Alumni Profiles

Program

Name	Graduation Year	Program	Degree	Dissertation Title	Employment Sector	Career Type
Alparslan Asan	2019	Molecular Pharmacology	PhD	Nitroalkene Repression of Homologous Recombination as a Treatment for Triple Negative Breast Cancer.	Government	Science-Related
Amie J Barda	2019	Biomedical Informatics	PhD	Design and Evaluation of User-Centered Explanations for Machine Learning Model Predictions in Healthcare	Non-profit	Science-Related
Amity Fenn Eaton	2019	Cell Biology and Molecular Physiology	PhD	Effects of Stretch on the Bladder Umbrella Cell Apical Junctional Ring	Academia	Primarily Research
Chelsea DeAnn Merkel	2019	Cell Biology and Molecular Physiology	PhD	The Adherens Junction Interactome and the Role of Vinculin in Cytoskeletal Integration at the Cardiomyocyte ICD	For Profit	Science-Related
Chung-Yang Yeh	2019	Neurobiology	PhD	Targetting Kv2.1/Syntaxin Interaction for Neuroprotection	Academia	Primarily Research
Colleen Patricia Judge-Golden	2019	Clinical and Translational Science	PhD	Patient-, Provider- and System-Level Factors Impacting Contraceptive Access and Use	Academia	Further Training or Education
Douglas Kite Fischer	2019	Microbiology and Immunology	PhD	Examination of the Role of HIV-1 Capsid Sequence on Virus Infectivity, Host Protein Interactions, and Capsid Uncoating.	Academia	Primarily Research
Elizabeth Cummings Stahl	2019	Cellular and Molecular Pathology	PhD	A Study of Macrophages in the Aging Liver and in the Host Response to Engineered Lung Scaffolds.	Academia	Primarily Research
Emily Celeste Beckwitt	2019	Molecular Biophysics and Structural Biology	PhD	Single Molecule Studies of DNA Damage Recognition by XPA	Academia	Primarily Research
Greg James Buchan	2019	Molecular Pharmacology	PhD	Formation and signaling of electrophilic lipids in immunity	For Profit	Primarily Research
Helen Eva Adams Rich	2019	Microbiology and Immunology	PhD	Controlling Bacterial Super-infection During Influenza	Academia	Primarily Research
Hiroshi Yano	2019	Microbiology and Immunology	PhD	Regulatory T cell-derived inhibitory cytokines and regulation of anti-tumor immunity	Academia	Primarily Research
Jacqueline Starr Welty	2019	Molecular Genetics and Developmental Biology	PhD	Oxidative Damage and Selective Neuronal Vulnerability in Alzheimer's Disease.	Academia	Primarily Research
Jacquelyn O Russell	2019	Cellular and Molecular Pathology	PhD	Investigating the Mechanisms of Hepatocyte or Biliary Epithelial Cell-Mediated Liver Regeneration	Academia	Primarily Research
Jia-Ying (Lloyd) Lee	2019	Cellular and Molecular Pathology	PhD	The Pathogenesis of GPCR-positive Breast Cancer.	Academia	Primarily Research
Joshua M Lorenz-Guertin	2019	Molecular Pharmacology	PhD	Regulation of GABAAR Signaling and Neuroadaptations in Response to Diazepam	For Profit	Primarily Research
Justin A Wendzicki	2019	Molecular Virology & Microbiology	PhD	Comparative analyses of tumorigenic mechanisms of Merkel cell polyomavirus T antigens	Other	Science-Related
Kasey Ryann Cargill	2019	Molecular Genetics and Developmental Biology	PhD	The Role of Hypoxia in Metabolism and Nephron Development	Academia	Primarily Research
Kevin David Raehtz	2019	Microbiology and Immunology	PhD	Early Events of SIVsab Mucosal Transmission in African Green Monkeys	Academia	Primarily Research
Kristina Lynn Buschur	2019	Computational Biology	PhD	Unsupervised methods for pattern discovery in high-throughput genomic data.	Academia	Primarily Research
La Li	2019	Cellular and Molecular Pathology	PhD	Mechnism of Blast Trauma-Induced Heterotopic Ossification: Role of Muscle Trauma		Unknown
Michael Chiang	2019	Neurobiology	PhD	Divergent Neural Pathways Emanating from the Lateral Parabrachial Nucleus Mediate Distinct Components of the Pain Response	Academia	Further Training or Education
Mondraya Flore Howard	2019	Molecular Virology & Microbiology	PhD	ToxR Regulation of Adaptive Responses in Vibrio cholerae	Government	Primarily Research
My Song Hoang	2019	Molecular Pharmacology	PhD	Control of telomeric homology-directed repair by poly(ADP-ribose) metabolism	Academia	Primarily Research
Nathan William Vogler	2019	Neurobiology	PhD	Mechanisms of Synaptic Zinc Plasticity in Mouse Dorsal Cochlear Nucleus		Unknown
Nicole Elizabeth Scharping	2019	Microbiology and Immunology	PhD	Immunometabolic requirements of T cell activation and exhaustion.	Academia	Primarily Research
Nikita Trivedi	2019	Microbiology and Immunology	PhD	Mechanisms of Germinal Center and Non-canonical B cell Responses		Unknown
Paige Davison Rudich	2019	Cell Biology and Molecular Physiology	PhD	Defining the Properties and Toxicity Mechanisms of Non-Canonical Translation Products Associated with ALS and Huntington’s Disease Using C. elegans	Academia	Primarily Research
Patricia Andrea Castillo dela Cruz	2019	Microbiology and Immunology	PhD	Disruption of Intestinal Th17 Signaling & the Microbiome Exacerbates Extra-Intestinal Pathologies	Academia	Further Training or Education
Patricia Lorraine Campbell	2019	Molecular Biophysics and Structural Biology	PhD	Assembly and Structure of Bacteriophage Capsids and Tails		Unknown
Patrick David Wilkinson	2019	Cellular and Molecular Pathology	PhD	Polyploidy in Liver Regeneration and Adaptation to Chronic Liver Injury	Academia	Primarily Research
Raghavendran Partha	2019	Computational Biology	PhD	Evolutionary-based methods for predicting genotype-phenotype associations in the mammalian genome	For Profit	Science-Related
Ravi K Patel	2019	Molecular Pharmacology	PhD	SRC-Family Kinases Impact Prognosis and Targeted Therapy in FLT3-ITD+ Acute Myeloid Leukemia	For Profit	Science-Related
Ryan L Slack	2019	Molecular Biophysics and Structural Biology	PhD	Structural Basis for HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase Maturation	Academia	Primarily Research
Sean Christopher Piantadosi	2019	Neurobiology	PhD	Translational examination of the orbitofrontal cortex and striatum in obsessive compulsive disorder	Academia	Primarily Research
Stephanie Elaine Ander	2019	Microbiology and Immunology	PhD	Defining the Placental Barrier during Toxoplasma gondii Infection.	Academia	Primarily Research
Stephanie M Mutchler	2019	Molecular Pharmacology	PhD	The Effects of Salt and Aldosterone on Vascular and Renal Function	Academia	Primarily Research
Steven Brian Suway	2019	Neurobiology	PhD	Neural State Changes in Primate Motor Cortex During Arm Movements with Distinct Control Requirements.		Unknown
Victor Manuel Ruiz Herrera	2019	Biomedical Informatics	PhD	Early prediction of critical events in infants with single ventricle physiology in critical care using routinely collected data.	Academia	Primarily Research
Victoria Louise Corbit	2019	Neurobiology	PhD	The Effects of Cortical and Pallidal Inputs on Striatal Microcircuit Activity and Behavioral Output	Academia	Primarily Research
Abigail Elise Overacre	2018	Microbiology and Immunology	PhD	Intrinsic and Extrinsic Drivers of Treg Fragility in the Tumor Microenvironment	Academia	Primarily Research
Adetunji Peter Fayomi	2018	Molecular Genetics and Developmental Biology	PhD	Stem Cells and Spermatogenic Lineage Development in the Primate Testis	Academia	Primarily Research
Alicia Watson	2018	Cellular and Molecular Pathology	PhD	mTORC2 in Dendritic Cells Restrains mTORC1-Regulated Metabolic Activity and Their T Cell Stimulatory Function in Transplantation	For Profit	Science-Related
Alison Mary Nagle	2018	Molecular Pharmacology	PhD	Credentialing IGF1R Pathway Activation as a Novel Therapeutic Target in E-cadherin Deficient Breast Cancer	For Profit	Science-Related
Aliyah Weinstein	2018	Immunology	PhD	IL-36 Gamma Promotes Anti-tumor Immunity Through Therapeutic Induction of Tumor-Associated Tertiary Lymphoid Structures	For Profit	Science-Related
Andrew King	2018	Biomedical Informatics	PhD	The Development and Evaluation of a Learning Electronic Medical Record System	Academia	Primarily Research
Benjamin Himes	2018	Molecular Biophysics and Structural Biology	PhD	Structure Determination of Heterogeneous Biological Specimens in Crowded Environments	Academia	Primarily Research
Benjamin R Treat	2018	Microbiology and Immunology	PhD	Factors Influencing HSV-1 CD8+ T Cell Populations and Their Function During Ganglionic Latency	Academia	Primarily Research
Cemal Erdem	2018	Computational Biology	PhD	Employing Quantitative Systems Pharmacology to Characterize Differences in IGF1 and Insulin Signaling Pathways in Breast Cancer	Academia	Primarily Research
Cihan Kaya	2018	Computational Biology	PhD	Multiscale Modeling of Neurobiological Systems	For Profit	Science-Related
Colin Beckwitt	2018	Cellular and Molecular Pathology	PhD	Breast Cancer Metastatic Dormancy and Emergence, a Role for Adjuvant Statin Therapy	Academia	Further Training or Education
Daniel M Spagnolo	2018	Computational Biology	PhD	Spatial Statistic from Hyperplexed Immunofluorescence Images: To Elucidate Tumor Microenvironment, to Characterize Intratumor Heterogeneity, and to Predict Metastic Potential	For Profit	Primarily Research
Eileen Wong	2018	Molecular Virology & Microbiology	PhD	Modulation of T cell Response in Tuberculosis Granulomas	Non-profit	Further Training or Education
Emily Ann Bossart	2018	Molecular Pharmacology	PhD	Investigation of EMT-like Phenotypes in Established and Novel Model Systems of Invasive Lobular Breast Carcinoma	For Profit	Primarily Research
Gregory Ronald Rompala	2018	Neurobiology	PhD	Role of Paternal Preconception Environment in Ethanol and Stress-Related Phenotypes	Academia	Primarily Research
Hannah Fox	2018	Molecular Virology & Microbiology	PhD	The Role of HSV-1 Protein ICP22 in Transcription	Academia	Science-Related
Heather Acuff	2018	Neurobiology	PhD	Brain Structure and Function in Emotion Processing, Emotion Regulation, and Reward Processing Neural Circuitries in Offspring at Risk for Bipolar Disorder	Academia	Further Training or Education
Jennifer Boatz	2018	Molecular Biophysics and Structural Biology	PhD	Aggregate Polymorphism in Protein Deposition Diseases: Investigations by Magic Angle Spinning Solid State NMR and Transmission Electron Microscopy	Academia	Primarily Research
Jingyu Zhang	2018	Computational Biology	PhD	Quantitative Study on Regulatory Mechanisms of Cell Phenotype Transition	Academia	Primarily Research
Joel Njah	2018	Clinical and Translational Science	PhD	Harnessing Mesenchymal Stem Cell Exosomes as Therapy for Fibrotic Lung Disease-Induced Right Ventricular Dysfunction	Academia	Primarily Research
Jose Posada Aguilar	2018	Biomedical Informatics	PhD	Semantics Enhanced Deep Learning Medical Text Classifier	Academia	Science-Related
Joyeeta Dutta-Moscato	2018	Biomedical Informatics	PhD	A Bayesian Approach to Learning Decision Trees for Patient-Specific Models	For Profit	Science-Related
Juan Agustin Cruz Vasquez	2018	Immunology	PhD	Functional Regulation of Interleukin-17 Receptor Signaling	Academia	Primarily Research
Kevin Levine	2018	Cellular and Molecular Pathology	PhD	FGFR4 Overexpression and Hotspot Mutations are Druggable Targets for Endocrine-Resistant Lobular Breast Cancer	Academia	Science-Related
Long Kwan Metthew Lam	2018	Molecular Virology & Microbiology	PhD	Gamma-Interferon Attenuates Yellow Fever Virus Vaccine Strain 17D	Academia	Primarily Research
Marta Wells	2018	Computational Biology	PhD	Drug Discovery on Pentameric Ligand-Gated Ion Channels		Unknown
Matthew Rich	2018	Neurobiology	PhD	nvestigating a Novel Thalamo-Amygdala Circuit for the Regulation of a Drug-Cue-Specific Memory	Academia	Primarily Research
Meghan Sullivan	2018	Molecular Genetics and Developmental Biology	PhD	Functional Insights into RAD51 Regulatory Proteins in Homologous Recombination	Academia	Primarily Research
Morgan Preziosi	2018	Cellular and Molecular Pathology	PhD	Elucidating the Roles of WNT/Beta-Catenin Signaling in Liver disease, Cancer, and Regeneration	For Profit	Primarily Research
Nicolas Pabon	2018	Computational Biology	PhD	Modeling and Disrupting Protein Interactions	For Profit	Science-Related
Nilesh Amatya	2018	Immunology	PhD	Post-Transcriptional Control of IL-17 Receptor-Mediated Inflammation	For Profit	Primarily Research
Nyla Naim	2018	Molecular Pharmacology	PhD	Luminescence-Activated Cyclase Allows Localized Photo and Chemical Stimulation of cAMP Synthesis	For Profit	Science-Related
Prashanti Patil	2018	Cellular and Molecular Pathology	PhD	Role Of Cellular Senescence in Age-Related Intervertebral Disc Degeneration		Unknown
Qianxia Zhang	2018	Microbiology and Immunology	PhD	Intrinsic Mechanisms Regulating T Cell Tolerance in Autoimmune Diabetes	Academia	Primarily Research
Rochelle Elayne Fletcher	2018	Molecular Pharmacology	PhD	The Role of NSAID-Induced ER Stress and Immunomodulation in the Suppression of Colorectal Tumorigenesis	Government	Primarily Research
Shireen Attaran	2018	Molecular Pharmacology	PhD	Investigating the Influence of Oxidative Stress and the Role of PRDX1 in the Regulation of LYSL Oxidase Mediated ECM and Collagen Remodeling in Breast Cancer Metastasis	Academia	Primarily Research
Soma Jobbagy	2018	Molecular Pharmacology	PhD	Impact of Nrf2 Signaling on Thiol Homeostasis and Renal Physiology	Academia	Science-Related
Tianyu He	2018	Cellular and Molecular Pathology	PhD	Coagulation Abnormalities Play a Central Role in HIV Comorbidities and Should be Therapeutically Targeted	Academia	Science-Related
Uzodinma Uche	2018	Immunology	PhD	PIK3IP1/TrIP Restricts Activation of T cells Through Inhibition of the PI3K/Akt Pathway	For Profit	Primarily Research
Vera Procaccia	2018	Molecular Pharmacology	PhD	The Scaffolding Protein EBP50 Regulates Mitochondrial Dynamics and Redox Balance in Vascular Smooth Muscle cells	Academia	Primarily Teaching
Whitney Lane	2018	Molecular Virology & Microbiology	PhD	Temperature-Dependent Efficacy of the IFN-alpha/beta Response Against Chikungunya and Other Arboviruses	Academia	Primarily Teaching
Yuzhe Liu	2018	Biomedical Informatics	PhD	Precision Critical Care Management of Blood Pressure in Stroke Patients Using Dynamic Linear Models	Academia	Science-Related
Zachary Yochum	2018	Molecular Pharmacology	PhD	TWIST1 Suppresses Apoptosis and Mediates Therapeutic Resistance in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer	Academia	Science-Related
Ahmad Khazali	2017	Cellular and Molecular Pathology	PhD	The Roles of Chemokines and Chemokine Receptors in Tumor Metastasis	Academia	Primarily Research
Alexander Kikuchi	2017	Cellular and Molecular Pathology	PhD	Emerging roles of platelet-derived growth factor receptor alpha in chronic liver injury: potential therapeutic target in hepatic fibrosis	Academia	Science-Related
Alyce Anderson	2017	Clinical and Translational Science	PhD	Using real-world healthcare data to define and prevent complications in inflammatory bowel disease	Academia	Science-Related
Annie Liu	2017	Neurobiology	PhD	Effect of early odorant exposure on the structure and output of the glomerular module	Academia	Science-Related
Anthony Cadena	2017	Immunology	PhD	Decoding early immune events in non-human primates infected with mycobacterium tuberculosis	For Profit	Primarily Research
Arielle Fisher	2017	Biomedical Informatics	PhD	User-centered design and evaluation of RxMAGIC: A Prescription Management And General Inventory Control system for free clinic dispensaries	For Profit	Science-Related
Celestino Velasquez	2017	Integrative Molecular Biology	PhD	Viral regulation of Cap-dependent messenger RNA translation inhibitor 4E-BP1 during mitosis	Academia	Primarily Teaching
Chen-Shan Woodcock	2017	Molecular Pharmacology	PhD	Therapeutic Potential of Electrophilic Nitro-Oleic Acid for the Treatment of Triple-Nagetive Breast Cancer	Academia	Primarily Research
Christine Klemens	2017	Cell Biology and Molecular Physiology	PhD	ENaC regulation in the kidney: the role of ankyrin G	Academia	Primarily Research
Christopher Weiss	2017	Molecular Virology & Microbiology	PhD	Mechanism of alphavirus restriction by the interferon-induced exonuclease, ISG20	Academia	Primarily Research
Coyne Drummond	2017	Molecular Virology & Microbiology	PhD	The development of physiologically relevant cell culture models for intenstinal enterovirus infection	For Profit	Science-Related
Dana Previte	2017	Immunology	PhD	Mechanisms governing the bioenergetics of native and effector CD4+ T cells as a means of controlling autoimmunity	Academia	Primarily Research
Eric Strobl	2017	Biomedical Informatics	PhD	Causal discovery under non-stationary feedback	Academia	Science-Related
George Preston	2017	Cell Biology and Molecular Physiology	PhD	Substrate insolubility dictates HSP104-dependent endoplasmic reticulum associated degradation	For Profit	Primarily Research
Gerard Hernandez Mir	2017	Immunology	PhD	BACE1 is a novel regulator of Th17 function in EAE	Academia	Primarily Research
Gregory Logan	2017	Cellular and Molecular Pathology	PhD	Genetic and Environmental Factors that Control Merkel Cell Development and Survival	Academia	Primarily Research
James McAuley	2017	Cellular and Molecular Pathology	PhD	The paracaspace MALT1 is a critcal mediator of PAR1-driven NF-kB activation and tumor metastasis	Academia	Science-Related
Jenna Parrish	2017	Neurobiology	PhD	Estradiol Modulation of the Renin Angiotensin System and The Regulation of Fear Extinction	For Profit	Science-Related
Kellsye Fabian	2017	Immunology	PhD	Tumor blood vessel-associated antigens as targets for cancer immunotherapy	Government	Primarily Research
Kevin Mastro	2017	Neurobiology	PhD	Harnessing pallidal cell-type diversity to treat neurological disorders	Academia	Primarily Research
Kevin McDade	2017	Biomedical Informatics	PhD	Enabling data-guided evaluation of bioinformatics workflow quality	Academia	Primarily Teaching
Lauren Kinner	2017	Immunology	PhD	Heat shock protein GP96 drives dichotomous lymphocyte responses via DNA methylome remodeling and STAT1 signaling in antigen presenting cells	For Profit	Science-Related
Lindsey Snyder	2017	Neurobiology	PhD	Modulation of multiple modalities of somatosensory information by peripheral kappa opioid receptors	For Profit	Science-Related
Lucas Santana Dos Santos	2017	Biomedical Informatics	PhD	Computational methods for the functional analysis of DNA sequence variants	For Profit	Primarily Research
Luong Thi Hong Nguyen	2017	Computational Biology	PhD	Computational pathology for quantifying spatial heterogeneity in digital images of tissue sections from solid tumors	For Profit	Primarily Research
Matthew Hendricks	2017	Molecular Virology & Microbiology	PhD	Viral-Bacterial Interactions in Cystic Fibrosis Lung Disease	Academia	Primarily Research
Mehwish Khaliq	2017	Molecular Genetics and Developmental Biology	PhD	Elucidating mechanisms of liver development and liver progenitor cell-driven regeneration in zebrafish	Academia	Primarily Research
Muwen Kong	2017	Molecular Biophysics and Structural Biology	PhD	Single-molecule studies of RAD4-RAD23 reveal a dynamic DNA damage recognition process	Academia	Primarily Research
Nolan Priedigkeit	2017	Molecular Pharmacology	PhD	Identification of acquired molecular dependencies in advanced breast and ovarian cancers	Academia	Science-Related
Puja Parekh	2017	Neurobiology	PhD	Differential regulation of synaptic plasticity, mood and reward behavior by circadian genes	Academia	Primarily Research
Rachael Gordon	2017	Microbiology and Immunology	PhD	The Role of NADPH Oxidase and Neutrophil Extracellular Traps in the Pathogenesis of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus	Academia	Science-Related
Rachel Brick	2017	Cellular and Molecular Pathology	PhD	Induced pluripotent stem cell-derived mesenchymal progenitor cells: promotion of neuritogenesis and axon elongation through neurotrophin and cytokine production	For Profit	Primarily Research
Rafael Ceschin	2017	Biomedical Informatics	PhD	A Computational Framework for Neonatal Brain MRI Structure Segmentation and Classification	Academia	Primarily Research
Scott Marek	2017	Neurobiology	PhD	The contribution of functional brain networks and oscillations to the development of cognitive control	Academia	Primarily Research
Shiqi Ma	2017	Neurobiology	PhD	Regulation of Dopamine Transporter Subcellular Locatization and Trafficking		Unknown
Shuchang Liu	2017	Computational Biology	PhD	Genomic integrative analysis to improve fusion transcript detection, liquid association and biclustering	Academia	Primarily Research
Abhishek Mandal	2016	Molecular Biophysics and Structural Biology	PhD	Investigations of the structural changes in proapoptotic peroxidase-active cardiolipin-bound cytochrome c and liquid-gel phase transitions in liposomes using solid state NMR spectroscopy	For Profit	Not Related to Science
Andrew Sedgewick	2016	Computational Biology	PhD	Graphical models for de novo and pathway-based network prediction over multi-modal high-throughput biological data	For Profit	Science-Related
Ankur Joshi	2016	Neurobiology	PhD	Intrinsic synaptic mechanisms controlling the excitability of Layer 5 roticocallosal and corticocollicular neurons in auditory cortex		Unknown
Anthony Cillo	2016	Molecular Virology & Microbiology	PhD	Characterization of inducible reservoirs of HIV-1	Academia	Primarily Research
Avraham Bayer	2016	Molecular Virology & Microbiology	PhD	Pathways deployed by human placental trophoblasts to confer viral resistance	Non-profit	Primarily Research
Becca Flitter	2016	Immunology	PhD	Host pathogen interactions in the cystic fibrosis airway: pseudomonas aeruginosa impairs the resolution inflammation by manipulating host lipid signaling	For Profit	Primarily Research
Benjamin Rothrauff	2016	Cellular and Molecular Pathology	PhD	Extracellular matrix-enhanced biomimetic scaffolds for tissue-specific orthopaedic tissue engineering	Academia	Science-Related
Binh Phong	2016	Immunology	PhD	Regulation of mast cell function by TIM-1 and TIM-3 signaling		Unknown
Christopher Barnes	2016	Molecular Pharmacology	PhD	Mechanistic insights into eukaryotic transcription using novel crystallographic techniques	Academia	Primarily Research
Courtney Andersen	2016	Molecular Pharmacology	PhD	Targeting estrogen receptor as a strategy for personalized medicine in ovarian cancer	For Profit	Primarily Research
David Montez	2016	Neurobiology	PhD	Brain system mechanisms underlying developmental changes in working memory performance during adoloscence	Academia	Primarily Research
Erik Koppes	2016	Integrative Molecular Biology	PhD	The role of genomic imprints in placental biology	Academia	Primarily Research
Erin Stachowski	2016	Neurobiology	PhD	Mechanisms of vesicular monoamine transporter-2 degradation		Unknown
Erin Steer	2016	Cellular and Molecular Pathology	PhD	Implications of an interaction between PINK1 and VCP for Parkinson's Disease pathogenesis	For Profit	Science-Related
Eser Yilmaz	2016	Neurobiology	PhD	Sensory neuron subpopulation-specific regulation of intracellular calcium in a rat model of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy	Other	Science-Related
Fernando Concha Benavente	2016	Immunology	PhD	Epidermal growth factor receptor and Janus Kinase 2 regulation of programmed death ligand 1 and immunoescape in head and neck cancer	For Profit	Science-Related
Heather Metz	2016	Cellular and Molecular Pathology	PhD	Non-canonical role for insulin receptor Substrate-1 in signaling pathways of the lung	For Profit	Primarily Research
Henry Ogoe	2016	Biomedical Informatics	PhD	Robust predictive modeling of related gene expression data via multi-source transfer rule learning	Academia	Primarily Teaching
Jennifer Zerbato	2016	Molecular Virology & Microbiology	PhD	Establishment and reversal of HIV-1 latency in primary CD4+ naive and central memory T cells	Academia	Primarily Research
Jing Zhao	2016	Immunology	PhD	A causal role of ATM- and NEMO-dependent NF-ÎºB activation in DNA damage-induced senescence and aging	For Profit	Primarily Research
Johannes Kutten	2016	Cellular and Molecular Pathology	PhD	Role of TSP1-CD47 signaling in tracheal repair and regeneration	Academia	Science-Related
Jose Juan Tapia Valenzuela	2016	Computational Biology	PhD	A study on systems modeling frameworks and their interoperability	For Profit	Primarily Research
Josiah Radder	2016	Cellular and Molecular Pathology	PhD	Novel insights into the genetic basis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	Academia	Science-Related
Kelly Koral	2016	Cellular and Molecular Pathology	PhD	Leukocyte specific protein-1: A novel regulator of hepatocellular migrations and proliferation in liver regeneration and cancer	Academia	Primarily Research
Kenneth Drombosky	2016	Molecular Pharmacology	PhD	Huntington's Disease Studies at the Interface of Chemistry, Physics, and Biology	For Profit	Primarily Research
Kevin McCormick	2016	Molecular Virology & Microbiology	PhD	RIPK1 down-regulation promotes tumor progression while enhancing the apoptotic response to TLR3 ligand in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma	Academia	Primarily Research
Kritika Ramani	2016	Immunology	PhD	Regulation of renal immunity and immunopathology by interleukin-17	For Profit	Primarily Research
Kyle Knickelbein	2016	Molecular Pharmacology	PhD	Mechanisms and Novel Therapeutic Approaches for KRAS-Mediated Resistance to Anti-EGFR Therapy in Colorectal Cancer Cells		Unknown
Laura Tipton	2016	Computational Biology	PhD	Quantitative Inferences from the Lung Microbiome	Academia	Primarily Research
Louis Vuga	2016	Clinical and Translational Science	PhD	Potential diagnostic and prognostic bionmarkers of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and the impact of E2F8 in Collagen 1 synthesis	Government	Science-Related
Lujia Chen	2016	Biomedical Informatics	PhD	Deep learning models for modeling cellular transcription systems	Academia	Primarily Research
Mahlon Collins	2016	Neurobiology	PhD	Identification of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Disease Mechanisms by Cerebrospinal Fluid Proteomic Profiling	Academia	Primarily Research
Mansi Shah	2016	Neurobiology	PhD	Analysis of ADP receptor signaling pathways in nociceptors and implications for inflammatory pain	Academia	Primarily Teaching
Margaret Wright	2016	Neurobiology	PhD	Role of the Atoh1 Lineage in Merkel Cell Development and Maintenance	For Profit	Primarily Research
Mark Weir	2016	Molecular Pharmacology	PhD	Simultaneous inhibition of driver and effector Kinases promotes potent growth arrest of AML cells in vitro and in vivo	For Profit	Primarily Research
Matthew Baumgartner	2016	Computational Biology	PhD	Improving rational drug design by incorporating novel biophyical insight	For Profit	Primarily Research
Naima Sharaf	2016	Molecular Biophysics and Structural Biology	PhD	Solution NMR studies of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase	Academia	Primarily Research
Nishank Bhalla	2016	Molecular Virology & Microbiology	PhD	Evasion and Resistance of Host Antiviral Defense pathways by Alphaviruses	Academia	Primarily Research
Peter Adelman	2016	Neurobiology	PhD	Transcriptionally Defined Subpopulations of Cutaneous Neurons: Effects of Nerve Injury and Regeneration	For Profit	Science-Related
Rick Jordan	2016	Biomedical Informatics	PhD	Literature mining sustains and enhances knowledge discovery from OMIC studies	For Profit	Primarily Research
Robert DiFazio	2016	Molecular Virology & Microbiology	PhD	Determination of correlates of protection against tuberculosis in nonhuman primate models	Academia	Science-Related
Robert Sheehan	2016	Computational Biology	PhD	Closing the loop: A combined computational modeling and experimental approach provides novel insights into immune cell signaling systems and their global effects	For Profit	Primarily Research
Rory Donovan-Maiye	2016	Computational Biology	PhD	Efficient Sampling in Stochastic Biological Models	Non-profit	Primarily Research
Stephen Godin	2016	Molecular Genetics and Developmental Biology	PhD	The Shu complex is a conserved regulator of Rad51 filament formation	For Profit	Primarily Research
Taylor Eddens	2016	Immunology	PhD	Host-pathogen interactions in pneumocystis infection	Academia	Science-Related
Tiffany McClendon	2016	Molecular Genetics and Developmental Biology	PhD	Genetic dissection of factors that promote genome stabilityin the Caenorhabditis Elegans germ line	Academia	Primarily Research
Vicky Chen	2016	Biomedical Informatics	PhD	Identifying Patterns of Cancer Disease Mechanisms by Mining Alternative Representations of Genomic Alterations	Academia	Primarily Research
Alexis Chidi	2015	Clinical and Translational Science	PhD	Evaluating Treatment of Chronic Liver Disease & Hepatocellular Carcinoma.	Academia	Science-Related
Alvaro Sanchez Ortiz	2015	Clinical and Translational Science	PhD	Mortality and costs from acute care surgical emergencies	Academia	Primarily Research
Andrea Braganza	2015	Molecular Pharmacology	PhD	UBE3B is a mitchondria-associated E3 ubiquitin ligase whose activity is modulated by its interaction with Calmodulin to respond to oxidative stress	Academia	Primarily Research
Andrej Savol	2015	Computational Biology	PhD	Spectral approaches for identifying kinetic features in molecular dynamics simulations of globular proteins.	For Profit	Science-Related
Andrew Hertsenberg	2015	Molecular Genetics and Developmental Biology	PhD	Stem Cells for the Treatment of Corneal Fibrosis.	For Profit	Science-Related
Anny Treat	2015	Molecular Pharmacology	PhD	THE ROLE OF NHERF1/EBP50 IN WNT SIGNALING IN THE EPITHELIUM.	Academia	Primarily Teaching
Arturo Lopez Pineda	2015	Biomedical Informatics	PhD	Bayesian frameworks for parsimonious modeling of molecular cancer data	For Profit	Science-Related
Atif Towheed	2015	Molecular Pharmacology	PhD	Allotopic RNA expression strategy to rescue an endogenous mitochondrial ATP6[1] mutation in Drosophila.	Academia	Primarily Research
Austin Nuschke	2015	Cellular and Molecular Pathology	PhD	Improving the clinical utility of mesenchymal stem cells through enhancing cell survival: engineered and cellular approaches	For Profit	Science-Related
Brad Rocco	2015	Neurobiology	PhD	QUANTIFICATION OF GAD67 PROTEIN LEVELS IN AXONAL BOUTONS FROM DISTINCT SUBTYPES OF GABA NEURONS: REDEFINING CIRCUIT LEVEL ALTERATIONS IN THE PREFRONTAL CORTEX OF SCHIZOPHRENIA.	For Profit	Science-Related
Caitlin Kirkwood	2015	Neurobiology	PhD	THE ROLE OF NEURONAL CALCIUM SENSOR PROTEIN VILIP-1 IN A?-INDUCED NEURONAL DEATH IN ALZHEIMER DISEASE.	For Profit	Science-Related
Daniel Simmonds	2015	Neurobiology	PhD	Protracted development of brain systems underlying working memory in adolescence: a longitudinal study.	Academia	Science-Related
David Osei-Hwedieh	2015	Molecular Pharmacology	PhD	The effect of sickle hemoglobin mutation on red blood cell storage integrity and post transfusion viability	Academia	Further Training or Education
Edgar Tafaleng	2015	Cellular and Molecular Pathology	PhD	Modeling the personalized variations in liver disease due to ?1-antitrypsin deficiency using induced pluripotent stem cell-derived hepatocyte-like cells.	Academia	Primarily Research
Elizabeth Oczypok	2015	Cellular and Molecular Pathology	PhD	Receptor for advanced glycation endproducts mediates allergic airway inflammation via group 2 innate lymphoid cells.	Academia	Science-Related
Emily Rosenberger	2015	Clinical and Translational Science	PhD	PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS AND MOBILE HEALTH INTERVENTION: IMPACT ON LONG-TERM OUTCOMES AFTER LUNG TRANSPLANTATION.	Academia	Science-Related
Hayeon Kim	2015	Clinical and Translational Science	PhD	Cost effectiveness analyses of radiation therapy treatments	Academia	Science-Related
Hyunjung Oh	2015	Neurobiology	PhD	The role of dendritic BDNP transcripts on altered inhibitory circuitry in aging and depression	Academia	Science-Related
Jihee Sohn	2015	Cellular and Molecular Pathology	PhD	The Role of Non-Myogenic Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Skeletal Muscle of Dystrophin/Utrophin Double Knockout Mice.	For Profit	Science-Related
John Sekar	2015	Computational Biology	PhD	Rule-based Modeling of Cell Signaling: Advances in Model Construction, Visualization and Simulation.	Academia	Primarily Research
Joshua Sturm	2015	Neurobiology	PhD	Development and Plasticity of Intrinsic Connectivity in the Central Nucleus of the Mouse Inferior Colliculus.	Academia	Science-Related
Justine Harkness	2015	Molecular Virology & Microbiology	PhD	Cell Type Dependent Effects on HSV Transcription.	For Profit	Primarily Teaching
Katharine Harris	2015	Molecular Virology & Microbiology	PhD	Manipulation of host cell death and innate immune signaling pathways by Coxsackievirus B3.	For Profit	Primarily Research
Katrina Romagnoli	2015	Biomedical Informatics	PhD	User-centered design and evaluation of pharmacogenomic information portal to support clinical decision-making	For Profit	Science-Related
Kristine-Ann Buela	2015	Immunology	PhD	The role of dendritic cells in the cornea in the adaptive immune response following Herpes Simplex Virus-1 ocular infection.	For Profit	Primarily Research
Lauren Skvarca	2015	Molecular Genetics and Developmental Biology	PhD	Acute kidney injury in zebrafish larvae as a regeneration model for drug discovery.	Academia	Science-Related
Leticia Monin Aldama	2015	Immunology	PhD	T cell plasticity and co-infections in mycobacterial diseases.	Academia	Primarily Research
Lia Edmunds	2015	Molecular Genetics and Developmental Biology	PhD	Regulation of metabolism by the oncoprotein c-Myc	Academia	Primarily Research
Lillian Laemmle	2015	Molecular Virology & Microbiology	PhD	POLYCISTRONIC HSV VECTORS FOR THE DIFFERENTIATION OF EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS TOWARD A CARDIAC LINEAGE.	Academia	Primarily Research
Lindsey Kelly	2015	Cellular and Molecular Pathology	PhD	Identification and functional characterization of STRN-ALK fusions as a therapeutic target in aggressive forms of thyroid cancer.	For Profit	Science-Related
Lisa McIlvried	2015	Neurobiology	PhD	IDENTIFICATION OF FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THE INITIATION OF MIGRAINE: THE IMPACT OF SEX-, STRESS-, AND SYMPATHETIC-DEPENDENT CHANGES IN THE DURA.	Academia	Primarily Teaching
Mahesh Raundhal	2015	Immunology	PhD	Characterization of immune response in corticosteroid-refractory severe asthma in humans and mice	Academia	Primarily Research
Mark Langhans	2015	Molecular Genetics and Developmental Biology	PhD	Wdpcp Affects Skeletogenesis via the Hedgehog Pathway.	Academia	Science-Related
Matthew Hedberg	2015	Molecular Pharmacology	PhD	Leveraging Next Generation Sequencing to Elucidate the Spectrum of Genetic Alterations Underlying Head and Neck Cancer and Identify Potential Therapeutic Targets.	Academia	Science-Related
Murat Can Cobanoglu	2015	Computational Biology	PhD	PROBABILISTIC LATENT FACTOR MODELS FOR TRANSFORMATIVE DRUG DISCOVERY.	Academia	Primarily Research
Neil Kelly	2015	Cellular and Molecular Pathology	PhD	Vascular Remodeling in Pulmonary Hypertension.	Academia	Science-Related
Noah Peyser	2015	Molecular Pharmacology	PhD	PTPRT/D MUTATION OR PROMOTER METHYLATION: IMPLICATIONS FOR STAT3 INHIBITION.	Academia	Science-Related
Prerna Grover	2015	Integrative Molecular Biology	PhD	UNDERSTANDING ACTIVE ABL KINASE CONFORMATIONS: APPLICATION TO DISCOVERY OF SMALL MOLECULE ALLOSTERIC MODULATORS.	For Profit	Science-Related
Rashed Harun	2015	Neurobiology	PhD	A framework for characterizing regional alterations in dopamine neurotransmission in the context of drugs and disease using fast-scan cyclic voltammetry	For Profit	Primarily Research
Ricardo Londono	2015	Cellular and Molecular Pathology	PhD	Mechanisms of Biomaterial-Mediated Cardiac and Esophageal Repair.	For Profit	Science-Related
Shuang Li	2015	Neurobiology	PhD	Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Vulnerability and Resilience to Noise-Induced Tinnitus.	For Profit	Science-Related
Valerie Villanueva	2015	Molecular Virology & Microbiology	PhD	Characterization of an unusual repressor encoded by mycobacteriophage BPs.	Other	Science-Related
Vanessa Ante	2015	Molecular Virology & Microbiology	PhD	LeuO regulation of adaptive responses in Vibrio cholerae	Academia	Primarily Research
Venkatesan Raghavan	2015	Integrative Molecular Biology	PhD	Shear stress stimulated apical endocytosis in renal proximal tubule epithelia	For Profit	Science-Related
Waleed Elsegeiny	2015	Immunology	PhD	THE EFFECTS OF ANTI-CD20 THERAPY ON SUSCEPTIBILITY TO PNEUMOCYSTIS INFECTION AND THE CD4+ T-CELL SIGNALS THAT MEDIATE CLEARANCE.	Government	Primarily Research
Abhishek Garg	2014	Immunology	PhD	Feedback Inhibition of IL-17 Receptor Signal Transduction	For Profit	Primarily Research
Adriana Forero Rueda	2014	Molecular Virology & Microbiology	PhD	Role of IRF4 in the Regulation of Cellular Interferon Stimulated Genes and KSHV Lytic Gene Expression in Primary Effusion Lymphoma	Academia	Primarily Research
Andrey Finegersh	2014	Molecular Pharmacology	PhD	Epigenetic Effects of Ethanol	Academia	Science-Related
Anne Lipton Keener	2014	Molecular Pharmacology	PhD	EAF2 Associates with FOXA1 and EAF2 Alleviates FOXA1-Mediated Repression of Androgen Receptor Transactivation	Other	Science-Related
Bartholomew Philip Roland	2014	Molecular Pharmacology	PhD	An In Vivo Structure-Function Analysis of the Pathogenesis of Triosephosphate Isomerase Deficiency	Academia	Science-Related
Cody L Hoop	2014	Molecular Biophysics and Structural Biology	PhD	Site-Specific Structure and Dynamics of Polyglutamine-Containing Amyloid Fibrils and the Caveolin Scaffolding Domain by Magic Angle Spinning Solid-State NMR	Academia	Primarily Research
Daniel Jacob Ranayhossaini	2014	Molecular Pharmacology	PhD	Rational Design and Therapeutic Potential of a Novel Nox1 Inhibitor for the Treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension: In Vitro and In Vivo Effects of Nox1 Inhibition	For Profit	Primarily Research
Danielle Lee Mowery	2014	Biomedical Informatics	PhD	Developing a Clinical Linguistic Framework for Problem List Generation from Clinical Text	Academia	Primarily Research
Danushka Seneviratne	2014	Cellular and Molecular Pathology	PhD	Hepatocyte Growth Factor Gene Mutation in Human Colorectal Cancer: Causes and Consequences		Unknown
David Daniel Mowrey	2014	Computational Biology	PhD	Allosteric Modulation of CYS-Loop Receptors	For Profit	Primarily Research
Dawn Lorraine Taylor	2014	Molecular Virology & Microbiology	PhD	Characterization of the Vibrio Cholerae RND Efflux Systems	Government	Science-Related
Douglas Matthew Marvel	2014	Immunology	PhD	Regulation by IL-10 of Innate Immune Responses to MUC1 as a Self-Antigen in MUC1 Transgenic Mice	For Profit	Primarily Research
Erin Kristin Kirschmann	2014	Neurobiology	PhD	Effects of Unpredictable Chronic Mild Stress on Adolescent Rats	Academia	Primarily Teaching
Evan R Delgado	2014	Cellular and Molecular Pathology	PhD	Combating B-Catenin Driven Hepatocellular Carcinoma	Academia	Primarily Research
Hanna Valli	2014	Molecular Genetics and Developmental Biology	PhD	Preserving male fertility with spermatogonial stem cells	Academia	Science-Related
Hilary Paige Stevenson	2014	Molecular Pharmacology	PhD	Use of Transmission Electron Microscopy to Identify Nanocrystals of Challenging Protein Targets	For Profit	Science-Related
Jean-marc G Guedon	2014	Molecular Virology & Microbiology	PhD	New Insights and Treatments For VZV-induced Pain In a Rat Model of Postherpetic Neuralgia	For Profit	Primarily Research
Joshua A Jamison	2014	Cellular and Molecular Pathology	PhD	Protein Kinase Cð Regulates the Rhythm of Contractility During Growth Factor Induced Migration	For Profit	Science-Related
Julie Marie Cramer	2014	Cellular and Molecular Pathology	PhD	Small and Large Intestinal Stem Cells and their Relation to Cancer	Academia	Science-Related
Kathryn Eilleen Wack	2014	Cell Biology and Molecular Physiology	PhD	Podocyte Injury Causes Chronic Kidney Disease in the Ercc1 Deficient Mouse Model of Accelerated Aging	For Profit	Science-Related
Kristia Stacey Hamilton	2014	Immunology	PhD	Identification of Novel Signaling Pathways in T Cells Mediated by Protein Kinase C, Carma1, MALT1 and Bcl10	For Profit	Science-Related
Li-Chun Lin	2014	Neurobiology	PhD	Contribution of Somatostatin Deficits and EIF2 Signaling to Anxiety/Depressive-Like Behaviors	Academia	Primarily Research
Melanie Elizabeth Peffer	2014	Integrative Molecular Biology	PhD	Analysis of Glucocorticoid Action in Neural Stem Cells	Academia	Primarily Research
Michelle Dawn Failla	2014	Neurobiology	PhD	Monoaminergic and Neurotrophic Gene Variation Associated with Fronto-Limbic Circuitry affect Mood and Cognitive Recovery Post-TBI	Academia	Primarily Research
Nabil Azhar	2014	Computational Biology	PhD	Computational Modeling of Inflammatory Mediators in Acute Illness: From Networks to Mechanisms	For Profit	Science-Related
Nicole Newell Scheff	2014	Neurobiology	PhD	The Impact of Inflammation on the Regulation of Intracellular Calcium in Cutaneous Nociceptive Neurons	Academia	Primarily Research
Nicole Theresa Marie Seneca	2014	Molecular Virology & Microbiology	PhD	Comparative Analysis of Polyomavirus T Antigens In Cellular Transformation	For Profit	Science-Related
Nisha Sambamurthy	2014	Cellular and Molecular Pathology	PhD	Cell and Molecular Mediators Involved in Damage and Repair in Emphysema Using Mouse Models	For Profit	Primarily Research
Niyati Hegde Shah	2014	Neurobiology	PhD	Calcineurin-Mediated Signaling in Ischemic Preconditioning and Neuronal Cell Death	Academia	Science-Related
Philip Joseph Vernon	2014	Immunology	PhD	HMGB1, RAGE, and the Myeloid Response to Pancreatic Cancer	Non-profit	Not Related to Science
Saketh Chemuru Muni	2014	Molecular Biophysics and Structural Biology	PhD	Biophysical Investigations of the Aß Aggregation Process	Academia	Primarily Research
Shannon P Quinn	2014	Computational Biology	PhD	Distributed Spectral Graph Methods for Analyzing Large-Scale Unstructured Biomedical Data	Academia	Primarily Research
Sohyun Jeon	2014	Immunology	PhD	The role of programmed death ligand-1 (PD-L1/B7-H1) in regulating the immune responses against herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV-1)	Government	Science-Related
Timothy Nino Sintos Travers	2014	Computational Biology	PhD	Structural Modeling of Regulation in a-Actinin/F-Actin Interactions	Government	Primarily Research
Wai Kan Chiu	2014	Molecular Pharmacology	PhD	Mitochondrial Allotopic Gene Therapy Approaches Using a Drosophila Model with an Endogenous ATP6 Mutation	Academia	Science-Related
Ying Ding	2014	Computational Biology	PhD	Prognostic Biomarker Detection, Machine Learning Bias Correction, and Differential Coexpression Module Detection	For Profit	Science-Related
Zachary A. Marcum	2014	Clinical and Translational Science	PhD	Medication Use and Falls in Older Adults: A Pharmacoepidemiologic Approach	Academia	Primarily Research
Zachary Joseph Landis Lewis	2014	Biomedical Informatics	PhD	Automated Tailoring of Clinical Performance Feedback in Low-Resource Settings	Academia	Primarily Research

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