Ashley Ross MS

Ashley is a graduate student in UIC's Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP), where she will receive both her MD and PhD degrees. She graduated in 2018 with her B.S. from the University of Florida (UF) with a major in Microbiology and Cell Science and a minor in Nutritional Sciences. She then went on to complete her M.S. at UF where her thesis work was focused on acute intermittent hypoxia and peripheral nerve regeneration. Ashley recently completed the first two years of medical school and is currently pursuing her PhD under Dr. Eisenlohr-Moul in the Graduate Program in Neuroscience. Ashley is particularly interested in the pathophysiology of reproductive mood disorders in adolescence.