W. The acute impact of ethanol on cognitive performance in rhesus macaques. Cerebral Cortex, 2010 Dec 9.