Student Perspectives

Alex Bray

Thesis Advisor: Scott Ballinger, PhD-Dept of Pathology

MSTP Student

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Ashiya Buckels

Thesis Advisor:
Stuart Frank, MD
Medicine-Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism

Spelman College (BS, Biology)
Entered Theme: Fall 2011

Rotations:
1- L Dell'Italia, 2- S Frank, 3- S Aller

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Ha-Ram Cha

Thesis Advisor:
Selvarangan Ponnazhagan, PhD
Dept of Pathology

Kyung-Hee Univ Korea South (BS, Genetic Engineering)
Entered Theme: Fall 2010

Rotations:
1- S Ponnazhagan, 2- E Benveniste

Committee Formed: March 2012

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Selma Cuya

Thesis Advisor:
Robert van Waardenburg, PhD
Pharmacology/Toxicology
 
Mt Saint Mary's College (BS, Biology & Spanish)
California State Univ-Los Angeles (MS, Biology)
Entered Theme: Fall 2011

Rotations:
1- R van Waardenburg, 2-M-A Bjornsti, 3- R van Waardenburg

Committee Formed:  Fall 2012

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Zach Dobbin 

Thesis Advisor:
Charles Landen, MD
Medicine-OB/GYN

Georgetown (BS)
Entered Theme: Fall 2010 (thru MSTP)

Rotations:
1- Bamman, 2- Peter King, 3- Welch

Committee Formed: March 2012

Entered Candidacy: Summer 2013

Publications:
Smoothened Antagonists Reverse Taxane Resistance in Ovarian Cancer.  Steg AD, Katre AA, Bevis KS, Ziebarth A, Dobbin ZC, Shah MM, Alvarez RD, Landen CN Jr. Mol Cancer Ther. 2012 May 2. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 22553355.

Stem cell pathways contribute to clinical chemoresistance in ovarian cancer.  Steg AD, Bevis KS, Katre AA, Ziebarth A, Dobbin ZC, Alvarez RD, Zhang K, Conner M, Landen CN. Clin Cancer Res. 2012 Feb 1;18(3):869-81. Epub 2011 Dec 5. PMID: 22142828.

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Alexander Dowell

Thesis Advisor:
Gregory Clines, MD
Medicine-Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism

Univ of Washington (BS, Biology)
Entered Theme: Fall 2010

Rotations:
1- D Welch, 2- M Zayzafoon, 3- G Clines

Committee Formed: May 2012

Publications:
Ubiquitous Brms1 expression is critical for mammary carcinoma metastasis suppression via promotion of apoptosis.  Cook LM, Cao X, Dowell AE, Debies MT, Edmonds MD, Beck BH, Kesterson RA, Desmond RA, Frost AR, Hurst DR, Welch DR. Clin Exp Metastasis. 2012 Jan 13. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 22241150.

Inhibition of angiopoietin-2 in LuCaP 23.1 prostate cancer tumors decreases tumor growth and viability. Morrissey C, Dowell A, Koreckij TD, Nguyen H, Lakely B, Fanslow WC, True LD, Corey E, Vessella RL. Prostate. 2010 Dec 1;70(16):1799-808. PMID: 20583134.

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Joseph Feduska

Thesis Advisor:
Karina Yoon, PhD
Dept of Pharmacology and Toxicology

University of Notre Dame (BA, Psychology)
Entered Theme: Fall 2009

Rotations:
1- C Klug, 2- R Serra, 3- K Yoon

Committee Formed: July 2011

Entered Candidacy: Summer 2012

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Kyle Feeley

Thesis Advisor:
Scott Ballinger, PhD
Department of Pathology

Worcester Polytechnical Inst (BS, Biology/Biotech)
Entered Theme: Fall 2009
Howard Hughes Fellowship Awardee

Rotations:
1- R Lopez, 2- Chow & Broker, 3- D Welch

Committee Formed: November 2011

Entered Candidacy: Summer 2012

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Joshua Fried

Thesis Advisor: 

Univ of Georgia (BS, Biochemistry)
Entered Theme: Fall 2012

Rotations:
1- Greg Clines 2-Yi-Ping Li, 3-Andra Frost


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Abhishek Gangrade

Thesis Advisor:

Univ of South Florida (BS, Biology)
Univ of Florida (MS, Molecular Medicine)
Entered Theme: Fall 2012

Rotations:
1-Randall Davis, 2-Upender Manne, 3-Ponnazhagan

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Kayla Goliwas

Thesis Advisor: 
Andra Frost, MD
Department of Anatomic Pathology

Florida State (BS, Biological Sciences)
Entered Theme: Fall 2012

Rotations:
1- L Shevde-Samant, 2-Yang Yang, 3-Andra Frost

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Chris Graham

Thesis Advisor: 
Kevin Roth, MD
Department of Pathology

Middle TN State Univ (BS, Genetics)
Entered Theme: Fall 2012

Rotations:
1- K Roth, 2-L Shevde-Samant, 3-Rajeev Samant


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Joshua Jackson

Thesis Advisors:
James Markert, MD / Kevin Cassady, MD
Neurosurgery / Pediatrics (Neurobiology)

Tennessee Tech (BS, Chemical Engineering)
Auburn Univ (MChE, Chemical Engineering)
Entered Theme: Fall 2011

Rotations:
1- Boris Pasche, 2- Eddy Yang, 3- Cassady & Markert

Committee Formed:

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Will Jackson

Thesis Advisor: 
 
Birmingham-Southern College (BS, Biology)
Entered Theme: Fall 2012

Rotations:
1- Landen, 2- Willey, 3- Shevde-Samant

Committee Formed: 

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Hugo Jimenez

Thesis Advisor: Boris Pasche, MD
Medicine - Hematology & Oncology

Benedictine University (BS, Biology)
Rush University (MS, Clinical Lab Science)
Entered Theme: Fall 2011

Rotations:
1-N Yusuf; 2-C Landen, 3- B Pasche

Committee Formed: Spring 2013

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Vinayak Khattar

Thesis Advisor: Jaideep Thottassery, PhD
Department of Pathology

DR D.Y Patil Univ, India (MTech, Biotechnology)
Entered Theme: Fall 2009

Rotations:
1- K Roth, 2- D Schneider, 3- J Thottassery

Committee Formed: March 2011

Entered Candidacy:  Summer 2013

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Jason LeGrand

Thesis Advisor: Christopher Klug, PhD
Department of Microbiology

Bob Jones University (BS)
Entered Theme: Fall 2011 (thru MSTP)

Rotations:
1- Curiel, 2- Welch, 3- Klug

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Monica Lewis

Thesis Advisor:
Doug Hurst, PhD
Department of Pathology

Alabama State University (BS, Chemistry)
Entered Theme: Fall 2010
Howard Hughes Fellowship Awardee

Rotations:
1- S Ponnazhagan, 2- R Sanderson
3- G Clines, 4- X Feng

Committee Formed: December 2011

Entered Candidacy: Summer

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Matthew McConnell

Thesis Advisor:
Yi-Ping Li, PhD
Department of Pathology

University of Kentucky (BS, Agricultural Biotech)
University of Kentucky (MS, Pharmaceutical Science)
Entered Theme: Fall 2010

Rotations:
1- N Yusuf, 2- Y Chen, 3- Y-P Li

Entered Candidacy: Spring 2013

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Joshua Onuiri

Thesis Advisor:
Mary-Ann Bjornsti, Ph.D.
Dept of Pharmacology and Toxicology

Missouri Southern State Univ (BS, Biology)
Entered Theme: Fall 2009
Howard Hughes Fellowship Awardee

Rotations:
1- K Roth, 2- M-A Bjornsti, 3- J-B Peng

Committee Formed: May 2012

Entered Candidacy: Spring 2013

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Lafe Peavler

Thesis Advisor:
Steven Carroll, MD, PhD
Department of Neuropathology

Brigham Young Univ (BS, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology)
Entered Theme: Fall 2010
Howard Hughes Fellowship Awardee

Rotations:
1- R Sanderson, 2- D Welch, 3- S Carroll

Committee Formed: April 2012

Entered Candidacy:

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Hawley Pruitt

Thesis Advisor:
Rajeev Samant, PhD
Department of Molecular & Cellular Pathology
 
University of Pittsburgh (BS, Biology)

Entered Theme: Fall 2012

Rotations:
1- Peter King, 2- Xu Feng, 3- Samant

Committee Formed: 


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Katie Jo Rohn

Thesis Advisor:
Charles Falany, PhD
Dept of Pharmacology and Toxicology

Univ of Wisconsin-Whitewater (BS, Biology)
Entered Theme: Fall 2010

Rotations:
1- H Sontheimer, 2- C Falany, 3- C Landen

Entered Candidacy: Spring 2013

Publications:
With-No-Lysine Kinase 3 (WNK3) Stimulates Glioma Invasion By Regulating Cell Volume. Haas BR, Cuddapah VA, Watkins S, Rohn KJ, Dy TE, Sontheimer H. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2011 Aug 3. PMID: 21813709.

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Cara Schafer

Thesis Advisor:
Jessy Deshane, PhD
Medicine-Pulmonary/Allergy/Critical Care

Worcester Polytechnic Inst (BS, Biology & Biotech)
Georgetown Univ (MS, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology)
Entered Theme: Fall 2011

Rotations:
1-Jessy Deshane; 2-Yang Yang, 3- S Aller

Committee Formed: Spring 2013

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Jennifer Stanley

Thesis Advisor:
Shih-Hsin (Eddy) Yang, MD
Department of Radiation Oncology

Purdue University (BS)
Entered Theme: Fall 2011 (thru MSTP)

Rotatons:
1- Sanderson, 2- C Willey, 3- Yang

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Mark Stewart

Thesis Advisor:
Ralph Sanderson, PhD
Department of Pathology

Univ of Tennessee-Knoxville (BS, Biological Sciences)
Entered Theme: Fall 2009

Rotations:
1- D Welch, 2- R Serra, 3- T Tollefsbol, 4- Sanderson

Committee Formed: November 2011

Entered Candidacy: Fall 2012

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Zachary Tibbs

Thesis Advisor: 
Charles Falany, PhD
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology 

Millikin Univ (BS, Biology, Pre-Med)
Entered Theme: Fall 2011

Rotations:
1- Charles Falany.  2-Stephen Aller, 3- J Patterson

Committee Formed:

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Kaitlin Werle

Thesis Advisor:
Zhi-Xiang Xu, MD
Medicine-Hematology & Oncology

California State U-San Marcos (BS, Molecular & Cellular Biology)
Entered Program: Fall 2010

Rotations:
1- H Sontheimer, 2- J Murphy-Ullrich, 3- R Sanderson, 4- Z-X Xu

Committee Formed: Summer 2012

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Monica Wielgos

Thesis Advisor:
Shih-Hsin (Eddy) Yang, MD
Medicine-Radiation Oncology

Univ of Illinois-Urbana (BS, Molecular & Cellular Biology)
Entered Program: Fall 2011

Rotation: 1- M-A Bjornsti, 2- E Yang, 3- U Manne

Committee Formed: Fall 2012

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