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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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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