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UIC Medical Scientist Training Program

George Scaria (2008)

Residency: Internal Medicine, Case Western Reserve University

PhD: Dept. of Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics; Advisor: Alisa Katzen, PhD

Thesis: The Role of myb in Drosophila Embryogenesis

Nathan Stitziel (2007)

Residency: Internal Medicine-Medical Science, University of Chicago

PhD: Department of Bioengineering Advisor: Carol Westbrook, MD, PhD

Thesis: "Genomic Approaches to Novel Target identification for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Breast Cancer"

Brenton Mar (2207)

Residency: Pediatrics, Columbia University

PhD: Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics Advisor: Carol Westbrook, MD/PhD

Thesis: "Investigations of 5qNCA (JMJD18) as a Tumor Suppressor Gene in Myeloid Malignancies"

Phoebe Lin (2007)

Residency: Ophthalmology, University of California-San Francisco

PhD: Pharmacology Advisor: Richard Ye, MD/PhD

Thesis: "Signaling Mechanisms and Neutrophil Modulation through the Lysohosphatidylcholine Receptor, G2A"

David Joh (2007)

Residency: Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston

PhD: Pharmacology Advisor: Asrar Malik, PhD

Thesis: "Regulation of endothelial permeability by anglopoletin-1 and vascular endothellal growth factor"

Quan (Donny) Hoang (2007)

Residency: Ophthalmology, University of Illinois at Chicago

PhD: Anatomy & Cell Biology Advisor: Yaskuko Nakajima, MD, PhD

Thesis: "Ionic and Transduction Mechanisms of Sleep and Arousal Orexin Effects on Inward Rectifier K+ Channels"

Sapan Desal (2007)

Residency: General Surgery, Duke University

PhD: Anatomy & Cell Biology Advisor: Anna Lysakowski, Phd

Thesis: "Quantitative Morphology of Rodent Vestibular Organs and Efferent Innervation Patterns in Chinchilla"

John (Jack) Collins (2007)

Residency: Radiology, University of Chicago

PhD: Anatomy & Cell Biology Advisor: Yasuko Nakajima, MD, PhD

Thesis: "Signal Transduction of G Protein-coupeld Inward Rectifier Potassium Channel by Substance P"

Michelle Muza-Moons (2007)

Residency: Internal Medicine-Medical Science, University of Michigan

PhD: Department of  Microbiology & Immunology: Advisor Gall Hecht, MD

Thesis: "The Role of CDC42 in the maintenance and Recovery of Endothelial Adherens Junctions"

David Moons (2007)

Residency: Pathology, University of Michigan

PhD: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics; Advisor Hiroaki Klyokaws, MD, Phd

Thesis: "The Role of Cell Cycle Regulation in Female Reproduction: Analsysis of the Cdk4-Null Mouse"

Michael Broman (2007)

Residency: Internal Medicine-Medical Science, University of Chicago

PhD: Department of Pharmacology Advisor: Asrar Malik, PhD

Thesis: "The Role of CDC42 in the maintenance and Recovery of Endothelial Adherens Junctions"

 

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Ronald (Jake) Jackups (2008)

Residency: Clinical Pathology, Washington University at St. Louis-Barnes Jewish Hospital

PhD: Dept. of Bioengineering; Advisor: Jie Liang, PhD

Thesis: Prediction of Transmembrane of Beta-Barrel Protein Structures

Anil Maliyekkel (2008)

Residency: Diagnostic Radiology, Case Western Reserve University

PhD: Dept. of Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics; Advisor: Igor Roninson, PhD

Thesis: Transdominant Inhibitors in Functional Genomics

Masakatsu Nanamori (2008)

Residency: Anesthesiology, Cleveland Clinic

PhD: Dept. of Pharmacology; Advisor: Richard Ye, MD, PhD

Thesis: Pharmacological Characterization of Formyl Peptide Receptors

 

David Ramsey (2008)

Residency: Ophthalmology, Johns Hopkins University

PhD: Dept. of Physiology & Biophysics; Advisor: Hoahua Qian, PhD

Thesis: Modulation of the GABA Signaling Pathway in the Diabetic Retina

William (Brad) Ruzicka (2008)

Residency: Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston

PhD: Dept. of Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics; Advisor: Alessandro Guidotti, MD

Thesis: Epigenetic Alteration of GABAergic Neurons of the Prefrontal Cortex in the Pathogensis of Schizophrenia