Principal Investigators

Photo of M. Kerry O'Banion
M. Kerry O'Banion, M.D., Ph.D. University of Rochester work Box 603 601 Elmwood Ave Rochester NY 14642 office: MC 5-8527A p 585-275-5185
Photo of John Olschowka
John A. Olschowka, Ph.D. University of Rochester work Box 603 601 Elmwood Ave Rochester NY 14642 office: MC 5-6312 p 585-275-8238

Previous Graduate Students

Anna Yermakova Allen, M.D., Ph.D.

Graduate Student, 1996 – 2000

Currently: Practicing Ophthalmology in Albany, New York

Julia Chang, Ph.D.

Graduate Student, 1992 – 1995

Currently: Professor, Department of Physical Therapy, Mount St. Mary’s College, Los Angeles, California

Colin Combs, Ph.D.

Graduate Student, 1992 – 1996

Currently: Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Physiology & Therapeutics, University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Grand Forks, North Dakota

Joel Dopp, Ph.D.

Graduate Student, 1988 – 1993

Currently: Clinical Science Manager, Abbott Immunology, Cleveland, OH

Tina Huang, Ph.D.

Graduate Student, 1994 – 2001

Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, Rush University, Section of Nutrition and Nutritional Epidemiology, Chicago, Illinois.

Mitchell D. Kaplan, D.D.S., Ph.D.

Graduate Student, 1994 – 2000

Currently: Practicing Periodontics in Ann Arbor, Michigan

Stephanos Kyrkanides, D.D.S., Ph.D.

Graduate Student, 1996 – 1999

Currently: Professor and Chairman, Department of Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry, Stony Brook University Medical Center, New York

Mary E. Maida, Ph.D.

Graduate Student, 1996 – 2002

Currently: President and CEO, Clerisy Corporation, Rochester, New York

Sarah Bliss Matousek, Ph.D.

Graduate Student, 2004 – 2010

Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow (Dual Appointment), Brigham & Women's Hospital & Harvard Medical School, Boston MA

Michael James Moravan, M.D., Ph.D.

Graduate Student

Currently: Medical Student, University of Rochester

Tracy Romano, Ph.D.

Graduate Student, 1986 – 1993

Currently: Senior Vice President of Research, Mystic Aquarium & Institute for Exploration, Mystic, CT

Solomon S. Shaftel, M.D., Ph.D.

Graduate Student, 2002 – 2009

Currently: Resident in Ophthalmology, University of California, San Diego

Yuriy Shapovalov, Ph.D.

Graduate Student, 2000 – 2007

Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, URMC, Majewska Lab

Virginia D. Winn, M.D., Ph.D.

Graduate Student, 1991 – 1994

Currently: Assistant Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology and Basic Reproductive Sciences, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Aurora, Colorado

Boyu Zhao, M.D., Ph.D.

Graduate Student, 1988 – 1994

Currently: Scientist, Drug Discovery, RW Johnson Pharmaceutical Research Institute, Spring House, PA