The University of Toledo

Kristine Angevine
PhD  Graduated 2012 
Project: The interaction of endothelial cells and mesenchymal stem cells.
Advisor: Dr. Mensah-Osman
E-mail: Kristine.Angevine@rockets.utoledo.edu

Kristine is a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Biological Chemistry at the University of Michigan.

Jean-Yves Tano
PhD  Graduated 2012
Project: The role of TRPC3 channels in macrophage survival: Potential implications in atherogenesis.
Advisor: Dr. Guillermo Vazquez
E-mail: Jean-Yves.Tano@rockets.utoledo.edu

Jean-Yves is a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Dr. Guillermo Vazquez in the Department of Physiology & Pharmacology.

Leah Wuescher
Ph.D. Graduated 2012
Project: The role of the menin protein in hepatic metabolism.
Advisor: Dr. Mensah-Osman
E-mail: Leah.Palladino@rockets.utoledo.edu

Leah has joined the UT Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology as a postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Randall Worth's laboratory.

Qiqi Ye
PhD   Graduated 2012
Project: Regulation of SRC by alpha 1 Na/K-ATPase
Advisor:  Dr. Zi-Jian Xie
E-mail:  Qiqi.Ye@rockets.utoledo.edu

Yan Yanling
PhD  Graduated 2012
Project:  Na/K-ATPase signaling mediates renal sodium handling
Advisor:  Dr. Joseph Shapiro
E-mail:  Yanling.Yan@utoledo.edu

Dr. Yanling accepted a postdoctoral fellow position at the University of West Virginia in Dr. Shapiro's lab.

Sumona Ghosh 
PhD   Graduated 2012
Project: A novel role for CEACAM1 in hepatic stellate cell activation in the progression of non-alcoholic steatopepatitis
Advisor: Dr. Sonia Najjar  (CeDER)
E-mail: Sumona.Ghosh@rockets.utoledo.edu       

Steven Haller
PhD   Graduated 2012
Project: Marinobufagenin Induced Uremic Cardiomyopathy: The role of passive immunization, rapamycin, and CD40 signaling in the generation of renal fibrosis
Advisor:  Dr. Joseph Shapiro
E-mail:  Steven.Haller@utoledo.edu

Steven is a postdoctoral fellow in the UT Department of Medicine. 

Sadeesh Kumar Ramakrishnan
PhD   Graduated 2012
Project:  Dietary fat regulates metabolic and mitogenic effects of insulin
Advisor: Dr. Sonia Najjar  (CeDER)
E-mail: Sadeesh.Ramakrishnan@utoledo.edu    

Kathryn Smedlund
PhD   Graduated 2011
Project: The role of TRPC3 channels in the molecular and cellular events associated to atherogenesis
Advisor: Dr. Guillermo Vazquez   
E-mail: Kathryn.Smedlund@rockets.utoledo.edu

Katie is a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Dr. Guillermo Vazquez, UT Department of Physiology and Pharmacology.

Yeshavanth Banasavadi-Siddegowda
Ph.D. Graduated 2011
Project:  Functional dissection of FKBP38 in the biogenesis of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator in the endoplasmic reticulum
Advisor: Dr. Xiaodong Wang
E-mail: Yeshavanthkumar.BanasavadiSiddegowda@rockets.utoledo.edu

Ashwin Prakash
Ph.D.  Graduated 2011
Project:  Evolution and function of compositional patterns in mammalian genomes
Advisor:  Dr. Alexei Fedorov
Advisor: E-mail: Ashwin.Prakash@utoledo.edu

Sima Rahman
Ph.D. Graduated 2011
Project:  Role of PPARγ2 in Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cell Lineage Allocation and Regulation of Bone Mass
Advisor: Beata Lecka-Czernik, Ph.D.
E-mail: Sima.Rahman@rockets.utoledo.edu

Vipula Petluru
Ph.D. Graduated 2011
Project: Selective modulation of PPARγ activities in marrow mesenchymal stem cells and their effects on bone
Advisor:  Beata Lecka-Czernik, Ph.D.
E-mail:  Vipula.Petluru@rockets.utoledo.edu

Shuai Dong
M.S. Graduated 2011
Project: The Na/K-ATPase/Caveolin-1 Interaction Regulates Cell Growth via a Cholesterol-Dependent Mechanism.
Advisor: Zi-Jian Xie, Ph.D.
E-Mail:  Shuai.Dong@rockets.utoledo.edu

Thomas Bowman
Ph.D. Graduated 2010
Project:  Hepatic CEACAM1 Protects Against Diet-Induced Obesity
Advisor: Sonia Najjar, Ph.D.
E-mail: Thomas.Bowman@rockets.utoledo.edu

Tom will do his post-dcotoral work with Dr. Andrew Greenberg  at the Human Nutrition Research Center of Tufts University in Boston.

Garrett Heinrich
Ph.D. Graduated 2010
Project:  A Role for CEACAM2 in Energy Balance and Peripheral Insulin Action
Advisor: Sonia Najjar, Ph.D.
E-mail: Garrett.Heinrich@rockets.utoledo.edu

Garrett is now doing post-doctoral work in the laboratory of Domenico Accili, M.D., in the Dept. of Medicine at Columbia University in New York City. 

Terry Hinds
Ph.D. Graduated 2010
Project:  Fatty Acid and Glucocorticoid Regulation of Lipid Storage and Obesity via Protein Phosphatase 5
Advisor: Edwin Sanchez, Ph.D.
E-mail: Terry.Hinds@rockets.utoledo.edu

Terry, Assistant Professor in research and teaching, is a member of the UT Department of Physiology/Pharmacology.

Jehnan Liu
M.D., Ph.D. Received PhD 2010
Project:  Correlation Between Visceral Obesity and Cancer Development
Advisor: Sonia Najjar, Ph.D.
E-mail: Jehnan.Liu@rockets.utoledo.edu

Payal Patel
Ph.D. Graduated 2010
Project:  Free Fatty Acid Regulation of CEACAM1
Advisor: Sonia Najjar, Ph.D.
E-mail: Payal.Patel@rockets.utoledo.edu

Payal has accepted a postdoctoral position in Dr. Jason Kim's lab at University of Massachusetts Medical School.

Gargi Roy
Ph.D. Graduated 2010
Project:  Sorting Signals, Domain Conformation and Interdomain Interactions in CFTR Misprocessing and Rescue
Advisor: Xiaodong Robert Wang, Ph.D.

Gargi is doing post-doctoral work with Dr. James Douglas Engel, Ph.D., G. Carl Huber Professor of Developmental Biology, Chair, Cell & Developmental Biology, and Co-Director of the Center for Organogenesis, at the University of Michigan

Rudel Saunders
Ph.D. Graduated 2009
Project:  Characterization of the Anti-Obesity and Antiadipogenic Effects of the Limonoid Prieurianin
Advisor: Khew-Voon Chin, Ph.D.
E-mail: Rudel.Saunders@utoledo.edu

Rudel is a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Dr. Mark Wooten in the Dept. of Medical Microbiology and Immunology at UT.

Anita Saxena
Ph.D. Graduated 2010
Project:  Hsp105 Plays an Important Role in the ER Associated Folding and Conformational Maturation of DF508-CFTR Thereby Increasing its Export at the Cell Surface
Advisor: Xiaodong Robert Wang, Ph.D.
E-mail: Anita.Saxena@rockets.utoledo.edu

Samuel Shepard
Ph.D. Graduated 2010
Project:  Pattern Formation and Self-Organization in the Human Genome and Other Species
Advisor:  Alexei Fedorov, Ph.D.
E-mail: Samuel.Shepard@utoledo.edu

Maria Szkudlarek
Ph.D. Graduated 2010
Project:  Transcriptional Regulation of Adipogenesis by Prieurianin
Advisor:  Khew-Voon Chin, Ph.D.
E-mail: Maria.szkudlarek@utoledo.edu

Shadi Zahedi
M.S.B.S. Graduated 2010
Advisor:  David Giovannucci, Ph.D.
E-mail: Shadi.Zahedi@rockets.utoledo.edu