Current Students, 2017-2018
Current Students, 2017-2018
Venkat Ramakrishnan, Ph.D.
Medical School Year 4
Congratulations to Venkat on matching with his top choice - Harvard's Brigham and Women's Hospital for their Urology Residency Program! The four-year training program accepts three new residents each year.
| Department | Physiology |
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| Dissertation 2015 | "Development of a Vascularized, Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Liver-Tissue Mimic for Therapeutic Applications" |
| Ph.D. Mentor | Dr. Nolan Boyd |
| Fulbright Research Fellow | University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland, 2010-2011 |
| Undergraduate Degree | BS Biology (Cellular Physiology), 2010 |
Jessica Mezzanotte Sharpe, Ph.D.
Medical School Year 4
Congratulations to Jessica on her match with The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, OH for their Internal Medicine Residency Program! She is excited to join the program and plans to pursue Hematology/Oncology in the future.
| Department | Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics |
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| Dissertation 2016 | "The discovery of a novel, Ras-mediated NORE1A/PMLIV tumor suppressor complex" |
| Ph.D. Mentor | Dr. Geoffrey Clark |
| Undergraduate Degree | BA Biology, minors in Chemistry and English, 2010 Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN |
Heather Clair, Ph.D.
Medical School Year 3
Congratulations, Heather, on your F-30 Grant Award from the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences!
Project Title: Xenobiotic Receptors Modulate PCB-induced Steatohepatitis
| Department | Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics |
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| Dissertation 2017 | "PCB-Associated Steatohepatitis and the Role of Xenobiotic Receptors" |
| Ph.D. Mentor | Dr. Matthew Cave |
| Graduate Degree | MS Animal Science, Biotechnology, 2001 University of Georgia, Athens, GA |
| Undergraduate Degree | BS Animal Science, Dairy Science, 1999 University of Georgia, Athens, GA |
Peter Campbell
Graduate School Year 4
Congratulations, Peter, on your F-30 Grant Award from the National Institutes of Health, National Eye Institute!
Project Title: Formation and Maturation of Projections Between Thalamic Reticular Nucleus and Dorsal Lateral Geniculate Nucleus
| Department | Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology |
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| Ph.D. Mentor | Dr. William Guido |
| Undergraduate Degree | BA Independent Study in Neuroscience, 2006 Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA |
Douglas Saforo
Graduate School Year 3
| Department | Pharmacology and Toxicology |
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| Undergraduate Degree | BA Biology, 2013 University of Louisville, Louisville, KY |
Joseph Zakhari
Graduate School Year 3
| Department | Physiology |
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| Ph.D. Mentor | Dr. Stuart K. Williams II |
| Graduate Degree | MA Medical Sciences, 2013 Boston University, Boston, MA |
| Undergraduate Degree | BS Biology, minor in Chemistry, 2009 Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC |
Samantha Morrissey
Graduate School Year 2
| Department | Microbiology and Immunology |
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| Ph.D.Mentor | Dr. Jun Yan |
| Undergraduate Degree | BA Biology, minor in Chemistry, 2013 University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA |
Jordan Noe
Graduate School Year 2
| Department | Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics |
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| Ph.D. Mentor | Dr. Robert Mitchell |
| Undergraduate Degree | BS Biology, minor in Chemistry, 2013 University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT |
Desmond Harrell-Stewart
Graduate School Year 2
| Department | Pharmacology and Toxicology |
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| Ph.D. Mentor | Dr. Geoffrey Clark |
| Undergraduate Degree | BS Biochemistry, minor in Biology, 2014 Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA |
Natalia Bilchuk
Graduate School Year 1
| Department | Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics |
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| Ph.D. Mentor | Dr. Paula Bates |
| Graduate Degree | MS Chemical Biology, 2012 |
| Undergraduate Degree | BS Chemical Biology, minor in Philosophy, 2010 Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ |
Anne Geller
Graduate School Year 1
| Department | Microbiology and Immunology |
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| Ph.D. Mentor | Dr. Jun Yan |
| Intramural Research Training Award Fellow | National Institutes of Health, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Bethesda, MD, 2014-2015 |
| Graduate Degree | MS Biomedical Science, 2014 Tufts University, Medford, MA |
| Undergraduate Degree | BS Biomedical Science in Engineering, minor in Engineering Entrepreneurship, 2013 University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA |
George Wei
Medical School Year 2
| Undergraduate Degree | BA Chemistry, 2014 Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ |
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Mark Kravitz
Medical School Year 1
| Undergraduate Degree | BS Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology, 2017 Emory University, Atlanta, GA |
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Evan Tracy
Medical School Year 1
| Undergraduate Degree | BS Biology, 2015 Linfield College, McMinnville, OR |
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