Eleven students receive graduate degrees in pharmacology & toxicology at December 15 commencement
Eleven students (see table below with student, degree, faculty mentor, and thesis/dissertation title) received their graduate degrees in pharmacology and toxicology at the December 15, 2017 commencement ceremony. Among the student graduates was Tuo Shao, the first graduate of the Wenzhou Medical University Partnership. The number of student graduates of the pharmacology and toxicology graduate program now exceeds 300.
J. Caleb Greenwell | Ph.D | Jessie Roman, M.D. |
| Age-related host factors regulate lung cancer progression |
Marcus W. Stepp | Ph.D. | David W. Hein, Ph.D. |
| Role of human arylamine N-acetyltransferase 1 in tumorigenesis and cancer biology |
Lauren G. Poole-Hardy | Ph.D. | Gavin E. Arteel, Ph.D. |
| Novel insight into the liver-lung axis in alcohol-enhanced acute lung injury |
Zimple D Kurlawala | Ph.D. | Levi J. Beverly, Ph.D. |
| UBQLN1: A multi-domain protein with multiple functions |
Tuo Shao | Ph.D. | Wenke Feng, Ph.D. |
| The role of HIF-1α in intestinal epithelial barrier function in alcoholic liver disease |
Laila Al-Eryani | Ph.D. | J. Christopher States, Ph.D. |
| miRNA expression changes in arsenic-induced skin cancer in vitro and in vivo |
J. Mason Hoffman | M.S. | J. Christopher States, Ph.D. |
| Targeting the major regulator of mitosis |
Ashley M. Mudd | M.S. | Ramesh C. Gupta, Ph.D. |
| Prevention and treatment of familial adenomatous polyposis and colorectal cancer by bilberry-derived anthocyanidins |
Divya Karukonda | M.S. | Ramesh C. Gupta, Ph.D. |
| Advances in tumor-targeted therapy using nanomedicine |
Rachel M. Speer | M.S. | John P. Wise, Sr., Ph.D. |
| The comparative cytotoxicity and genotoxicity of hexavalent chromium in humans and sea turtles |
Tess V. Dupre | Ph.D. | Leah J. Siskind, Ph.D. |
| Sphingolipids in models of kidney injury and disease |