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Graduate Students

GRADUATE STUDENTS

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Nithisha Cheedalla
Nithisha is a medical student attending Rowan-Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine. She is interested in pursuing dermatology and is studying the expression of the oxytocin receptor in the skin. She enjoys singing, running, and spending time with friends and family. 
Email contact: [email protected]
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Alana Martinez
Alana is a PhD student in the Biomedical Engineering Program. She joined the lab in Summer 2021 during the Abraira Lab Internship during her final undergraduate year. Once in the lab, she found her passion for studying spinal cord injury. For her own project, she will be focusing on rehabilitation based therapies post spinal cord injury to identify novel therapeutic targets.
Email: 
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Openings

Our lab is currently accepting graduate student candidates. Please fill out the linked form to apply.

graduate student application form
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About Us

The Abraira Lab is a collaborative neuroscientific endeavor to understand the somatosensory framework of touch. Our lab operates within the ​W.M. Keck Center of Collaborative Neuroscience at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. We are open to interested post-doctoral, graduate, and undergraduate researchers willing to explore the body's largest perceptive sense.
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