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Graduates of the Program in
Molecular and Cellular Pathology by Year
1991-2000
2000
Mohammed BaSalamah, Ph.D.
Dissertation title: Testican: Novel Human Gene Product
Advisor: Cora-Jean S. Edgell
Current Position: Head, Department of Pathology, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
E-mail:  basalamah1@uqu.edu.sa
Cheryl A. Cistulli, Ph.D.
Dissertation title: Cell Cycle Checkpoints and Human Carcinogenesis
Advisor: William K. Kaufmann
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Laboratory of Structural Biology, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIEHS, Research Triangle Park, NC 
Email: cistulli@niehs.nih.gov
URL: http://dir.niehs.nih.gov/dirlsb/home.htm
Gavin J. Gordon, Ph.D.
Dissertation title: Characterization of the Cellular Responses During Liver Regeneration in Retrorsine-exposed Rats and Identification of a Novel Hepatic Progenitor Cell
Advisor: William B. Coleman
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Co-Director, Thoracic Surgery Oncology Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center, Boston, MA
Email: ggordon@partners.org
Laboratory URL:http://www.generatios.com/
Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center URL:http://www.dfhcc.harvard.edu/member_detail.asp?memberID=8883
Brigham and Women's Hospital URL:http://www.brighamandwomens.org/surgery/research/facultypages/GordonResearch.asp
Tara N. Lyons-Darden, Ph.D.
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
Diane Palmieri, Ph.D.
Dissertation title: Serpins in Cancer
Advisor: Frank C. Church
Current Position: Staff Scientist, Women's Cancer Section, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD
Email: palmierd@mail.nih.gov
URL:  http://home.ccr.cancer.gov/LOP/Research/womens/default.asp
Arti C. Patel, Ph.D.
Dissertation title: Analysis of Candidate Suseceptability Genes and the Role of DNA Methylation in Mouse Lung Carcinogenesis
Advisors: J. Carl Barrett and Theodora R. Devereux
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Laboratory of Tumor Immunology and Biology, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD
Email: patelar@mail.nih.gov
Arlene S. Pereira, Ph.D., 2000
Dissertation title: A Study of Antiretroviral Drug Penetration into the Male Genital Tract Using High Performance Liquid Chromatography and Tandem Mass Spectrometry
Advisor: Richard R. Tidwell
Current Position: Research Assistant Professor, Division of Drug Delivery and Disposition, , University of North Carolina School of Pharmacy, Chapel Hill, NC
Email:  argoyle@email.unc.edu
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
Susannah Jo Bauman, Ph.D.
Dissertation title: Antithrombotic Properties of Heparin Cofactor II
Advisor: Frank C. Church
Email: bauman@shasta.com
Sharon King Bullock, Ph.D.
Dissertation title: UV-Induced Inhibition of DNA Replication
Advisor: Marila Cordeiro-Stone
Current Position: Instructor, Department of Biology, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
E-mail:skbulloc@vcu.edu
URL: http://www.has.vcu.edu/bio/people/bios/bullock.html
Tracey Dawson Cruz, Ph.D.
Dissertation title: Chemokine Receptors in Inflammatory Disease: Studies Using Chemokine Receptor Knockout Mice
Advisor: Nobuyo N. Maeda
Current Position:  Assistant Professor, Forensic Science Program, Department of Biology, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Email:  tcdawson@vcu.edu
URL:  http://www.has.vcu.edu/bio/
Vincent R. Torti, Ph.D.
Dissertation title: Cellular Aging in Endometrial Stromal Cells Promotes the Growth of Immortalized and Carcinoma-derived Endometrial Epithelial Cells via Paracrine Interactions: The Role of Interleukin-1a and Interleukin-1b
Advisor: David G. Kaufman
Current Position:  Scientist, Amgen, Thousand Oaks, CA
E-mail: vtorti@amgen.com
URL: http://www.amgen.com/
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
1998
Julia T. Arnold, Ph.D.
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/
Shyra J. Crider-Miller, Ph.D.
Dissertation title: Identification of Candidate Pediatric Tumor Suppressor Genes on Human Chromosome 11p15.5
Advisor: Bernard E. Weissman
Current Position: Research Assistant Professor, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
E-mail: milss@email.uc.edu
Hitendra S. Jethwa, Ph.D.
Dissertation title: Molecular Characterization of the Spontaneous Anti-Myeloperoxidase Antibody Response in SCG/Kj Mice
Advisor: J. Charles Jennette
Current Position: Scientist, Molecular and Cellular Bioassay, Biogen Inc., Cambridge, MA
E-mail: Vijay_Jethwa@biogen.com
Donald W. Lawrence, Jr., Ph.D.
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/
Jonathan M. Phillips, Ph.D.
Dissertation title: The Association of Specific DNA Sequences with the Nuclear Matrix During G0 and S Phases of the Cell Cycle
Advisor: David G. Kaufman
Current Position: Lead Molecular Pathologist, Mitretek Systems, Falls Church, VA
E-mail: jonathan.phillips@mitretek.org
URL: http://www.mitretek.org/
1997
Laura L. (Neese) Glasscock, Ph.D.
Dissertation title: Protein C Inhibitor: Structure-Activity Relationships and Pathobiological Aspects
Advisor: Frank C. Church
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC, and Assistant Director of Urology Research, Cannon Research Center, Carolinas Hospital, Charlotte, NC
E-mail: glasscockl@winthrop.edu
URL: http://www.winthrop.edu/biology/facstaff/glasscock.htm
Paula M. Oliver, Ph.D.
Dissertation title: Targeted Gene Titration of the Natriuretic Peptide Receptor A to Study Its Role in Essential Hypertension
Advisor: Nobuyo N. Maeda
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Bolder, CO
E-mail: oliver@njc.org
Karen K. Phillips, Ph.D.
Dissertation title: Identifying Suppressor Genes for Breast Cancer and Wilms’ Tumor
Advisor: Bernard E. Weissman
Current Position:  Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC
1995
Delores J. Grant, Ph.D.
Dissertation title: Expression of the Haptoglobin Gene Complex
Advisor: Nobuyo N. Maeda
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC
E-Mail: dgrant@wpo.nccu.edu
URL: http://www.nccu.edu/artsci/biology/faculty.html#GRANT
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
Chia Chiao, Ph.D.
Dissertation title: Mechanisms of Promotion of Hepatocarcinogenesis in vitro
Advisor: William K. Kaufmann
Suzanne L. Kirby, M.D., Ph.D.
Dissertation title: Bone Marrow Stromal Proteoglycans and Their Roles in Hematopoiesis
Advisor: Stuart A. Bentley
Current Position:  Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC
E-mail:  slk@email.unc.edu
URL: http://cancer.med.unc.edu/serodykirbylab/
Rebecca A. Shirk, Ph.D.
Dissertation title: Structure-Function Studies of Heparin Binding Serpins
Advisor: Frank C. Church
Current Position: Research Associate, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Sunny H. Zhang, Ph.D.
Dissertation title: An Animal Model of Atherosclerosis: The Apolipoprotein E Deficient Mice
Advisor: Nobuyo N. Maeda
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
1993
Terry L. Blakenship-Paris, D.V.M.,Ph.D.
Dissertation title:Clostridium difficile Enterocolitis Associated With an Atherogenic, High Fat Diet in Hamsters
Advisor: Jerjang Chang
Leah D. Fletcher, Ph.D.
Dissertation title: Cloning and Characterization of Rat Derived Pneumocystis carinii Genes
Advisor: Christine C. Dykstra
Phillip (Andy) Futreal, Ph.D.
Dissertation title: Physical Mapping of Tumor Suppressor Genes on Human Chromosomes 1q and 17q
Advisor: J. Carl Barrett
Current Position: Research Investigator, The Cancer Genome Project, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK
E-mail: paf@sanger.ac.uk
URL: http://www.sanger.ac.uk/
Debra K. McMahon, Ph.D.
Dissertation title: Characterization of a Two Motif Isoform of the Dihydropyridine Receptor in Skeletal Muscle
Advisor: Nadia N. Malouf
Current Position:  Vice President, CardioConcepts, Inc., Charlottesville, VA
E-mail:  dmcmahon@cstone.net
URL:  www.cardioconcepts.com
Kimberly Weiss Schuenke, Ph.D.
Dissertation title: Analysis of a Novel Protein Antigen Gene of Rickettsia Conorii
Advisor: David H. Walker
Current Position:  Associate Director, Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX
E-mail:  kischuen@utmb.edu
1992
Pengchin Chen, Ph.D.
Dissertation title: Mapping of Tumor Suppressor Genes in Soft Tissue Sarcoma Cell Lines by Functional Analyses
Advisor: Bernard E. Weismann
Current Position: Assistant Research Molecular Epidemiologist, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Medicine, University of California-San Francisco
E-mail: pengchin@epi.ucsf.edu
URL: http://chanane.ucsf.edu/epidem/personnel/pchen.html
Dean M. McCord, Ph.D.
Dissertation title: Structure-Function Relationships in Human Coagulation Factor IX
Advisor: Harold R. Roberts
Current Position: Attorney at Law, Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jernigan, L.L.P., Raleigh NC
E-mail: dmccord@smithlaw.com
Joan P. Packenham, Ph.D.
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
Herbert C. Whinna, M.D., Ph.D.
Dissertation title: Structure Function Studies on Heparin Cofactor II
Advisor: Frank C. Church
Current Position: Clinical Associate Professor; Director, Clinical Coagulation and Laboratory Information Services, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
E-mail: herbert.whinna@pathology.unc.edu
URL: www.pathology.unc.edu
Todd A. Wyatt, Ph.D.
Dissertation title: Neutrophil cGMP-Dependent Protein Kinase: Its Identification and Response to Formyl-Peptide and Calcium Ionophore
Advisor: Katherine B. Pryzwansky
Current Position: Associate Professor of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
E-mail: twyatt@unmc.edu
URL:  http://app1.unmc.edu/intmed/department/bio.cfm?MyID=44&section=Pulmonary%20%26%20Critical%20Care
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
Linda A. Charles, Ph.D.
Dissertation title: The Reactivity and Pathogenicity of Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Autoantibodies
Advisor: J. Charles Jennette
Current Position: Scientist, Quintiles, Inc., Durham, NC
Daniel S. Marsman, Ph.D.
Dissertation title: Peroxisome Proliferator Hepatocarcinogenesis in Rats: The Role of Cell Replication in Tumor Development
Advisor: James A. Popp
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
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