Student Directory 2014

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Larry S. Tobacman, MD Program Director Sr. Associate Dean for Research [email protected] AB, Physics, Brandeis University MD, Case Western Reserve University 312-413-9688 – office 630-247-0537 – cell

Nancy Freitag, PhD Associate Director Associate Professor, Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology [email protected] BS, Biology, University of California-Irvine PhD, Biological Chemistry, UCLA 312-355-490 - office

Roberta L. Bernstein, MA Assistant Director [email protected] BA, French, University of Chicago MA, French, Roosevelt University 312-996-7473 – office; 312-520-6362 - cell

Contact Information: Mailing Address: Geographic Location: Medical Scientist Training Program Room 308 Clinical Sciences North University of Illinois at Chicago 840 S. Wood Street COM Dean’s Office – MC 784 Chicago, IL 60612 1853 W. Polk Street Tel: 312-996-7473 Chicago, IL 60612 Fax: 312-413-8221 Email: [email protected]; Web: http://www.uic.edu/com/mdphd/

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Alexander Agelidis (2012) [email protected] Graduate Student, First Year Department: Microbiology & Immunology Thesis Advisor: Deepak Shukla, PhD BA, Molecular & Cell Biology, UC Berkeley, 2009 Sarah Baumgarten (2009) [email protected] Graduate Student, Fourth Year Department: Physiology & Biophysics Thesis Advisor: Carlos Stocco, PhD BA, Molecular & Cellular Biology, Vanderbilt University, 2008

Erin Beisner (2010) [email protected] Graduate Student, Third Year Department of Medicinal Chemistry & Pharmacognosy Thesis Advisor: Michael Federle, PhD BA, Biochemistry and Cellular Biology, Rice University, 2010 Catherine (Casey) Blaha (2013) [email protected] Medical Student, Second Year Rotation Advisors 2014: N. Hay, PhD; P. Raychaudhuri, PhD BA, Biological Sciences, Northwestern University, 2013

Tiffani Berkel (2011) [email protected] Graduate Student, Second Year Neuroscience Program Thesis Advisor: Subash Pandey, PhD BS, Molecular and Cell Biology, UIUC, 2011 Joseph Bogaard (2012) Jdbogaard @uic.edu Graduate Student, Third Year Neuroscience Program Thesis Advisor: Michael Grassi, MD BSE, Biomedical Engineering, University of Iowa, 2009

Jason Buhurman (2009) [email protected] Graduate Student, Fourth Year Biopharmaceutical Sciences Thesis Advisor: Michael Grassi, M BA, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Boston University, 2008

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Ryan Carr (2009) [email protected] Medical Student, Fourth Year Department of Microbiology and Immunology Thesis Advisor: Bellur Prabhakar, PhD BA, Molecular Biology/Psychology, UIUC, 2008

Jacob Choi (2007) [email protected] Medical Student, Third Year Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics Thesis Advisor: Lester Lau, PhD BS, Chemistry, Washington Univ., St Louis, 2007

Andrew Czysz (2007) [email protected] Medical Student, Fourth Year Program in Neuroscience Thesis Advisor: Mark Rasenick, PhD BA, Biochemistry & Psychology, U. Florida, 2007

Matthew Durst (2012) [email protected] [email protected] Graduate Student, First Year Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics Thesis Advisor: A. Lavie, PhD BA, Chemistry & Anthropology, Washington U.-St. Louis, 2012

Osama El-Sayed (2014) [email protected] Medical Student, First Year Rotation Advisor 2014: Z Cheng, PhD BS, Biochemistry, U. Michigan, 2014

Michael Fettiplace (2010) [email protected] Graduate Student, Third Year Department of Bioengineering Thesis Advisors: G, Weinberg, MD; R. Minshall, PhD BS, Brain and Cognitive Science, 2007, MIT MSE, Biomedical Engineering, John Hopkins U., 2010

James Frencher (2008) [email protected] Medical Student, Fourth Year Department of Microbiology and Immunology Thesis Advisor: Zheng Chen, MD, PhD BS, Microbiology, 2007; MS, Molecular-Cell Biology, 2008,University of Michigan

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Joseph Geraghty (2014) [email protected] Medical Student, First Year Rotation Advisor 2014: Douglas Feinstein, PhD BS/BA, Biochem/Spanish, SUNY Geneseo, 2014

Artemis Gogos (2014) [email protected] Medical Student, First Year Rotation Advisor 2014: Miljan Simonovic, PhD BA, Biochemistry, Grinnell College, 2014

Joseph Goldenberg (2010) [email protected] Graduate Student, Third Year Department of Physiology & Biophysics Thesis Advisor: E. Douglas Lewandowski, Ph BS, Biochemistry and Cell Biology, UCSD, 2009

Christine Haddad (2009) [email protected] Medical Student, Third Year Department: Microbiology & Immunology Thesis Advisor: B. Prabhakar, PhD BS, Integrative Physiology/Pre-Medicine, U. Iowa, 2009 Sara Hatch Berth (2005) [email protected] Medical Student, Fourth Year Neuroscience Program Thesis Advisor: Scott Brady, PhD BS, Biology, Northwestern University, 2004

Mir (Isaam) Isaamullah (2013) [email protected] Medical Student, Second Year Rotation Advisor 2013: Rajiv Sharma, MD BA, Neuroscience, Vanderbilt University, 2013

Euvgenia (Jane) Ivakhnitskaia (2014) [email protected] Medical Student, First Year Rotation Advisor 2014: Ernesto Bongarzone, PhD BA, Biological Sciences, Cornell U., 2013

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Joshua Jones (2013) [email protected] Medical StudentSecone Year Rotation Advisor 2013: Jeff Loeb, MD, PhD BS, Mathematics, UIC, 2013

Allison Kirchner (2014) [email protected] Medical Student, First Year Rotation 2014: John Larson, PhD BA, Neurobiology & Spanish, U. Wisconsin, 2013

Evan Kyzar (2012) [email protected] Graduate Student,First Year Neuroscience Program Thesis Advisor: S. Pandey, PhD BS, Biomedical Engineering, Tulane Univ., 2012

Ryan Lahey (2008) [email protected] Graduate Student, Fourth Year Department of Physiology & Biophysics Thesis Advisor: E. Douglas Lewandowski, PhD BS, Biomedical Engineering, Washington University, St. Louis, 2007

Matthew MacDougall (2012) [email protected] Graduate Student, First Year Thesis Advisor: Brad Merrill, PhD BSc, Biochemistry, Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada, 2010

Ikenna Maduke (2007) [email protected] Medical Student, Fourth Year Department of Physiology & Biophysics Thesis Advisor: Gail Prins, PhD BS, Biology, Chicago State University, 2007

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Christopher Manzella (2013) [email protected] Medical Student, Second Year Rotations 2014: Ravinder Gil, PhD; M. Simonovic, PhD BS, Chemistry, and Math, St. John Fisher College, 2013

Alejandra Marinelarena (2013) [email protected] Medical Student, Second Year Rotations 2014: B. Prabhakar, PhD, T. Unterman, MD BA, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard U., 2011

Michael Marshall (2011) [email protected] Graduate Student, Second Year Program in Neuroscience Thesis Advisor: Ernesto Bongarzone, PhD BS, Sciences & Economics, Northwestern U., 201

(Phillip) David McMullen (2008) [email protected] Medical Student, Third Year Department of Microbiology & Immunology Thesis Advisor: Nancy Freitag, PhD BA, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Miami University of Ohio, 2008

Amanda Mennie (2012) [email protected] Graduate Student, First Year Thesis Advisor: T. Nakamura, PhD BS, Biology, Genetics, University of Iowa, 2007

Uzogau Okonkwo (2010) [email protected] Graduate Student, Second Year Dept. of Physiology & Biophysics Thesis Advior: David Perkins, MD, PhD BS, Biochemistry, San Diego State U. 2009

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Alan Perez-Rathke (2012) [email protected] Graduate Student, First Year Thesis Advisor: Jie Liang, PhD BS, Computer Science, 2005, UIUC; MS, Computer Science, 2011, UIC

Cory Reiter (2014) [email protected] Medical Student, First Year Rotation Advisor 2014: Ernesto Bongarzone, PhD BS, Molecular Biology, University of Denver, 2011

Alicia Rizzo (2010) [email protected] Graduate Student, Third Year Thesis Advisor: S. Dudek, MD BA, Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University, 2009

Laura Rodgers (2013) [email protected] Medical Student, First Year Rotation Advisor 2014: J. Burdette, PhD; C. Stocco, PhD BA, Honors Biology, Swarthmore College, 2012

Cody Rutledge (2009) [email protected] Graduate Student, Third Year Thesis Advisor: S. Dudley, MD, PhD BS/BA, Biology/Chemistry, Case Western Reserve U, 2009

Adam Schafer (2013) [email protected] Medical Student, Second Year Rotation Advisors 2014: L. Rong, PhD, W. Wu, PhD BS, Biochemistry, 2013

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Farah Shareef (2009) [email protected] Graduate Student, Fouth Year Department: Bioengineering Thesis Advisor: Michael Cho, PhD BS, Bioengineering, UIC, 2008

Cody Schott (2013) [email protected] Medical Student, Second Year Rotation Advisor 2014: S. Ackerman, PhD BA, Molecular Biology & Genetics, Northwestern U., 2013

Brian Shy (2008) [email protected] Graduate Student, Fifth Year Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics Thesis Advisor: Bradley Merrill, PhD BA, Economics, Michigan State University, 2006 Michael Sun (2014) [email protected] Medical Student, First Year Rotation Advisor 2014: A. Malik, PhD BA, Molecular Cellular Biology, UIUC, 2014

Justin Sysol (2011) [email protected] Graduate Student, Second Year Department of Pharmacology Thesis Advisor: Roberto Machado, PhD BS, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, U. of Rochester, 2009

Tammy Tamayo (2007) [email protected] Medical Student, Fourth Year Department of Physiology & Biophysics Thesis Advisor: Jesus Garcia, MD, PhD BS, Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior, and Material Science & Engineering, 2005 MS, Material Science & Engineering, UC-Davis, 2006

Alexander Terry (2014) [email protected] Medical Student, First Year Rotation Advisor 2014: Brad Merrill, PhD BA, Biological Sciences, U Chicago, 2014

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Alexander Ticho (2013) [email protected] Medical Student, Second Year Rotation Advisors 2014: L. Tobacman, MD; W. Alarefai, PhD BA, St. Olaf College, 2012

Matthew Tobin (2012) [email protected] Graduate Student, Second Year Department: Neuroscience Program Thesis Advisor: Orly Lazarov, PhD BS, Neuroscience, University of Michigan, 2011

Alan Tseng (2012) [email protected] Medical Student, Second Year Advisors-Rotation 2013: M. Cho, PhD, J. Xu, PhD BSc, Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, 2006

Benjamin Turturice (2013) [email protected] Medical Student, Second Year Rotations 2014: B.Prabhakar, PhD; D. Perkins, MD, PhD BS, Molecular Biology & Biochemistry, Loyola U. 2012

Andrew Widmer (2013) [email protected] Graduate Student, Second Year Department: Neuroscience Program Thesis Advisor: John Larson, PhD BA, Psychology, Carlton College, 2009

Reid Wilkening (2011) [email protected] Graduate Student,Second Year Thesis Advisor: Michael Federle, PhD BA, Biology, Swarthmore College, 2010

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Jessica Wilson (2008) [email protected] Graduate Student, Fifth Year Department of Pharmacology Thesis Advisor: John O’Bryan, PhD BS, Psychology, Arizona State University, 2007

Allen Ye (2010) [email protected] Graduate Student, Third Year Department: Bioengineering Thesis Advisor: Richard Magin, PhD BS, Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, 2009

Ally Young (2013) [email protected] Medical Student, Second Year Rotation Advisors 2014: Carlos Stocco, PhD BS, BA, Molecular Biology & Anthropology, University of Pittsburg, 2012

Marisa Young (2007) [email protected] Medical Student, FourthYear Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, SPH Thesis Advisor: Robert Bailey, PhD BA, Latin American Studies, Univ. of Washington, 2002

Joseph Zapater (2006) [email protected] Medical Student, Fourth Year Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics Thesis Advisor: Karen Colley, PhD BA, Biology, University of Chicago, 2006

Jenny Zhang (2011) [email protected] Graduate Student, SecondYear Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics Thesis Advisor: Bradley Merrill, PhD BA, Molecular & Cell Biology, UC Berkeley, 2009

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Lila Gollogly Glotfelty (2006-2014) [email protected] BA, Biology, Harvard College, 2004 PhD: Department of Microbiology & Immunology Thesis Advisor: Gail Hecht, MD Residency: Internal Medicine, UIC

Ina Han Lee (2005-2014) [email protected]

BS, Molecular Cell Biology, UC-Berkeley, 1999 MS, Biotechnology, Johns Hopkins University, 2005 PhD: Program in Neuroscience; Thesis Advisor: Scott Brady, PhD Residency: Pathology, University of Maryland Medical Center

Sachin Moonat (2006-2014) BA, Molecular Biology, UC Berkeley, 2002 MA, Physiology, UC Berkeley, 2005 PhD: Program in Neuroscience; Thesis Advisor: Subash Pandey, PhD Post Graduate Clinician:Director, Village Health Outreach Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India

Vanessa Reese McFadden (2006-2014) [email protected]

BA, Community Health, Brown University, 2006 PhD: Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology Thesis Advisor: Alan McLachlan, PhD Residency: Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Lawren VandeVrede (2007-2014) BS, Biology & Chemistry, Florida State University, 2007 PhD: Program in Neuroscience; Thesis Advisor: Gregory Thatcher, PhD Residency: Internal Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital; Neurology, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston

Jonathan Waxman (2004-2014) [email protected] BS, Computer Science, U. Pennsylvania, 1998 PhD, Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering Thesis Advisors: David Carley, PhD and Daniel Graupe, PhD Residency: Otolaryngology, Wayne State U. School of Medicine, Detroit

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Janai Carr (2005-2013) [email protected] BS, Biology, UC San Diego, 2002 PhD: Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics Thesis Advisor: Pradip Raychaudhurio, PhD Residency: Internal Medicine, UC San Francisco

Joel Fontanarosa (2005-2013) [email protected]

BS, Biology, University of Chicago, 2004 PhD: Department of Bioengineering: Bioinformatics Thesis Advisor: Yang Dai PhD Residency: Otolaryngology, McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University

Senta Furman (2006-2013) [email protected]

BA, Biology, Wayne State University, 2002 PhD: Neuroscience Program Thesis Advisor: Pauline Maki, PhD Residency: Pediatrics, St. Louis Children’s Hospital, Washington University-St. Louis

Jennifer Kwan (2005-2013) [email protected]

BS, Molecular Biology, UC, Berkeley, 2005 PhD: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics Thesis Advisor: Nissim Hay, PhD Residency: UIC IM-Cardiology Physics Scientist Track: 2 years of research, 2 years IM, 2 years cardiology

Thomas Wubben (2006-2013) [email protected]

BS, Chemical Engineering, UIUC, 2006 PhD: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics Thesis Advisor: Andrew Mesecar, PhD Residency: Ophthalmology, University of Michigan; Transitional Year, St. Joseph Hospital, Chicago

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Yalda Afshar (2005-2012) [email protected] BS, Molecular Cell Biology, Integrative Biology & Anthropology, UC-Berkeley, 2004 PhD: Department of Physiology & Biophysics; Thesis Advisor: Asgi Fazleabas, PhD Residency: Obstetrics-Gynecology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

Benjamin Avner (2003-2012) BS, Evolutionary Biology, Northwestern University, 2003 PhD: Department of Physiology & Biophysics Thesis Advisor: R. John Solaro, PhD Residency: Internal Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Scott Feldman (2004-2012) [email protected] BS, Biochemistry, University of Florida, 2002 PhD: Department of Microbiology & Immunology Thesis Advisor: Amy Kenter PhD Residency: Internal Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY

Evan Small (2005-2012) [email protected] BS, Molecular Biology, University of Central Florida, 2005 PhD: Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics Thesis Advisor: Andrew Mesecar, PhD Residency: Emergency Medicine, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Rochester, MN

Ananda Fine (2003-2011) [email protected] BA, Biology, UIC 2003 PhD. Department of Bioengineering Thesis Advisor: David Mogul, PhD Residency: Neurology, New York Hospital, Columbia University

Christina Floreani (2004-2011) [email protected] BS, Mathematics, UIC, 2002 PhD: Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology Thesis Advisor: Yasuko Nakajima, MD, PhD Residency: Psychiatry, UIC

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Sheila Barry (2002-2010) [email protected] BS/BA, Biochemistry and Drama, Catholic University of America, 1999 PhD: Department of Microbiology and Immunology Thesis Advisor: Tom Hope, PhD Residency: University of Illinois COM Internal Medicine and Clinician Scientist Program in Infectious Diseases, 2010-2012 Fellowship, Infectious Diseases: 2012-2015

Juliana Choi (2003-2010) [email protected] BS, Biology, UIC, 2002 PhD: Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology Thesis Advisor: Tapas Das Gupta, MD, PhD, DSc Residency: University of Illinois College of Medicine, Dermatology 2014-15: Clinical Education Fellowship in Dermatology, U. Pennsylvania Rahul Davé (2001-2010) [email protected] BS, Neuroscience, UC Berkeley, 1999 PhD: Department of Physiology & Biophysics Thesis Advisor: Mark Rasenick, PhD Residency: Neurology, U. Miami Jackson Memorial Hospital 2014-15: combined clinical-basic research fellowship in Neuroinflammatory diseases, NIH Ninh Doan (2002-2010) [email protected] BS, Biochemistry, UC, Davis, 2001 PhD: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics Thesis Advisor: Peter Gettins, PhD Postdoctoral fellowship, lab of Dr. Vincent Cryus on a project using nanoparticles to treat breast cancer brain metastases, Northwestern Univ. Residency: Medical College of Wisconsin, Neurosurgery

Panagiotis (Pete) Flevaris (2003-2010) [email protected] BS, Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, 2001 PhD: Department of Pharmacology Thesis Advisor: Xiaoping Du, PhD Residency: Northwestern University, Physician Scientist Internal Medicine 2014: Cardiovascular Disease Fellow, Northwestern Memorial Hospital

Arpita Kadakia Bhasin (2003-2010) [email protected]; [email protected] BS, Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, 2002 PhD: Department of Bioengineering; Thesis Advisor: Michael Cho, PhD Residency: University of Texas-Southwestern, Ophthalmology

Joseph Kuechle (2002-2010) [email protected]; [email protected] BS, Chemical Engineering, SUNY Buffalo, 2002 PhD: Department of Bioengineering; Thesis Advisor: Jose Oberholzer, PhD Residency: Orthopedic Surgery, University at Buffalo School of Medicine

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Terry Chiganos (2001-2009) [email protected] BS, Bioengineering, UIC, 2001 PhD: Department of Bioengineering Thesis Advisor: Patrick Rousche, PhD Residency: Emergency Medicine, University of Illinois Hospital Current Position: Assoc. Prof. of Emergency Med, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital and Practice in Emerg. Med , Advocate Medical Group.

Irene Klein Louh (2001-2009) [email protected] BS, Biology, Brown University, 1999 PhD: Department of Pharmacology Thesis Advisor: Asrar Malik, PhD Residency: Internal Medicine, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Jacksonville, FL Current Position: Practice in General Internal Medicine, Jacksonville, FL

Evan Osmundson (2003-2009) [email protected] BS, Microbiology, California State Polytechnic Univ., 2000 PhD: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics Thesis Advisor: Hiroaki Kiyokawa, MD, PhD Pre-Residency: Post doctoral fellow in the lab of Dr. Ralph Weichselbaum, Department of Radiation and Cellular Oncology, University of Chicago Residency: Radiation Oncology, Stanford University 5th Year Residency (2014-15): Radiation Oncology, St. Joseph Hospital, Chicago

Mark Pilkinton (2001-2009) [email protected] MS, Microbiology, University of Memphis, 2000 PhD: Department of Pharmacology; Thesis Advisor: Oscar Colamonici, MD Residency: Internal Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center Fellowship: Clinical Fellow, Dept. of Infectious Diseases, Vanderbilt U. Medical Center

Roy Smetana (2002-2009) [email protected] BS, Anthropology, Emory University, 1997 MS, Biology, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2002 PhD: Department of Biological Sciences; Thesis Advisor: Simon Alford, PhD Residency: Medical Education Program in Psychiatry, U. Pittsburgh Med. College Current Position: Assistant Prof. of Psychiatry, U. Pittsburgh

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Ronald Jackups (2000-2008) [email protected] BA, Math and Classics, Washington Univ.-St. Louis, 2000 PhD: Department of Bioengineering; Thesis Advisor: Jie Liang, PhD Residency: Clinical Pathology, Washington U.-Barnes Jewish Hospital, St Louis Current Position: Asst. Prof of Pathology & Immunology and Pediatrics, Washington U. SOM Anil Maliyekkel (1997-2008) [email protected] BS, Electrical Engineering, Rice University, 1997 PhD: Dept,of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics; Thesis Advisor: Igor Roninson, PhD Residency: Diagnostic Radiology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Current Position: Instructor of Radiology & Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, MD

Masakatsu Nanamori (2000-2008) [email protected] BS, Physiology, Michigan State University, 1996 PhD: Department of Pharmacology; Thesis Advisor: Richard Ye, MD, PhD Residency: Anesthesiology, Cleveland Clinic Current Position: Anesthesiologist, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit (& Cleveland Clinic)

David Ramsey (2000-2008) [email protected] BS, Biology, Harvard University, 2000 PhD: Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics; Thesis Advisor: Haohua Qian, PhD Residency: Ophthalmology, Johns Hopkins University Heed Fellowship in Ophthalmology, Harvard University, 2012-2014 Current Position: Ophthalmologist and Researcher in electrophysiology at Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, a teaching affiliate of Tufts Univ. SOM;

George Scaria (2000-2008) BS summa cum laude, Bioengineering, UIC, 1999 PhD: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics Thesis Advisor: Alisa Katzen, PhD Residency: Internal Medicine, Case Western Reserve Univ. Fellowship, July 2011-: Hematology, Oncology, & Transplantation, U Minnesota Current Position: Practice in Hematology, Minneapolis William (Brad) Ruzicka (1999-2008) [email protected] BS, Biological Chemistry, U. Chicago, 1999 PhD: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics Thesis Advisor: Alessandro Guidotti, MD Residency: Psychiatry, Mass. General Hospital (Harvard U.) Current Position: Instructor, McLean Hospital, Boston; Psychiatrist, Massachusetts General Hospital

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Michael Broman (1999-2007) [email protected] BS, Biochemistry, University of Iowa, 1999 PhD: Department of Pharmacology; Thesis Advisor: Asrar Malik, PhD Residency: Internal Medicine-Physician Scientist, University of Chicago Current Position: Cardiologist, U. Chicago Medicine David Scott Moons (1997-2007) [email protected] BS, Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1997 PhD: Dept. of Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics; Thesis Advisor: Hiroaki Kiyokawa, MD, PhD Residency: Pathology, University of Michigan Current Position: Anatomic Pathologist, Ann Arbor, MI

Michelle Muza-Moons (1999-2007) [email protected] BA, Biochemistry, Ohio Weslyan University, 1999 PhD: Department of Microbiology and Immunology Thesis Advisor: Gail Hecht, MD Residency: Internal Medicine-Physician Scientist, University of Michigan Fellowship: Gastroenterology, University of Michigan Current position: Clinical Lecturer, Internal Medicine, U. Michigan Health System

John M. Collins (1998-2006) [email protected] BS/MS, Northwestern University, 1998 PhD: Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology;Thesis Advisor: Yasuko Nakajima, MD, PhD Residency: Radiology, University of Chicago Current Position: Asst. Prof. of Radiology, University of Chicago Medicine

Sapan Desai (1998-2006) [email protected] BS, Biology, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1998 PhD: Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology; Thesis Advisor: Anna Lysakowski, PhD Residency: Duke University, General Surgery Current Position: Fellow in Vascular Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX

Quan (Donny) Hoang (1998-2006) [email protected] BA, Chemistry and Biology, Northwestern University, 1997 PhD: Dept. of Anatomy and Cell Biology; Thesis Advisor: Yasuko Nakajima, MD, PhD Residency: Ophthalmology, University of Illinois-Chicago Fellowship: Vitreol-Retinal Surgery, Columbia/ Vitreous Retina Macula Consultants of New York (VRMNY) Current Position: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Ophthalmology, Columbia U

David Jho (1999-2006) [email protected], [email protected] BA, Biochemistry, Yale University, 1998 PhD: Department of Pharmacology; Thesis Advisor: Asrar Malik, PhD Residency: Neurosurgery, Mass. General Hospital Current Position: General Surgeon, Mass. General Hospital

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Phoebe Lin (1999-2006) [email protected] BA, Biochemistry, Washington Univ. at St. Louis, 1999 PhD: Department of Pharmacology; Thesis Advisor: Richard Ye MD PhD Residency: Ophthalmology, UC-San Francisco, 2006-2010 Fellowship: Vitreoretinal Surgery, Duke University Eye Center Current Position: Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Oregon Health Sciences University

Brenton Mar (1998-2006) [email protected] BS, Biochemistry, UCLA, 1998 PhD: Dept. of Biochemistry-Molecular Genetics; Thesis Advisor: Carol Westbrook, MD, PhD Residency: Pediatrics, Columbia University; Fellowship: Hematology-Oncology, Boston Children’s Hospital/Dana Farber Cancer Institute, and Clinical Fellow in Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital, Boston; Current Position: Instructor in Pediatrics at Boston Children's Hospital/Dana Farber Cancer Institute/Harvard Medical School

Nathan Stitziel (1999-2006) [email protected] BS, Math & Physics, Washington Univ. at St. Louis, 1998 PhD: Department of Bioengineering; Thesis Advisor: Carol Westbrook, MD, PhD Residency: Internal Medicine, University of Chicago; Cardiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston Fellowship: Cardiovascular Medicine, B&W Hospital, Boston Current Position: Instructor in Medicine, Cardiovascular Div. and Director, Center for Cardiovascular Genetics, Wash. U. School of Medicine

Andrea Birnbaum (1997-2005) [email protected] BS, Honors Biology University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1996 PhD: Department of Biological Sciences; Thesis Advisor: Paul Malchow, PhD Residency: Ophthalmology, University of Illinois-Chicago Current Position: Assistant Professor in Ophthalmology, Northwestern University Medical School Associate Chief of Staff for Education, Jesse Brown VA Medical Center

Kharma Foucher (1996-2005) [email protected] BS, Bioengineering, Harvard University, 1996 PhD: Department of Bioengineering; Thesis Advisor: Debra Hurwitz, PhD Post-graduate Position: Instructor in Orthopedic Surgery Rush University Human Motion Laboratory, Chicago Current Position: Asst. Professor, Dept. of Kinesiology & Nutrition and Dept. of Bioengineering, UIC

Cristiane Lin (1997-2005) [email protected] BS, Environmental Engineering, MIT, 1997 PhD: Department of Molecular Genetics; Thesis Advisor: Lester Lau, PhD Residency: Pediatrics, Boston Combined Residency Program Current Position: Pediatrician, Dell Children’s Medical Center, Dept of Neonatology, Austin, TX

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Thomas Nabhani (1997-2004) [email protected] BA, Physics, University of Illinois at Chicago PhD: Dept. of Physiology & Biophysics; Thesis Advisor: Jesus Garcia-Martinez, MD, PhD Residency: Radiation Oncology, SUNY-Downstate Fellowships: 1. Neuro-oncology, Division of Neurosurgery, UCLA; 2. Fellowship: Medical Informatics, Dept. of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences, Johns Hopkins Univ. Tatiana Grzeszkiewicz (1995-2003) [email protected] BS, Summa cum Laude, Biology, Loyola University, 1995 PhD: Department of Molecular Genetics; Thesis Advisor: Lester Lau, PhD Residency: Dermatology, Stanford University Current Position: Adjunct Clinical Instructor of Dermatology at Stanford U., with joint teaching appointments at Veterans Admin. Health Services, Palo Alto, CA and Santa Clara County Valley Medical Center; Dermatology Chair, Alameda Division of Palo Alto Medical Foundation Fremont. Michael Risk (1995-2003) [email protected] BA, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1993 PhD: Department of Physiology and Biophysics; Thesis Advisor: Geula Gibori, PhD Residency: Urology, University of Washington-Seattle Fellowship: Urologic Oncology, Indiana University Current Position: Urologist, Indianapolis, IN

Kris Alden (1996-2002) BA, Biology, University of Chicago, 1991 MS, Biology, Southern Illinois University, 1993 PhD: Dept. of Physiology & Biophysics; Thesis Advisor: Jesus Garcia-Martinez, MD, PhD Residency: Orthopedic Surgery, Johns Hopkins University East Baltimore Campus Current Position: Orthopedic Surgeon, University of Chicago. Bone & Joint Replacement Center at Vanguard Weiss Memorial Hospital, Chicago

Kimberley Chaney (1993-2002) BS, Biology, UIUC, 1992 PhD: Department of Physiology and Biophysics Thesis Advisor: Mark Rasenick, PhD Residency: Radiology, UIC Current Position: Diagnostic Radiologist, McHenry Radiologists & Imaging, McHenry, IL Todd Druley (1994-2002) [email protected] BS, Cell and Structural Biology, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign, 1994 PhD: Department of Molecular Genetics; Thesis Advisor: Igor Roninson, PhD Residency: Pediatrics, Washington University-St Louis Post doctoral Fellow, Dept of Genetics/Genome Sequencing Center, WUSL Current Position: Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology- Oncology, St. Louis Children’s Hospital and Washington U. School of Medicine Joseph Turek (1994-2002) BA, Biochemistry, Northwestern University, 1994 PhD: Department of Pharmacology; Thesis Advisor: Guy LeBreton, PhD Residency: General and Thoracic Surgery, Duke University Fellowship: Cardiothoracic Surgery, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Current Position: Cardiothoracic Surgeon and Assistant Professor, University of Iowa Children’s Hospital

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William Ashley, Jr. (1994-2001) [email protected] BS, Biology, Stanford University, 1994 PhD: Department of Physiology & Biophysics; Thesis Advisor: Brenda Russell, PhD Residency: Neruosurgery, Washington University School of Medicine, Dept. of Surgery Loyola University Health System, Burr Ridge, IL Fellowship: Endovascular and Cerebrovascular Fellow, Dept. of Neurosurgery, UIC Current Position: Assistant Professor, Neurological Surgery, Loyola Univeristy Health System, Burr Ridge, IL

Samuel Blackman (1993-2001) [email protected] BA. Philosophy, University of Chicago, 1990 PhD: Department of Pharmacology; Thesis Advisor: Guy LeBreton, PhD Residency: Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center Fellowship: Pediatric Oncology and NeuroCurrent Position: Executive Director, Head of Translational Medicine at Seattle Genetics Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Children’s Hospital, Boston Edwin de Zoeten (1996-2001) [email protected], [email protected] BS, Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin, 1992 PhD: Department of Microbiology and Immunology; Thesis Advisor: Edward P Cohen, MD Residency: Pediatrics, The Children’s Hospital, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center Current Position: Asst. Prof, Pediatrics-Gastroenterology, University of Colorado School of Medicine; Scientific Director, Pediatric IBD Center, the Children’s Hospital Colorado Jillene Mittelman Kogan (1995-2001) BS Biology UIUC, 1993 PhD: Department of Molecular Genetics; Thesis Advisor: Andre Gudkov, PhD Residency: Pediatrics/Genetics, Children’s Hospital, U. Cincinnati Current Position: Geneticist, Pediatrician, Advocate Medical Group and Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge,

Ilya Rachman (1994-2000) [email protected] BS, Biology, University of Iowa, 1993 PhD: Dept. of Anatomy & Cel Bioloogy; Thesis Advisor: Rochelle Cohen, PhD Residency: Internal Medicine, UCLA Medical Center, Dept. of Medicine Current Positions: Clinical Instructor, UCLA School of Medicine; Co-Founder & Chief Medical Officer, Immix Biopharm; Attending Physician, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA Uzma Samadani (1991-1999) [email protected] BA, Phi Beta Kappa, Molecular Biology and English Literature, U. Wisconsin, 1991 PhD: Dept. of Biochemistry; Thesis Advisor: Robert Costa, PhD Residency: Program in Neurosurgery, U. Pennsylvania; Fellowship: Goettingen, Germany Current Position: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Neurosurgery, Langone Medical Center, NY Univ.

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