University of Rochester - Medical Scientist Training Program

Recent Graduates

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

2007

Alumnus Graduate Program Thesis Title Current Position

Matthew J. Bellizzi

From Synaptic Transmission to Excitotoxic Injury: Pathways to Neuronal Damage and Strategies for Protection in a Model of HIV-Associated Dementia

Neurology Resident, University of Rochester, Rochester NY

Kuei Cheng Lim

Activity-dependent secretion, localization and proteolytic processing of nerve growth factor in hippocampal neurons

Resident, Neurology, NY University Medical Center, NY

2006

Alumnus Graduate Program Thesis Title Current Position

Antonia Eyssallenne

The Influence of p190 bcr-abl on B-lymphopoiesis

Resident in Jay Weiss Residency Program, Social Medicine and Health Equity, Jackson Memorial Hospital/University of Miami

Anthony R. Flores

B-Lactam Antibiotic Resistance in Mycobacterium smegmatis and mycobacterium tuberculosis

Fellowship in Pediatric Infectious Disease, Baylor College Medical Center

Jason Homsy

Investigations in Characterizing the Role and Regulation of the JNK Cascade in Morphogenetic Events of Drosophila Melanogaster

Resident, Internal Medicine, Boston University Medical Center

2005

Alumnus Graduate Program Thesis Title Current Position

Ryan J. Hoefen

Functional analysis of G protein-coupled receptor kinase interacting protein 1 (GIT1)

Resident, Internal Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center

Willis Huang

T-cell control of bone turnover: Cytokines and cellular mechanisms

Chief Resident in Diagnostic Radiology, UCLA Medical Center

Jason Mendler

Investigating the role of alpha 6 integrin in malignant cell transformation

Clinical Fellowship in Hematology/Oncology, Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, OH

Ricardo Roda

The mechanism of recombination in HIV-1

Resident, Dept. of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University, MD

Mikhail Roshal

Activation of the DNA-damage responsive signaling by HIV-1 VPR, roles of ATR and CHK1 and implications for HIV-1 replication and pathogenesis

Co-Chief Resident, Dept. of Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle