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 Lecturer 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

  • Korah HE, Leis A, Berger A, Galvez MG. (2024). Pediatric Hand Surgery Training: A Spectrum of Educational Resources. Journal of Hand Surgery – Global Online.
  • 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. Loving My Dirty Skin. In-Training Magazine. May 10, 2024. Featured front-page article.
  • 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, Cheng K, Washington SM, Flowers ME, Stratton HJ, Patwardhan A, Ibrahim MM, Martin LF. Partial Sciatic Nerve Ligation: A Mouse Model of Chronic Neuropathic Pain to Study the Antinociceptive Effect of Novel Therapies. Department of Surgery Research Day at the University of Arizona-Tucson. 2023.
  • 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. 2023.
  • 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 Annual Meeting at Boston’s Children’s Hospital. 2024.
  • Korah HE, Leis A, Berger A, Galvez MG. Pediatric Hand Surgery Training: A Spectrum of Educational Resources. Journal of Hand Surgery – Global Online. Department of Surgery Research Day at the University of Arizona-Tucson. 2024.
MD-PhD Committee Student Rep: 
MD-PhD Committee Student Rep