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1988
Name: Sandra L. Craner
Advisor: Richard Ray
Dissertation Title:
 A developmental analysis of the organization of the somatosensory cortices of the domestic pig
Post-Doc: Jennefer and Ray Lund Neuroscience Program University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA
Current Position: Assistant Professor Dept. of Biology Southwest State University Marshall, Minnesota

Name: Jwo Sen Chen
Advisor: Andrew Gorman
Dissertation Title: Ventricular receptor reflex control of renal function and plasma renin activity in the conscious dog
Post-Doc: Irving Zucker Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics University of Nebraska Omaha, NE
Current Position: Associate Professor and Chairman Dept. of Medical Research Taichung Veterans General Hospital Taichung, Taiwan R.O.C.



 
1989
Name: David Osborne
Advisor: Edward Seidel
Dissertation Title: Gastrointestinal luminal polyamines and their role in regulating GI mucosal growth
Post-Doc: Gordon Luk Department of Medicine Wayne State University Detroit, MI
Current Position: AssociateProfessor Department of Biology University of West Georgia Carrollton, GA

Name: David Ginty
Advisor: Edward Seidel
Dissertation Title: Regulation of putricine biosynthesis in duodenal epithelial cells and relationship to growth
Post-Doc: Mike Greenberg, John Wagner Dana Farber Cancer Institute Harvard Medical School Boston, MA
Current Position: Professor Howard Hughes Investigator Department of Neuroscience School of Medicine The Johns Hopkins University Balimore, MD



 
1990
Name: Cindy Wilson
Advisor: Andrew Gorman
Dissertation Title: Correlation of cardiac function and metabolism in diabetes mellitus
Post-Doc: Samuel Cushman EDMNS/Diabetes Branch NIDDK/NIH Bethesda, MD
Current Position: Associate Professor Dept. of Pharmaceutical Sci. Idaho State University College of Pharmacy Pocatello, ID



 
1991
Name: Guy E. Goblewski
Advisor: Edward Seidel
Dissertation Title: Regulation of intracellular putracine levels in a duodenal crypt cell line
Post-Doc: John Williams Dept. of Physiology University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI
Current Position: Assistant Professor Institute of Nutrition University of Wisconsin Madison, WI



 
1992
Name: Chunguang Li, MD, PhD
Advisor: Gregory Iams and Robert Lust
Dissertation Title: Consequences and mechanisms of attentuated vasodilator reserve in left ventricular hypertrophy
Post-Doc: Matthew Levy Dept. of Physiology Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH
Current Position: Medical Director Accupuncture Clinic of Greenville Greenville, NC



 
1994
Name: William C. Stewart
Advisor: Edward Lieberman
Dissertation Title: Regulation of Na/K ATPase transport activity in the RN22 Schwann cell line in response to stimulation of cAMP production
Post-Doc: S.B. Kater Dept. of Anatomy and Neurobiology Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO
Current Position: Associate Professor Dept. of Biology Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN

Name: Ron F. Morrison
Advisor: Edward Seidel
Dissertation Title: Regulation of cellular polyamines for anchorage dependent and independent cell proliferation
Post-Doc: John Farmer Dept. of Biochemistry Boston University School of Medicine Boston, MA
Current Position: Assistant Professor Dept. of Nutrition and Food Systems UNC Greensboro Greensboro, NC



 
1996
Name: Kori L. Brewer
Advisor: Richard Ray
Dissertation Title: Mutability of the somatotopic map in the Nucleus Gracilis of adult rats: role of GABA in functional plasticity
Post-Doc: Robert P. Yezierski Miami Project to Cure Paralysis Univ. of Miami School of Medicine Miami, FL
Current Position: Assistant Professor Dept. of Emergency Medicine East Carolina University Greenville, NC

Name: Christopher M. Penland
Advisor: Michael Van Scott
Dissertation Title: b-Adrenergic stimulation of bicarbonate secretion across rabbit non-ciliated bronchiolar epithelial (Clara) cells: mechanism and regulation
Post-Doc: Jeffrey Wine Cystic Fibrosis Research Center Stanford Univ. School of Medicine Stanford, CA
Current Position: Director of Research Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Bethesda, MD



 
1997
Name: Barbara D. Leinweber
Advisor: Robert Thurber and Joseph Chalovich
Dissertation Title: Maintaining the localization of actin in smooth muscle: a-actinin, filamin, calponin and SM85/SM95
Post-Doc: Kathleen Morgan Boston Biomedical Research Inst. Harvard University Boston, MA
Current Position: Research Scientist Molecular Probes Eugene, OR



 
1998
Name: James A. Gerardo, Ph.D.
Advisor: Robert Lust
Dissertation Title: PKC isoform specific response to ischemia/reperfusion and modulation by ischemic preconditioning
Post-Doc: Resident/Fellow Dept. of Internal Medicine Hershey Medical Center University of Pennsylvania Hershey, PA
Current Position:



 
2000
Name: J. Paul Justice
Advisor: Michael Van Scott
Dissertation Title: Influence of IL-10 on Th2 T-lymphocyte mediated airway hyperreactivity development following ragweed allergen exposure of the airways
Post-Doc: James Lee Dept. of Biochem. & Mol. Biol. Mayo Clinic Scottsdale, AR
Current Position: Scientific Advisor US State Department Washington, DC



 
2002
Name: David B. Murray
Advisor: Robert Lust
Dissertation Title: Influence of protein kinase inhibition on hypoxia-inducible factor 1-a during hypoxia in adult canine ventricular tissue
Post-Doc: Joseph Janicki Dept. of Physiol. and Pharmacol. College of Veterinary Medicine Auburn University Auburn, AL
Current Position: Assistant Professor University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy Dept. of Pharmacology Dept of Pharmacology

Name: Bill T. Storey
Advisor: Kathryn Verbanac
Dissertation Title: Vascular endothelial cell targeting of syngeneic primary and metastatic adenocarcinomas
Post-Doc: Nancy Thompson Pathology and Lab Medicine Brown University Providence, RI
Current Position:

Name: Timothy R. Koves
Advisor: Ronald Cortright
Dissertation Title: Regulation of mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation in rat skeletal muscle by malonyl Co-A
Post-Doc: Deborah Muoio Endocrin., Metabolism & Nutrition Duke University Durham, NC
Current Position:

Name: Joseph F. Christian
Advisor: Edward Seidel
Dissertation Title: Transcriptional regulation of 4E-BP1 by polyamines
Post-Doc: John Lawrence Dept. of Pharmacology University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA
Current Position: Clinical Research Associate PPD Phamaco Wilmington, NC

Name: Steve A. Simandle
Advisor: Robert Lust
Dissertation Title: The role of BAG-1 in ischemia and ischemic preconditioning
Post-Doc: David Busija Department of Physiol./Pharmacol. Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC
Current Position:

Name: William H. Rowan
Advisor: Lynn Liu and Michael Van Scott
Dissertation Title: Nitration of proteins in lung inflammatory cells
Post-Doc: Penn Watkinson National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory Experimental Toxicology Division Environmental Protection Agency Research Triangle Park, NC
Current Position: Scientist ITT Corporation, Advanced Engineering & Sciences 2560 Huntington Avenue Alexandria, VA 22303



 
2003
Name: Barack A. Abonyo
Advisor: Lynn Liu and Edward Seidel
Dissertation Title: Role of SNARES in regulated surfactant secretion
Post-Doc: Suzanne Jackowski, Ph.D. Dept. of Infectious Diseases St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Memphis, TN
Current Position:

Name: Justin W. Brown
Advisor: Robert Carroll
Dissertation Title: The involvement of the pre-optic region of the anterior hypothalamus in the hypothermic response to hemorrhage
Post-Doc: Robert A. Darnall, M.D. Department of Physiology Dartmouth School of Medicine New Hanover, NH
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Biology James Madison University Harrisonburg, VA 22807



 
2004
Name: Alan Stevenson
Advisor: Edward Seidel
Dissertation Title: Polyamines affect proliferation through regulation of control elements of the eukaryotic initiation factor 4E binding protein 1
Post-Doc: None
Current Position: Professor of Biology and Chemistry Edgecombe Community College Tarboro, NC

Name: Jessica Gaskey
Advisor: Edward Seidel
Dissertation Title: Transport of polyamines and basic amino acids through a common carrier site
Post-Doc: Michael Robins Radiation Oncology Wake Forest University Medical Center Winston-Salem, NC
Current Position:



 
2005
Name: Surovi Hazarika
Advisor: Robert Lust
Dissertation Title: Effect of Asthma and its associated systematic inflammation on myocardial Ischemia reperfusion injury
Post-Doc:
Current Position:



 
2006
Name: Greg Harris
Advisor: Lax Katwa
Dissertation Title: The role of uro tensin II in the progression of conjestive heart failure
Post-Doc:
Current Position: Medical Student
East Carolina Univerity

Name: Rebbeca Nolan Harris
Advisor: Jan Teller
Robert Carroll
Dissertation Title: Regulation of the amyloid precurs or protein adaptor proteins by cholesterol Isoprenoids
Post-Doc: Duke Unviversity Medical Center
Department of Medicine
Division of Dermatology
Durham, NC
Current Position: Instructor, Department of Biology
Wilson Community College,
Wilson, NC

Name: Hiromi Sanders
Advisor: Jan Teller
Robert Carroll
Dissertation Title: Molecular basis of the pathogenic role of ancyloid ABp3-42 peptide in Alzheimer's Disease
Post-Doctoral Fellow: Department of Psychiatry
Division of Statistical Genetics
Columbia University Medical Center
New York, NY
Current Position:

Name: Rebbeca Nolan Harris
Advisor: Jan Teller
Robert Carroll
Dissertation Title: Regulation of the amyloid precurs or protein adaptor proteins by cholesterol Isoprenoids
Post-Doc: Duke Unviversity Medical Center
Department of Medicine
Division of Dermatology
Durham, NC
Current Position: Instructor, Department of Biology
Wilson Community College,
Wilson, NC

Name: Rushaniya A Khairova
Advisor: Ed M. Lieberman
Dissertation Title: The Role of Axon-Glia Interactions in the Mechanisms of NAAG, Glutamate and Nitric Oxide Neurotoxicity in Crayfish Medial Giant Nerve Fibers
Post-Doc: National Institute of Mental Health
Current Position: Psychiatry Residency Program, Maimonides Medical Center in NYC

 
2007
Name: Emily Cozzi
Advisor: Michael Van Scott
Dissertation Title: Cardiovascular effects of ultrafine particulate matter exposure
Post-Doc: JDavid R. Beier, M.D., Ph.D.
Genetics Division BWH
Harvard Medical School New Research Building
77 Avenue Louis Pasteur
Boston, MA 02115
Current Position: Post-doctoral Fellow



 
2008
Name: Todd Nolan
Advisor: Kori L. Brewer
Dissertation Title: Inhibition of protein kinase C restores morphine efficacy following excitotoxic spinal cord injury: implications for the treatment of post-spinal cord injury pain syndromes
Post-Doc:
Current Position: Post-Doctoral Fellow Comprehensive Center for Pain Research University of Florida Gainesville, FL



 
2009

 

Name: Elizabeth Fontenot
Advisor: Robert Lust
Dissertation Title: Effects of Aerobic Capacity Phenotype on Adaptive Responses to Ischemic Stress
Post-Doc:
Current Position: Developmental Biology Instructor, Pitt Community College, Greenville, NC

 

Name: Sarath Vijayakumar
Advisor: Jian Ding
Dissertation Title: The Role of Mediators of Neuronal Plasticity in the Circadian Regulation of Suprachiasmatic Nucleus by Light
Post-Doc:
Current Position: East Carolina University, Greenville, NC



 
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