Dr. Özlem Yilmaz' Laboratory
Medical University of South Carolina
Featured Lab Members
Özlem Yilmaz
Principal Investigator
Dr. Yilmaz is our principal investigator. She also served as the Chair of the Former Oral Health Sciences Department at the Medical University of South Carolina.
Bridgette Wellslager
Former PhD Student
Bridgette Wellslager was PhD Student who studied host pathogen interactions in our laboratory as a part of her doctoral studies. She is currently a post-doctoral fellow in NIAID/NIH Bethesda.
Nityananda Chowdhury
Former Staff Scientist
Dr. Nityananda Chowdhury was a post doctoral scientist who joined Yilmaz lab from Penn State University. He served as staff scientist and lab manager for over 8 years in Yilmaz lab. He is currently studying traumatic brain injury in Dr. Steve Tomlinson's lab at MUSC as staff scientist.
Brianyell McDaniel Mims
Former Post-doctoral Fellow
Dr. Brianyell McDaniel Mims was a post doctoral member who joined the Yilmaz laboratory a few years ago to study the role that oral pathogens play in the onset of cognitive impairments. She is currently studying brain injury in Dr. Steve Tomlinson's lab at MUSC as post-doctoral scholar and also worked as an adjunct faculty in Trident College in Charleston, SC.