Lab Personnel
Paul D Chantler, Ph.D. – Professor, Division of Exercise Physiology, adjunct faculty in the Department of Neuroscience, SOM.
Graduate program affiliation – Exercise Physiology, Neuroscience, Clinical & Translational Sciences.
PhD: Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK of Great Britain.
Postdoctoral Training: Postdoctoral Fellowship, Laboratory of Cardiovascular Sciences, National Institute of Aging, NIH
Email: pchantler@hsc.wvu.edu
Since 2009 i have had the privilege to mentor a number of graduate (MS and PhD) and undergraduate students. Brian Reger and Sara Fournier will always have significance in my career as they were the first MS and PhD students, respectively, that graduated under my mentorship.
Current Lab Members!
Awards
Saina Prabhu. Bachelor of Pharmacy, Institute of Chemical Technology | Mumbai
Master of Science in Pharmaceutical Sciences (MPS), Creighton University | Omaha, NE.
Research Interests: Stress and VCID
Saina is a first year PhD student in the BMS at WVU (Pharmaceutical Sciences Program). Saina joined the lab in the end of the Fall 2020 semester.
Achievements:
Publication
Burrage EN, Coblentz T, Prabhu SS, Childers R, Bryner RW, Lewis S, DeVallance E, Kelley EE, Chantler PD. Xanthine Oxidase Mediated Cerebrovascular Dysfunction with Chronic Stress. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism. In Press, 2023 PMID: 36655326
Singh, M. B., Harmalkar, A. U., Prabhu, S. S., Pai, N. R., Bhangde, S. K., & Gaikar, V. G. (2018). Molecular dynamics simulation for desulphurization of hydrocarbon fuel using ionic liquids. Journal of Molecular Liquids, 264, 490-498.
Abstracts (most recent)
Prabhu, S, Burrage EN, Simpkins J, Kelley EE, Chantler PD. Chronic Stress exacerbates Tau production in the 3xTg Alzheimer’s Disease Mouse. Experimental Biology, Philadelphia, April 2-5, 2022
Nicole Mackenste B.S
WVU BMS Ph.D Student - Pathophysiology, Rehabilitation, and Performance Program
Research Interests: Role of TLR4 and XO on ADRD
Nicole is a first year PhD student who officailly joined the lab in the end of the Fall 2022 semester.
Westminster Collge, New Wilmington PA | Bachelor of Science | May 2022
Major: Biochemistry
Achievements:
Abstracts (most recent)
Past Lab Members!
Right. Miriam Leary (Pearman).
Graduated with a Masters of Science, in 2013 and spent most of 2013 in my lab working on human cardiovascular assessments. in 2016, she graduated with a PhD from Hirofumi Tanaka, PhD lab: Exercise Science, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, The University of Texas at Austin. Currently, Dr. Leary is an Assistant Professor at WVU, EXPH.
Chantler Lab Picture: Taken January 13th 2015.
from left to right:
Dr. Kyuwan Lee (aka Q, MS student at the time)
Dr. Kayla Branyan (PhD student at the time)
Dr. Kent Lemaster (PhD student at the time)
Dr. Chris Skinner (MS student at the time)
Dr. Sara Fournier (PhD student at the time)
Dr. Evan DeVallance (PhD student at the time)
Corey Moore (MS student at the time) - currently in MD program.
Grant O'Connell PhD (Graduated 2016)
James 'Alex' Smith, MS.
(graduated 2018)
Chantler Lab Picture: Taken April 9th 2019. Experimental Biology Conference, Orlando Fl.
from left to right: Abby Tice (MS student at the time: in Dr. Bryner's lab); Dr. Bryner's; Dr. Olfert; Me; Juliana O'Reilly (undergraduate student at the time, Olfert lab); Lance Hare (undergraduate student at the time, Olfert lab); Kent Marshall MS (CTS PhD student); Matt Parsley, MS (Chantler Lab); Emily Burrage (PhD candiate)
We often have international students joining the research lab. This is Luca Burgio (MS student) who joined us for approximately 1 year from the University of Milan. WVU and Milan have an exchange program, and overall we have had approximately 5 students moving back and forth from WVU to Uni Of Milan.
Undergraduate Students Presenting their research at the Undergraduate Research Day at the American Physiological Society Symposium (Part of Experimental Biology. San Diego 2016.
Other presentations that year were at the 20th Council on Undergraduate Research. 2016 Posters on the Hill , Washington DC.
Tyler Coblentz . B.S., Exercise Physiology WVU. (left) Graduated with a Masters of Science, in 2021 and explored the role of stress and on aortic dysfunction.
Chantler Lab Picture: Taken Summer 2021
Emily Burrage (PhD candiate)
Saina Prabhu (PhD candiate)
Tiffany Nguyen (Summer INBRE student)
James Mills (BSc EXPH Student)
Anna Phillips (Summer SURE student)
Phillip Englund (WVU RAP student)
Tyler Coblentz (MSc EXPH Student)
James Frazier (MSc EXPH Student)
Awards
Stroke and its Co-Morbidities T32 Associate, West Virginia University 2019-2020
Toxicology Working Group Travel Award, West Virginia University 2019
Stroke and its Co-Morbidities T32 Fellow, West Virginia University 2020-2022
Emily Burrage. B.S., Neuroscience, Minor in Chemistry, Bay Path University
Emily Burrage. PhD., Neuroscience, WVU
Research: The role of stress and cerebrovacualr function and cogntive decline
Achievements:
Publication
Burrage EN, Coblentz T, Prabhu SS, Childers R, Bryner RW, Lewis S, DeVallance E, Kelley EE, Chantler PD. Xanthine Oxidase Mediated Cerebrovascular Dysfunction with Chronic Stress. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism. In Press, 2023 PMID: 36655326
Kunovac A, Hathaway QA, Burrage EN, Coblentz T, Kelley EE, Sengupta PP, Hollander JM, Chantler PD. Left Ventricular Segmental Stress-Strain Identifies Unique Myocardial Deformation Patterns Following Intrinsic and Extrinsic Stressors in Mice. Accepted. Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology. 2022, 48 (10): 2128-2138. PMID: 35933241
Burrage E.N, Aboaziza E, Hare L, Reppert S, Moore J, Goldsmith W.T, Kelley E.E, Mills A, Dakhlallah D, Chanter P.D*. and I.M. Olfert Maternal electronic cigarette use during pregnancy results in early-life cerebrovascular dysfunction in offspring. AJP. 2021; 32(2): H339-H352. PMID: 34170194.Highlighted for AJP Podcast. Award APSselect, that showcases some of the best recently published articles in physiological research.
Burrage E, Marshall K.L, Santanam N, and Chantler PD. Cerebrovascular dysfunction with stress and depression. Brain Circulation. 4(2) 43-53, 2018. PMID: 30276336
O’Connell GE, Walsh K, Burrage E, Adeoye O, Chantler PD, AND Barr TL. High-throughput profiling reveals widespread sex-associated differences in the composition of circulating proteome following ischemic stroke. Physiological Genomics. 50(10):876-883, 2018. PMID:30029587
James Frazier. B.S., Exercise Physiology WVU.
Research Interests: Aortic Dysfunction with ECIG (Role of Wattage and base solution)
James graduated with an MS degree from the Olfert-Chantler lab in 2022 and he is now in the CTS PhD program at WVU. James explored the role of E-Cig exposure on aortic health (AHA project).
Crystal Oudomvilay. B.S.,
Research Interests: Stress and Vascular Dysfunction
Crystal completed her MS in BMS at WVU (Exercise Physiology Program) in 2023
University of the Ozarks | Bachelor of Biology | May 2021
Major: Biology
Minors: Chemistry, Health Science, English, Business Administration
Magna Cum Laude
Achievements:
NIH F31 Diversity Award
PhD Committee Chair/Member
Sara Fournier (Chair) 2011- 2015
Evan DeVallance (Chair) 2013- 2017
Kayla Branyan (Chair) 2013- 2017
Kent Lemaster (Chair) 2015- 2016
Grant O’Connell (Chair) 2014- 2016
Danielle Doll (Member) 2013- 2015
Steven Brooks (Member) 2013- 2016
William Mandler (Member) 2014- 2017
Kiril Tuntevski (Member) 2016- 2018
Emily Burrage (Chair) 2018- 2022
Amina Kunovac (Member) 2018- 2021
Andrew Taylor (Member) 2019- current
O. Hecmarie Meléndez-Fernández (Member) 2020- current
Eiman Aboaziza (Member) 2021-2022
Briana Clary (Member) 2021-current
Rachel Taitano (Committee Chair) 2020-current
Saina Prabhu (Chair) 2021- current
Nicole Mackenstein (Chair) 2023- current
MS Committee Chair/Member
Brian Reger (Chair) 2010- 2012
Brian Bennett (Member) 2010- 2012
Kyuwan Lee (Chair) 2013- 2015
Corey Moore (Chair) 2014- 2016
Roy Skinner (Chair) 2014- 2016
Heather Banister (Chair) 2015-2016
James Alex Smith (Chair) 2016- 2018
Chris Pitzer (Member) 2016- 2018
Mathew Parsley (Chair) 2017- 2020
Abigail Tice (Member) 2017- 2019
Jillian Forsey (Member) 2018- 2020
Tyler Coblentz (Chair) 2019- 2021
James Frazier (Chair) 2020-2022
Sydney Nassabeh (Member) 2021-current
Crystal Oudomvillay (Chair) 2022- 2023
Alec Henshaw (Co-Chair) 2022-current
Undergraduate Mentoring
Kelly Devlin (WVU SURE Summer program) 2015
Melissa Ashmann (WV INBRE student) 2014- 2016
Danielle Nehill (WV INBRE Summer student) 2015
Ashlee Seldomridge (APS Summer student) 2015- 2016
Colton Allen (WV INBRE Summer student) 2016
Whitney Sheets (APS Summer student) 2016- 2017
Stuart Clayton (WVU EXPH) 2016- 2017
Carly Killmer (WVU EXPH) 2016 -2018
Catherine Bandak (WV INBRE Summer student) 2017
Erin Mueller (WVU MS of Health Sciences student) 2016- 2018
Brianna Skaff (WVU BIOL 486) 2017- 2019
Jennifer Faila (WV INBRE Summer student) 2018
Ethan McDonald (WV INBRE Summer student) 2018
Shin Asano (WV INBRE faculty summer research) 2018
Abundance Hunt (WVU EXPH Independent Study) 2018
Keshawn Merritt-Pannell (WVU EXPH, INBRE student) 2018-2020
Allison Clay (WVU EXPH Independent Study) 2018-2019
Tylar Seckman (WVU Micro, Immun, & Cell Biology Student) 2018-2019
Wendy Jent (WVU RAP student, and SURE) 2018-2020
Kassidy Staller (WVU RAP student) 2019-2020
Tyler Coblentz (WVU EXPH Independent Study) 2019-2020
Christian Price (WVU EXPH 497 Research) 2019-2020
Ronnie Everhart (WVU EXPH 497 Research) 2019-2020
Courtney Freeman (WVU EXPH volunteer)2019-2020
Jenna Luthman (WVU Neuroscience volunteer) 2019-current
Patrick McClain (WVU EXPH 497 Research) 2020-2021
Shay Babich (WVU RAP student) 2020-2021
Philip Englund (WVU RAP student) 2020-current
Makenzie Casto (WVU EXPH 497 Research) 2021-2021
James Mills (WVU EXPH 497 Research) 2021-current
Anna Phillips (WVU SURE Summer 2021 Program)
Tiffany Nguyen (WV INBRE Summer 2021 Program)