Leah Phuong Phan

* Co-first author publication

Streit WJ, Phan L, Bechmann I. Ferroptosis and pathogenesis of neuritic plaques in Alzheimer's Disease. Pharmacol Rev. 2024 Oct 7:PHARMREV-AR-2023-000823. doi: 10.1124/pharmrev.123.000823. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39375045.

Larochelle J, Tishko RJ, Yang C, Ge Y, Phan LT, Gunraj RE, Stansbury SM, Liu L, Mohamadzadeh M, Khoshbouei H, Candelario-Jalil E. (2023) Receptor-interacting protein kinase 2 (RIPK2) profoundly contributes to post-stroke neuroinflammation and behavioral deficits with microglia as unique perpetrators. J Neuroinflammation (PMID: 37777791)

Gopinath A, Mackie PM, Phan LT, Tansey MG, Khoshbouei H. The complex role of inflammation and gliotransmitters in Parkinson's disease. Neurobiol Dis. 2023 Jan;176:105940. doi: 10.1016/j.nbd.2022.105940. Epub 2022 Dec 5. PMID: 36470499; PMCID: PMC10372760.

Gopinath A, Mackie PM, Phan LT, Tansey MG, Khoshbouei H. (2023) The complex role of inflammation and gliotransmitters in Parkinson's disease. Neurobiol Dis. (PMID: 36470499)

Gopinath A, Mackie PM, Phan LT, Mirabel R, Smith AR, Miller E, Franks S, Syed O, Riaz T, Law BK, Urs N, Khoshbouei H. (2023) Who Knew? Dopamine Transporter Activity Is Critical in Innate and Adaptive Immune Responses. Cells. (PMID: 36672204)

Shaerzadeh, F., Phan, L.*, Miller, D., Dacquel, M., Hachmeister, W., Hansen, C., Bechtle, A., Tu, D., Martcheva, M., Foster, T. C., Kumar, A., Streit, W. J., & Khoshbouei, H. (2020) Microglia senescence occurs in both substantia nigra and ventral tegmental area. Glia  (PMID: 32275335)

Miller, D. R., Shaerzadeh, F., Phan, L., N., Gambel-George, J., McLaughlin, J.P, &Khoshbouei, H. (2108) HIV-1 Tat regulation of dopamine transmission and microglial reactivity is brain region specific. Glia, 66(9), 1915-1928. (PMID: 29733459)

Submitted:
Phan L*, Miller D*, Gopinath A,Lin M,Gunther D.,Kiel K,Quintin S, Borg D, Hasanpour-Segherlou,Z, Newman A, Sorrentino Z,Miller EJ, Sebold J,Hoh B, GiassonB, and KhoshboueiH. Parkinson's Paradox: Alpha-synuclein's Selective Strike on SNc Dopamine Neurons over VTA.

Leah Phan, Fatima Shaerzadeh, Joseph Lebowitz, Douglas Miller, Maxwell Daquel, William Hachmeister, Alexandra Bechtle, Duan Tu, Maia Martcheva, Tom Foster, Ashok Kumar, Wolfgang J. Streit, Habibeh Khoshbouei. Microglia Senescence Occurs in both Substantia Nigra and Ventral Tegmental Area.

ASPET

22 May 2024, Washington D.C.

Leah Phan, Fatima Shaerzadeh, Joseph Lebowitz, Douglas Miller, Maxwell Daquel, William Hachmeister, Alexandra Bechtle, Duan Tu, Maia Martcheva, Tom Foster, Ashok Kumar, Wolfgang J. Streit, Habibeh Khoshbouei. Microglia Senescence Occurs in both Substantia Nigra and Ventral Tegmental Area.

Society for Neuroscience

22 October 2019, Chicago, IL

Leah Phan and Fatima Shaerzadeh, Joseph Lebowitz, Maxwell Dacquel, Alexandra Bechtle, William Hachmeister, Douglas Miller, Wolfgang Streit, Thomas Foster, Ashok Kumar, Habibeh Khoshbouei. Aging increases microglia senescence in the midbrain: A risk factor for Parkinson’s Disease

PSP/ Lewy Body Disease Think Tank VII

26 April 2019, Gainesville, FL

Leah Phan and Fatima Shaerzadeh, Joseph Lebowitz, Maxwell Dacquel, Alexandra Bechtle, William Hachmeister, Douglas Miller, Wolfgang Streit, Thomas Foster, Ashok Kumar, Habibeh Khoshbouei. Aging increases microglia senescence in the midbrain: A risk factor for Parkinson’s Disease

University of Florida College of Medicine Research Poster Session

19 Feburary 2019, Gainesville, FL

Phan, L., Miller, D., Shaerzadeh, F., Streit, W., Khoshbouei, H. Does methamphetamine increase HIV-Tat induced cell injury?

University of Florida Undergraduate Research Symposium.

20 March 2017, Gainesville, Florida

Phan, L., Miller, D., Shaerzadeh, F., Streit, W., Khoshbouei, H. Does methamphetamine increase HIV-Tat induced cell injury?

University of Baltimore County McNair Conference.

22 September 2017 Baltimore, Maryland

Phan, L., Miller, D., Shaerzadeh, F., Streit, W., Khoshbouei, H. Does methamphetamine increase HIV-Tat induced cell injury?

SAEOPP Scholars Research Conference.

23 July 2017, Atlanta, Georgia

2024  ASPET Travel Award 

2019   McKnight Brain Institute Travel Award 

2018   UF Graduate Grant 

2017   Ronald E. McNair Scholar 

2016   Learning without Borders Scholarship 

2016   Benjamin Gilman International Scholarship

2017- 2018  Paul and Harriette Franklin Merit Scholarship

2016   CET Academic Program Scholarship
2016- 2018  Southern Scholarship Foundation Housing Scholarship

2014- 2018  Florida Academic Scholar Award

SPRING 2025 - current, GAINESVILLE, FL

SPRING 2025 - current, GAINESVILLE, FL

SPRING 2025 - current, GAINESVILLE, FL
Devon Borg / UF,
Maximizing Advanced Research Careers Scholar

UF Artificial Intelligence Scholar

SPRING 2022 - current, GAINESVILLE, FL
1st Place in North Florida Chapter for Society for Neuroscience 2025 Poster Presentation, (Undergraduate Section)

1st Place American Association for the Advancement of Science Conference 2025, Oral Poster Presentation – title will be featured in Science Issue April 17th, 2025

UF Artificial Intelligence Scholar

SPRING 2022 - current, GAINESVILLE, FL

SPRING 2021, GAINESVILLE, FL

SUMMER 2019, GAINESVILLE, FL