Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Training in
Environmental Pathology
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Chapel Hill, NC

     

Environmental Pathology
Alphabetic Listing of Past and Present Predoctoral Trainees

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Julia T. Arnold, Ph.D., 1998 (Environmental Pathology Trainee: June 1991-June 1996)
Dissertation title: Human Endometrial Stromal Cells Regulate Epithelial Cell Growth and Function In Vitro
Advisor: David G. Kaufman
Current Position: Staff Scientist, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
Email:  jarnold@mail.nih.gov
URL: http://nccam.nih.gov/
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Sharon King Bullock, Ph.D., 1999 (Environmental Pathology Trainee: January 1992-January 1997)
Dissertation title: UV-Induced Inhibition of DNA Replication
Advisor: Marila Cordeiro-Stone
Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
E-mail: skbulloc@hscvcu.edu
URL: http://views.vcu.edu/mcvro/
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Jennifer Carter (Environmental Pathology Trainee: June 2004- Present)
Advisor: Frank C. Church
Research topic: Mechanisms Governing Tumor Invasion and Metastasis in Breast Cancer
Email: jennifer.carter@pathology.unc.edu

Shyra J. Crider-Miller, Ph.D., 1998 (Environmental Pathology Trainee: September 1993-July 1998)
Dissertation title: Identification of Candidate Pediatric Tumor Suppressor Genes on Human Chromosome 11p15.5
Advisor: Bernard E. Weissman
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology, and Anatomy, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
E-mail: milss@email.uc.edu
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Jessica N. DelBove (Environmental Pathology Trainee: June 2000-Present)
Advisor: Bernard E. Weissman
Research topic: SWI/SNF in Breast and Ovarian Cancer 
Email: jessica.delbove@pathology.unc.edu

Paula B. Deming, Ph.D., 2002
Dissertation title: Mechanisms of Human Decatenation Checkpoint Function
Advisor: William K. Kaufmann
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Duke University, Durham, NC
Email: demin003@mc.duke.edu
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Danny R. Gray (Environmental Pathology Trainee: June 2002-Present)
Advisor: Gary J. Smith
Research topic: Prostate Cancer and Prostate Stem Cells 
Email: danny.gray@pathology.unc.edu
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Timothy P. Heffernan (Environmental Pathology Trainee: June 2001-May 2004)
Advisor: William K. Kaufmann
Research topic: Cell Cycle Control in Cell Growth and Differentiation 
Email: timothy.heffernan@pathology.unc.edu

Steven C. Hoffman, M.S., 1995 (Environmental Pathology Trainee: September 1990-December 1994)
Thesis title: Altered Expression of the p53 Tumor Suppressor Gene Enhances the Tumorigenic Potential of Neoplastically Transformed WB-F344 Rat Liver Epithelial Cells
Advisor: Gary J. Smith
Current Position: Senior Research Associate, Transplantation Section, NIDDK Transplantation and Autoimmunity Branch, National Institute for Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
E-mail: steveh@intra.niddk.nih.gov
URL: http://www.niddk.nih.gov

Julia K. Holtz, M.S., 1994 (Environmental Pathology Trainee: May 1992-December 1993)
Thesis title: Defining the Functional Domains of the NaeI Restriction Endonuclease by Random Mutagenesis
Advisor: Michael D. Topal
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Jennifer E. Jahn (Environmental Pathology Trainee: July 2003-Present)
Advisor: William B. Coleman
Research topic: Characterization of Human 11p11.2 Liver Tumor Suppressor Genes 
Email: jennifer.jahn@pathology.unc.edu
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Charlotte A. Lanteri (Environmental Pathology Trainee: June 2000-June 2001)
Advisor: Richard R. Tidwell
Research topic: Mechanisms of Antimicrobial Drug-induced Hypotension 
Email: charlotte.lanteri@pathology.unc.edu

Donald W. Lawrence, Jr., Ph.D., 1998
Dissertation title: The Regulation of Human Neutrophil Adhesion and Spreading by 3',5'-cyclic Guanosine Monophosphate
Advisor: Katherine B. Pryzwansky
Current Position: Research Associate, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis MO
E-mail: lawrence@biochem.wustl.edu
URL: http://biochem.wustl.edu/

Terrence D. Lewis (Environmental Pathology Trainee: June 2002-June 2004)
Advisor: David G. Kaufman
Research topic: PTEN and Endometrial Cancer 
Email: terrence.lewis@pathology.unc.edu

Tara N. Lyons-Darden, Ph.D., 2000 (Environmental Pathology Trainee: November 1996-December 2000)
Dissertation title: The Role of DNA Instability in Triplet Repeat Expansion During in vitro DNA Replication
Advisor: Michael D. Topal
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Cellular and Molecular Toxicology Branch, Neurotoxicology Division/NHEERL/ORD, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC
Email: lyons-darden.tara@epa.gov
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Suzanne Tepper Newberry, M.S., 2002 (Environmental Pathology Trainee: June 1998-November 2001)
Thesis title: Methylation-dependent Epigenetic Silencing of BRCA1 in Sporadic Breast Cancer
Advisor: William B. Coleman
Current Position: Research Technician, Vermont Forensics Laboratories, Burlington, VT
Email:  sunewberry@adelphia.net
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Kathleen R. Nevis (Environmental Pathology Trainee: June 2004-Present)
Advisor: Marila Cordeiro-Stone
Research topic: S Phase Checkpoint in Cancer
Email: kathleen.nevis@pathology.unc.edu
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Joan P. Packenham, Ph.D., 1992
Dissertation title: Effect of Estradiol on Von Willebrand Factor Expression in Cultured Endothelial Cells
Advisor: Cora-Jean S. Edgell
Current Position: Scientific Program Administrator, Chemical Exposures and Molecular Biology Branch, Division of Extramural Research and Training, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC
E-mail: packenhm@niehs.nih.gov

Diane Palmieri, Ph.D., 2000 (Environmental Pathology Trainee: June 1995-June 2000)
Dissertation title: Serpins in Cancer
Advisor: Frank C. Church
Current Position: Cancer Research Training Award Fellow, Women's Cancer Section, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD
Email: palmierd@mail.nih.gov
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Robert L. Reddick, M.D., M.S., 1971
Thesis title:  Thrombocytopenia of Hibernation: With Special Reference to the Role of the Spleen.
Advisor:  Penick
Current Position:  Frank M. Townsend Professor of Pathology and Chair, Department of Pathology, The University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX
Email:  reddick@uthscsa.edu
URL:  http://pathology.uthscsa.edu/faculty/reddick.htm

Sharon L. Ricketts, Ph.D., 2002 (Environmental Pathology Trainee: June 1998-April 2002)
Dissertation title: Identification and Characterization of Candidate Liver Tumor Suppressor Genes from Human Chromosome 11p11.2-p12
Advisor: William B. Coleman
Current Position: Clinical Molecular Genetics Fellow, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, McLendon Clinical Laboratories, UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC
Email: sharon.ricketts@pathology.unc.edu

Michelle A. Rider, M.S., 2000 (Environmental Pathology Trainee: June 1996-February 2000)
Thesis title: Suppression of Tumorigenicity in Rat Liver Tumor Cells by Human Chromosome 13: Evidence Against the Involvement of pRb
Advisor: William B. Coleman
Current Position: Veterinary Student, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Email: ride0018@umn.edu

Julie L. Ryan (Environmental Pathology Trainee: June 2001-Present)
Advisor: Marggaret L. Gulley
Research topic: EBV and Cancer 
Email: julie.ryan@pathology.unc.edu
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Vincent R. Torti, Ph.D., 1999 (Environmental Pathology Trainee: April 1994-April 1998)
Dissertation title: Cellular Aging in Endometrial Stromal Cells Promotes the Growth of Immortalized and Cancer-Derived Endometrial Epithelial Cells
Advisor: David G. Kaufman
Current Position:  Research Toxicologist, Southern Research Institute, Birmingham AL
E-mail: torti@sri.org
URL: http://www.sri.org/
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Brandi R. Whitley, Ph.D., 2004 (Environmental Pathology Trainee: June 2001-May 2004)
Dissertation title:  Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor-1 in Breast and Ovarian Cancer Invasion
Advisor: Frank C. Church
Current Position:  Clinical Research Fellow, Cato Research, Durham, NC
Email:  bwhitley@cato.com
URL:  http://www.cato.com/

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