Morgan, M., Lopez-Rodriguez, Z., & Hartman, RE. Polyphenol diet and exercise as neuroprotective factors in a Drosophila model of Alzheimer’s Disease. Animal Models and Experimental Medicine. (in press)....

Happy to have collaborated with Dr. Erik Behringer on his project that was just published: Bishara MA, Chum PP, Miot FEL, Hooda A, Hartman RE, Behringer EJ. Molecular pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease onset in a mouse model: effects of cannabidiol treatment. Front Neurosci. 2025 Sep 5;19:1667585. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2025.1667585. PMID: 40979532; PMCID: PMC12446314....

Raghad is a PsyD lab alum who just published her doctoral project in Neurology International: Tabaza R, Hartman RE. Impact of gut–brain axis and probiotics on Alzheimer’s disease. Neurology International. 2025; 17(10):153. https://doi.org/10.3390/neurolint17100153...

Congrats to Hartman Lab PhD student Tori Togashi for nailing her dissertation defense yesterday – “Characterizing the effects of proton irradiation, dietary polyphenols, and traumatic brain injury on behavior and lifespan in Drosophila melanogaster”...

Congratulations to PhD student Sasha Trofimova for successfully defending her dissertation, “The effects of a polyphenol-rich diet in a Drosophila melanogaster model of traumatic brain injury” – great job!…...

FINALLY in press…. this paper (demonstrating that stem cell therapy can prevent the “penumbral” area of an ischemic lesion from dying) has probably been the most difficult-to-publish paper in my career so far...

Check out my 1st grad student (Dr. Joel Kamper) talking about his recent experience diagnosing a Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease case with my more recent grad student (Dr. John Bellone) on the Navigating Neuropsychology podcast. https://www.navneuro.com/44-neuropsych-bite-creutzfeldt-jakob-disease-with-dr-joel-kamper/...

Congratulations to PhD student Tori Togashi for successfully defending her proposed dissertation project, “Using proton irradiation and/or polyphenols to modulate behavioral deficits in a Drosophila melanogaster model of traumatic brain injury” – great job!...

Dr. John Bellone (Hartman lab alumnus and host of the Navigating Neuropsychology podcast) recently interviewed Dr. Joel Kamper (1st Hartman lab grad student) about clinical licensure requirements – check out the episode here...

Andrea Briseno (PhD program) and David Ross (PsyD program) got matched with the Loma Linda VA and San Diego Kaiser Permanente (respectively) during the 1st round of clinical internship matches today...