University of Rochester - Medical Scientist Training Program

Recent Graduates

2011

Alumnus Graduate Program Thesis Title Current Position

Robert D. Ambrosini

Automated Detection and Growth Rate Determination of Metastatic Tumors in the Brain and Lungs

Diagnostic Radiology Resident, Strong Memorial Hospital, University of Rochester

Abdallah Y. Bitar

Progress Toward The Total Synthesis of Roseophilin

Internal Medicine Research Track Resident, Scripps Clinic/Green Hosp, San Diego, CA

Qi NanNan Cui

Cross-sensory Plasticity and Integration in Human Audio-visual Spatial Processing

Ophthalmology Resident, UCSF, San Francisco, CA

Katherine Eisenberg

Lead Exposure in Refugee Children in the United States

Family Medicine/Urban Resident, Strong Memorial Hospital, University of Rochester

Conan Kinsey

Autophagy Induced by Cooperating Oncogenic Mutations is Essential for the Cancer Phenotype and Requires the Expression of the Novel Cooperation Response Gene Plac8

Internal Medicine Resident, Univ. Utah Affiliated Hospitals, Salt Lake City, UT

Kofi Mensah

Type I Interferon Effects on Osteoclast Fusion: Insights into Non-Erosive Inflammatory Arthritis

Orthopaedic Surgery Resident, Hospital for Special Surgery (Cornell Univ.), NYC

David Meoli

Vascular Cell Migration in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Internal Medicine Research Track Resident, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

Michael James Moravan

Irradiation of mouse brain leads to neuroinflammation and delayed infiltration of immune cells: role of interleukin-1 and ccr2 signaling

Neurological Surgery Resident, Strong Memorial Hosp., University of Rochester

Nancy Ann Oberheim Bush

The Functional Organization of Astrocytes in Normal and Epileptic Brain

Neurology Resident, UCSF, San Francisco, CA

2010

Alumnus Graduate Program Thesis Title Current Position

Yasser Elshatory

The LIM-Homeobox Gene Islet-1 is a Key Regulator of Restricted Neuronal Subtypes in the Retina and Forebrain

Ophthalmology Resident, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK

James M. Hart

NMR-Assisted Prediction of RNA Secondary Structure

Systems Engineer, Medical Diagnostics Division, Abbott Laboratories, Dallas, TX

Sarita Anisha Kishore

The Attentional Modulation of Navigational Cue Integration by Cortical Neurons

Ophthalmology Resident, University of Louisville Med. Ctr., KY

Marlene T. Mathews

PARP-1 Inhibition Transactivates the Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-2 and Enhances Endothelial Angiogenesis and Survival

Alexander T. Pearson

Subset Selection for High Dimensional Data, with Applications to Gene Array Data

Internal Medicine Internship and Residency, University of Michigan Hospitals, Ann Arbor, MI

Laurie Robak

The Structural Basis of the Interaction between Myelin-Associated Glyoprotein and Nogo Receptor 2: Design of Novel Therapeutic Agents for Spinal Cord Injury

Medical Genetics/Pediatrics Internship and Residency, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

2009

Alumnus Graduate Program Thesis Title Current Position

Cindy Duke

Optimization of a Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Amplicon Vectored HIV-1 Vaccine Candidate

Ob/Gyn Residency, Johns Hopkins Hospital, MD

Amish Naik

The Role of Cyclooxygenase-2 and Parathyroid Hormone in Mesenchymal Progenitor Cell Function during Senescent Fracture Healing

Orthopaedic Surgery Residency, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH

Babak Razavi

Multi-Sensory Integration: Intra- and Extra- Auditory Factors that Influence Sound Localization

Neurology Resident, UC Davis Medical Center, CA

Solomon S. Shaftel

The Role of Interleukin-1 Beta (IL-1â) in Chronic Neuroinflammation, Alzheimer's Disease and Leukocyte Recruitment to the Mouse Brain"

Ophthalmology Resident, UC San Diego, CA

Christine Gorman Zanghi

Design of a New Lambda Bacteriophage Vector System: Rational Improvement of Phage-Mediated Gene Transfer in Mammalian Cells Through Multiple Modifications to the Phage Surface

Resident, Anesthesiology, University of Rochester Medical Center

2008

Alumnus Graduate Program Thesis Title Current Position

Tara Arndt Wenger

Eyeblink Conditioning in Children with Autism

Resident, Pedatrics, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia