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Alumni

Name Degree Degree Year Thesis Current Position
Norah Verbout
Ph.D. 2008 Role of eosinophils and muscarinic receptors in paradoxical airway hyperreactivity associated with antigen challenge
 Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Public Health, Harvard University
David Pitonzo
Ph.D. 2008 Molecular mechanisms of Sec61-mediated polytopic protein membrane integration
 Postdoctoral Fellow OHSU
Elizabeth DuPriest
Ph.D. 2008  Maternal protein restriction in microswine: programming of postnatal growth, body composition and adipose tissue structure and function  Postdoctoral Researcher, Pathology,  OHSU
Anna Malyala Ph.D. 2007 Hypotalamic Gene Expression and Signal Transduction Effects of Estrogen

Research Manager (Healthcare & Biotechnology sector), Gerson Lehrman Group

 

Shaun Brothers Ph.D. 2006 Mechanisms and Implications in Human Disease of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Receptor Intracellular Retention

 

Postdoctoral Fellow, Scripps Research Institute, Florida

Daisy Daubert Ph.D.  2006 Decreased Baroreflex Gain During Pregnancy:  Role of Angiotensin II, Nitric Oxide and Insulin Sensitivity Postdoctoral Associate, Dept. of Physiology & Functional Genomics, College of Medicine, University of Florida
Hongxiang Jeff Lan Ph.D. 2006 Structure and Function of Dopamine Receptors:  Ligand Binding and Arrestin Binding Staff Scientist, Oregon Stem Cell Center, Oregon Health & Science University
Elinore Sullivan Ph.D. 2006 Individual Differences in the Propensity of Female Rhesus Monkeys (Macaca Mulatta) to Gain and Lose Body Weight Postdoctoral Scholar, Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco
Catherine Jacobson (Selph) Ph.D. 2006 The Selective Translocation of the Molecular Motor Kinesin-1 During the Development of Neuronal Polarity in Culture Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Medicine University of California, San Francisco
Teresa Buck Ph.D. 2006 Molecular analysis of early aquaporin biogenesis and folding events
Postdoctoral Fellow, Biology, University of Pittsburg
Jodi Downs Ph.D. 2006   Neuroendocrine rhythmicity in the Rhesus macaque and the effect of aging
Senior Fellow, Physiology & Biophysics, University of Washington School of Medicine
Brenda McKee Ph.D. 2006 The Effects of Cocaine on the Dorsolateral Striatum of the Rat Research Associate,  Psychiatric Institute, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Yu-Wen Lin Ph.D. 2006 Structure-Function Analysis of Pancreatic ATP-Sensitive Potassium Channels

 

 

Clare Wilhelm Ph.D. 2006 Methamphetamine - Induced Disruption of Dopamine Homeostasis:  The Ins and Outs of Transport Postdoctoral Fellow, Behavioral Neuroscience, Oregon Health & Science University
Sonnet Jonker Ph.D. 2006 Fetal Cardiac Growth & Maturation:  Regulation by Increased Hemodynamic Load Postdoctoral Fellow, Neonatology, University of Iowa
Vu Cao Dang Ph.D. 2004 µ-Opioid Receptor Regulation:  Desensitization and Re-sensitization

 

 

Peilin Chen Ph.D. 2004 Lactation as a Physiological Model for Studying Induction of Neuropeptide Y in the Dorsomedial Nucleus of the Hypothalamus:  Implications in the Regulation of Energy Homeostasis

 

 

Heinrich Gompf Ph.D. 2004 Modulation of synpatic communication in the suprachiasmatic nucleus
Postdoctoral Fellow, BIDMC Dept. of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
Rhianna Derenick  M.S. 2004 The Central Role of Mineralcorticoids in the Development of Salt-Sensitive Hypertension Graduate Student, Oregon State University, Department of Nutrition & Food Management
Sally Aboelela Ph.D. 2003 Morphological and Physiological Properties of Amacrine Cells Located in the Ganglion Cell Layer of the Ferret Retina Research Associate, CIRAR, Assistant Professor of Physiology, Columbia University School of Nursing
Susan Dziennis Ph.D. 2003 Molecular Mechanisms of Neurotransmitter Determination by Cholinergic Differentiation Factors Research Fellow, Department of Anesthesiology & Peri-Operative Medicine, OHSU
Nathan Sundgren M.D./Ph.D. 2003 Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase and Growth Factor Regulation of the Fetal Ovine Cardiac Myocyte Fellow - Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Erin Jobst Ph.D. 2003 Spontaneous firing rates and anatomical organization of neurons within the calbindin subnucleus of the hamster suprachiasmatic nucleus
Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy, Pacific University College of Health Professions 
Nick Lu Ph.D. 2002 Ovarian Steroid Regulation of Serotonin 5-HT 1a Receptor and Reuptake Transporter at the Protein and Functional Levels in Female Macaques Assistant Professor, Medicine, Division of Allergy- Immunology, Northwestern University
John Mason Ph.D. 2002 The Dopamine D1 Receptor:  Regulation of Signaling and Trafficking Post-doctoral Fellow, Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt U. School of Medicine
John Streicher  M.S. 2002  Behavioral Associations with a Serotonin Transporter Gene Polymorphism in Young Rhesus Macaques

 

 

Mark Doyle  Ph.D.  2001 Sensory Synaptic Mechanisms Within the Nucleus of the Solitary Tract  Assistant Professor of Biology, George Fox University
Teri Wadsworth Ph.D. 2001  The Effects of Plant Derived Antioxidants on LPS-Induced Production of Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha and Nitric Oxide  Research Assistant Professor, Neurology, Oregon Health & Science University
Zhaoping Liu Ph.D. 2001 Single-Channel Properties of Episodic Ataxia Type 1 (EA-1) Mutations in the Human Voltage-Gated Potassium Channels (hKv1.1) Assistant Project Scientist, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California San Diego
Date Updated: 09/03/2008