Graduate Training
Graduate Alumni
Adnan Al-Ayoubi, MD/PhD 2012
Mentor: Scott Eblen, PhD
Investigation of the Role of MAP Kinase Signaling in the Regulation of Multi-Drug Resistance in Ovarian Cancer
Alexander Whitley, MD/PhD 2009
Mentor: Thomas Walle, PhD
Epithelial Cell Accumulation and Irreversible Binding of the Cancer Preventive Polyphenol Ellagic Acid to DNA and Protein
Resident, Radiation Oncology, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Danielle Thibault Guiterrez
Mentor: Kevin Schey, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, NIH
Petra Tsuji, PhD 2007
Mentor: Thomas Walle, PhD
Methoxylated Flavones as Potential Cancer Chemopreventive Agents - Human and Fish Models
Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences, Towson University
Megan Kibbey, DMD/PhD 2006
Mentor: Steven Rosenzweig, PhD
The Insulin-Like Growth Factor System in Squamous Cell Carcinomas of the Head and Neck
Dentist, Boston
Stephanie Robinson, PhD 2006
Mentor: Steven Rosenzweig, PhD
Targeting the Insulin-Like Growth Factor System in Cancer Therapeutics using IGF Binding Proteins (IGFBPs) and IGFBP-Mimetics
Kristen French, PhD 2006
Mentor: Lotta Granholm-Bentley, DDS/PhD
Investigation of Differential Contributions of Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor (nAChR) Subtypes on Cognition and Basal Forebrain Cholinergic Phenotype
Postdoctoral Fellow, Rheumatology & Immunology, MUSC
Mark Slomiany, PhD 2005
Mentor: Steven Rosenzweig, PhD
Mechanisms of IGF-1 regulated VEGF and IGFBP-3 Secretion by Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Regenerative Medicine and Cell Biology, MUSC
Zachary Bowman, MD/PhD 2005
Mentor: David McMillan, PhD
Primaquine Induced Hemolytic Anemia
Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellow, University of Utah Health Sciences Center
Severine Patat, PhD 2005
Mentor: Kevin Schey, PhD
Proteomic and Shrimp Immune System / Mass Spectrometry
Head of the Health Department, CARINNA, Reims, France
Kristie Lindsey Rose, PhD 2005
Mentor: Kevin Schey, PhD
Protein-Protein Interactions of Lens Aquaporin O
Co-Associate Director, MSCRC Protemics Lab, Vanderbilt University
Christopher Wells, MD/PhD 2004
Mentor: John Hildebrandt, Ph.D.
Modifications of G-Protein Beta Subunites
Research Instructor, Cardiology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Lauren Ball, PhD 2003
Mentor: Kevin Schey, PhD
Structure and Functional Effects of Age-Related Posttranslational Modifications of Aquaporin 0 in the Normal Human Lens
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology and Director, Mass Spectrometry Facility, MUSC
Jayabharathi Vaidyanathan, PhD 2003
Mentor: Thomas Walle, PhD
Bioavailability of the Tea Flavonoids and Epicatechin and Epicatechin Gallate: Role of Membrane Transport and Metabolism
Pharmacologist/Reviewer, Clinical Pharmacology and Biopharmaceutics, FDA, Rockville, MD
Stewart Knoepp, MD/PhD 2003
Mentor: Kathryn Meier, PhD
Roles of Phospholipase D2 and Focal Adhesion Kinase in Mitogenic Signaling and Cellular Adhesion
Assistant Professor of Pathology, University of Michigan
Richard Walgren, MD/PhD 2002
Mentor: Thomas Walle, PhD
Transepithelial Absorption of Quercetin and Quercetin Glucosides
Medical Advisor, Early Phase Medical Oncology, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN
Laura Bolchoz, PhD 2002
Mentor: David McMillan, PhD
Primaquine-Induced Hemolytic Anemia: Formation and Mechanism of Action of the Hemotoxic Metabolite 6-Methoxy-8-Hydroxylaminoquinoline (MAQ-NOH)
Chemistry Teacher, Bishop England High School, Charleston, SC
Alema Galijatovic, PhD 2001
Mentor: Thomas Walle, PhD
Flavonoid Metabolism: Induction of UDP-Glucuronosyltranferase and its Potential Role in Inactivation of Carcinogens
Associate Director, Merck, Philadelphia
Terra C. Gibbs, PhD 2001
Mentor: Kathryn Meier, PhD
Phospholipase D2: Expression, Regulation, and Role in Lysophosphatidic Acid Generation and Response
Patent Agent, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Mark Horney Jameson, MD/PhD 2001
Mentor: Steven Rosenzweig, PhD
Inhibition of IGF-1 by IGFBP-2: Functional and Structural Aspects
Assistant Professor ofOtolaryngology, University of Virginia
Yuri Peterson, MS 2001
(PhD 2004, Louisiana State University)
Mentor: Stephen Lanier, PhD
Analysis of the G-Protein Regulatory (GPR) Domain of the Activator of G-Protein Signaling 3
Assistant Professor, Pharmaceutical & Biomedical Sciences, MUSC
Alema Galijatovic, PhD 2001
Mentor: Thomas Walle, PhD
Flavonoid Metabolism: Induction of UDP-Glucuronosyltranferase and its Potential Role in Inactivation of Carcinogens
Associate Director, Merck, Philadelphia
Beatrix Slomiany, MD/PhD 2000
Mentor: David Kurtz, PhD
Transcription Factor Effects on Cell Growth: Activity of the CCAAT Enhancer Binding Protein Alpha in Cell Cycle Arrest
General Surgery, Bluegrass Community Hospital, Kentucky
Jennie Walgren, PhD 2000
Mentor: JoEllyn McMillan, PhD
Epigenetic Mechanisms of Hepatocarcinogenesis Induced by the Trichloroethylene Metabolites Dichloroacetic Acid and Trichloroacetic Acid
Senior Research Scientist, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN
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