Hannah Korah

Graduate School
College of Medicine – Tucson
Year Entered Program: 
2020
Grad Year: 
2024
Degrees Received: 

B.S. in Microbiology and Cell Science and minor in Bioinformatics (Graduated Spring 2018)

Current: 
G3
Thesis Advisor: 
Mohab Ibrahim, PhD, MD
Honors & Awards: 
  • University Research Scholar at the University of Florida (UF) (2017-2018).
  • IRTA fellow at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) - National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) (2018-2020).
  • Selected for Plenary presentation as ‘Best Abstract’ at the 1st Annual Arizona Neurosurgery and Neurology Student Conference (March 2023).
  • Hank Yamamura Pharmacology Travel Award recipient ($500) for APSA 2023 joint conference.
  • Invited Guest Speaker for International Lecture on Compression-Only CPR at Kottayam Valiyapalli, Kerala, India (01/07/2024).
  • Hank Yamamura Pharmacology Travel Award recipient ($500) for PHSG 2024 conference.
Selected Publications: 

Peer-Reviewed Scientific Manuscript Publications

Wilkes BJ, Archer D, Farmer A, Bass C, Korah HE, et al. (2024). Cortico-Basal Ganglia White Matter Microstructure is Linked to Restricted Repetitive Behavior in Autism Spectrum Disorder. Molecular Autism.

Korah HE, Cheng K, Washington SM, Flowers ME, Stratton HJ, Patwardhan A, Ibrahim MM, Martin LF. (2022). Partial Sciatic Nerve Ligation: A Mouse Model of Chronic Neuropathic Pain to Study the Antinociceptive Effect of Novel Therapies. Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE).

Reiner DJ, Lofaro OM, Applebey SV, Korah H, et al. (2019). Role of Projections between Piriform Cortex and Orbitofrontal Cortex in Relapse to Fentanyl Seeking after Palatable Food Choice-Induced Voluntary Abstinence. J. Neurosci. (PMID: 32051327)

Bossert JM, Kyatkin E, Korah HE, et al. (2019). In a rat model of opioid maintenance, the G-protein-biased MOR agonist TRV130 decreases relapse to oxycodone seeking and taking, and prevents oxycodone-induced brain hypoxia. Biol. Psych. (BPS 14134)

Wilkes BJ, Bass CR, Korah HE, Febo M, Lewis MH. (2019). Volumetric magnetic resonance and diffusion tensor imaging of C58/J mice: neural correlates of repetitive behavior. Brain Imaging Behav. (PMID: 31342238)

Ballmann C, Thiel A, Korah HE, Reis A, Saeger W, Stepanow S, Köhrer K, Reifenberger G, Knobbe-Thomsen CB, Knappe UJ, Scholl UI (2018). USP8 Mutations in Pituitary Adenomas - Targeted Analysis by Next- generation Sequencing. J. Endocrine Soc. (PMID: 29600293)

Korah HE, Scholl UI (2015). An Update of Familial Hyperaldosteronism. Hormone and Metabolic Research. (PMID: 26445452)

Nguyen DV, Li Calzi S, Shaw LC, Kielczewski JL, Korah HE, Grant MB (2013). An ocular view of the IGF-IGFBP system. Growth Horm IGF. (PMID: 23578754)

 

Peer-Reviewed Online Medical Education Articles

Korah Hannah, Thirunagari Prem. Stories from the Southwest: Free Health Clinics in Tucson, Arizona. In-Training Magazine. June 5, 2023. Featured front-page.

Korah Hannah. Behind the Bars of the Healthcare System: Mental and Physical Health Disparities in America’s Prisons. In-Training Magazine. March 17, 2022. Featured front-page.

Korah Hannah. Why Medical Students Need to be Trained in Vulnerability. In-Training Magazine. Oct 21, 2020.

Abstract Publications

Korah HE, Silva S, Calderon T, Mounsey M, Ballester-Maldonado JA, Perry L, Galvez MG. Novel Local Flaps for the Pediatric Hand Surgeon. Pediatric Hand Study Group 2024 Meeting at Boston’s Children’s.

Yasmeh JP, Korah H, Hostler A, Mazarei M, Chen K, Gurtner GC, Mason AC. Reconstruction In Augmentation Mammoplasty Associated Desmoid Fibromatosis. Plastic Surgery Research Council (PSRC) 69th Annual Meeting.

MD-PhD Committee Student Rep: 
MD-PhD Committee Student Rep