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David Ramsey
PhD, Dept. of Physiology & Biophysics
Thesis: Modulation of the GABA Signaling Pathway in the Diabetic Retina
Advisor: Hoahua Qian, PhD
George Scaria
PhD, Dept. of Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics
Thesis: The Role of myb in Drosophila Embryogenesis
Advisor: Alisa Katzen, PhD

 

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UIC Medical Scientist Training Program

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Elizabeth Shaughnessy, PhD, Dept. of  Anatomy & Cell Biology Clinical Research
Vijay Hingorani, PhD, Dept. of Biochemistry Thesis Advisor:Yee-Kin Ho, PhD
Frank Paptheofanis, PhD, Dept. ofBiochemistry
Henry Brown, PhD, Dept. of Anatomy & Cell Biology                                               Thesis Advisor: George Pappas, PhD
Frank Clark, PhD, Dept. of  Pharmacology Thesis Advisor: Herbert Proudfit, PhD
Mark Duffy, PhD, Dept. of  Biological Sciences
Douglas Maibenco, PhD, Dept. of Biochemistry Thesis Advisor: M. Sue Hanlon, PhD
Simon Ticho, PhD, Dept. of  Pharmacology Thesis Advisor:Miodrag Radulovacki, MD, PhD
William L. Galanter, PhD, Dept. of  Physiology & Biophysics                                        Thesis Advisor: Richard Labotka, MD
Lynn F.Fitzgerald, PhD, Dept. of Pharmacology
Daniel Alter, PhD, Dept. of Genetics        Thesis Advisor: K. Subramanian, PhD
John Port, PhD, Dept. of Anatomy & Cell Biology                                                      Thesis Advisor: L. Benevento, PhD
John Ortega, PhD, Dept. of Anatomy & Cell Biology                                                  Thesis Advisor: J. Sagen, PhD
Wilbur Pan, PhD, Dept. of Physiology & Biophysics                                            Thesis Advisor: Sarah Appel, PhD
Steven Goldin, PhD, Dept. of Biochemistry Thesis Advisor: Yee-Kin Ho, PhD
Jamil Jacobs-El, PhD, Dept. of  Physiology & Biophysics                                            Thesis Advisor: Brenda Russell, PhD
Gordon Newsom, PhD, Dept. of Pharmacology                                      Thesis Advisor: Herbert Proudfit, PhD
Gregory Pacelli, PhD, Dept. of Biological Sciences                                               Thesis Advisor: Stephen Kelso, PhD
Tuow Daniel Ting, PhD, Dept. of Biochemistry Thesis Advisor: Yee-Kin Ho, PhD
Peter Denberg,  PhD, Dept. of  Biochemistry Thesis Advisor: Ross, PhD
Ronald Farkas, PhD, Dept. of  Anatomy & Cell Biology                                               Thesis Advisor:Yasuko Nakajima, MD, PhD
Paul Targonski, PhD, Dept. of  Public Health Thesis Advisor: Donovan Yeates, PhD
Scot Winters, PhD, Dept. of  Chem. Engineering                                          Thesis Advisor: Donovan Yeates, PhD
Michael Rubin, PhD, Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology                                         Thesis Advisor: Margalit Mokyr, PhD
Brian Morse, PhD, Dept. of Genetics        Thesis Advisor: Igor Roninson, PhD
Derek Clevidence, PhD,  Dept. of Biochemistry Thesis Advisor: Robert Costa, PhD
Robert Beech, PhD, Dept. of  Genetics    Thesis Advisor: Cho-Yau Yeung, PhD
Sean Rooney, PhD, Dept. of  Genetics    Thesis Advisor: Peter Moore, PhD
Uzma Samadani,  PhD, Dept. of   Biochemistry Thesis Advisor: Robert Costa, PhD
Ilya Rachman, PhD, Dept. ofAnatomy & Cell Biology                                               Thesis Advisor: Rochelle Cohen, PhD
Jillene (Mittelman) Kogan, PhD, Dept. of  Molecular Genetics                               Thesis: "Generation of Gene-Suppressing Peptides from Genetic Suppressor Elements" Thesis Advisor: Andrei Gudkov, PhD
Gregory Lekovic, PhD, Dept. of  Anatomy and Cell Biology                                        Thesis: "Synaptic Currents Mediating Efferent  Inhibition in the Turtle Cochlea"               Thesis Advisor: Jonathan Art, PhD                  
Edwin deZoeten, PhD, Dept. of  Microbiology and Immunology                                 Thesis: "Cancer Therapy with DNA Vaccines: A Study of Efficacy and Mechanism"       Thesis Advisor: Ed Cohen, MD
Sam Blackman, PhD, Dept. of  Pharmacology Thesis: "Identification and Characterization of Thromboxane A2 receptors in Oligodendrocyte and Schwann Cells"       Thesis Advisor: Guy LeBreton, PhD
William Ashley, Jr. PhD, Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics                                     Thesis: "Molecular Mechanisms of Skeletal Muscle Adaptatation: Translational Regulation of beta Myosin Heavy Chain"                   Thesis Advisor: Brenda Russell
Joseph Turek, PhD, Dept. of  Pharmacology Thesis: "Mapping of a ligand-binding site for the human platelet thromboxane A2 receptor protein"                                                 Thesis Advisor: Guy LeBreton, PhD
Todd Druley, PhD, Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics                               Thesis: "Mechanistic Analysis of the MDR1 P-glycoprotein using Differential Immunoreactivity"                                 Thesis Advisor:Igor Roninson, PhD
Kimberly Chaney, PhD, Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics                                     Thesis: "p40/LBP: Interactin' with actin and tubulin at the centrosome"                       Thesis Advisor:Mark Rasenick, PhD
Kris Alden, PhD, Dept. of  Physiology and Biophysics                                          Thesis: "Calcium channel regulation: roles of alpha-2/delta subunit protein kinase-C-beta-II" (outstanding thesis award, UIC Grad. College, 2003)                                                    Thesis Advisor: Jesus Garcia-Martinez, MD, PhD
Michael Risk, PhD, Dept. of  Physiology and Biophysics                                          Thesis: "Molecular Mechanisms Regulating Estradiol Production in the Rat Corpus Luteum"                                                Thesis Advisor: Geula Gibori, PhD
Tatiana Grzeszkiewicz, PhD, Dept. of Molecular Genetics                                              Thesis: "Stuck on CYR61: Activities in Tissue Injury"                                                 Thesis Advisor: Lester Lau, PhD
Thomas Nabhani, PhD, Dept. of  Physiology and Biophysics                                     Thesis: "Expression and Function of Calcium channels in Skeletal Muscle"                     Thesis Advisor: Jesus Garcia-Martinez, MD, PhD
Cristiane Lin, PhD, Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics                              Thesis: “CCN3-induced Activities in Cutaneous Wound Healing, Angiogenesis, and Proliferative Restenosis”                        Thesis Advisor: Lester Lau, Ph.D.
Kharma Foucher, PhD, Dept. of Bioengineering Thesis: “Hip Joint Loading in Subjects with Total Hip Replacements”                        Thesis Advisor: Debra Hurwitz, Ph.D.
Andrea Birnbaum, PhD, Dept. of  Biological Sciences                                              Thesis: “Isolation, Localization, and Characterization of GABA Transporters from the Retina of the Skate”                          Thesis Advisor: Paul Malchow, Ph.D.
Nathan Stitziel, PhD, Dept. of  Bioengineering Thesis: “Genomic Approaches to Novel Target Identification for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Breast Cancer”                                  Thesis Advisor: Carol Westbrook, MD, PhD
Brenton Mar, PhD, Dept. of  Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics                                       Thesis: “Investigations of 5qNCA (JMJD1B) as a Tumor Suppressor Gene in Myeloid Malignancies”                                               Thesis Advisor: Carol Westbrook, MD, PhD
Phoebe Lin, PhD, Dept. of Pharmacology Thesis: “Signaling Mechanisms and Neutrophil Modulation through the Lysohosphatidylcholine Receptor, G2A”   Thesis Advisor: Richard Ye, MD/PhD
David Joh ,PhD, Dept. of  Pharmacology Thesis: “Regulation of endothelial permeability by angiopoietin-1 and vascular endothelial growth factor”                                       Thesis Advisor: Asrar Malik, PhD
Quan (Donny) Hoang, PhD, Dept. of Anatomy & Cell Biology                                            Thesis: “Ionic and Transduction Mechanisms of Sleep and Arousal: Orexin Effects on Inward Rectifier K+ Channels”                Thesis Advisor: Yasuko Nakajima, MD, PhD
Sapan Desai, PhD, Dept. of Anatomy & Cell Biology                                               Thesis: “Quantitative Morphology of Rodent Vestibular Organs and Efferent Innervation Patterns in the Chinchilla”                           Thesis Advisor: Anna Lysakowski, PhD
John (Jack) Collins, PhD, Dept. of  Anatomy & Cell Biology                                         Thesis:“Signal Transduction of G Protein-coupled Inward Rectifier Potassium Channel Inhibition by Substance P”                      Thesis Advisor: Yasuko Nakajima, MD, PhD
Michelle Muza-Moons, PhD, Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology                 Thesis: “Mechanism of Intestinal Epithelial Tight Junction Disruption by Enteropathogenic E. Coli                                                 Thesis Advisor, Gail Hecht, MD
David Moons, PhD, Dept. of  Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics                               Thesis: “Roles of Cell Cycle Regulation in Female Reproduction: Analysis of the Cdk4-Null Mouse”                                         Thesis Advisor, Hiroaki Kiyokawa, MD, PhD
Michael Broman, PhD, Dept. of Pharmacology Thesis: ”The Role of CDC42 in the Maintenance and Recovery of Endothelial Adherens Junctions”                             Thesis Advisor: Asrar Malik, PhD

 

Ronald (Jake) Jackups
PhD, Dept. of Bioengineering
Thesis: Prediction of Transmembrane of Beta-Barrel Protein Structures
Advisor: Jie Liang, PhD
Anil Maliyekkel
PhD, Dept. of Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics
Thesis: Transdominant Inhibitors in Functional Genomics
Advisor: Igor Roninson, PhD
Masakatsu Nanamori
PhD, Dept. of Pharmacology
Thesis: Pharmacological Characterization of Formyl Peptide Receptors
Advisor: Richard Ye, MD, PhD
William (Brad) Ruzicka
PhD, Dept. of Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics
Thesis: Epigenetic Alteration of GABAergic Neurons of the Prefrontal Cortex in the Pathogensis of Schizophrenia
Advisor: Alessandro Guidotti, MD