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2007
Michael Altenburg, Ph.D.
Dissertation title:  Atherosclerotic Mechanisms of Apolipoprotein E Isoforms
Advisor: Nobuyo Maeda
Current Position:  Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC
Email: michael.altenburg@pathology.unc.edu

Joshua M. Astern, Ph.D.
Dissertation title:  Myeloperoxidase in Vascular Disease and Autoimmunity
Advisor: Ronald J. Falk
Current Position:  Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC
Email: joshua.astern@pathology.unc.edu

Lea M. Beaulieu, Ph.D.
Dissertation title:  Role of the Protein C System in Breast Cancer Cell Invasion and Endothelial Cell Angiogenesis
Advisor: Frank C. Church
Current Position:  Postdoctoral Fellow, Multidisciplinary Training in Cardiovascular Research at the Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Dept of Medicine, School of Medicine, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA
Email:  lmb@bu.edu

D. Hunter Best, Ph.D.
Dissertation title:  Liver Regeneration by Small Hepatocyte-like Progenitor Cells After Hepatotoxic and Necrotic Injury in Fischer 344 Rats 
Advisor: William B. Coleman
Current Position:  Clinical Fellow, Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Email: hunter.best@vanderbilt.edu

Jessica N. DelBove, Ph.D.
Dissertation title:  Characterization of the Tumor Suppressor Capabilities of SWI/SNF Complex Member BAF155 in Cancer Cell Lines and Cooperation of SNF5 and p53 Pathways
Advisor: Bernard E. Weissman
Current Position:  Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC
Email: jessica.delbove@pathology.unc.edu

Laura A. DiMichele, Ph.D.
Dissertation title:  Focal Adhesion Kinase in Cardiac Development and Disease 
Advisor: Joan M. Taylor
Current Position:  Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC
Email:  laura.dimichele@pathology.unc.edu

Jennifer Bushman Gilner, Ph.D.
Dissertation title:  Enrichment of Therapeutic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Populations From Embryonic Stem Cells
Advisor: Suzanne Kirby
Current Position:  Medical Student, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC
Email:  jennifer.gilner@pathology.unc.edu

Jennifer E. Jahn, Ph.D.
Dissertation title:  Identification of Synaptotagmin XIII as a Liver Tumor Suppressor Gene
Advisor: William B. Coleman
Current Position:  Postdoctoral Fellow, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
Email: jahnj@musc.edu

Terrence D. Lewis, Ph.D.
Dissertation title:  Mechanisms of Estrogen Sensitivity in the Human Endometrium
Advisor: David G. Kaufman
Current Position:  Medical Student, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington DC
Email:  tdlewis@gwu.edu

Liisa Sundberg Smith, Ph.D.
Dissertation title:  A Role for Focal Adhesion Kinase in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Proliferation, Migration, and Differentiation
Advisor: Joan M. Taylor
Current Position:  Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC
Email:  liisa.smith@pathology.unc.edu

2005
Jingjing Chai, Ph.D.
Dissertation title:  Identification of the Signal Transduction Pathway and Functional Domains of hSNF5 in Human Rhabdoid Tumor Cell Line and Mouse Rhabdoid Tumors
Advisor: Bernard E. Weissman
Current Position:  Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina School fo Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC
Email: jingjing.chai@pathology.unc.edu

Danny R. Gray, Ph.D.
Dissertation title:  Effects of Androgen Deprivation on the Human Prostate Microenvironment
Advisor: Gary J. Smith
Current Position:  Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Molecular and Vascular Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Email: dgray@bidmc.harvard.edu

Timothy P. Heffernan, Ph.D.
Dissertation title:  Mechanisms of S Checkpoint Function in Human Cells
Advisor: William K. Kaufmann
Current Position:  Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Email:  timothy.heffernan@cbrc2.mgh.harvard.edu

Charlotte A. Lanteri, Ph.D.
Dissertation title:  Mechanisms of Uptake and Action of DB75 [2,5-bis(4-amidinophenyl)furan] in African Trypanosomes
Advisor: Richard R. Tidwell
Current Position:  Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Microbiology, Walter Reed Army Hospital, Silver Spring, MD
Email: charlotte.lanteri@us.army.mil

Julie L. Ryan, Ph.D.
Dissertation title:  Prevalence of Epstein-Barr Virus in Gastric Mucosa and Influences on Selected Gene Expression in Gastric Carcinoma
Advisor: Margaret L. Gulley
Current Position:  Research Assistant Professor, Departments of Dermatology and Radiation Oncology, University of Rochester Cancer Center, Rochester, NY Email: julie_ryan@urmc.rochester.edu

Lisa Marie Sturk, Ph.D.
Dissertation title:  Comparative Pharmacokinetics of DB289 and DB844: Investigating Improved Prodrug Efficacy Against Mouse Models of Sleeping Sickness
Advisor: Richard R. Tidwell
Current Position:  Scientist, In Vivo Resources, Shire Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, MA
Email:  lmsturk@tktx.com
URL:  www.shire.com

Yau-Sheng Tsai, Ph.D.
Dissertation title:  Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Gamma in the Metabolic Syndrome
Advisor: Nobuyo Maeda
Current Position:  Assistant Professor, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
Email:  yaustsai@mail.ncku.edu.tw

2004
Brandi Whitley Hilder, Ph.D.
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:  bhilder@cato.com
URL:  http://www.cato.com/
2003
Susan D. Hester, Ph.D.
Dissertation title: Genetic Events Involved in Formaldehyde-induced Carcinogenesis
Advisor: Douglas C. Wolf
Current Position: Research Biologist, Cancer Biology Branch, NHEERL/ECD, US Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC
Email: Hester.Susan@epamail.epa.gov
William F. Pendergraft III, Ph.D.
Dissertation title: In Depth Analysis of the Myeloid Protease, Proteinase 3, as an Autoantigen and a Mediator of Vascular Injury
Advisor: Ronald J. Falk
Current Position: Medical Student, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC
Email: will_pendergraft@med.unc.edu
2002
Bryan L. Betz, Ph.D.
Dissertation title: The hSNF5/INI1 Tumor Suppressor Gene: Mutational Analysis and Functional Characterization
Advisor: Bernard E. Weissman
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Technical Director of the Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI
Email: bbetz@med.umich.edu
Sharon Ricketts Betz, Ph.D.
Dissertation title: Identification and Characterization of Candidate Liver Tumor Suppressor Genes from Human Chromosome 11p11.2-p12
Advisor: William B. Coleman
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Assistant Director of the Cytogenetics and Molecular Diagnostics Laboratories, Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI
Email: sbetz@med.umich.edu
Paula B.Deming, Ph.D.
Dissertation title: Mechanisms of Human Decatenation Checkpoint Function
Advisor: William K. Kaufmann
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Pathology, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
Email: Paula.Deming@med.uvm.edu
Jeffrey B. Hodgin, Ph.D., M.D.
Dissertation title: Molecular Mechanisms of Atheroprotection by 17b-estradiol
Advisor: Nobuyo N. Maeda
Current Position: Chief Resident, Department of Pathology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
Email: jeh9026@nyp.org
Nazumi Alice S. Yamada, Ph.D.
Dissertation title: Microsatellite Instability in the Absence of Mismatch Repair Defects
Advisor: Rosann A. Farber
Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Staff Member, DNA Repair Team, Biology and Biotechnology Research Program, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA
Email:  yamada3@llnl.gov
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
Kelly A. Hogan, Ph.D.
Dissertation title: Fibrinogen Vlissingen/Frankfurt IV: Studies with Recombinant Fibrinogen and Gene-Targeted Mice
Advisor: Susan T. Lord
Current Position: Lecturer, Department of Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
Email: kelly_hogan@unc.edu
Jennifer Wemhoff Mitchell, Ph.D.
Dissertation title: Structure, Function, and Physiological Role of Heparin Cofactor II
Advisor: Frank C. Church
Current Position:  Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Cell Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA
Email:  jwmitch@scripps.edu
URL: http://www.scripps.edu/cb/miles/
Dorothy H. Wood, Ph.D.
Dissertation title: The Role of Imidazoline Receptors in 1,5-Bis(4-Amidinophenoxy) Pentane (Pentamidine) Toxicity
Advisor: Richard R. Tidwell
Current Position: Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC
Email: dwood@wpo.nccu.edu
URL: http://www.nccu.edu/artsci/biology/biology.html
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
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.
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 Medicine 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
1990
Richard D. McFarland, Ph.D.
Dissertation title: Mutagenesis in the Lambda Immunoglobulin Gene in a Human Lymphoblastoid Cell Strain
Advisor: Gary J. Smith
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
Mark Gregory Bolyard, Ph.D.
Dissertation title:  Characterization of Subunits of Human Fibrinogen Expressed in Escherichia coli
Advisor:  Susan T. Lord
Richard James Rahija, Ph.D.
Dissertation title:  Factors Influencing the Initiation by Anti(+)benzo(a)pyrenediol-expoxide of Hepatocarcinogesis in the Male F344 Rat
Advisor:  David G. Kaufman
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
John James Dino, Jr., Ph.D.
Dissertation title: Characterization of Radioactive "Early-eluting" Chromatographic Material Resulting from Interactions of Tritiated Benzo[a]pyrene With Liver Nucleic Acids in A/HeJ Female Mice
Advisor: David G. Kaufman
Brian G. Short, Ph.D.
Dissertation title:  Effects of Unleaded Gasoline on Renal Tubular Cell Kinetics and Tumor Promotion in Rats
Advisor: James A. Swenberg
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
Norman A. Doggett, Ph.D.
Dissertation title:  The Temporal Order of Replication of Protooncogenes in Synchronized C3H 10T1/2 Cells
Advisor:  David G. Kaufman
Current Position: Chief Scientist, Center for Human Genome Studies, Bioscience Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM
E-mail: doggett@lanl.gov
URL: http://bdiv.lanl.gov/ and http://www.lanl.gov/worldview/organization/profiles/b_profile.shtml
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
Karen Louise S. Bentley, Ph.D.
Dissertation title:  Cell Cycle-related Genotoxic Effects of 4-Nitroquinoline-1-oxide in C3H 10T1/2 Cells
Advisor:  Joe W. Grisham
Yung Sheng Eric Wang, Ph.D.
Dissertation title:  Plasma Free Fatty Acids: Development and Clinical Application of a New Analytical Method
Advisor:  William W. McLendon
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
Tessie Brown McNeely, Ph.D.
Dissertation title:  Heparin: A Theory on Its In Vitro Anticoagulant Mechanism of Action
Advisor:  Michael J. Griffith
Richard S. Paules, Ph.D.
Dissertation title:  An Investigation of the Effects of Exposure to a Chemical Carcinogen on DNA Replication in Mammalian Cells Utilizing Quantitative EM Visualization of Antibodies Bound to Carcinogen-DNA
Advisor:  David G. Kaufman
Current Position: Director of Toxicologic Gene Expression Studies, Toxicogenomics Facilitator in Molecular Toxicology, National Center for Toxicogenomics, National Toxicology Program, Laboratory of Environmental Carcinogenesis, Growth Control and Cancer Group, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC
E-mail: paules@niehs.nih.gov
URL: http://www.niehs.nih.gov/nct/grocontrl.htm
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
1983
Samy Samuel Iskandar, M.D., Ph.D.
Dissertation title:  The Pathogenesis of Heterologous Protein-induced Glomerulonephritis: Studies in Inbred Mouse Strains
Advisor:  J. Charles Jennette
James V. Lange, Ph.D.
Dissertation title:  Rickettsial Studies: Isolation and Quantitation of Rickettsiae in Patients With Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and Production of Monoclonal Antibodies to Rickettsia rickettsii
Advisor:  David H. Walker
Marjorie S. Read, Ph.D.
Dissertation title:  Venom Coagglutinin (VCA).  The Platelet Aggregating Principle of Bothrops Venoms: Von Willibrand Factor-dependent Platelet Aggregation
Advisor:  Kenneth M. Brinkhous
Current Position:  Professor Emeritus, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC
E-mail:  marjorie.read@pathology.unc.edu
1982
Arthur Palfrey Bode, Ph.D.
Dissertation title:  Platelet Factor One in Human Platelets
Advisor:  Fred Dombrose
Bruce Hugh Dorman, Jr., Ph.D.
Dissertation title:  Chemical Carcinogen Effects on Human Endometrium In Vitro: Phenotypic Alterations in Cell Cultures and Carcinogen Binding to DNA in organ Cultures
Advisor: David G. Kaufman
Mary S. Baker, M.S.
Thesis title:  Alkylation of Deoxyribonucleotides and Their Role in Mutagenesis
Advisor:  Michael D. Topal
1981
Mary Ann Pregnall Lamb, Ph.D.
Dissertation title: Immunochemical Studies on the Multimeric Structure of Factor VIII Related Antigen
Advisor:  Robert H. Wagner
Current Position:  Vice President, Regulatory Affairs, Talecris Biotherapeutics, Inc., Clayton, NC
E-mail:  maryann.lamb@talecris.com
Gerald William Upton, D.D.S., M.S., Ph.D.
Dissertation title:  Platelet Inhibition and Thrombosis in the Pathogenesis of Bacterial Diseases
Advisor:  Frederic G. Dalldorf
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
1980
Richard M. Lewis, Ph.D.
Dissertation title:  Studies on the Binding of Human Anti-Factor IX Antibodies to Factor IX Protein
Advisor:  Howard M. Reisner
Marc J. Mass, Ph.D.
Dissertation title:  Species Differences in the Activation of a Carcinogen in Respiratory Epithelium: A Possible Explanation for the Unequal Susceptibilities of Tracheal Epithelium of Rats and Hamsters to Carcinogenesis by Benzo(a)pyrene
Advisor:  David G. Kaufman
Michael S. Owens, Ph.D.
Dissertation title:  Marijuana Use Among Drivers in Fatal Single-vehicle Accidents
Advisor:  Arthur McBay
1979
Ronald Kent Charlton, Ph.D.
Dissertation title:  An Investigation of the Loss of Cytochrome P-450 From Cultured Hepatocytes
Advisor:  Joe W. Grisham
William K. Kaufmann, Ph.D.
Dissertation title:  Studies of the Susceptibility of Hepatocytes in Specific Cell Cycle States to Carcinogenesis by N-Methyl-N-Nitrosourea
Advisor:  David G. Kaufman
Current Position: Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC
E-mail: william.kaufmann@pathology.unc.edu
URL: http://www.pathology.unc.edu/path/common/kaufmann.htm
1978
Fernando A. Santos, M.D., Ph.D.
Dissertation title: Purification and Characterization of Bovine Platelet Aggregating Factor (PAF): I: Purification of PAF. II: Immunological Characterization of PAF.
Advisor:  Robert H. Wagner
Christine Norma Vogel, Ph.D.
Dissertation title:  In Vivo and In Vitro Biology of Antithrombin III and Thrombin
Advisor:  Roger L. Lundblad
1975
James Christian Lamb IV, J.D., Ph.D.
Dissertation title:  1951-New Factors in the Regulation of Exocrine Pancreatic Secretion in the Rat
Advisor:  J.D. Geratz
David Edward Sharp, M.D., Ph.D.
Dissertation title: 1945-Morphologic Studies on Blood Platelet Response to Adenosine Diphosphate and Its Modification InVivo and In Vitro
Advisor:  Mason
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
1972
Dolph Oliver Adams, M.D., Ph.D.
Dissertation title:  The Differentiation of Mononuclear Phagocytes In Vivo: A Correlated Histologic and Fine Structural Study
Advisor:  Kenneth M. Brinkhous
1971
Waykin Nopanitaya, Ph.D.
Thesis title:  Effects of the Pungent Principle of Hot Red Pepper (Capsaicin) in Combination With Diets of Varying Protein Content on the Duodenal Absorptive Cells and the Growth of the Rat
Advisor:  Sylvanus W. Nye
George Peter Wysocki, D.D.S., Ph.D.
Dissertation title: Synovial Membrane Changes in Hemophilic Arthopathy: A Light, Transmission and Scanning Electron Microscope Study
Advisor:  Kenneth M. Brinkhous
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
Joe Paul Hurt, M.D., M.S., Ph.D.
Dissertation title: Dynamics of Diffuse Introvascular Coagulation Associated With an Experimental Glioma
Advisor:  Krigman
Hussian Ismail Saba, M.D., Ph.D.
Dissertation title: Effects of Polymorphonuclear Leukocytes on Blood Coagulation and Fibrinolysis
Advisor:  Harold R. Roberts
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
Theodore Hyde Kiesselbach, M.D., Ph.D.
Dissertation title: Coagulation Factor XIII: A Thrombin-labile Protein in Plasma, Platelets, and Bone Marrow Megakaryocytes
Advisor:  Robert H. Wagner
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
William Dumas McLester, M.D., Ph.D.
Dissertation title:  Studies on Circulating Anticoagulants in Classical Hemophilia and Christmas Disease
Advisor:  Robert H. Wagner
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.
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:  Robert H. Wagner
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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