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Complete Listing of Graduates of the Program in
Molecular and Cellular Pathology by Degree Conferred
1954-Present
M.S. in Molecular and Cellular Pathology
2002
Suzanne T. Newberry, M.S.
Thesis title: Methylation-dependent Epigenetic Silencing of BRCA1 in Sporadic Breast Cancer
Advisor: William B. Coleman
Current Position: Math and Science Program Coordinator, Information Technology and Sciences Division, Camplain College, Burlington, VT
Email:  sunewberry@burlingtontelecom.net
2001
Alexis T. Henry, M.S.
Thesis title: Characterization of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) in Protein C Inhibitor
Advisor: Frank C. Church
Current Position:  Diosynth RTP Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC
Email:  alexis.henry@diosynth-rtp.com
URL:  http://www.advancesinlifescience.com/default.asp
Kelly L. Price, M.S.
Dissertation title: Genetic Instability in Cervical Carcinogenesis
Advisor: William K. Kaufmann
Current Position: Research Assistant, Research and Development, Caliper Technologies, Mountain View CA 
E-mail: kelly.price@calipertech.com
Michelle A. Rider, M.S.
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
1999
Cynthia Irvin Behe, M.S.
Thesis title:  Defective Cell Cycle Checkpoint Function in Transformed Hepatocytes and WB-F344 Hepatic Epithelial Stem-like Cells
Advisor: William K. Kaufmann
Current Position: Reserch Technician, Department of Pharmacology, University of North Carloina, Chapel Hill, NC
E-mail: mcirvin@med.unc.edu
1995
Steven C. Hoffman, M.S.
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
Lara K. Surles, M.S.
Thesis title: The Paradoxical Effects of Lovastatin, an HMGCoA Reductase Inhibitor, on Apolipoprotein E Deficient Mice
Advisor: Nobuyo N. Maeda
1994
Adella R. Clark, M.S.
Thesis title: Immunogenetics of Inhibitor Response to FVIII:C
Advisor: Howard M. Reisner
Margaret M. Doherty, M.S.
Thesis title: Regulation of the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor in Rat Tracheal Epithelial Cells
Advisor: Paul Nettesheim
Julia K. Holtz, M.S.
Thesis title: Defining the Functional Domains of the NaeI Restriction Endonuclease by Random Mutagenesis
Advisor: Michael D. Topal
1992
Shelley L. Hoogstraten-Miller, D.V.M., M.S.
Thesis title: Von Willebrand Factor in Plasma, Platelets, and Selected Tissues of Ferrets
Advisor: Dwight Bellinger
1991
Ying Li, M.S.
Thesis title: Repair of BPDE-DNA in Human Fibroblasts
Advisor: William K. Kaufmann
Thomas H. Rude, M.S.
Thesis  title: Cloning and Sequencing of the Cryptococcus neoformans NAD-dependent Mannitol Dehydrogenase Gene
Advisor: Christine C. Dykstra
1990
Linda L. Barrett, M.S.
Thesis title: Five-Azacytidine Treatment Increases Anchorage Independent Growth of Human Endometrial Stromal Cells Expressing SV40 Large T Antigen
Advisor: David G. Kaufman
1989
Jo Ann Tyndall, M.S.
Thesis title:  Azurophil and Specific Granule Exocytosis by N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine-stimulated Human Neutrophils
Advisor:  Katherine B. Pryzwansky
1988
Roc Bauman, M.S.
Thesis title:  Atherosclerosis in Hypercholesteerolemic Normal and von Willenrand's Disease Swine
Advisor:  Thomas R. Griggs
Russell C. Cattley, M.S., V.M.D., Ph.D.
Thesis title:  Peroxisome Proliferator Hepatocarcinogenesis in Rats
Advisor:  James A. Popp
Current Position: Scientist, Amgen, Thousand Oaks, CA
E-mail: rcattley@amgen.com
Romas Agu Vaitkus, M.S.
Thesis title:  Transformation of Human Endometrial Stromal Cells With a Temperature-sensitive, Origin-minus, SV40 Recombinant Plasmid
Advisor: David G. Kaufman
1987
Mark de Serres, M.S.
Thesis title: A Monoclonal Antibody Whose Binding is Inhibited by Divalent Cations
Advisor:  Howard M. Reisner
Richard John Russell Lombardy, M.S.
Thesis title:  Computer-assisted Molecular Modeling Studies of Potent Amidine Inhibitors Bound to the Active Site of Trypsin
Advisor:  Richard R. Tidwell
1986
Jeffrey Bruce Garris, M.S.
Thesis title: Purified Human Factor VIII Procoagulant Protein: Comparative Hemostatic Response After Infusions into Hemophilic and von Willebrand Disease Dogs
Advisor: Kenneth M. Brinkhous
1985
Michel G. Haddad, M.S.
Thesis title:  Idiotpy and Factor VIII Inhibitors: Towards the Production of a Monoclonal Anti-Idiotypic Antibody
Advisor:  Howard M. Reisner
Otis Speight, M.S.
Thesis title:  Pathogenesis of Murine Infection Wtih Parainfluenza Virus in Mice: A Natural Paramyxovirus-Host Relationship
Advisor:  David H. Walker
1984
Bharat R. Gandhi, M.S.
Thesis title:  Production of Monoclonal Antibodies and Their Use in Characterization of Antigenic Proteins of Toxoplasma gondii Tachyzoites
Advisor:  G. Yancey Gillespie
1982
Mary S. Baker, M.S.
Thesis title:  Alkylation of Deoxyribonucleotides and Their Role in Mutagenesis
Advisor:  Michael D. Topal
1981
William Patrick Bennett, M.S.
Thesis title:  The Effects of an Extracellular Protease From Serratia marcescens on Membrane Functions of Human Platelets
Advisor:  Herbert A. Cooper
1975
Sheryl Kathrein, M.S.
Thesis title:  A Comparison of Cryoprecipitate Yeilds by Different Methods
Advisor:  James E.T. Laningham
Kenneth M. Lovette, M.S.
Thesis title:  The Subcellular Distribution and Partial Characteerization of Cholinesterase Activities in Canin Platelets
Advisor:  Hanson Chuang
B. Alston Macon, Jr., M.S.
Thesis title: Calcium Induced Conformational Changes in the Amino Acid Terminal End of Prothrombin
Advisor:  Koehler
Gilbert C. White, M.D., M.S.
Thesis title: The Effect of Various Anticoagulants on the Adhesiveness of Blood Platelets and Studies on the Mechanism of Platelet Adhesion.
Advisor:  Kenneth M. Brinkhous
Current Position:  Professor of Pharmacology and Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC
Email:  gcwhite@med.unc.edu
URL:  http://www.med.unc.edu/wrkunits/2depts/pharm/white.htm
1974
Daniel L. Leonard, M.S..
Thesis title:  Measurements of Chromium in Hair and Soft Tissue Using Flameless Atomic Absorption (FAA) Spectroscopy
Advisor:  Robert A. Goyer
Daniel L. Leonard, M.S..
Thesis title:  Metabolic Effects of Oral NTA and Equivalent Injection Dose Administration of NTA and EDTA in the Adult Rat
Advisor:  Robert A. Goyer
Larry Paul Thornburg, L.P., D.V.M., M.S.
Thesis title: Direct Enzyme Cytochemical Investigation of the Trigeminal Ganglion of C57BL/6J-dtj Mice and Their Littermates With an Hereditary Sensory Neuropathy (Dystonia Musculorum)
Advisor:  Stowe/Hanker
1971
Douglas Edward Mooreside, M.D., M.S.
Thesis title: The Effects of Adenine on the Clotting Factors in Fresh Blood, Stored Blood, and Stored Fresh Frozen Plasma
Advisor:  James E.T. Laningham
Robert L. Reddick, M.D., M.S.
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
1970
Paul deVendel Davis, J.D., M.S.
Thesis title: The Heterozygote for Hemophilia A and B: A Coagulation and Genetic Study
Advisor:  Kenneth M. Brinkhous
1969
Mohammad A. Nadjem, M.D., M.S.
Thesis title:  A Study of the Anatomical Pathology of Liver Fluke Infestation (Opisthorchis viverrini) in Thai
Advisor:  Sylvanus W. Nye
1968
William Phillip Webster, D.D.S., M.S.
Thesis title: Studies of In Vivo and Ex Vivo Release of Factor VIII From Organs and Tissues
Advisor:  Penick
1967
Roy Vernon Land, M.D., M.S.
Thesis title: A study of Some Effects of E. coli Endotoxin on Rabbit Blood Platelets
Advisor:  Kenneth M. Brinkhous
1965
Ernesto A. deVeyra, Jr., M.D., M.S.
Thesis title:  Nerve Fiber Lesions in the Brain Stem Following Head Injury
Advisor:  Margaret C. Swanton
Joe Paul Hurt, M.D., M.S., Ph.D.
Thesis title: Further Purification of Beta Alanine Precipitated Human Antihemophilic Factor (AHF) by Adsorption or Reprecipitation
Advisor:  Robert H. Wagner
1964
Reginald Gladstone Mason, M.D., M.S.
Thesis title: 1933-Studies on the Platelet Agglutinating Activity of Recalcified Normal and Pathologic Human Plasmas
Advisor:  Kenneth M. Brinkhous
1959
Perry F. Harris, M.D., D.V.M., M.S.
Thesis title: Hemophilic Heterozygotes: A Reevaluation of the Concentration of Antihemophilic Factor in Their Plasma
Advisor:  Robert H. Wagner
1958
E. Carwile LeRoy, M.D., M.S.
Thesis title:  1933-Historical and Experimental Studies of the Spontaneous Agglutination of Mammalian Blood Platelets
Advisor:  Kenneth M. Brinkhous
1957
Robert A. Farrell, M.D., M.S.
Thesis title:  A Study of Some Tosyl-Arginine and Acetyl-Tyrosine Esterases and Their Relationship to the Coagulation of Blood
Advisor:  Penick
1954
George Elton Cox, M.D., M.S.
Thesis title:  Cholesterol in Atheroschlerosis: Studies on its Biosynthesis
Advisor:  C. Bruce Taylor
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