Enrique Piedra

Graduate Student

Personal Statement:

Enrique is a neuroscience graduate student in the Integrated Biomedical Sciences Program (IBMS) at UT Health San Antonio. His research interests center on the intricate interplay of immunoregulation, cognition, and neurodegeneration. Currently, he is focused on studying the kynurenine pathway and its impact on brain function and behavior.

Education

BA (Psychology), 2023 - The University of Texas at San Antonio
Postbac, 2023 - 2024) - Dartmouth College

Research

neuroimmunology

kynurenine pathway

glia

metabolism

Publications

Chapman, T. W., Kamen, Y., Piedra, E. T., & Hill, R. A. (2024). Oligodendrocyte maturation alters the cell death mechanisms that cause demyelination. Journal of Neuroscience, 2024 Mar 27;44(13):e1794232024. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1794-23.2024

Kamen, Y., Chapman, T. W., Piedra, E. T., Ciolkowski, M. E., & Hill, R. A. (2025). Transient upregulation of procaspase-3 during oligodendrocyte fate decisions. Journal of Neuroscience, PMID: 39837665 PMCID: PMC11924999 (available on 2025-09-19) DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2066-24.2025

Golob, E. J., Nelson, J. T., Walasek, J. A., Piedra, E. T., Mock, J. R., Adams, M. J. K., … & Spear, C. S. A. (2024). Training to improve spatial hearing and situation awareness when wearing hearing protection. Military medicine, 189(1-2), e306-e312.