Student Directory 2012-2013

yea Larry S. Tobacman, MD Program Director Sr. Associate Dean for Research LST@uic.edu 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 nfreitag@uic.edu BS, Biology, University of California-Irvine PhD, Biological Chemistry, UCLA 312-355-490 - office

Roberta L. Bernstein, MA Assistant Director roberta@uic.edu 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: roberta@uic.edu; Web: http://www.uic.edu/com/mdphd/

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Alexander Agelidis (2012) aageli2@uic.edu Medical Student, First Year Advisor-Rotation 2012: Bellur Prabhakar, PhD BA, Molecular & Cell Biology, UC Berkeley, 2009

Sarah Baumgarten (2009) sbaumg3@uic.edu Graduate Student, Second Year Department: Physiology & Biophysics Thesis Advisor: Carlos Stocco, PhD BA, Molecular & Cellular Biology, Vanderbilt University, 2008

  Erin Beisner (2010) ebeisn2@uic.edu Graduate Student, First Year Department of Medicinal Chemistry & Pharmacognosy Thesis Advisor: Michael Federle, PhD BA, Biochemistry and Cellular Biology, Rice University, 2010

         Tiffani Berkel (2011) tberkel1@uic.edu Medical Student, Second Year Advisors-Rotations 2012: O. Lazarov, PhD; S. Pandey, PhD BS, Molecular and Cell Biology, UIUC, 2011

 Joseph Bogaard (2012) Jdbogaard @uic.edu Graduate Student, First Year Neuroscience Program Thesis Advisor: Michael Grassi, MD BSE, Biomedical Engineering, University of Iowa, 2009

Jason Buhurman (2009)

Jbuhrman2@uic.edu Graduate Student, Second Year

Biopharmaceutical Sciences Thesis Advisor: Michael Grassi, M

BA, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Boston University, 2008

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Janai Carr (2005) jcarr8@uic.edu

Medical Student, Fourth Year Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics Thesis Advisor: Pradip Raychaudhuri, PhD BS, Biology, UC-San Diego, 2002 MPH, California State U

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Ryan Carr (2009)

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Jacob Choi (2007)

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Andrew Czysz (2007) aczysz2@uic.edu

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rcarr3@uic.edu Graduate Studen Department of Microbiology an Thesis Advisor: Bellur Prabhakar, PhD

BA, Molecular Biology/Psychology, UIUC

choijacob@gmail.com Graduate Student, Fourth Y Department of Biochemistry & M

Thesis Advisor: Lester Lau, PhD BS, Chemistry, Washington Univ.,

Graduate Student, Four Program in Neuroscience Thesis Advisor: Mark Rasenick, BA, Biochemistry & Psycho Matthew Medical Student, First Y Advisor-Rotation 2012: Arn BA, Chemistry & Anthropology, Washington University in St. Louis, 2012                 M

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Graduate Student, First Year Department of BioThesis Advisors: Guy WeinberRichard Minshall , PhD BS, Brain and Cognitive Science, 2007, MIMSE, Biomedical EngineeriJohn Hopkins University, 2010

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Joel Fontanarosa (2005) jfonta3@uic.edu Medical Student, Fourth Year Department of Bioengineering: Bioinformatics Thesis Advisor: Yang Dai, PhD BS, Biology, University of Chicago, 2004

James Frencher (2008) jfrenc4@uic.edu Graduate Student, Third Year Department of Microbiology & Immunology Thesis Advisor: Zheng Chen, PhD BS, Microbiology, 2007; MS, Molecular & Cellular Biology, University of Michigan, 2008

Senta Furman (2006) sfurma2@uic.edu Medical Student, Fourth Year Program in Neuroscience Thesis Advisor: Pauline Maki, PhD BA, Biology, Wayne State University, 2002

Joseph Goldenberg (2010) jgolde4@uic.edu Graduate Student, First Year Department of Physiology & Biophysics Thesis Advisor: E. Douglas Lewansowski, PhD, BS, Biochemistry and Cell Biology, University of California, San Diego, 2009

Lila Gollogly Glotfelty (2006)

lgollo2@uic.edu Graduate Student, Fourth Year

Department: Microbiology & Immunology Thesis Advisor: Gail Hecht, MD

BA,Harvard University, 2004 Christine Haddad (2009) chadda4@uic.edu Graduate Student, Second Year Department: Microbiology & Immunology Thesis Advisor: B. Prabhakar, PhD BS, Integrative Physiology/Pre-Medicine, U. Iowa, 2009

Ina Han (2005) ihan2@uic.edu Medical Student, Third Year Program in Neuroscience Thesis Advisor: Scott Brady, PhD BA, Molecular Cell Biology, UC-Berkley MS, Biotechnology, Johns Hopkins Univ, 2005

      Sara Hatch Berth (2005) slhatch@uic.edu

Graduate Student, Sixth Year Neuroscience Program Thesis Advisor: Scott Brady, PhD BS, Biology, Northwestern University, 2004

Evan Kyzar (2012) ekyzar2@uic.edu

Medical Student, First Year Advisor-Rotation 2012: Edwin Cook, MD BS, Biomedical Engineering,Tulane Univ., 2012

Jennifer Kwan (2005) jkwan3@uic.edu Medical Student, Fourth Year Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics Thesis Advisor: Nissim Hay, PhD BS, Molecular Biology, UC Berkeley, 2005

M Ryan Lahey (2008)

ryan.lahey@gmail.com Graduate Student, Third Year Department of Physiology & Biophysics Thesis Advisor: E. Douglas Lewandowski, PhD BS, Biomedical Engineering, Washington University, St. Louis, 2007

Peter LoPresti (2011) plorpre2@uic.edu

Medical Student, Second Year Advisor-Rotation 2011: J. Garcia-Martinez, MD, PhD BA, Biology, University of Chicago, 2011

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Matthew MacDougall (2012) mmacdo3@uic.edu Medical Student, First Year Advisor-Rotation 2012: Bradley Merrill, PhD BSc, Biochemistry, Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada, 2010 Ikenna Maduke (2007) imadue2@uic.edu Graduate Student, Fourth Year Department of Physiology & Biophysics Thesis Advisor: Gail Prins, MD BS, Biology, Chicago State University, 2007

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(Phillip) David McMullen (2008) pmcmul2@uic.edu Graduate Student, Third Year Department of Microbiology & Immunology Thesis Advisor: Nancy Freitag, PhD BA, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Miami University of Ohio, 2008

  Michael Marshall (2011) mmarsh22@uic.edu Medical Student, Second Year Advisor-Rotation 2012: Greg Thatcher, PhD BS, Sciences & Economics, Northwestern Univ, 2010

    

Amanda Mennie (2012) Amenni2@uic.edu Medical Student, First Year Advisor-Rotation 2012: Debra Tonetti, PhD BS, Biology, Genetics, University of Iowa, 2007

Sachin Moonat (2005)

Smoona2@uic.edu Medical Student, Third Year Program in Neuroscience Thesis Advisor: Subash Pandey, PhD BA, Molecular Biology, 2002, UC-Berkeley MA, Physiology, UC-Berkeley, 2005    Uzogau Okonkwo (2010) uokonk2@uic.edu Medical Student, Second Year BS, Biochemistry, San Diego State University, 2009

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A Alan Perez-Rathke (2012)

perezrat@uic.edu Medical Student, Third Year Advisor-Rotation 2012 – Yves Lussier, MD BS, Computer Science, 2005, UIUC; MS, Computer Science, 2011, UIC       Vanessa Reese (2005) vreese2@uic.edu Medical Student, Third Year

Department: Microbiology & Immunology Thesis Advisor: Alan McLachlan, PhD BA, Community Health, Brown University, 2005

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         Alicia Rizzo (2010) anrizzo2@uic.edu Medical Student, Third Year Advisor-Rotation 2012: Joe Garcia, MD BA, Neuroscience,

Johns Hopkins University, 2009      Cody Rutledg crutle3@uic.edu Graduate Student, Second Year Thesis Advisor: S. Dudley, MD, PhD BS/BA, Biology/Chemistry, Case Western Reserve University, 2009                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Farah Shareef (2009)

fshare2@uic.edu Graduate Student, Second Year Department: Bioengineering Thesis Advisor: Michael Cho, PhD BS, Bioengineering, UIC, 2008

     

  Brian Shy (2008) brianshy@gmail.com Graduate Student, Third Year Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics Thesis Advisor: PhD BA, Economics, Michigan State University, 2006

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Justin Sysol (2011) jsysol2@uic.edu Medical Student, Second Year Advisor-Rotation 2012: Roberto Machado, PhD BS, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, U. of Rochester, 2009 Tammy Tamayo (2007) tamtamayo@gmail.com Graduate 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   Matthew Tobin (2012) mktobin2@uic.edu Medical Student, Second Year Advisor-Rotation 2012: A. Bartholomew, MD BS, Neuroscience, University of Michigan, 2011

Alan Tseng (2012) Atseng5@uic.edu Medical Student, First Year

Advisor-Rotation 2012: Bradley Merrill, PhD BSc, Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, 2006   

Lawren VandeVrede (2007) lvandev2@uic.edu Medical Student, Third Year Program in Neuroscience Thesis Advisor: Gregory Thatcher, PhD BS, Biology & Chemistry, Florida State University, 2006

Jonathan Waxman (2004)

jwaxma2@uic.edu Medical Student, Third Year Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Thesis Advisor: David Carley, PhD; Daniel Graupe, PhD BS, Computer Science, 1998, Univ. of Pennsylvania

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 Reid Wilkening (2rwilke4@uic.edu Medical Student, Second Year Advisor-Rotation 2012: Nancy Freitag, PhB

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 Jessica Wilson (2008) jwilson004@gmail.com Graduate Student, Third Year

Department of Pharmacology Thesis Advisor: John O’Bryan, PhD BS, Psychology, Arizona State University, 2007

Thomas Wubben (2006) twubben@uic.edu Medical Student, Fourth Year Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics Thesis Advisor: Andrew Mesecar, PhD BS, Chemical Engineering, UIUC, 2006 Allen Ye (2010)

allenye2@uic.edu Graduate Student, First Year Department: Bioengineering Thesis Advisor: Richard Magin, PhD BS, Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, 2009 Marisa Young (2007) myoungest@gmail.com Graduate Student, Fourth Year Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, SPH Thesis Advisor: Robert Bailey, PhD BA, Latin American Studies, Univ. of Washington, 2002

Joseph Zapater (2006)

Jzapat4@uic.edu Graduate Student, Fifth Year Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics Thesis Advisor: Karen Colley, PhD BA, Biology, University of Chicago, 2006 Jenny Zhang (2011)

yzhan7@uic.edu Medical Student, Second Year Advisor-Rotation 2012: Bradley Merrill, PhD BA, Molecular & Cell Biology, UC Berkeley, 2009

   

Jimmy Zhu jzhu32@uic.edu

Medical Student, Second Advisor-Rotation 2012: A Barhta lomew, MD BA, Biological Sciences, Cornell University, 2

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Yalda Afshar (2005-2012) 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) sfeldman@gmail.com 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) 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) BA, Biology, UIC, 2003 PhD: Department of Bioengineering Thesis Advisor: David Mogul, PhD Residency: Neurology, New York Hospital, Columbia University Christina Floreani (2004-2011) cflore10@uic.edu 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) sbarry1@uic.edu 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

 Juliana Choi (2003-2010) juliana.choi@gmail.com

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, with a preliminary year at the University of Chicago North Shore-Evanston Hospital                                                       Rahul Davé (2001-2010) rahul_dave@yahoo.com BS, Neuroscience, UC Berkeley, 1999 PhD: Department of Physiology and Biophysics Thesis Advisor: Mark Rasenick, PhD

Residency: Neurology, University of Miami Jackson Memorial Hospital

Ninh Doan (2002-2010) ndoan1@uic.edu 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) pflevaris@gmail.com

BS, Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, 2001 PhD: Department of Pharmacology Thesis Advisor: Xiaoping Du, PhD Residency: Northwestern University, Physician Scientist Internal Medicine Program, followed by an assured fellowship in Cardiology      Arpita Kadakia Bhasin (2003-2010) arpita.kadakia@gmail.com; arpitabhasin@gmail.com BS, Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, 2002 Department of Bioengineering Advisor: Michael Cho, PhD Residency: University of Texas-Southwestern, Ophthalmology

  Joseph Kuechle (2002-2010) jkuechle@gmail.com

BS, Chemical Engineering, SUNY Buffalo, 2002 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)

tchiganos@gmail.com BS, Bioengineering, UIC, 2001 PhD: Department of Bioengineering Thesis Advisor: Patrick Rousche, PhD

Residency: Emergency Medicine, University of Illinois Hospital    

Irene Klein (2001-2009) ireneklein@gmail.com 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

Evan Osmundson (2003-2009) Evan.osmundson@gmail.com 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. RalphWeichselbaum, Department of Radiation and Cellular Oncology, University of Chicago Residency: Radiation Oncology, Stanford University (preliminary year: Internal Medicine, St. Joseph Hospital, Chicago)

Mark Pilkinton (2001-2009)

mapilkinton@gmail.com MS, Microbiology, University of Memphis, 2000

PhD: Department of Pharmacology Thesis Advisor: Oscar Colamonici, MD Residency: Internal Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

    Roy Smetana (2002-2009)

smetanarw@upmc.edu BS, Anthropology, Emory University, 1997

MS, Biology, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2002 PhD: Department of Biological Sciences

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Thesis Advisor: Simon Alford, PhD Residency: Medical Education Program in Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh Medical College

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Ronald Jackups (2000-2008)

rjackups@path.wustl.edu 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) maliyekk@gmail.com BS, Electrical Engineering, Rice University, 1997 PhD: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics Thesis Advisor: Igor Roninson, PhD Residency: Diagnostic Radiology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Current Position: Diagnostic Radiologist, Cincinnati, OH

  Masakatsu Nanamori (2000-2008)

masananamori@gmail.com BS, Physiology, Michigan State University, 1996 PhD: Department of Pharmacology Thesis Advisor: Richard Ye, MD, PhD Residency: Anesthesiology, Cleveland Clinic  

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David Ramsey (2000-2008) dram800@gmail.com BS, Biology, Harvard University, 2000 PhD: Department of Physiology and Biophysics Thesis Advisor: Haohua Qian, PhD Residency: Ophthalmology, Johns Hopkins University Heed Fellowships in Ophthalmology, Harvard University

   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

 William (Brad) Ruzicka (1999-2008) wruzicka@partners.org PhD Thesis: BS, Biological Chemistry, U. Chicago, 1999 Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics Thesis Advisor: Alessandro Guidotti, MD Residency: Psychiatry, Mass. Gen. Hospital (Harvard U.) Current Position: Instructor, McLean Hospital, Boston; Psychiatrist, Mass. Gen. Hospital

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Michael Broman (1999-2007) michael.broman@uchospitals.edu BS, Biochemistry, University of Iowa, 1999 PhD: Department of Pharmacology Thesis Advisor: Asrar Malik, PhD Residency: Internal Medicine-Physician Scientist, University of Chicago David Scott Moons (1997-2007)

davidmoo@umich.edu 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) mmuzamoo@med.umich.edu 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

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John M. Collins (1998-2006) jcollins1@uchicago.edu BS/MS, Northwestern University, 1998 PhD: Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology Thesis Advisor: Yasuko Nakajima, MD, PhD Residency: Radiology, University of Chicago

Sapan Desai (1998-2006) id@sapandesai.com BS, Biology, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1998

Thesis Advisor: Anna Lysakowski, PhD Residency:Duke University, General Surger Current Position: Asst. Prof of Surgery, Duke U.

School of Medicine

Quan (Donny) Hoang (1998-2006)

qhoang1@uic.edu BA, Chemistry and Biology, Northwestern University, 1997 PhD: Department 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 Univ. David Jho (1999-2006) david3813@aol.com, davidjho1@gmail.com 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

Phoebe Lin (1999-2006) plintang@yahoo.com 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

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Brenton Mar (1998-2006) brentonmar@gmail.com; brenton.mar@childrens.harvard.edu BS, Biochemistry, UCLA, 1998 PhD: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics Thesis Advisor: Carol Westbrook, MD, PhD Residency: Pediatrics, Columbia University Fellowship: Hematology-Oncology, Boston Children’s Hospital/Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA Fellowship: Clinical Fellow in Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital, Boston               

                                                                      Nathan Stitziel (1999-2006)

nstitzel@gmail.com 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, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston (Harvard University) Current Position: Cardiology, Boston, MA

Andrea Birnbaum (1997-2005) abirnb1@uic.edu 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, Ophthalmology, Northwestern Univ.; Attending Ophthalmologist, Jesse Brown VA Hospital, Chicago. Kharma Foucher (1996-2005) kharmaf@yahoo.com BS, Bioengineering, Harvard University, 1996 PhD: Department of Bioengineering Thesis Advisor: Debra Hurwitz, PhD Current Position: Instructor in Orthopedic Surgery The Rush Human Motion Laboratory, Rush University, Chicago

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Cristiane Lin (1997-2005) cris.lin@yahoo.com BS, Environmental Engineering, MIT, 1997 PhD: Department of Molecular Genetics Thesis Advisor: Lester Lau, PhD Residency: Pediatrics, Boston Combined Residency Program Current Position: Dept of Neonatology, Dell’s Children’s Hospital, Austin, TX

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Thomas Nabhani (1997-2004) tom.nabhani@gmail.com BA, Physics, University of Illinois at Chicago PhD: Department of Physiology and Biophysics Thesis Advisor: Jesus Garcia-Martinez, MD, PhD Residency: Radiation Oncology, SUNY-Downstate Fellowship: Neuro-oncology, Division of Neurosurgery, UCLA Fellowship: Medical Informatics, Dept. of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences, Johns Hopkins Univ. Current Position: Radiation Oncologist, Cochise Oncology, Sierra Vista, AZ

Tatiana Grzeszkiewicz (1995-2003) tmg@stanford.edu BS, Summa cum Laude, Biology Loyola University, 1995 PhD: Department of Molecular Genetics Thesis Advisor: Lester Lau, PhD Res. Stanford Univ, Dermatology 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) mrisk@u.washington.edu 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

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diya Kris Alden (1996-2002) BA, Biology, University of Chicago, 1991 MS, Biology, Southern Illinois University, 1993 PhD: Department of Physiology and 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

Kimberly 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) Druley_t@kids.wustl.edu 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 University 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) washley72@yahoo.com BS, Biology, Stanford University, 1994 PhD: Department of Physiology and Biophysics Thesis Advisor: Brenda Russell, PhD Residency: Neurosurgery, Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, St. Louis, MO Fellowship: Endovascular and Cerebrovascular Fellow, Department of Neurosurgery, UIC Current Position: Assistant Professor, Neurological Surgery, Loyola University Health System, Burr Ridge, IL

Samuel Blackman (1993-2001) samuel.blackman@gmail.com 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 Neuro-Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Children’s Hospital, Boston Current Position: Executive Director, Head of Translational Medicine at Seattle Genetics

Edwin de Zoeten (1996-2001) deZoeten@email.chop.edu, dezoeten@hotmail.com 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, IL;

Gregory Lekovic (1995-2001) BA, Biological Sciences, University of Chicago, 1993

PhD: Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology Thesis Advisor: Jonathan Art, PhD Residency: Neurosurgery, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix

Current Position: Neurosurgeon, House Clinic Neurosurgical Associates, Los Angeles, CA; Medical Director of the Spine Surgery Program at California Hospital and Medical Center; Medical Co-Director of the Gamma Knife Radiosurgery Program at Good Samaritan Hospital

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Ilya Rachman (1994-2000) irachman@healthmedium.com BS, Biology, University of Iowa, 1993 PhD: Dept. of Anatomy & Cell Biology Thesis Advisor: Rochelle Cohen, PhD Residency: Internal Medicine, UCL 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)

Usma.samadani@nyumc.org BA, Phi Beta Kappa, Molecular Biology and English Literature, Univ. of Wisconsin, 1991 PhD: Dept. of Biochemistry Thesis Advisor: Robert Costa, PhD Residency: Program in Neurosurgery, University of Pennsylvania;

Fellowship: Goettingen, Germany Current Position: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Neurosurgery, Langone Medical Center, NY Univ.

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