Program Alumni
2020201920182017
2020
Jonathan Bartko, Ph.D.Characterizing Context-Specific Roles for CHOP in ER Stress Signaling and
Neurodevelopment
Advisor: Marc Halterman, M.D., Ph.D.
Katherine Best, Ph.D.Defining Tendon Cell Localization, Functions, and Fate During Acute Flexor Tendon Injury and Repair
Advisor: Alayna Loiselle, Ph.D.
Now: Postdoctoral Associate at University of Rochester
Fu Ju Chou, Ph.D.The New Therapeutic Strategies for Improving the Efficacy and Reducing the Adverse Effects of Radiotherapy for Early Stage of Prostate Cancer
Advisor: Chawnshang Chang, Ph.D.
Now: Postdoctoral Researcher at National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Madison Doolittle, Ph.D.Investigating the Role of ZBTB40 in the Regulation of Osteoblast Function and Bone Mass
Advisor: Cheryl Ackert-Bicknell, Ph.D.
Now: Research Fellow at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Robert Hoff, Ph.D.Signal-dependent Activation of CncC, the Drosophila Homolog of Mammalian Nrf1 and Nrf2, is Repressed by Age and Neurodegenerative Factors
Advisor: Dirk Bohmann, Ph.D.
Now: Postdoctoral Associate at Richard Cripps, San Diego State Univ., San Diego,CA
Jinbo Li, Ph.D.TGFβ-induced degradation of TRAF3 in mesenchymal progenitor cells causes age-related osteoporosis
Advisor: Brendan Boyce, M.B.Ch.B.
Xi Lin, Ph.D.The Effects of Macrophage on the Synovial Lymphatic System in Mice with Posttraumatic Osteoarthritis
Advisor: Lianping Xing, B.Med., Ph.D.
Now: Postdoctoral Associate at University of Rochester, Dept. Pathology
Jerry Saunders, Ph.D.16, 16-Dimethyl prostaglandin E2 (dmPGE2) and lisinopril cooperatively improve survival and mitigate injury in hematopoietic-acute radiation syndrome (H-ARS)
Advisor: James Palis, M.D.
Now: Returned to Medical School at Unviersity of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Chao Xue, Ph.D.2019
Richard D. Bell, Ph.D.Elucidating the Role of the Synovial Lymphatic Systems in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Advisor: Edward Schwarz, Ph.D.
Now: Postdoctoral Fellow at Ivashkiv Lab, David Z. Rosensweig Genomic Research Ct., Hospital for Special Surgery, NY, NY
Brianna Harley (Shares) Kalicharan, Ph.D.The Role of Mitochondria in BMSC Osteogenic Function
Advisor: Roman Eliseev, M.D., Ph.D.
Now: Co-Director at UofR Cell Therapy Manufacturing Facility, Team-BMTD MS Program Dir.
Allison Li, Ph.D.Assessing the Role of Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS)-Induced Bone Marrow Microenvironment Remodeling in MDS Progression
Advisor: Laura Calvi, M.D.
Now: Medical Student at University of Rochester Medical School, Rochester, NY
Robert Maynard, Ph.D.Establishing the Functional Role of Cped1 in the Genetic Regulation of the Osteoblast
Now: Instructor of Orthopedics at Univ. Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
2018
Haiqing Bai, Ph.D.Pump Independent Functions of the Na+, K+ -ATPase B1 Subunit in Restoring Alveolar Epithelial Barrier
Advisor: David Dean, Ph.D.
Now: Postdoc Fellow
at Wyss Inst. Biologic Engineering Boston Mass.
Sarah Elizabeth Catheline, Ph.D.Inflammation in Osteoarthritis Pathogenesis: Contribution of IKKB/NF-KB Signaling and Interplay with Chondrocyte Hypertrophy
Now: Postdoctoral Fellow at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Irina Lerman, M.D., Ph.D.Neutrophil Elastase and SERPINB1 are Critical Regulators of Prostate Cancer Progression
Advisor: Stephen Hammes, M.D., Ph.D.
Now: Resident Physician at Univ. Rochester, Rochester, NY
Chi-Wen Roger Lo, Ph.D.The Role of Serpin B13 Antibody in regeneration of Pancreatic B-cells
Advisor: Jan Czyzyk, M.D.
Now: Postdoc Scholar
at Stanford Univ, CA
Xiaoting Ma, Ph.D.Paxillin Regulates Genomic Networks in Prostate Cancer
Now: Research Fellow at Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA
Zachary Murphy, Ph.D.STAT3 regulates primitive erythroid maturation both dependent and independently of erythropoietin signaling
Advisor: James Palis, M.D.
Now: Visiting Assistant Professor at St. John Fisher College and Postdoctoral Associate at University of Rochester
Min Tian, Ph.D.An Nrf1- and Nrf2-related transcription factor, Cnc-C, mediates multiple stress responses in Drosophila melanogaster
Advisor: Dirk Bohmann, Ph.D.
Now: Postdoc Assoc at Athenex
Pei-Lun Weng, Ph.D.Progenitor cell contribution to maintenance and regeneration in salivary gland and olfactory epithelium
Advisor: Catherine Ovitt, Ph.D.
Now: Postdoc Assoc
at Yale University
2017
Christopher Farnsworth, Ph.D.Increased Orthopaedic Infection Severity in Obesity/type 2 Diabetes is Associated with Impaired Humoral Immunity and S. Aureus Adaptation to the Host
Advisor: Robert Mooney, Ph.D.
Now: Instructor of Pathology and Immunology at Washington University School of Med., St. Louis MO
Bradley Mills, Ph.D.Intratumoral Induction of Dual Specificity Phosphatase 1 Regulates the Growth and Survival of the Glioblastoma Tumor Progenitor Population
Advisor: Marc Halterman, M.D., Ph.D.
Now: Postdoc Assoc
at Dept. Surgery, URMC
Salvador Peña, M.D., Ph.D.Hypoxia and the Mitochondrial Unfolded Protein Response
Advisor: Keith Nehrke, Ph.D.
Now: Intern/Resident, Anesthesiology at Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC
Eric Michael Schott, Ph.D.The Pathobiology of Osteoarthritis in Obesity: The Role of Synovial Inflammation, Joint Insulin Resistance, and Dysbiosis of the Gut Microbiome
Advisor: Robert Mooney, Ph.D. & Michael Zuscik, Ph.D.
Now: Head of Translational Research at Clin Sci Solarea Bio Cambridge MA