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Ran Lu, Ph.D., (IIT concentration)
Degree: 2013 Major Advisor: Akira Takashima , Ph.D.
Thesis title: Intravital Imaging of Dynamic Behaviors of Leukocytes in UVB-induced
Skin Inflammation
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Rebecca Thompson, Ph.D., (IIT concentration)
Degree: 2013 Major Advisor: Julie Westerink , Ph.D.
Thesis title: Polyreactive and Antigen-Specific B-cell Response to Streptococcus Pneumoniae
Current position:
email:
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Elizabeth Beil, M.S.B.S., (IIT concentration)
Degree: 2012 Major Advisor: Randall Worth, Ph.D.
Thesis title: Identification of FcγRIIA-STAT6 Interaction and the Subsequent Effects
Current position: Medical student at the University of Toledo, planned graduation
June, 2012
email: Elizabeth.Beil@uToledo.edu
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Yutein (Andy) Chung, Ph.D., in Biomedical Sciences (IIT concentration)
Degree: 2011 Major Advisor: R. Mark Wooten, Ph.D.
Disseration title: Identification of signaling pathways important for Borrelia burgdorferi-elicited
IL-10 production by macrophages and their effects on suppressing antigen presenting
cell immune responses
Current position: Postdoctoral Fellow in the laboratory of Dr. David M. Engman, Northwestern
University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Pathology, 303 E. Chicago Street,
Ward 6-140, Chicago, IL 60611, Tel: 312-503-1276 (lab)
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William E. Grose, Ph.D., in Biomedical Sciences (IIT concentration)
Degree: 2011 Major Advisor: Eric LaFontaine, Ph.D.
Dissertation title: Characterization of a genetic locus in Burkholderia pseudomallei encoding a putative biofilm-associated protein
Current position: Postdoctoral Scientist in the lab of Dr. Louise Rodino-Klapac,
The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, 700 Children's Drive, Columbus,
Ohio 43205
Fax: 614-722-3273
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Shuo Geng, Ph.D., in Biomedical Sciences (IIT concentration)
Degree: 2010 Major Advisor: Akira Takashima, M.D., Ph.D.
Dissertation title: Discovery of a new dendritic cell subset derived from immature
granulocytes
Current position: Postdoctoral Fellow in Dr. Akira Takashima's laboratory.
Tel: 419-383-4312. Address: The University of Toledo, Department of Medical Microbiology
and Immunology, Mail Stop 1021, Toledo, Ohio 43614-2598
email: shuo.geng@utoledo.edu
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Benjamin (Randy) Hart, Ph.D., in Biomedical Sciences (IIT concentration)
Degree: 2010 Major Advisor: Robert M. Blumenthal, Ph.D.
Dissertation title: Expanded functionality of the bacterial global regulator Lrp
Current position: Medical student at The University of Toledo
email: benjamin.hart@utoledo.edu
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Joshua Vieth, Ph.D., in Biomedical Sciences (IIT concentration)
Degree: 2010 Major Advisor: Randall G. Worth, Ph.D.
Disseration title: The role of membrane lipid microdomains (Rafts) in FcgammaRIIA
effector functions
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow in the laboratory of Dr. Derek Sant'Angelo,
at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Address: MSKCC, 1275 York Avenue, Box 492, New York, NY 10021 http://www.mskcc.org/mskcc/html/11172.cfm
Lab phone: 646-888-2346
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Sara Campbell, Ph.D., in Biomedical Sciences (IIT concentration)
Degree: 2010 Major Advisor: Z. Kevin Pan, M.D., Ph.D.
Dissertation title: Mechanisms of Moraxella catarrhalis induced immune signaling
in the pulmonary epithelium
email: sara.campbell@rockets.utoledo.edu
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Miao Chen, Ph.D., in Biomedical Sciences (IIT concentration)
Degree: 2009 Major Advisor: Z. Kevin Pan, M.D., Ph.D.
Dissertation title: Moraxella Catarrhalis-induced innate immune responses in human
pulmonary epithelial cells and monocytes
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Junbo Mai, Ph.D., in Biomedical Sciences (IIT concentration)
Degree: 2009 Major Advisor: Dorothea Sawicki, Ph.D.
Dissertation title: Alphavirus nsP2 interacts with host pathways for viral minus-strand
synthesis and replication complex stability
Current position: Postdoctoral Fellowship in the lab of virologist, Dr. Shou-Wei Ding, at
the University of California, Riverside,
3239A Genomics Building, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, Lab
tel: 951-827-2341, Fax: 951-827-4294.
email: junbomai@ucr.edu
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Vipul Shukla, M.S. in Biomedical Sciences (IIT concentration)
Degree: 2009 Major Advisor: R. Mark Wooten, Ph.D.
Thesis title: Intravital imaging of Borrelia burgdorferi in murine skin
Current position: Attending medical school at the University of Toledo
Address: UTHSC, College of Medicine, 3000 Arlington Avenue, Toledo, OH 43614-2598
email: vipul.shukla@rockets.utoledo.edu
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Ranendra Nath Dutta, Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences (IIT concentration)
Degree: 2008 Major Advisor: Isabel Novella, Ph.D.
Dissertation title: Experimental test of solitary wave theory in viral populations
Current position: Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Department of Biological Sciences,
Dr. Lirim Shemshedini's lab
Address: UTHSC, Mail Stop 1021, HSC, 3000 Arlington Avenue, Toledo, OH 43614-2598
Tel: 419-530-1553, Fax: 419-530-7737, Mail Stop 601
email: ranendra.dutta@rockets.utoledo.edu
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Sarah D. Smith, M.S. in Biomedical Sciences (IIT concentration)
Degree: 2008 Major Advisor: Isabel Novella, Ph.D.
Thesis title: Selection of generalists and specialists in viral quasispecies
email: sarah.smith12@rockets.utoledo.edu
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John Bernard Presloid, M.S. in Biomedical Sciences (IIT concentration)
Degree: 2008 Major Advisor: Isabel Novella, Ph.D.
Thesis title: Characterization of vesicular stomatitis virus strains with adaptability
differences
Current position: Research Assistant in the lab of Dr. Isabel Novella
Address: UTHSC, Mail Stop 1021, Dept. of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, 3000
Arlington Avenue, Toledo, OH 43614-2598
Tel: 419-383-4221 Fax: 419-383-3002
email: john.presloid@rockets.utoledo.edu
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Pablo Serrano Aybar, M.S. in Biomedical Sciences (IIT concentration)
Degree: 2008 Major Advisor: Z. Kevin Pan, M.D., Ph.D.
Thesis title: Mechanisms of induction of CCL20 in lung epithelial cells by Moraxella
catarrhalis
Current position: Resident in General Surgery at the University of Toledo.
email: pablo.serranoAybar@utoledo.edu
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Sumanta Mukherjee, Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences (IIT concentration)
Degree: 2008 Major Advisor: Z. Kevin Pan, M.D., Ph.D.
Dissertation title: LPS induced TH2 (Interleukin-4) cytokine production in macrophages and its regulation
Award: 2008 Outstanding PhD Student in Biomedical Sciences at the University of Toledo
Current position: Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Department of Pathology, The University
of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
email: sumanta_11@yahoo.com
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Xuesong Huang, Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences (IIT concentration)
Degree: 2007 Major Advisor: Z. Kevin Pan, M.D., Ph.D.
Dissertation title: The study on signal mechanism of protein kinase C Zeta-involved
NF-KB activation in LPS-stimulated TLR4 signaling pathways
Current position: Postdoctoral Research Associate, in the lab of Dr. Wen-Ming Chu,
Dept. of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology at
Brown University, 171 Meeting Street, Box G-B6, Providence, RI 02912
Tel: 401-863-9785
e-mail: Xuesong.Huang@Brown.edu
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John Lazarus, Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences (IIT concentration)
Degree: 2007 Major Advisor: R. Mark Wooten, Ph.D.
Dissertation title: A role for interleukin-10 in the murine model of lyme disease
Awards and Honors while a Graduate Student:
•outstanding student performance in the M.D./Ph.D. program
•received a scholarship to the UT Medical School
Current position: Residency at Case Western Reserve University
Tel: 419-383-3961
e-mail: john.lazarus@utoledo.edu
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Kylie Roach, M.S in Biomedical Sciences
Degree: 2007 Major Advisor: R. Mark Wooten, Ph.D.
Thesis title: A role for igIC in the growth and persistence of Francisella tularensis
within macrophages
Current position: Kylie lives in Chicago and attended Pacific College of Oriental
Medicine in Traditional Oriental Medicine
e-mail: leilabee@wildmail.com
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Rachel Balder, Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences
Degree: 2007 Major Advisor: Eric Lafontaine, Ph.D.
Dissertation title: Type V secretion system exoproteins and their roles in the adherence
of the gram-negative
bacterial pathogens Moraxella catarrhalis, Burkholderia pseudomallei and Burkholderia
mallei
Current Position: Postdoctoral Scientist in the lab of Dr. Lauren Bakaletz, The Research
Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, W591, Columbus, Ohio 43205.
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Brian Bullard, Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences
Degree: Ph.D., Major Advisor: Eric Lafontaine, Ph.D.
Dissertation title: Characterization of the Moraxella catarrhalis Hag Adhesin
Current Position: Post-doctoral Researcher, Molecular Virology, Immunology & Medical
Genetics College of Medicine, Ohio State University
address: Biomedical Research Tower, 460 W. 12th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210
email: brian.bullard@gmail.com
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Christine Akimana, Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences
Degree: 2007 Major Advisor: Eric Lafontaine, Ph.D.
Dissertation title: Structural and functional analysis of Moraxella catarrhalis adhesins
MCAP and OMPCD
Current Position: Post-doctoral Fellow, The University of Louisville, Louisville,
KY. In the laboratory of Dr. Yousef Abu-Kwaik, Bumgardner Chair in Molecular Pathogenesis,
Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Microbiology & Immunology. Research Tower,
HSC campus.
Tel: 502-852-6208 (lab)
email: c0akim01@gwise.louisville.edu
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Robert Lintner, Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences
Degree: 2007 Major Advisor: Robert Blumenthal, Ph.D.
Dissertation title: Comparative analysis and discovery of regulatory control
Current Position: Molecular Biologist II, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard University, 320
Charles Street, Cambridge, MA 02139
Tel: 617-324-3643
email: lintner@broad.mit.edu
Meenakshi Kaul Kaw, M.D., Ph.D. 2007 Major Advisor: Robert Blumenthal, Ph.D.
Dissertation Title: Translational control in Escherichia Coli: HFQ and PVUII
Last Known Position: Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the lab of Dr. Beata Lecka-Czernik,
Department of Orthopaedics, University of Toledo, 3000 Arlington Avenue, Mail Stop#1094
Tel: 419-383-3906
email: meenawkshi.kaw@utoledo.edu
Laura Smith, M.S. 2006 Major Advisor: Z. Kevin Pan, M.D., Ph.D.
Thesis Title: Effects of Bacterial Products on Human Blood Leukocytes
Last Known Position: Research Assistant, Case Western Reserve, Dept. of Pediatric Pulmonary, with Dr. Carol Liedtke, 14 Adelbert Hall, 10900 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH 44106
Tel: 216-368-4377
email: las63@case.edu
Eric Tarcha, Ph.D. May 2006 Major Advisor: Garry T. Cole, Ph.D.
Thesis Title: Application of immunoproteomics and bioinformatics to Coccidioidomycosis
vaccinology.
Last Known Position: Principal Scientist, Preclinical Development, Kineta, Inc.
307 Westlake Avenue North, Suite 200, Seattle, WA 98109
Tel: 206-378-0400 etarcha@kinetabio.com
Roger Herr, Ph.D. 2006 Major Advisor: Garry T. Cole, Ph.D.
Thesis Title: Evaluation of two homologous Coccioidioides posadasii antigens as recombinantly
expressed
monovalent, divalent, and chimeric vaccine candidates.
Last Known Position: Postdoctoral Fellow in the lab of Dr. Ted Hansen, Washington
University St. Louis; Immunology Program, 4940 Parkview Place, CSRB room #8851, campus
box 8118, St. Louis, MO 63110.
Tel: 314-362-2715 or 314-362-3996
email: rherr@pathology.wustl.edu
Amanda Melillo, M.S. 2005 Major Advisor: Dr. Darren Sledjeski
Thesis Title: Identification of Francisella tularensis outer membrane proteins
Last Known Position: Ph.D. student, Center for Immunology and Microbial Disease
Albany Medical College, 43 New Scotland Avenue, Albany, NY12208
Tel: 518-262-3125 Fax: 518-262-3165 email: melilla@mail.amc.edu
Craig N. Burkhart, M.S. 2003 Major Advisor: Dr. Paul Lehmann
Thesis Title: Nit sheath and bacterial symbiotes of Pediculus human capitis (the
Human Head Louse)
Last Known Position: M.D. - Clinical Research Professor in Dermatology, University
of North Carolina Hospital, 101 Manning Dr, Room 1107G W Wing, Chapel Hill, NC 27514.
email: Craig_unc@yahoo.com
Cristin Coco Brescia, Ph.D. 2001 Major Advisor: Dr. Darren Sledjeski
Dissertation Title: Characterizing the RNA-binding and chaperone activities of the
E. coli proteins, H-NS and HFQ
Last Known Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Biohazard Assessment Research Branch, Microbiological
& Chemical Exposure, Assessment Research Division, National Exposure Research Laboratory,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (MD-320), 26 W. Martin Luther King Drive, Cincinnati,
OH 45268
Tel: 513.569.7746
email: brescia.cristin@epa.gov or cristinbrescia@yahoo.com
Awards and Honors while a Graduate Student:
- Graduate Dean's award winner for 2003
- Medical University of Ohio 2001 Satellite's Scholarship 16th Annual Research Forum
- 2001 Dr. Liberato J.A. DiDio Award for Excellence in Graduate Research, Finalist
Tara Smith, Ph.D. 2002 Major Advisor: Dr. Michael Boyle
Current Position: Associate Professor, Dept of Epidemiology, College of Public Health,
University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA.
Tel: 319-384-5755
email: tara-smith@uiowa.edu
Awards and Honors while a Graduate Student:
- 2001 Donald C. Cox Award for Excellence in Graduate Research
- 2001 Dr. Liberato J.A. DiDio Award for Excellence in Graduate Research
- 2001-2002 National Institutes of Health Molecular Pathogenesis of Cancer Grant Trainee
Myrna Saouda Rezcallah, Ph.D. 2002 Major Advisor: Dr. Michael Boyle
Thesis Title: The regulation of SPEB, a putative virulence factor of Streptococcus
Pyogenes
Address: 1400 Laurel Ave., Apt. W1009, Minneapolis, MN 55403 Tel: 612-338-3426 email:
mrezca2002@yahoo.com
Victor Huber, Ph.D. 2002 Major Advisor: Dr. Dennis Metzger
Last Known Position: Assistant Professor, Influenza Immunity, Lee Medicine Building,
room 367, Division of Basic Biomedical Sciences, Sanford School of Medicine, The University
of South Dakota, 414 East Clark Street, Vermillion, SD 57069
Tel: 605-677-5163 Fax: 605-677-6381
email: victor.huber@usd.edu
Cori Fata-Hartley, Ph.D. Major Advisors: Drs. Stan and Dorothea Sawicki
Last Known Position: Assistant Professor, Lyman Briggs School, Dept. of Microbiology
& Molecular Genetics, Biology, Michigan State University,
186 East Holmes Hall, East Lansing, MI 48824
Tel: 517-353-4855 x1625
email: fatahart@msu.edu
Awards and Honors while a Graduate Student at MCO:
- 1999 Dr. Liberato J.A. DiDio Award for Excellence in Graduate Research
Abbey L. Carr, M.S. 2001 Major Advisor: Dr. Michael Boyle
Thesis Title: Analysis of the functional properties of the oxygen-stable hemolysin
(SLS) of Streptococcus pyogenes
Last Known Position: Research Assistant, Health Science General Surgery Section,
University of Michigan, 1518 MSRB1, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Tel: 734-647-2786
Awards and Honors while a Graduate Student:
- 2001 Dr. Liberato J.A. DiDio Award for Excellence in Graduate Research
Iris Keren, M.S. 2001 Advisor: Dr. Darrin Sledjeski
Last Known Position: Senior Research Assistant, Northeastern University, 134 Mugar
Hall, 360 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA 02115
Tel: 617-373-3267
email: i.keren@neu.edu
Tao Wang, Ph.D. Advisor: Dr. Dorothea Sawicki
Graduate Student: 1996-2001
Last Known Position: Residency Program in Pennsylvania
Awards and Honors while a Graduate Student:
- 2000 Annual American Society for Virology Travel Award
Bernard Arulanandam, Ph.D. 1999 Major Advisor: Dr. Metzger
Last Known Position: Professor of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Texas at
San Antonio. Office: BSB 2.03.16
Tel: 210-458-5492
email: Bernard.Arulanandam@utsa.edu
Awards and Honors while a Graduate Student:
- 1997 Dr. Liberato J.A. DiDio Award for Excellence in Graduate Research
- 1998 Dr. Liberato J.A. DiDio Award for Excellence in Graduate Research
- 1999 Graduate Dean's Award for Outstanding Graduate Student
Samir Bhagwat, Ph.D. 1999 Major Advisor: Dr. Robert Blumenthal
Last Known Position: Research Assistant Professor, Dept. of Pediatric Diseases, University
of Rochester, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Box 850, Rochester, NY 14642.
Tel: 585-273-3509 (office); 585-275-5099 (lab).
email: samir_bhagwat@urmc.rochester.edu
Renee Buchanan, Ph.D. 2000 Major Advisor: Dr. Dennis Metzger
Tel: 419-843-3499
Awards and Honors while a Graduate Student:
- 1998 First place award in Graduate Student Research Forum
email: renee.buchanan@gmail.com
Christina Whitman-Guliaev, M.S. 2000 Major Advisor: Dr. Michael Boyle
Last Known Position: Product Manager, Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. 6000 James Watson
Drive, Hercules, California 94547
Tel: 510-741-6845
Sybil D'Costa, Ph.D. 1998 Major Advisor: Dr. Michael Boyle
Last Known Position: Senior Staff Advanced Research Scientist, Beckman Coulter, Inc.
Custom Biopharma Solutions
11800 SW 147th Ave., Miami, FL 33196
Tel: 305-380-2574 or 800-327-6531 ext 2574
email: sybil.d'costa@coulter.com
Awards and Honors while a Graduate Student:
- 1997 Dr. Liberato J.A. DiDio Award for Excellence in Graduate Research
Zhuqing Li, M.D., Ph.D. 1998 Major Advisor: Dr. Michael Boyle
Last Known Position: Staff Scientist, NIH, National Eye Institute
2020 Vision Place, Bethesda, MD 20892-3655
Tel: 301-594-7429
email: liz@nei.nih.gov
Manda Rice, B.A. 1998 Major Advisor: Dr. Robert Blumenthal
Last Known Position: Manager of Community Outreach, Safe Kids Greater Toledo Coalition
Coordinator
Toledo Children's Hospital, 2142 North Cove Blvd., HMT 940, Toledo, OH 43606
Voice: 419-291-6806
Fax: 419-479-3269
Pager: 419-245-2170
email: manda.rice@promedica.org
Awards and Honors while a Graduate Student:
- 1993 MUO Bookstore Scholarship Award
Diane Ruth Younker, Ph.D. 1999 Advisor: Dr. Stanley Sawicki
Last Known Position: Scientist/Technical Lead in Pharmacotherapeutics - Wyle Laboratories
NASA-Johnson Space Center
2400 NASA Parkway, Mail code: Wyle/HAC/37A, Houston, TX 77058
Tel: 281-483-5266
email: diane.r.younker@nasa.gov
Awards and Honors while a Graduate Student:
- 1996 Second place prize for poster presentation, College of Graduate Studies Student
Research Forum
- 1997 American Society of Virology Travel Award
- 1999 American Society of Virology Travel Award
Gail M. Adams, Ph.D. 1996 Major Advisor: Dr. Robert Blumenthal
Last Known Position: Research Associate, Department of Neurosciences
The University of Toledo, Mail Stop #1007, 3000 Arlington Avenue, Toledo, Ohio 43614-2598
Tel: 419-383-6079
email: gail.adams@utoledo.edu
Awards and Honors while a Graduate Student:
- 1994 New England Biolabs Workshop Travel Award
- 1994 Honorable mention in the Graduate School Student Research Forum
J. Matthew Buchanan, M.S., J.D. 1996 Major Advisor: Dr. Dennis Metzger
Last Known Position: Attorney, Dunlap, Codding & Rogers, P.C., Intellectual Property
Law, The Tower, 1601 N.W. Expressway
Oklahoma City, OK 73118
Tel: 405-607-8600 Fax: 405-607-8686
Sharon S. Master, Ph.D. 1996 Major Advisor: Dr. Robert Blumenthal
Last Known Position: Research Fellow/Associate Scientist II, Dept Molecular Genetics
and Microbiology, The University of New Mexico,
Health Sciences Center, 915 Camino de Salud, NE, Albuquerque, NM 87131
Tel: 505-235-0983
email: smaster@salud.unm.edu
Roberta A. Raeder, M.S. in Biology 1997 Major Advisor: Dr. Michael Boyle
Thesis title: Response of Peripheral Blood Lymphocytes from the (NZB/NZW)F1 Mouse
to Phytohemagglutinin
Last Known Position: Retired
Address: 25 Pine Valley Road, Holland, OH 43528
email: rootig@aol.com
Indra Dé, Ph.D. 1995 Major Advisor: Dr. Dorothea Sawicki
Last Known Position: Indra De, M.D., Inc. in own clinical practice (Infectious Diseases);
located 2626 N. California Street F., Stockton, CA 95204
Tel: 209-941-8073
Awards and Honors while a Graduate Student:
- 1993 Dr. Liberato J.A. DiDio Award for Excellence in Graduate Research
- 1993 American Society for Virology Travel Award
- 1993 IXth International Congress of Virology Travel Award
- 1994 Dr. Liberato J.A. DiDio Award for Excellence in Graduate Research
- 1994 American Society for Virology Travel Award
- 1995 Graduate Dean's Award as Outstanding Ph.D. Graduate
Todd D. Pack, Ph.D. 1995 Major Advisor: Dr. Michael Boyle
Last Known Position: Senior Director, Research & Development, Meridian Bioscience, Inc.,
3471 River Hills, Cincinnati, OH 45244
Tel: 513-272-5263
Awards and Honors while a Graduate Student:
- 1994 American Society for Microbiology Travel Award
Laura (Ling) Vogel, Ph.D. 1996 Major Advisor: Dr. Dennis Metzger
Last Known Position: Associate Professor of Immunology, Associate Chair for Undergraduate
Studies, Dept of Biological Sciences, Illinois State University, Campus Box 4120, Normal
IL 61790-4120
Tel: 309-438-2479 Fax: 309-438-3722
Email: lavogel@ilstu.edu
Awards and Honors while a Graduate Student:
- 1995 Dr. Liberato J.A. DiDio Award for Excellence in Graduate Research
David M. Breines, Ph.D. 1995 Major Advisor: Dr. Jeff Burnham
Last Known Position: Associate Director, Regulatory Affairs, Takeda Global Research
& Development
Home address: 1226 Prairie Trail, Grayslake, IL 60030
Tel: 847-548-6587
email: davidbreines@yahoo.com
Hong Wang, Ph.D. 1994 Major Advisor: Dr. Michael Boyle
Graduate Student: 1990-1994
Peggy A. Frame-Bibler, M.S. 1991 Major Advisor: Dr. Earl Freimer
Thesis title: The Effectiveness of GN Broth and Selenite Broth in Enhancing the Growth
of Some Fecal Pathogens
Formerly: Supervisor, Microbiology Department, Defiance Hospital, 1206 E. Second
Street, Defiance, OH 43512
Deceased - 2006
Diming Lin, Ph.D. 1995 Major Advisor: Dr. Paul F. Lehmann
Thesis title: Molecular-Genetic Analysis of Candida Species and Other Fungi of Medical
Importance
Last Known Position: Importer of scientific instrumentation and supplies, Rochester,
New York
Tel: 716-288-5185
Awards and Honors while a Graduate Student:
- 1994 Milton Huppert Student Research Award of the Medical Mycological Society of
the Americas
- 1993 American Society for Microbiology Travel Award
- 1994 American Society for Microbiology Travel Award
Yun-Fen Wang, Ph.D. 1993 Major Advisor: Dorothea L. Sawicki, Ph.D.
Thesis title: Identification and Analysis of Proteins Essential for Alphavirus Negative-Strand
RNA Synthesis
Last Known Position: M.D., Associate Professor, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Emory
University,
Director of Microbiology, Immunology, Molec. Diagnostics, Grady Memorial Hospital,
Atlanta
Director of Laboratory, Grady Health Center at East Point, GA. North DeKalb Health
Ctr, Chamblee, GA
Address: Emory Univ. School of Medicine, Grady Memorial Hospital, Rm D-119, 80 Jesse
Hill Dr., Atlanta, GA 30303
Tel: 404-616-3432 email: yfwang@emory.edu
URL: http://pathology.emory.edu/AdminFacultyMember.cfm?Name_seq=663
Awards and Honors while a Graduate Student:
- 1991 Honorable Mention, Sixth Annual Graduate Student Research Forum
- 1992 The American Society for Virology Travel Award
- 1992 Dr. Liberato J.A. DiDio Award for Excellence in Graduate Research
- 1993 Dean's Award for Outstanding Graduate Student
Ronald A. Otten, Ph.D. 1992 Major Advisor: Dr. Michael Boyle
Last Known Position: Chair, IACUC for CDC-Atlanta); Research Microbiologist in the
Div. of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Laboratory Branch.
Div. of HIV/AIDS Prevention NCHHSTP, CCID, CDC Mailstop G-45; 1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta,
GA 30333
Tel: 404-639-1018 Fax: 404-;639-1174
email: ROtten@cdc.gov
Awards and Honors while a Graduate Student:
- 1992 Dean's Award for Outstanding Graduate Student
Tao Tao, Ph.D. 1992 Major Advisor: Dr. Robert Blumenthal
Last Known Position: Staff Scientist, NIH, National Library of Medicine, National
Center for Biotechnology Information (NIH/NLM/NCBI).
Tel: 301-402-4054
email: tao@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Awards and Honors while a Graduate Student:
- 1991 Dr. Liberato J.A. DiDio Award for Excellence in Graduate Research Competition
David J. Barton, Ph.D. 1989 Major Advisor: Dr. Dorothea Sawicki
Last Known Position: Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology, University of
Colorado at Denver Anschutz Medical Campus, PO Box ;6511, MS 8333, Aurora, CO 80045
Tel: 303-724-4224
URL: http://uchsc.digitalassetsinc.com/Faculty/Barton.php
Awards and Honors while a Graduate Student:
- 1986 Dr. Liberato J.A. DiDio Award for Excellence in Graduate Research
- 1987 Dr. Liberato J.A. DiDio Award for Excellence in Graduate Research
- 1988 Dr. Liberato J.A. DiDio Award for Excellence in Graduate Research
- 1989 Dr. Liberato J.A. DiDio Award for Excellence in Graduate Research
- 1989 Dean's Award for Outstanding Graduate Student
Chiu-Bin Hsiao, M.S. in Biology 1993 Major Advisor: Dr. Paul F. Lehmann
Thesis title: Isoenzymes and Glucose Control in Candida
Last Known Position: Medicine, Erie County Medical Center, AIDS Services, 462 Grider
Street, Buffalo, NY 14215
Tel: 716-898-4119
Email: chsiao@buffalo.edu
Linong Guan, Ph.D. in Biology 1992 Major Advisor: Dr. Jeffrey C. Burnham
Thesis title: The Postantibiotic Effects of Quinolone Antibiotics in Escherichia coli
Last Known Position: Technical Representative, Rohman-Haas
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Scott A. Whalen, Ph.D. in Biology 1984 Major Advisor: Dr. Stanley Sawicki
Thesis title: Replication of human adenovirus Type 2 in different kinds of human
and monkey cells
Last Known Position: CEO, St. Vincent's HealthCare, 1 Shircliff Way, Jacksonville,
FL 32204
Tel: 904-308-7300
email: scott.whalen@jaxhealth.com
William A. Cafruny, Ph.D. 1979, M.S. in 1975 Advisor: Dr. David Senitzer
Ph.D. Thesis title: Cell-Mediated Autoimmunity in the Mouse, and an Investigation
of Immune Regulation by a Humoral Mechanism
M.S. Thesis title: The Induction of Cell-Mediated Immunity to Cardiac Determinants
by Streptococcal Immunization
Last Known Position: Professor, Immunology / Virology, The University of South Dakota, 253
Lee Medicine & Science Building • Vermillion, SD 57069
Tel: 605-677-5168
email: bcafruny@usd.edu
URL: http://www.usd.edu/biomed/java/faculty/biosketch/williamcafruny.shtml
Gayle E. Woloschak, Ph.D. in Biology 1981 Major Advisor: Dr. David Senitzer
Thesis title: B-Cell Responses in Autoimmune Mice: Antibody Production and Polyclonal
Activation
Last Known Position: Gayle E. Woloschak, Professor, Department of Radiology, Center for Genetic Medicine,
Northwestern University, 676 N. Saint Clair St., Suite 1260, Chicago, IL 60611
Tel: 312-503-5600
E-mail: g-woloschak@northwestern.edu URL: http://www.cgm.northwestern.edu/faculty_bios/woloschak.htm
Donald C. Sun, Ph.D. 1976 Major Advisor: Dr. Jeffrey Burnham
Thesis title: A Cytochemical and Physiological Study of Photosynthetic and Respiratory
Electron Reactions in Phormidium Luridum var. Olivacea.
Kenneth R. Krupp, M.S. in Biology 1976 Major Advisor: Dr. David Seintzer
Thesis title: A Review: Possible Mechanisms Responsible for the Immune Retention of
the Fetus as an Allograft
Last Known Position: Physician, Haematology-Oncology Associates of Ohio & Michigan,
Address: 8166 Douglas Rd, Lambertville, MI 48144
Tel: 734-847-4900 email: info@haem-onc.com
Nancy Collins, M.S. in Biology 1973 Advisor: Dr. Earl Freimer
Thesis title: In Vivo and in vitro Studies of the Immunologic Reaction of Mice to
Antigens from Streptoccus Pyogenes
Last Known Position: Dr. Collins is a researcher at The University of Toledo,3000
Arlington Avenue, Toledo, OH 43614-2598.
email: nancy.collins@utoledo.edu
Donna Woodson, M.D., Ph.D. Major Advisor: Dr. Earl Freimer
Thesis title: Evaluation of Leukocyte Function: A Comparison of the Nitro Blue Tetrazolium
and Phagocytosis Tests
Current Position: M.D., University of Toledo, Director of Women's Health, Dept of
Family Medicine, 3000 Arlington Ave., Mail Stop #1179, Toledo, OH 43614
Tel: 419-383-4000
email: donna.woodson@utoledo.edu
Margarete Sielicki, M.S. in Biology 1972 Major Advisor: Dr. Jeffrey Burnham
Thesis title: The Effect of Selenium on the Ultrastructure and Physiological Properties
of the Blue-Green Alga, Phormidium luridum var. olivacea
Last Known Position: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California
La Jolla, CA 92093
