Previous Members

 

Dr. Lara Madding, Research Associate and Lab Coordinator 

Dr. Lara Madding was a Research Associate and Lab Coordinator for the Sheahan Lab from September 2022-October 2023. Lara did an amazing job getting the lab up and running and providing mentorship for our students. Sadly, she was offered a fantastic job she couldn’t refuse at CSL Seqirus. We will miss you Lara!!

Mary O’Neill, Undergraduate (soon to be Veterinary Student)

Mary O’Neill is a Senior at NC State University majoring in Animal Science with a minor in Genetics. During her time in the lab (2022-2023), Mary compared epithelial cell populations between horses with Equine Cushing’s Disease (PPID) and without. She has recently been accepted into veterinary school!! Congratulations Mary! We will miss her in the lab!

 

Ashley Kropf, Veterinary Student

Ashley Kropf completed a research project in the lab as an undergraduate (2022-2023), and now she is a veterinary student of the Class of 2027 at NC State College of Veterinary Medicine. Ashley’s project was focused on the function of CFTR in equine rectal organoids. We will miss her in the lab!!

Jillian Petersen, Veterinary Student

Jillian completed a Veterinary Scholars program during the summer of 2023 in the lab as a rising second year veterinary student in the DVM program at the NCSU College of Veterinary Medicine. Jillian’s project was focused on optimizing an in vitro platform of GIP secretion in equine duodenal organoids. We will miss her in the lab!!

Seline Stoop, Veterinary Student

Seline Stoop completed a Veterinary Scholars program during the summer of 2024 in the lab as a rising second year NC State veterinary student originally from Kennett Square, PA. She graduated from the University of Delaware where she obtained her Honors B.S. in Pre-Veterinary Medicine and B.S. in Agriculture and Natural Resources with minors in Equine Science and Spanish. She is interested in equine medicine and currently helps as a weekend veterinary assistant for the Large Animal Treatment Crew at NC State’s CVM and is a part-time assistant for NC State CVM’s Equine Ambulatory Emergency Service. As part of the Veterinary Scholars Program with the Sheahan lab, Seline will be focusing her research on determining histologic and cellular alterations present in duodenal biopsies of horses with and without Equine Metabolic Syndrome. We will miss her in the lab!!