Distinguished PhD Alumni in Microbiology and Immunology
| Name | Year Ph.D. Conferred |
Current Position |
|---|---|---|
| Paul Bleicher, MD, PhD | 1983 | Founder & Chairman Phase Forward, Inc. Waltham, MA |
| Robert A. Burne, PhD | 1987 | Professor & Chair, Oral Biology University of Florida Gainesville, FL |
| Jean Cardinale, PhD | 2000 | Associate Professor of Biology Alfred University Alfred, NY |
| Aida Casiano-Colón, PhD | 1990 | Microbiology Clinical Director Integrated Regional Laboratories Ft. Lauderdale, FL |
| Michael Centrella, PhD | 1978 | Professor of Plastic Surgery Yale University New Haven, CT |
| Virginia L. Clark, PhD | 1977 | Associate Professor of Microbiology & Immunology University of Rochester Rochester, NY |
| John F. Dipersio, MD, PhD | 1980 | Lewis T. & Rosalind B. Apple Professor of Medicine Chief, Medical Oncology Section Professor of Pediatrics & Pathology Deputy Director, Siteman Cancer Center |
| Mildred Donlon, PhD | 1974 | Program Manager, Defense Sciences Office, Defense Advanced Research Projects (DARPA) Arlington, VA |
| Connie Erickson-Miller, PhD | 1989 | Director Oncology Translational Research GlaxoSmithKline Research & Development Collegeville, PA |
| Stephen Farrand, PhD | 1973 | Professor of Microbiology and Plant Pathology University of Illinois Urbana, IL |
| Eric Fedyk, PhD | 1983 | Professor University of Maryland School of Medicine Baltimore, MD |
| Michael Gambello, MD, PhD | 1993 | Assistant Professor Department of Pediatrics Division of Genetics University of Texas-Houston Medical School |
| Caroline A. Genco, PhD | 1987 | Professor of Medicine and Microbiology Boston University Boston, MA |
| Suryaram Gummuluru, PhD | 1997 | Assistant Professor of Microbiology Boston University Boston MA |
| Julia Lea Greenstein, PhD | 1981 | President Life Science Advisors West Newton, MA |
| Laura Haynes, PhD | 1992 | Associate Member Trudeau Institute Saranac Lake, NY |
| Peter K. Hocknell, PhD | 2002 | Senior Scientist, Discovery Research Adnexus Therapeutics, Inc. Waltham, MA |
| Shekema A. Hodge, PhD | 1999 | Manager, Global Clinical Immunology Sanofi Pasteur Swiftwater, PA |
| Matthew Hoffman, PhD | 1993 | Investigator and Chief Matrix and Morphogenesis Unit NIDCR/NIH Bethesda, MD |
| James W. Jacobberger, PhD | 1983 | Professor Division of General Medical Sciences Case Western Cleveland, OH |
| Luc F. Joseph, MD, PhD | 1996 | Instructor in Pediatrics Harvard Boston, MA |
| Daniel Keller, PhD | 1980 | Founder and President Keller Broadcasting Glenside, PA |
| Kenneth Klimpel, PhD | 1988 | Global Director - Innovation Colgate-Palmolive Piscataway, NJ |
| Wendi L. Kuhnert, PhD | 1999 | Chief, Hepatitis Reference Lab Acting Deputy Director, Laboratory Branch Division of Viral Hepatitis Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Atlanta, GA |
| Philip Matsumura, PhD | 1975 | Editor-in-Chief Journal of Bacteriology Professor University of Chicago Chicago, IL |
| Alexander J. McAdam, MD, PhD | 1993 | Assistant Professor of Pathology Harvard Boston, MA |
| Thomas L. McCarthy, PhD | 1981 | Associate Professor Department of Surgery Yale University New Haven, CT |
| Jan A. Moynihan, PhD | 1984 | The George L. Engel Professor of Psychiatry Director, The Institute in Psychiatric and Behavioral Sciences University of Rochester Rochester, NY |
| James M. Musser, MD, PhD | 1988 | Co-Director and Executive Vice President The Fondren Foundation Distinguished Endowed Chair The Methodist Hospital Research Institute Houston, TX |
| Martin S. Pavelka, Jr., PhD | 1994 | Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology University of Rochester Rochester, NY |
| Aaron Proweller, MD, PhD | 1997 | Assistant Professor Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH |
| Diana Ramirez-Bergeron, PhD | 1997 | Assistant Professor of Medicine Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, Ohio |
| Robert C Rose, PhD | 1994 | Associate Professor of Medicine University of Rochester Rochester, NY |
| Barbara B. Rundell, PhD | 1979 | Professor of Biology, College of DuPage Glen Ellyn, IL |
| Andrew M. Scala, PhD | 1977 | Professor and Department Head Allied Health and Biological Sciences Department Dutchess Community College Poughkeepsie, NY |
| Gregory Sempowski, PhD | 1997 | Associate Professor, Department of Medicine and Pathology Director, Laboratory of T-Cell Biology and Immune Reconstitution Duke University Medical Center Durham, NC |
| Anthony Sinai, PhD | 1994 | Associate Professor Dept of Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics University of Kentucky |
| Stitaya Sirisinha, PhD | 1965 | Professor Mahidol Universtiy Thailand |
| Daniel, Stein, PhD | 1981 | Professor University of Maryland College Park, MD |
| Claudia C. Stewart, PhD | 1979 | Vice President for Technology Commercialization Georgetown University Washington, DC |
| Scott Sutton, PhD | 1987 | Sr. Director, Microbiology Services at Vectech Pharmaceutical Consultants President, Pharmaceutical Microbiology Forum Owner, The Microbiology Network, Inc. Rochester, NY |
| Fred C. Tenover, PhD | 1981 | Senior Director, Scientific Affairs Cepheid Inc. Sunnyvale, CA |
| Stephen R. Thom, MD, PhD | 1981 | Professor of Emergency Medicine, Chief Hyperbaric Medicine University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA |
| David L. Watkins, PhD | 1985 | Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine University of Wisconsin Madison, WI |
| Theresa Westbay, PhD | 1984 | Chair, Department of Biology St John Fisher College Rochester, NY |
| Thomas Westbrook, PhD | 2003 | Assistant Professor Baylor College of Medicine Houston, TX |
| Katharine Whartenby, PhD | 1992 | Assistant Professor of Oncology Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD |
| Mary Jo Wick, PhD | 1990 | Professor, The Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg Department of Microbiology and Immunology and The Mucosal Immunobiology and Vaccine Center (MIVAC) Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Terry Wright, PhD | 1995 | Associate Professor University of Rochester Rochester, NY |
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