Kyleigh A. Rodgers

• Research Talk Award 1st Place, Granted by The OSU Dept of Neuroscience (2024, $1000).
• Research Travel Award , Granted by The OSU College of Medicine at the Trainee Research Day Poster Competition (2024, $500).
• Research Talk Award 2nd Place, Granted by the Neuroscience Research Institute (2022).
• NINDS Neuroimmunology Training Fellow, NIH T32 NS105864 Training Program in Neuroimmunology (2022-2024).
• Professionalism in Medicine Award, Granted by The Ohio State College of Medicine (2019-2020)
• Distinguished Teaching Assistant Award, Granted by four faculty at UCLA- Integrative Biology and Physiology Department (June, 2017)
• University Fellowship, Granted by University of California Dean, Graduate Division Robin L. Garrell, Ph.D. (January-June 2017)
• Society for Neuroscience Travel Award, Granted by the Brain Research Institute at UCLA (November, 2016)

Ph.D. Graduate Student Researcher, Phillip Popovich Lab, The Ohio State University (Apr 2020-Present)

• Spinal cord injury-induced bone marrow failure syndrome. Advisor: Phillip Popovich, Ph.D. Committee: John Sheridan, M.S., Ph.D., Jan Schwab, M.D., Ph.D., and Adrienne Dorrance, Ph.D.

M.S. Graduate Student Researcher, V. Reggie Edgerton Lab, UCLA (2015-2018)

• Behavioral, electrophysiological, and histological analysis of the effect of epidural stimulation and training on recovery of voluntary control in spinal cord injury using a rat model. Advisors: V. Reggie Edgerton, Ph.D., Niranjala Tillakaratne, Ph.D., Cristina Ghiani, Ph.D., and Christopher Colwell, Ph.D.

• DiSabato DJ, Marion CM, Mifflin KA, Alfredo AN, Rodgers KA, Kigerl KA, Popovich PG, McTigue DM. System Failure: Systemic inflammation following spinal cord injury. European Journal of Immunology. Submitted, in review. 2023 May 31.
• Rodgers B, Rodgers KA, Chick JFB, Makary MS. Public Awareness of Interventional Radiology: Population-Based Analysis of the Current State of and Pathways for Improvement. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2023 Jun;34(6):960-967.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.jvir.2023.01.033. Epub 2023 Feb 9. PMID: 36764444.
• Rodgers KA, Kigerl KA, Schwab JM, Popovich PG. Immune dysfunction after spinal cord injury - A review of autonomic and neuroendocrine mechanisms. Curr Opin Pharmacol. 2022 Jun;64:102230. doi: 10.1016/j.coph.2022.102230. Epub 2022 Apr 27. PMID: 35489214; PMCID: PMC9372819.
• Kobayakawa K, DePetro KA, Zhong H, Pham B, Hara M, Harada A, Nogami J, Ohkawa Y, Edgerton VR. Locomotor Training Increases Synaptic Structure with High NGL-2 Expression After Spinal Cord Hemisection. Neurorehabil Neural Repair. 2019 Mar;33(3):225-231.

• Rodgers KA, Mifflin KA, Kigerl KA, Hall JC, Lai W, Zhen G, Schwab JM, Dorrance AM, Popovich PG. Neutrophil excess and lymphocyte deficiency after spinal cord injury is driven by acute onset hypercortisolism. The Ohio State University. Dept of Neuroscience Research Day. May 03, 2024.
• Rodgers KA, Mifflin KA, Hall J, Garfinkle E, Kulkarni RK, Goda C, Salem M, Varkey A, Lai W, Guan Z, Navarro J, Westfall J, Rudich A, Karunasiri M, Schwab J, Miller KE, Collins P, Oltz E, Dorrance AM, Popovich PG . Spinal cord injury alters the epigenetic and transcriptomic landscape of immune cell precursors in bone marrow. The Neuroscience Research Institute Peripheral Neuroimmune Symposium. Oral presentation and poster session. June 23, 2023.
• Rodgers KA, Goda C, Kulkarni RK, Naumann E, Lai W, Guan Z, Navarro J, Westfall J, Rudich A, Karunasiri M, Mifflin KA, Miller KE, Dorrance AM, Popovich PG. Spinal cord injury bone marrow failure. Dr. Burghes Lectureship Series Selected Flash Talk. Oral Presentation. May 9, 2023.
• Rodgers KA, Goda C, Kulkarni RK, Naumann E, Lai W, Guan Z, Navarro J, Westfall J, Rudich A, Karunasiri M, Mifflin KA, Miller KE, Dorrance AM, Popovich PG. Spinal cord injury damages bone marrow endothelium. Annual Neuroscience Research Institute Symposium. Oral presentation and poster session. Nov 2022.
• KA DePetro, C Juan-Sing, S Zdunowski, H Zhong, N Tillakaratne, VR Edgerton. Behavioral and histological changes suggest possible mechanisms underlying the use of epidural stimulation for recovery of voluntary locomotion after incomplete spinal cord injury. Southern California Biomedical Sciences Graduate Student Symposium. Oral presentation and poster session. 2017.
• DePetro KA, Edgerton VR. How we walk again after spinal cord injury. Grad Slam Semi-Finals at UCLA. Oral presentation. Mar 1, 2016.

• Rodgers KA, Mifflin KA, Kigerl KA, Hall JC, Lai W, Zhen G, Schwab JM, Dorrance AM, Popovich PG. Primary adrenal hypercortisolism drives bone marrow dysfunction after spinal cord injury. Poster presentation. The Ohio State University College of Medicine Trainee Research Day, Apr 2024.
• Rodgers KA, Mifflin KA, Kigerl KA, Hall JC, Lai W, Zhen G, Schwab JM, Dorrance AM, Popovich PG. Neutrophil excess and lymphocyte deficiency after spinal cord injury is driven by acute onset hypercortisolism. Poster presentation. The Ohio State University. Dept of Neuroscience Research Day. May 03, 2024.
• Rodgers KA, Mifflin KA, Hall JC, Garfinkle E, Kulkarni RK, Goda C, Salem M, Varkey A, Lai W, Guan Z, Navarro J, Westfall J, Rudich A, Karunasiri M, Schwab JM, Miller KE, Collins P, Oltz E, Dorrance AM, Popovich PG. Spinal cord injury induce functional transcriptomic abnormalities immune cell precursors in bone marrow. Poster presentation. NINDS T32 Trainee Conference, June 5-7, 2023.
• Rodgers KA, Mifflin KA, Hall J, Garfinkle E, Kulkarni RK, Goda C, Salem M, Varkey A, Lai W, Guan Z, Navarro J, Westfall J, Rudich A, Karunasiri M, Schwab J, Miller KE, Collins P, Oltz E, Dorrance AM, Popovich PG. Spinal Cord Injury Alters the Epigenetic and Transcriptomic Landscape of Immune Cell Precursors in Bone Marrow. Poster presentation. The Neuroscience Research Institute Peripheral Neuroimmune Symposium, June 23, 2023.
• Rodgers KA, Goda C, Kulkarni RK, Naumann E, Lai W, Guan Z, Navarro J, Westfall J, Rudich A, Karunasiri M, Mifflin KA, Miller KE, Dorrance AM, Popovich PG. Spinal Cord Injury Bone Marrow Failure. Selected abstract. Dr. Burghes Lectureship Series. May 9, 2023.
• Rodgers KA, Mifflin KA, Hall J, Garfinkle E, Kulkarni RK, Goda C, Salem M, Varkey A, Lai W, Guan Z, Navarro J, Westfall J, Rudich A, Karunasiri M, Schwab J, Miller KE, Collins P, Oltz E, Dorrance AM, Popovich PG. Spinal Cord Injury Alters the Epigenetic and Transcriptomic Landscape of Immune Cell Precursors in Bone Marrow. Poster presentation. The Ohio State University College of Medicine Trainee Research Day, Apr 2023.
• Rodgers KA, Goda C, Kulkarni RK, Naumann E, Lai W, Guan Z, Navarro J, Westfall J, Rudich A, Karunasiri M, Mifflin KA, Miller KE, Dorrance AM, Popovich PG. Spinal Cord Injury Damages Bone Marrow Endothelium. Poster presentation. Annual Neuroscience Research Institute Symposium. Nov 2022.
• Rodgers KA, Goda C, Kulkarni RK, Naumann E, Lai W, Guan Z, Navarro J, Westfall J, Rudich A, Karunasiri M, Katherine AM, Miller KE, Dorrance AM, Popovich PG. Spinal Cord Injury Damages the Bone Marrow Niche Endothelial Cells. Poster presentation. Spinal Cord Injury: Moving Beyond Isolated Systems, July 2022.
• Rodgers KA, Kulkarni RK, Naumann E, Karunasiri M, Rudich A, Lai W, Guan Z, Dorrance AM, Popovich PG. Spinal Cord Injury Causes Production of Functionally Impaired Neutrophils. Poster presentation. America's School of Neuroimmunology, July 2022.
• Rodgers KA, Kulkarni RK, Naumann E, Karunasiri M, Rudich A, Lai W, Guan Z, Dorrance AM, Popovich PG. Elucidating the Effect of Spinal Cord Injury on Neutrophil Production and Cytokine Release in Bone Marrow. Department of Neuroscience Research Day at The Ohio State University, May 2022.
• Rodgers KA, Kulkarni RK, Naumann E, Karunasiri M, Rudich A, Mifflin KA, Lai W, Guan Z, Dorrance AM, Popovich PG. Spinal Cord Injury Induces Rapid and Persistent Myeloid Shift in Bone Marrow and is Associated with Spontaneous Pneumonia. Poster presentation. The Ohio State University College of Medicine Trainee Research Day, Apr 2022.
• Rodgers B, Rodgers KA, Makary MS. Interventional Radiology Awareness Among the General Population: Current State and Paths for Improvement. Poster presentation. Society of Interventional Radiology Conference, Dec 2021.
• Rodgers KA, Kulkarni R, Karunasiri M, Naumann E, Rudich A, Kolovich S, Mifflin KA, Lai W, Guan Z, Dorrance AM, Popovich PG. Spinal cord injury impairs bone marrow hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell function. Poster presentation. Annual Neuroscience Research Institute Symposium. Nov 2021.
• Rodgers B, Rinehardt H, Bozer J, Rodgers K, Griffin K, Kenney B. Prophylactic antibiotic use for laparoscopic pyloromyotomy do not prevent surgical site infection. Abstract. 17th Annual Academic Surgical Congress. Aug 2021.
• DePetro KA, Kulkarni R, Karunasiri M, Naumann E, Rudich A, Kolovich S, Lai W, Guan Z, Rajgolikar G, Dorrance AM, Popovich PG. Spinal cord injury causes hyperacute bone marrow failure. Department of Neuroscience Research Day at The Ohio State University, May, 2021.
• DePetro KA, Kulkarni R, Karunasiri M, Naumann E, Rudich A, Kolovich S, Lai W, Guan Z, Rajgolikar G, Dorrance AM, Popovich PG. Spinal cord injury causes hyperacute bone marrow failure with myeloid fate bias. The Ohio State University College of Medicine Trainee Research Day, Apr 2021.
• DePetro KA, Chen A, Zdunowski S, Truong R, Juan-Sing C, Pacheco S, Huynh K, Zhong H, Tillakaratne NJK, Edgerton VR. Behavioral and histological changes suggest possible mechanisms underlying the use of epidural stimulation for recovery of voluntary locomotion after incomplete spinal cord injury. Society for Neuroscience. Washington, D.C.: Society for Neuroscience, Nov 2017.
• KA DePetro, S Zdunowski, NJK Tillakaratne, B Pham, H Zhong, VR Edgerton. Possible mechanisms underlying conversion of nonfunctional to functional states among spinal networks after spinal cord injury. 523.07. 2016 Society for Neuroscience. San Diego, CA: Society for Neuroscience, Nov 2016.
• DePetro KA, Chen A, Zdunowski S, Truong R, Juan-Sing C, Pacheco S, Huynh K, Zhong H, Tillakaratne NJK, Edgerton VR. Possible mechanisms underlying the use of epidural stimulation to facilitate voluntary control after spinal cord injury. Brain Research Institute Poster Day at UCLA, Nov 29, 2016.

Peer Consulting Tutor, The Ohio State University College of Medicine

· Tutor for 1st and 2nd year medical students

Laboratory Manager, Human Cadaver Anatomy Lab, UCLA

· Systems Anatomy, Patricia E. Phelps Ph.D. & Anthony R. Friscia Ph.D. (Fall 2016 and Fall 2017)

Teaching Associate, UCLA

· Foundations in Physiological Science, Barney A. Schlinger Ph.D., Andrew D. Watson M.D./Ph.D., Peter V. Hauser Ph.D., Walter H. Metzner Ph.D. (Spring 2017)

· Introduction to Laboratory and Scientific Methodology, Gaston Pfluegl Ph.D. (Winter 2017 and Summer 2017)

· Systems Anatomy, Patricia E. Phelps Ph.D. & Anthony R. Friscia Ph.D. (Fall 2016)

· Introduction to Human Anatomy, Anthony R. Friscia Ph.D. (Summer 2016)

Teaching Assistant, UCLA

· Foundations in Physiological Science, Barney A. Schlinger Ph.D., Andrew D. Watson M.D./Ph.D., Peter V. Hauser Ph.D., Walter H. Metzner Ph.D. (Spring 2016)

· Introduction to Laboratory and Scientific Methodology, Gaston Pfluegl Ph.D. (Winter 2016)

· Systems Anatomy, Patricia E. Phelps Ph.D. & Anthony R. Friscia Ph.D. (Fall 2015)

• Seminar Lead, Medical Scientist Training Program at OSU (Summer 2024).
• Executive Board, Social Chair, Medical Scientist Training Program at OSU (2023-2024).
• Executive Board, Student Interest Group in Oncology, The Ohio State University College of Medicine (2021-2022)
• President, Student Interest Group in Neurology, The Ohio State University College of Medicine (2019-2020)
• Curriculum Coordinator, HEADS UP, The Ohio State University College of Medicine (2019-2020)

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