MSTP MD-PhD Alumni (before 2015)
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2014
| Wei Gu | Thesis title: Comprehensive non-invasive prenatal diagnostics for genetic diseases Advisor: Stephen Quake Dept/Program: Bioengineering Post-graduate: Pathology, UC San Francisco, San Francisco, CA Current: Assistant Professor in Pathology, Stanford University Gu Lab at Stanford |
| David Kastner | Thesis title: Contrast sensitization: function, theory, and mechanism of a novel retinal computation Advisor: Stephen A. Baccus, PhD Dept/Program: Neurosciences Post-graduate: Psychiatry, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA Current: Postdoctoral Fellow in the Frank Lab, Psyciatry resident, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA |
| Li Li | Thesis title: Postsynaptic vesicular Cycling and its role in local redistrbution of surface receptors Advisor: Richard Tsien, PhD Dept/Program: Neurosciences Post-graduate: Anesthesia, University of Washington Affiliated Hospitals, Seattle, WA Current: Anesthesiology Resident, University of Washington, Seattle, WA |
| Paul Nuyujukian | Thesis title: Towards clinically relevant neural prostheses Advisor: Krishna Shenoy, PhD Dept/Program: Bioengineering Post-graduate: Postdoctoral research, Neural Prosthetics Translational Laboratory, Stanford, CA, Current: Assistant Professor of Bioengineering and of Neurosurgery, Stanford University Nuyujukian lab at Stanford |
| Tzu-Chieh (Jack) Wang | Thesis title: Local Axonal Protection by Wlds as revealed by conditional regulation of protein stabilization Advisor: Ben Barres, MD, PhD Dept/Program: Neurosciences Post-graduate: Internal Medicine, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Santa Clara, CA; Neurology, University of California at Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA Current: Clinical Fellow, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA |
| Yul Yang | Thesis title: RNA-mediated programming of active chromatin Advisor: Howard Chang, MD, PhD Dept/Program: Cancer Biology Post-graduate: Dermatology, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Scottsdale, AZ Current: Dermatology Resident, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Scottsdale, AZ |
2013
| Greg Allen | Thesis title: Constructing a motile cell: How extrinsic information and intrinsic self-organization coordinate the mechanics of cellular behavior. Advisor: Julie Theriot, PhD Dept/Program: Biochemistry Post-graduate: Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD Current: Clinical Fellow Hematology/Oncology, UC San Francisco, San Francisco, CA |
| Aadel Chaudhuri | Thesis title: MicroRNAs 155 and 125b Physiologically and Pathologically Regulate Hematopoiesis and Immunity Advisor: David Baltimore, PhD Dept/Program: Biology (Caltech) Post-graduate: Internal Medicine, Scripps Mercy Hospital, San Diego, CA; Radiation Oncology, Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Palo Alto, CA |
| Shoa Clarke | Thesis title: Developmental enhancers: ancient origins, neofunctionalization, and pleiotropy Advisor: Gil Bejerano, PhD Dept/Program: Genetics Post-graduate: Med-Peds, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA |
| Reza Ehsanian | Thesis title: Research of the molecular heterogeneity of head and neck cancers Advisor: Stephan M Feller, PhD Dept/Program: Medicine (Oxford) Post-graduate: Otolaryngology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN Current: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Neurosurgery & Resident Orthopedic Surgery, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA |
| Richard Gaster | Thesis title: Giant magnetoresistive nanosensors for ultrasensitive in vitro diagnostics and biomolecular kinetics. Advisor: Shan X Wang, PhD Dept/Program: Bioengineering Post-graduate: Plastic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA Current: Industry, VP venBio Partners and Chief Medical Advisor Bloomlife, Inc., San Francisco Bay Area, CA |
| Craig Giacomini | Thesis title: Cancer gene fusion discovery through integative genomic analysis Advisor: Jonathan Pollack, MD, PhD Dept/Program: Cancer Biology Post-graduate: Medicine - Preliminary, St. Mary's Medical Center, San Francisco, CA; Radiology-Diagnostic, UC San Francisco, CA Current: Radiology Resident, UC San Francisco, San Francisco, CA |
| William Goodyer | Thesis title: Coordinated regulation of Neonatal Beta-cell development in mice and humans by Calcineurin/NFAT Advisor: Seung K Kim, MD, PhD Dept/Program: Developmental Biology Post-graduate: Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Boston, MA Current: Cardiology Fellow Pediatrics, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA |
| Lia Gracey Maniar | Thesis title: An in vivo characterization of chromatin state and its relationship to the expression of foreign, non-integrating transgenic DNA in mouse liver Advisors: Andrew Fire, PhD & Mark A Kay, MD, PhD Dept/Program: Genetics Post-graduate: Transitional Santa Clara CValley Medical Center, CA Current: Dermatology Resident, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston MA |
| Amit Kaushal | Thesis title: Development and application of quantitative methods for Clinical High-throughput proteomics Advisors: Ron Davis, PhD Dept/Program: Biomedical Informatics Post-graduate: Internal Medicine, Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Palo Alto, CA Current: Internal Medicine Physician, VA Hospital, Palo Alto, CA, Associate Chief Medical Officer, Cardinal Analytx Soutions, Visiting Scholar, Bioengineering, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA |
| Daniel Kimmel | Thesis title: Neural Basis of value based decision making Advisors: William Newsome, PhD Dept/Program: Neurosciences Post-graduate: Psychiatry, New York Presbyterian Hospital - Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY Current: Urgent Care Physician, Vybe Urgent Care, Philadelphia, PA |
| Lisa McGinnis | Thesis title: Cross-talk between the Hypoxia-sensing pathway and the insulin-signaling pathway in the mouse liver Advisors: Calvin Kuo, MD, PhD Dept/Program: Immunology Post-graduate: Pathology, Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Palo Alto, CA Current: Fellow and Instructor Pathology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA |
| Andreas Rauschecker | Thesis title: Visual Cortical circuitry for building word represntations Advisor: Brian A Wandell, PhD Dept/Program: Neurosciences Post-graduate: Transitional, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA; Radiology-Diagnostic, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA Current: Radiology Resident, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA |
| Diane Tseng | Thesis title: Anti-CD47 antibody-mediated phagocytosis of cancer by macrophages primes an effective anti-tumor T cell response. Advisor: Irving Weissman, MD Dept/Program: Cancer Biology Post-graduate: Medicine -Preliminary, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; Dermatology, Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Palo Alto, CA Current: Medical Oncology Fellow, Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Palo Alto, CA |
| Thesis title: Giant magnetoresistive nanosensors for ultrasensitive in vitro diagnostics and biomolecular kinetics. Advisor: S Wang Dept/Program: Bioengineering PhD: 2012 MD: 2013 Post-graduate: Plast |
| Thesis title: Visual Cortical circuitry for building word represntations Advisor: Wandell Dept/Program: Neurosciences PhD: 2011 MD: 2013 Post-graduate: Transitional |
2012
| Monique Barakat | Thesis title: Hedgehog Signaling: The Role of Cilia in Developing Adult and Neoplastic Cells Advisor: Matthew P Scott, PhD Dept/Program: Neurosciences Post-graduate: Internal Medicine, Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Palo Alto, CA Current: Fellow in Gastroenterology, Stanford Hospital, Palo Alto, CA |
| Odmara Barreto-Chang | Thesis title: Regulation of Neuronal Survival and CREB-dependent Transcription by CaV1.2 L-Type Calcium Channels Advisor: Richard Dolmetsch, PhD Dept/Program: Neurosciences Post-graduate: General Surgery, Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Palo Alto, CA Current: Resident and Clinical Instructor, Anesthesia, UC San Francisco, San Francisco, CA |
| Amanda Casto | Thesis title: The Evolution and Demography of X-linked and GWAS SNPs Advisor: Marcus Feldman, PhD Dept/Program: Genetics Post-graduate: Internal Medicine, Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Palo Alto, CA Current: Medicine Resident, Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Palo Alto, CA |
| Branden Cord | Thesis title: Modeling Midbrain Dopaminergic Neurobiology and Neuropathology using Human ES and iPS cells Advisor: Theo Palmer, PhD Dept/Program: Neurosciences Post-graduate: Neurological Surgery, Yale University - New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT Current: Resident, Neurosurgery Yale, New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT |
| Agnieszka Czechowicz | Thesis title: Gaining access to the hematopoietic stem cell niche: novel non-myeloablative conditioning approaches Advisor: Irving Weissman, MD Dept/Program: Developmental Biology Post-graduate: Pediatrics, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA Current: Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, Stanford Unviersity, Palo Alto, CA |
| Matthew Goldstein | Thesis title: CpG Vaccine strategies induce tumor-reactive T cells for adoptive therapy of Lymphoma Advisor: Ronald Levy, MD Dept/Program: Immunology Post-graduate: Medicine-Primary, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA Current: Director of Translational Medicine, Neon Therapeutics, Cambridge, MA |
| R. Tyler Hillman | Thesis title: Neuropilins are positive regulators of Hedgehog signal transducation Advisor: Matthew P Scott, PhD Dept/Program: Genetics Post-graduate: Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of California San Diego Medical Center, La Jolla, CA, Obstetrics & Gynecology Current: Assistant Professor of Gynecologic Oncology MD, Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX |
| Paul Hoover | Thesis title: Activation of the calcium release-activated calcium channel by STIM1 Advisor: Richard Lewis, PhD Dept/Program: Molecular & Cellular Physiology Post-graduate: Internal Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA Current: Fellow Rheumatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston MA |
| Megan Insco | Thesis title: Regulation of the switch from proliferation to differentiation in an adult stem cell lineage Advisor: Margaret T Fuller, PhD Dept/Program: Developmental Biology Post-graduate: Internal medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA; Hematology/Oncology Fellow Dana Farber Cancer Institute Current: Postdoctoral Fellow Hematology & Oncology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA |
| Jeremy Juang | Thesis title: Peptide-MHC Heterodimers reveal differntial contribution of weak self-peptides to positive and negative selection Advisor: Mark Davis, PhD Dept/Program: Microbiology & Immunology Post-graduate: Anesthesiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, Anesthesiology Current: Fellow Obstetric Anesthesia, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA |
| Ryan Louie | Thesis title: The roles of Adenomatous Polyposis Coli and Binding partners EB1 and Beta-Catenin in the regulation of microtubule dynamics and organization Advisor: W James Nelson, PhD Dept/Program: Molecular & Cellular Physiology Post-graduate: Psychiatry, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; Resident, General Psychiatry, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI Current: Psychiatrist, Private practice, San Francisco, CA |
| Michael Mancuso | Thesis title: Novel regulators of angiogenesis and cerebrovascular integrity Advisor: Calvin Kuo, MD, PhD Dept/Program: Cancer Biology Post-graduate: Internal medicine, Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Palo Alto, CA Current: Oncology Fellow, Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Palo Alto, CA |
| Wendy Pang | Thesis title: Human hematopoietic stem cells in aging and myelodysplastic syndrome Advisor: Irving Weissman, MD Dept/Program: Cancer Biology Post-graduate: Internal medicine, Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Palo Alto, CA Current: Postdoctoral Fellow Medicine - Hematology, Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Palo Alto, CA |
| Jennifer Parker | Thesis title: Survival and signaling changes in antigen presenting cell subsets after radiation Advisor: Susan Knox, MD, PhD Dept/Program: Chemical & Systems Biology Post-graduate: Medicine-Preliminary, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL; Diagnostic Radiology, Yale University - New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT Current: Chief Resident, Radiation Oncology, Northwestern, Evanston, IL |
| Laura Prolo | Thesis title: Understanding how loss of the transporter sialin leads to dysmelination of the central nervous system Advisor: Richard J Reimer, MD Dept/Program: Neurosciences Post-graduate: Neurological surgery, Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Palo Alto, CA Current: Neurosurgery Resident, Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Palo Alto, CA |
| Alexander Red Eagle | Thesis title: The IL-4/STAT6 signaling pathway in the development of obesity induced insulin resistance Advisor: Ajay Chawla, MD, PhD Dept/Program: Genetics Post-graduate: Internal Medicine, Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Palo Alto, CA Current: Internal Medicine Resident, Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Palo Alto, CA |
| Louis Saddic | Thesis title: Methylation of the retinoblastoma tumor suppressor by SMYD2 & functional interactions between retinoblastoma and c-MYC in a mouse model of hepatocellular carcinoma Advisor: Julien Sage, PhD Dept/Program: Cancer Biology Post-graduate: Medicine-Preliminary, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA; Anesthesiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA Current: Anesthesiology Resident, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard University, Boston, MA |
| Keyan Salari | Thesis title: Exploring cancer biology using integrative genomics Advisor: Jonathan Pollack, MD, PhD Dept/Program: Genetics Post-graduate: Surgery-Preliminary, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; Urology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA Current: Urology Resident, Massachusetts General Hospital, Broad Institute, Boston, MA |
| Mark Sellmyer | Thesis title: Chemical tools to perturb and observe complex Biology Advisor: Tom Wandless, PhD & Christopher Contag, PhD Dept/Program: Chemical & Systems Biology Post-graduate: Medicine-Preliminary, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Santa Clara, CA; Diagnostic Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; Radiology Chief Resident , U Penn, Philadelphia, PA Current: Radiology Chief Resident, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA |
| Thesis title: Regulation of Neuronal Survival and CREB-dependent Transcription by CaV1.2 L-Type Calcium Channels Advisor: Dolmetsch Dept/Program: Neurosciences PhD: 2010 MD: 2012 Post-graduate: General |
| Thesis title: Regulation of Neuronal Survival and CREB-dependent Transcription by CaV1.2 L-Type Calcium Channels Advisor: Dolmetsch Dept/Program: Neurosciences PhD: 2010 MD: 2012 Post-graduate: General |
| Thesis title: Activation of the calcium release-activated calcium channel by STIM1 Advisor: R Lewis Dept/Program: Molecular & Cellular Physiology PhD: 2012 MD: 2012 Post-graduate: Internal |
2011
| Michael Bokoch | Thesis title: NMR spectroscopy for structural and dynamic studies of the beta2-adrenergic receptor Advisor: Brian Kobilka, MD Dept/Program: Biophysics Post-graduate: Anesthesiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA Current: Assistant Clinical Professor, Anesthesia, UC San Francisco Find out more about Dr. Bokoch's research |
| Mark Chao | Thesis title: NMR spectroscopy for structural and dynamic studies of the beta2-adrenergic receptor Advisor: Brian Kobilka, MD Dept/Program: Biophysics Post-graduate: Internal Medicine, Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Palo Alto, CA |
| Natalia Gomez-Ospina | Thesis title: Voltage-gated channel Cav1.2 encodes a novel transcription factor Advisor: Ricardo Dolmetsch, PhD Dept/Program: Chemical & Systems Biology Post-graduate: Dermatology resident, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD Current: Assitant Professor of Pediatrics, Stanford University, CA Find out more about Dr. Gomez-Ospina's research |
| Juliet Knowles | Thesis title: p75 neurotrophin receptor mediated protection from amyloid -beta induced neurodegeneration Advisor: Frank M Longo, MD, PhD Dept/Program: Neurosciences Post-graduate: Pediatrics, Stanford University \ Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Palo Alto, CA |
| Michael Llewellyn | Thesis title: Novel tools to study and restore muscle function Advisor: Scott L Delp, PhD Dept/Program: Bioengineering Post-graduate: Transitional, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose, CA Current: Resident, Diagnostic Radiology, Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Palo Alto, CA |
| Milica Margeta | Thesis title: From building a neuron to building a circuit: polarity and synaptic specificity in C. elegans Advisor: Kang Shen, PhD Dept/Program: Neurosciences Post-graduate: Preliminary, Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Palo Alto, CA, Medicine Preliminary; Ophthalmology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, Ophthalmology Current: Opthalmology Fellow, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC |
| Kelly McCann | Thesis title: The roles of chromatin modifying enzymes in DNA double-strand break repair Advisor: J Martin Brown, PhD Dept/Program: Cancer Biology Post-graduate: Internal medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, Internal Medicine Current: Internist, Oregon Health and Science University Hospital, Portland, OR |
| Julie Miller | Thesis title: A primary ciliua disease protein network centered at the centrosome Advisor: Peter Jackson, PhD Dept/Program: Chemical & Systems Biology Post-graduate: Preliminary-medicine, Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Palo Alto, CA; Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, Neurology/MGH-BWH Current: Neurologist, Mass General Hospital, Boston, MA |
| David Myung | Thesis title: Structure, properties and medical device applications of mechanically enhanced, biomimetic hydrogel alloys Advisor: Curtis W Frank, PhD Dept/Program: Chemical Engineering Post-graduate: Internship, Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara Medical Center, Internal Medicine Current: Assistant Professor of Opthalmology at the Stanford University Medical Center and, by courtesy, of Chemical Engineering Find out more about Dr. Myung's research |
| David Oh | Thesis title: Contributions of Thymocyte Ca2+ Signaling and Thymocyte-stromal contacts to positive and negative slection during T Cell development Advisor: Richard Lewis, PhD Dept/Program: Molecular & Cellular Physiology Post-graduate: Internal Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA;Clinical Fellow Medicine, UC San Francisco Current: Clinical Fellow Medicine, UC San Francisco |
| Rebecca Rakow-Penner | Thesis title: Advances in breast MRI Advisor: Gary Glover, PhD Dept/Program: Biophysics Post-graduate: Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose, CA, Medicine-Preliminary; University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, Diagnostic Radiology/Research |
| Roberto Ricardo-Gonzalez | Thesis title: The roles of STAT6 and STAT4 in glucose and lipid homeostasis Advisor: Ajay Chawla, MD, PhD Dept/Program: Immunology Post-graduate: Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, Medicine-Preliminary; University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, Dermatology-2+2/Scientists |
| Mariel Velez | Thesis title: Polarization vision in Drosophila Advisor: Tom Clandinin, PhD Dept/Program: Neurosciences Post-graduate: Medicine-Preliminary, Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Palo Alto, CA; Neurology Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Palo Alto, CA, Neurology Current: Resident, Neurology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA |
| Andrew Venteicher | Thesis title: Biochemistry of the human telomerase holoenzyme Advisor: Steven Artandi, MD, PhD Dept/Program: Biophysics Post-graduate: Neurological surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA Current: Clinical Fellow, Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA |
| Aaron Wang | Thesis title: Development of a bleed detection algorithm for a novel portable ultrasound device to aid vascular trauma victims Advisors: David Liang, MD, PhD & Charles A Taylor, PhD Dept/Program: Bioengineering Post-graduate: Transitional, Riverside Methodist Hospital, OH; Opthalmology, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD; Opthamolgist, Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD Current: Opthamologist, St. Clair Memorial Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA |
| Kevin Wei | Thesis title: VEGF inhibition modulates glucose metabolism by enhancing hepatic insulin sensitivity Advisor: Calvin Kuo, MD, PhD Dept/Program: Cancer Biology Post-graduate: Internal medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA Current: Instructor in Medicine, Fellow Rheumatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital / Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA |
2010
| Raag Airan | Thesis title: Optical techniques for integrated control and recording of neural activity Advisor: Karl Deisseroth, MD, PhD Dept/Program: Bioengineering Post-graduate: Medicine-Preliminary, Washington Hospital Center, Washington DC; Diagnostic Radiology, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD; Clinical Fellow Radiology, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD Current: Assistant Professor of Radiology, Stanford Find out more about Dr. Airan's research |
| Afsheen Afshar | Thesis title: Neural mechanisms of Motor Preparation and Applications to Prostheses Advisor: Krishna Shenoy, PhD Dept/Program: Electrical Engineering Post-graduate: Managing Director, The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. New York, NY Current: Managing Director and Chief Data Science Officer, JP Morgan Chase |
| Jacob Brenner | Thesis title: Alternate routes of calcium entry mediating pathological cardiac hypertrophy Advisor: Ricardo Dolmetsch, PhD Dept/Program: Chemical & Systems Biology Post-graduate: Internal Medicine, Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Palo Alto, CA; Fellow Pulmonary & Critical Care, U Penn, Philadelphia, PA |
| John D. Cahoy | Thesis title: Genomic analysis of highly purified astrocytes reveals in vivo astrocyte gene expression: A new resource for understanding astrocyte development and function Advisor: Ben Barres, MD, PhD Dept/Program: Developmental Biology Post-graduate: Orthopedic surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD Current: Orthopedic Surgeon (Pediatric), Orthopedic Affiliates, Inc., Emerson Hospital, Concord, CA |
| Ian Chen | Thesis title: Molecular imaging of cardiac gene therapy Advisor: Sanjiv Gambhir, MD, PhD Dept/Program: Bioengineering Post-graduate: Internal Medicine, Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Palo Alto, CA Current: Fellow Cardiovascular medicine and Instructor, Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford, Palo Alto, CA |
| Siddhartha Jaiswal | Thesis title: Role of CD47 over-expression in tumorigenesis and identification of macrophages as tumor surveillance cells Advisor: Irving Weissman, MD Dept/Program: Immunology Post-graduate: Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; Clinical Fellow in Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA Current: Assistant Professor of Pathology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA Find out more about Dr. Jaiswal's research |
| Michael Kattah | Thesis title: High content protein arrays for characterizing immune responses and pathophysiology at the molecular level Advisor: PJ Utz, MD, PhD Dept/Program: Immunology Post-graduate: Internal Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA Current: Assistant Adjunct Professor at UC San Francisco, San Francisco, CA Find out more about Dr. Kattah's research |
| Michael Ke | Thesis title: Neural instructive signals in the cerebellum Advisor: Jennifer L Raymond, PhD Dept/Program: Neurosciences Post-graduate: Medicine-Preliminary/Neurology, Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Palo Alto, CA Current: Vascular Neurology Fellow, Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Palo Alto, CA |
| Eon Rios | Thesis title: Regulation of mast cell function by the membrane trafficking proteins RabGEF1 and Rabaptin-5 Advisor: Steven J Galli, MD Dept/Program: Immunology Post-graduate: Medicine-Preliminary, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose, CA; Dermatology, Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Palo Alto, CA.; Postdoc Dermatology, Stanford, Palo Alto, CA Current: Clinical Assistant Professor, Dermatology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA |
2009
| Jason Davies | Thesis title: Conformational dynamics in AAA ATPases probed by X-ray structural methods Advisor: Bill Weiss, PhD Dept/Program: Biophysics Post-graduate: Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, CA Current: Assistant Professor Neurosurgery and Biomedical Informatics, SUNY Find out more about Dr. Davies' research |
| Eric Green | Thesis title: The tumor suppressor eIF3 regulates Calcium-dependent endocytosis of the L-type calcium channel CaV1.2 Advisor: Ricardo Dolmetsch, PhD Dept/Program: Chemical & Systems Biology Post-graduate: Internal medicine, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA Current: Entrepreneur in Residence, Third Rock Ventures, Boston, MA |
| Kirsten Knox | Thesis title: Evolution and endocrine function of the murine placenta Advisor: Julie Baker, PhD Dept/Program: Genetics Post-graduate: Internal medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; Current: Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, U Penn, Philadelphia, PA Find out more about Dr. Knox' research |
| Yakir Levin | Thesis title: Magnetic resonance techniques in the study of physiology and metabolism Advisor: Daniel Spielman, PhD Dept/Program: Electrical engineering Post-graduate: Transitional, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA; Dermatology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA Current: Dermatologist, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA |
| Saurabh Prakash | Thesis title: Cadherins: Constructing a Drosophila visual circuit through cell adhesion Advisor: Tom Clandinin, PhD Dept/Program: Neurosciences Post-graduate: Medicine-preliminary, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose, CA; Diagnostic Radiology, Barnes - Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO Current: Internal Medicine, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose, CA |
| Thesis title: Magnetic resonance techniques in the study of physiology and metabolism Advisor: Spielman Dept/Program: Electrical engineering PhD: 2008 MD: 2009 Post-graduate: Transitio |
| Jason Davies | Thesis title: Conformational dynamics in AAA ATPases probed by X-ray structural methods Advisor: Bill Weiss, PhD Dept/Program: Biophysics Post-graduate: Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, CA Current: Assistant Professor Neurosurgery and Biomedical Informatics, SUNY Find out more about Dr. Davies' research |
| Thesis title: Magnetic resonance techniques in the study of physiology and metabolism Advisor: Spielman Dept/Program: Electrical engineering PhD: 2008 MD: 2009 Post-graduate: Transitio |
2008
| F. Edward Boas | Thesis title: Physics-based design of protein-ligand binding Advisor: Pehr Harbury, PhD Dept/Program: Biochemistry Post-graduate: Medicine-Preliminary/Surgery, Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Palo Alto, CA, Current: Assistant Attending Interventional Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Assistant Professor Radiology, Weill Cornell Medical college, New York , NY Find out more about Dr Boas' research |
| Steven Chan | Thesis title: Protein microarray technology for profiling signaling pathways: insights into pro-oncogenic Notch signaling in T cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia Advisor: PJ Utz, MD, PhD Dept/Program: Immunology Post-graduate: Internal Medicine, Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Palo Alto, CA; Resident, Mass General Hospital, Boston, MA |
| Jeremy Heit | Thesis title: Calcineurin/NFAT signaling controls pancreatic beta cell growth and function Advisor: Seung Kim, MD, PhD Dept/Program: Developmental Biology Post-graduate: Medicine - Preliminary, Brigham & Women's Hospital Boston MA, Diagnostic Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA Current: Clinical Assistant Professor, Radiology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA Find out more about Dr. Heit's research |
| Stephen Hunt | Thesis title: Exocytosis at sites of E-cadherin-mediated adhesion Advisor: WJ Nelson, PhD Dept/Program: Molecular & Cellular Physiology Post-graduate: Medicine - Preliminary, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, Diagnostic Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA Current: Clinical Instructor, Interventional Radiology, U Penn, Philadelphia, PA |
| Charay Jennings-Dover | Thesis title: A novel role for calcineurin in the regulation of innate immunity and inflammatory responses Advisor: Patricia P Jones, PhD Dept/Program: Immunology Post-graduate: Pathology, Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Palo Alto, CA Current: Dermatopathologist and anatomic pathologist, private practice, Pathology Associates |
| Andreas Loening | Thesis title: Technologies for imaging with bioluminescently labeled probes Advisor: Sanjiv Gambhir, MD, PhD Dept/Program: Bioengineering |
| Justin Odegaard | Thesis title: Macrophage Alternative activation in obesity and metabolic syndrome Advisor: Ajay Chawla, MD, PhD Dept/Program: Immunology Post-graduate: Pathology, Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Palo Alto, CA Current: Child Neurologist, Mass General Hospital, Boston, MA |
| Stephen Wrenn | Thesis title: In vitro selection of synthetic ligands Advisor: Pehr Harbury, PhD Dept/Program: Biochemistry Post-graduate: Medicine-Preliminary, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, Diagnostic Radiology, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA Current: Radiologist, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Oakland, CA |
| Valaiporn J. Rusmintratip | Post-graduate: Psychiatry, Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Palo Alto, CA Current: Psychiatrist, private practice, Palo Alto, CA |
| Kavita Sarin | Thesis title: Conditional induction of the telomerase reverse transcriptase protein and effects on stem cell division in vivo Advisor: Steven Artandi, MD, PhD Dept/Program: Genetics Post-graduate: Transitional, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose, CA; Dermatology, Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Palo Alto, CA Current: Assistant Professor, Dermatology, Stanford University Medical Center Find out more about Dr. Karin's research |
| Geoffrey Smith | Post-graduate: Internal Medicine, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL |
| Stephen Wrenn | Thesis title: In vitro selection of synthetic ligands Advisor: Pehr Harbury, PhD Dept/Program: Biochemistry Post-graduate: Medicine-Preliminary, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, Diagnostic Radiology, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA Current: Radiologist, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Oakland, CA |
| Mauricio Vargas | Thesis title: Control of axon regenration and wallerian degeneration by the humoral immune system Advisor: Ben Barres, MD, PhD Dept/Program: Neurosciences Post-graduate: Medicine-preliminary, White Memorial Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA; Ophthalmology, University of California, Los Angeles, Jules Stein Eye Institute, Los Angeles, CA Current: Inherited Retinal Degenerations Fellow, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Boston, MA |
2007
| Jeremy Blitzer | Thesis title: Wnt Signal transduction Advisor: Roeland Nusse, PhD Dept/Program: Molecular & Cellular Physiology Post-graduate: Investment counselor, Synergenics LLC, San Francisco, CA Current: Co-founder & Managing Director at Potrero Hill Therapeutics, LLC, SF Bay Area |
| Peter Kasson | Thesis title: Quantitative measurement of cell membrane protein redistribution Advisor: Axel Brunger, PhD Dept/Program: Biophysics Post-graduate: Postdoctoral research, Stanford University, Childhood Disease Research Current: Associate Professor Molecular Physiology, University of Virginia Find out more about Dr. Kasson's research |
| Matthew Kirschen | Thesis title: Cerebro-cerebellar contributions to human verbal working memory Advisor: Gary Glover, PhD Dept/Program: Neurosciences Post-graduate: Intern, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, Child Neurology Current: Assistant Professor Anesthesia & Critical Care, U Penn, Philadelphia, PA Find out more about Dr. Krschen's research |
| Devanand Manoli | Thesis title: Fruitless regulation of male sexual behavior in Drosophila Advisor: Bruce Baker, PhD Dept/Program: Neurosciences Post-graduate: Intern, University of California, San Francisco, Psychiatry Current: Assistant Professor Psychiatry, UC San Francisco, San Francisco, CA |
| Nesanet Mitiku | Thesis title: Genomic analysis of early mouse development Advisor: Julie Baker, PhD Dept/Program: Genetics Post-graduate: Intern, University of Washington Affiliated Hospitals, Seattle, WA, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation; Assistant Professor Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine, Mt. Sinai |
| Kenneth Westover | Thesis title: Structural basis of initiation and elongation by RNA polymerase II Advisor: Roger Kornberg, MD Dept/Program: Biophysics Post-graduate: Radiation Oncology Intern, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA Current: Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology, UT Southwestern Medical Center Find out more about Dr. Westover's research |
| Thesis title: Fruitless regulation of male sexual behavior in Drosophila Advisor: B Baker Dept/Program: Neurosciences PhD: 2007 MD: 2007 Post-graduate: Intern |
2006
| Alexander Aravanis | Thesis title: Information transfer at the synapse Advisor: Richard Tsein, PhD Dept/Program: Electrical Engineering Post-graduate: Postdoc, Stanford University, Dept of Bioengineering Current: Head of R&D, Grail |
| Erik Bekkers | Thesis title: Multi-scale vascular geometry construction and hemodynamic quantification from medical image data Advisor: Charles Taylor, PhD Dept/Program: Mechanical Engineering Post-graduate: Intern, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose, CA Transitional. Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Diagnostic Radiology Current: Diagnostic Radiologist, Summit Radiology, Fort Wayne, IN |
| Nirav Bhakta | Thesis title: Thymocyte motility and Ca2+ signaling in vivo Advisor: Richard Lewis, PhD Dept/Program: Molecular & Cellular Physiology Post-graduate: Intern, University of California, San Francisco, Internal Medicine Current: Assistant Adjunct Professor, Medicine, UC San Francisco Find out more about Dr. Bhakta's research |
| Ryan Corcoran | Thesis title: The role of sterols and insulin-like growth factor 2 in medullobastoma tumorigenesis Advisor: Matthew Scott, PhD Dept/Program: Cancer Biology Post-graduate: Intern, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, Internal Medicine Current: Assistant Professor, Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA Find out more about Dr. Corcoran's research |
| Emily Ray Ko | Thesis title: Identification of a conserved acidic patch in the Myb repeat required for activation of endogenous genes and chromatin binding Advisor: Joe Lipsick, MD, PhD Dept/Program: Cancer Biology Post-graduate: Internal medicine, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle WA Current: Assistant Professor of Medicine, Duke University Find out more about Dr. Ko's research |
| Kerri Rieger | Thesis title: Transcriptional responses to DNA damage: clinical applications of microarray analysis Advisor: Gilbert Chu, MD, PhD Dept/Program: Cancer Biology Post-graduate: Internal medicine, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose, CA, Transitional. Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Dermatology Current: Clinical Associate Professor Pathology and Dermatology, Stanford, CA Find out more about Dr. Rieger's research |
| Iwei Yeh | Thesis title: Computational analysis of metabolism for the malaria parasite Advisor: Russ Altman, MD, PhD Dept/Program: Biomed Informatics Post-graduate: Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose, CA, Transitional. University of Washington Affiliated Hospitals, Seattle, WA, Dermatology Current: Assistant Prof, Dermatology, UC San Francisco Find out more about Dr. Yeh's research |
| Thesis title: Identification of a conserved acidic patch in the Myb repeat required for activation of endogenous genes and chromatin binding Advisor: Lipsick Dept/Program: Cancer Biology PhD: 2006 MD: 2006 Post-graduate: Internal |
| Thesis title: Identification of a conserved acidic patch in the Myb repeat required for activation of endogenous genes and chromatin binding Advisor: Lipsick Dept/Program: Cancer Biology PhD: 2006 MD: 2006 Post-graduate: Internal |
2005
| Pejman Ghanouni | Thesis title: The mechanism of G protein coupled receptor activation: Insights from the BETA-2 Adrenergic receptor Advisor: Brian Kobilka, MD Dept/Program: Molecular & Cellular Physiology Post-graduate: Intern, Diagnostic Radiology, Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Stanford, CA |
| Dennis Ko | Thesis title: Genetic variation in susceptibility to bacterial infection Advisor: Matthew Scott, PhD Dept/Program: Developmental Biology Post-graduate: IPostdoc, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, CA Current: Assistant Professor Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke U Find out more about Dr. Ko's research |
| Andrea Myers | Thesis title: The identification and characterization of mouse ribosomal S6 kinase 4 as an inhibitor of FGF-RAS-ERK signaling Advisor: Julie Baker, PhD Dept/Program: Genetics Post-graduate: Intern, Internal Medicine, Mass General Hospital, Boston, MA Current: Instructor, Dept Medicine, Harvard Medical School |
| Jason Pyle | Thesis title: Measurements of presynaptic function at a mammalian central synapse Advisor: Richard Tsien, PhD Dept/Program: Molecular & Cellular Physiology Post-graduate: Chief Scientific Officer, Pria Diagnostics, Menlo Park, CA:: Chairman and CEO, Triton Algae Innovations Ltd., San Diego, CA |
| Vikaas Sohal | Thesis title: Dysfunctional information processing in prefrontal microcircuits in schizophrenia Advisor: John Huguenard, PhD Dept/Program: Neurosciences Post-graduate: Psychiatry, Stanford Hospital and Clinics Current: Assistant Professor Psychiatry, UC San Francisco Find out more about Dr. Sohal's research |
2004
| Swaine Chen | Thesis title: Using positive selection to understand virulence in uropathogenic E. coli Advisor: Lucy Shapiro, PhD Dept/Program: Developmental Biology Post-graduate: Postdoc, Molecular Microbiology, Washington U, St. Louis, MO Current: Asst Prof Medicine, National University of Singapore Find out more about Dr. Chen's Research |
| Nam Cho | Thesis title: Developmental control of blood cell migration by the Drosophila VEGF pathway and its implications for blood vessel evolution Advisor: Mark Krasnow, MD, PhD Dept/Program: Biochemistry Post-graduate: Intern, Santa Clara Valley Med Ctr, Transitional Stanford Hospital Clinic, Radiation Oncology Current: Clinical Instructor, Radiation Oncology, Stanford, Palo Alto, CA |
| Maximilian Diehn | Thesis title: Exploring genomic expression programs in normal and malignant cells of the immune and central nervous sysstems Advisor: Patrick O. Brown, MD, PhD Dept/Program: Biochemistry Post-graduate: Intern, Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Stanford, CA, Radiation Oncology Current: Asst Prof Radiation Oncology, Stanford |
| Jason Ehrlich | Thesis title: Spatio-temporal dynamics of Rac1, PI-3-Kinase, and the cytoskeleton during cadherin-mediated cell-cell adhesion Advisor: W James Nelson, PhD Dept/Program: Molecular & Cellular Physiology Post-graduate: Intern, Santa Clara Valley Med Ctr, San Jose, CA, transitional. Intern Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Stanford, CA, Ophthalmology Current: Group Medical Director Ophthalmology, Genentech, Inc |
| Farhad Imam | Thesis title: Cellular mechanisms of hypoxia resistance during brain development in zebrafish Advisor: Mark Krasnow, MD, PhD Dept/Program: Biochemistry Post-graduate: Boston Combined Pediatric Residency, Children's Hospital Boston, MA Pediatrics Current: Asst Prof Pediatrics, UC San Diego Find out more about Dr. Imam's research |
| Soumya Raychaudhuri | Thesis title: Genetics of rheumatoid arthritis Advisor: Russ Altman, MD, PhD Dept/Program: Biomedical Informatics Post-graduate: Internal Medicine, Brigham & Women's Hospital Boston, MA Current: Assoc Prof Medicine Harvard Medicine School Find out more about Dr. Raychaudhuri's research |
2003
| Susanne Ahmari | Thesis title: Building translational research in obsessive compulsive disorder Advisors: Stephen J Smith, PhD & W James Nelson, PhD Dept/Program: Molecular & Cellular Physiology Post-graduate: Intern, Psychiatry, Columbia Current: Asst Prof Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh Find out more about Dr. Ahmari's research |
| Arash Alizadeh | Thesis title: Genome-scale characterization of normal and pathological gene expression programs in immune cells Advisor: Patrick O Brown, MD, PhD Dept/Program: Biophysics Post-graduate: Postdoc, UCSF Current: Assistant Professor of Medicine - Oncology, Stanford Find out more about Dr. Alizadeh's research |
| Eleanor Click | Thesis title: Genetic analysis of the small GTP-binding protein Arf1 in the yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae Advisor: David Botstein, PhD Dept/Program: Genetics Post-graduate: Intern, Pediatrics, U. Washington, Seattle |
| Jeffrey Goldberg | Thesis title: Survival and regeneration in the nervous system Advisor: Ben Barres, MD, PhD Dept/Program: Neurosciences Post-graduate: Intern, Transitional, Santa Clara Valley Med Center Current: Professor of Ophthalmology, Stanford Find out more about Dr. Goldberg's research |
| Carl Hurt | Thesis title: Structural/functional aspects of G-protein coupled receptors Advisor: Brian Kobilka, MD Dept/Program: Molecular & Cellular Physiology Post-graduate: Intern,Postdoc, Stanford Current: Global Director of Equity Research Standard and Poor's |
| Joseph Norman | Thesis title: Analysis of imprecise decisions models Advisor: Russ Altman, MD, PhD Dept/Program: Biomedical Informatics Post-graduate: Intern,Intern, Internal Medicine, U. Michigan, Ann Arbor Current: Assistant Professor, UCSD Radiology and Neurosciences |
| Katherine Peters | Thesis title: Mechanism of tirapazamine under hypoxic conditions in mammalian cells Advisor: J Martin Brown, PhD Dept/Program: Cancer Biology Post-graduate: Intern, Medicine/Neurology, Johns Hopkins Current: Asst Prof Neurology, Duke U School of Medicine Find out more about Dr. Peters' research |
| Julie Regan Reimann | Thesis title: The role of the newly identified early mitotic inhibitor, Emi1, in cell cycle regulation and the early embryo Advisor: Peter K Jackson, PhD Dept/Program: Biophysics Post-graduate: Intern, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Pathology |
| Jean Y Tang | Thesis title: Cellular response to UV:-DDB and Microarray analysis of skin cancer Advisor: Gilbert Chu, MD, PhD Dept/Program: Biophysics Post-graduate: Intern,Intern, Transitional Medicine/Dermatology, Stanford Current: Associate Professor of Dermatology, Stanford Find out more about Dr. Tang's research |
| Thesis title: Survival and regeneration in the nervous system Advisor: Barres Dept/Program: Neurosciences PhD: 2003 MD: 2003 Post-graduate: Intern |
| Thesis title: Survival and regeneration in the nervous system Advisor: Barres Dept/Program: Neurosciences PhD: 2003 MD: 2003 Post-graduate: Intern |
| Thesis title: Survival and regeneration in the nervous system Advisor: Barres Dept/Program: Neurosciences PhD: 2003 MD: 2003 Post-graduate: Intern |
2002
| Olusola Ajilore | Thesis title: Cerebrovascular basis for major depression in Type 2 diabetes / neuronal circuitry of late-life depression Advisor: Robert Sapolsky, PhD Department: Neurosciences Post-graduate: Post Doc Psychiatry, UCLA Current: Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois, Chicago Find out more about Dr. Ajilore's research |
| Ron Firestein | Thesis title: The role of CDK8 in colon cancer oncogenesis Advisor: Michael Cleary, MD Department: Biophysics Post-graduate: Intern, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Pathology |
| Andrew Ho | Thesis title: Genetic regulation of bone formation, calcification, and arthritis Advisor: David Kingsley, PhD Department: Developmental Biology Post-graduate:Intern, Ortho Surg/Res., U. Pittsburgh Current: Staff Res. Phys., Nat. Cancer Ctr. of Singapore |
| Oliver Rando | Thesis title: Actin polymerization in gene expression Advisor: Gerald Crabtree, MD Department: Biophysics Post-graduate:Research, MIT Current: Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester Find out more about Dr. Rando's research |
| Tony Yao | Thesis title: Biomedical financial analysis Advisor: Yueh-hsiu Chien, PhD Department: Immunology Post-graduate: Research, BioTech investments |
2001
| Samuel Cheshier | Thesis title: In vivo proliferation kinetics of mouse hematopoietic stem cells Advisor: Irving Weissman, MD Department: Immunology Post-graduate: Intern, Neurosurgery, Stanford Current: Associate Professor, Pediatric Neurosurgery, University of Utah |
| Andrzej Chruscinski | Thesis title: Proteomic analysis of beta adrenergic receptor signaling Advisor: Brian Kobilka, MD Department: Molecular & Cellular Physiology Post-graduate: Intern, Int. Medicine, Stanford Current: Author and Humanitarian with International Medical Corps |
| Ellen Foxman | Thesis title: The combinatorial control of leukocyte chemotaxis Advisor: Eugene C Butcher, MD Department: Immunology Post-graduate: Postdoc, Stanford Current: Instructor, Harvard Medical School and Assistant in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital |
| Daniel Lee | Thesis title: Replication priming of the mitochondrial genome Advisor: David Clayton, PhD Department: Biophysics Post-graduate: Postdoc, Radiology, Stanford Current: Fellow in haematology / Oncology, University of Washington |
| Richard Lin | Thesis title: Mechanisms and regulation of intracellular membrane fusion Advisor: Richard Scheller, PhD Department: Neurosciences Post-graduate: Intern, Medicine, Stanford Current: Instructor, Harvard Medical School, Assistant in Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital for Children |
| Joshua Rabinowitz | Thesis title: Towards a comprehensive understanding of cellular metabolism Advisor: Harden McConnell, PhD Department: Biophysics Post-graduate: Research, Private Industry Current: Assistant Professor of Pathology at the Stanford University |
| Shreyas Vasanawala | Thesis title: Reducing motion in artifacts in MRI Advisor: Dwight Nishimura, PhD Department: Biophysics Post-graduate: Intern, Surgery, Stanford Current: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Medicine, Section of Hematology/Oncology, The University of Chicago |
| Joshua Zaritsky | Thesis title: The role of Kir2.1 and Kir2.2 in the murine cardiovascular system Advisor: Thomas Schwarz, PhD Department: Molecular & Cellular Physiology Post-graduate: Intern, Pediatrics, U. Colorado Current: Assistant Professor of Pathology and Dermatology, Stanford University |
| Thesis title: Proteomic analysis of beta adrenergic receptor signaling Advisor: Brian Kobilka, MD Department: Molecular & Cellular Physiology Post-graduate: Intern |
| Thesis title: Proteomic analysis of beta adrenergic receptor signaling Advisor: Brian Kobilka, MD Department: Molecular & Cellular Physiology Post-graduate: Intern |
2000
| Stephen Biggar | Thesis title: Study of transcriptional regulation using chemically and thermally regulated transcription factors Advisor: Gerald Crabtree, MD Department: Immunoogy Post-graduate: BioTech investments Current: Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, UCSF |
| James Brewer | Thesis title: Neural basis of memory and the effects of neurodegenerative disease Advisor: John Gabrieli, PhD Department: Neurosciences Post-graduate: Intern, medicine, St. Vincents Hospital Current: Associate Professor of Radiology and Neurosciences, UC San Diego Find out more about Dr. Brewer's research |
| Richard Dal Canto | Thesis title: Effect of locally delivered cytokines on experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis Advisor: Gary Fathman, MD Department: Immunology Post-graduate: Intern, Orthopedic Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Current: Assistant Professor, Dermatology and Medicine (Rheumatology), Stanford |
| Karl Deisseroth | Thesis title: Communication between synapse and nucleus Advisor: Richard Tsien, PhD Department: Neurosciences Post-graduate: Intern, Psychiatry, Stanford Current: Professor of Bioengineering, Stanford |
| Ibrahim Domian | Thesis title: Temporal and spatial control of the Caulobacter cell cycle Advisor: Lucy Shapiro, PhD Department: Developmental Biology Post-graduate: Intern, Int. Medicine,Massachusetts General Current: Assistant Professor of Cardiology/Cardiac Electrophysiology, Harvard / Massachusetts General Hospital |
| Ngocdiep Thi Le | Thesis title: The function of the putative adaptor protein disabled during signaling by the Sevenless receptror Tyrosine kinase Advisor: Michael Snyder, PhD Department: Cancer Biology Post-graduate: Intern, Int. Med, Stanford Current: Assistant Professor, Medicine - Anesthesia, Stanford |
| Patrick Boon ooi Tan | Thesis title: Regulation and function of the Lin-31 WH adn Lin-1 ETS transcription factor during C. elegans vulval induction Advisor: Stuart Kim, PhD Department: Developmental Biology Post-graduate: Staff Res. Phys., Nat. Cancer Ctr. Of Singapore Current: Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, University of Utah School of Medicine |
| Gary Ulaner | Thesis title: Regulation of telomerase activity by alternate splicing of human telomerase reverse transcriptase Advisor: Linda Giudice, MD, PhD Department: Cancer Biology Post-graduate: Intern, Orthopedic Surgery, Johns Hopkins:: Instructor in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Staff Physician, Genetics & Metabolism, Children's Hospital Boston |
| Brent Wilson | Thesis title: Structure and function of agouti and agouti-related protein Advisor: Greg Barsh, MD, PhD Department: Genetics Post-graduate: Intern, Int. Med., U. Utah:: Assistant Professor (University Tenure Line), Dept of Pediatrics |
1999
| Martha Arroyo | Thesis title: S. pombe PCNA mutants display growth defects and DNA damage sensitivity Advisor: Teresa Wang, PhD Dept/Program: Cancer Biology Post-graduate: Intern, Medicine, Kaiser/Santa Clara: Fellow, Infectious Diseases Pediatrics, University of Washington Current: Dermatology Lakeside Dermatology, Illinois |
| Anjen Chenn | Thesis title: Regulation of cerebral cortical development Advisor: Susan K McConnell, PhD Dept/Program: Neurosciences Current: Assistant Professor, College of Medicine, The University of Illinois, Chicago Find out more about Dr. Chenn's research |
| Sheri Lee Fink | Thesis title: Neuroprotection following transfer of stress-induced genes : glucose transporter and heat shock protein 72 Advisor: Robert Sapolsky, PhD Dept/Program: Neurosciences Current: Author and reporter |
| Shi Yin Foo | Thesis title: The candidate proto-oncoprotein BCL-3 can enforce cell cycle bloackade in a p50-dependent manner by upregulation of the cyclin:CDK inhibitor, p21 Advisor: Garry P. Nolan, PhD Dept/Program: Immunology Post-graduate: Intern, Internal Medicine, Brigham & Women's Current: Chief Medical Officer at Cydan Development Inc., Boston, MA |
| Aimee Debra Kohn | Thesis title: Functional characterization of Akt kinase in insulin-stimulated signal transduction Advisor: Richard Roth, PhD Dept/Program: Molecular Pharmacology Post-graduate: Intern, Internal Medicine, U. Penn Current: Hematology & Oncology Physician, Lees Summit, MO |
| Ting-Yi Lin | Thesis title: Temporal and spatial regulation of the downstream target genes of Sonic Hedgehog in the mouse CNS Advisor: Margaret T Fuller, PhD Dept/Program: Developmental Biology Post-graduate: Intern, Pediatrics, Boston Combined Peds Current: Attending Physician, Children's Hospital Los Angeles |
| Erich Jurgen Schwartz | Thesis title: Structure-activity studies of immunosuppressive peptides derived from the alpha one alpha helix of the class I major histocompatibility complex molecule Advisor: John H Griffin, PhD Dept/Program: Biophysics Post-graduate: Intern, Pathology, Stanford Current: Pathologist, Stanford |
| Dorothy Anna Sipkins | Thesis title: Development of receptor-specific contrast media for magnetic resonance imaging Advisor: King CP Li, MD Dept/Program: Cancer Biology Post-graduate: Intern, Internal Medicine, Mass General Current: Assistant Professor of Neurology and Neurobiology, Center for Translational Neuroscience, Duke University Find out more about Dr. Sipkins research at Duke |
| Uma Sundram | Thesis title: Synthesis and biophysical studies of novel vancomycin derivatives Advisor: John H Griffin, PhD Dept/Program: Biophysics Post-graduate: Intern, Pathology, Stanford |
| David Christopher Sutherland | Thesis title: The control of tracheal branching morphogenesis in Drosopila melanogaster by Branchless/FGF Advisor: Mark Krasnow, MD, PhD Dept/Program: Biochemistry Post-graduate: Intern, Psychiatry, UCSF Current: Associate Professor of Molecular Biology & Pharmacology, Washington University, Saint Louis, MO |
1998
| Robert Dodd | Thesis title: The role of arrestin and recoverin in signal transduction by retinal Rod Photoreceptors Advisor: Denis Baylor, MD Dept/Program: Neurosciences Post-graduate: Intern, Neurosurgery, Stanford Current: Assistant Professor, Dept of Neurosurgery, Stanford Hospital Find out more about Dr. Dodd's research |
| David Fiorentino | Thesis title: Characterization of rapamycin targets in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Advisor: Gerald Crabtree, MD Dept/Program: Cancer Biology Post-graduate: Intern, Medicine, University of Colorado Current: Professor of Dermatology and Medicine (Rheumatology), Stanford Find out more about Dr. Fiorentino's research |
| James Healy | Thesis title: Defining self: Molecular and genetic studies of autoreactive B lymphocytes Advisor: Christopher C Goodnow, PhD Dept/Program: Immunology Post-graduate: Consulting, Galen Medical, Inc; .Managing Director at Sofinnova Ventures, a venture capital firm focused on building companies serving medical markets |
| Edwin Kevin Heist | Thesis title: Predictors of response from cardiac resynchronization therapy Advisor: Howard Schulman, PhD Dept/Program: Neurosciences Post-graduate: Intern, Int Med, UCSF Current: Assistant Professor of Cardiology / Cardiac Electrophysiology, Harvard / Massachusetts General Hospital Find out more about Dr .Heist's research |
| Max Kanevsky | Thesis title: Potassium channels participate in the protection of the myocardium by volatile general anesthetics Advisor: Richard Aldrich, PhD Dept/Program: Molecular & Cellular Physiology Post-graduate: Intern, Internal Medicine,Brigham & Women's Current: Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine - Anesthesia, Stanford Find out more about Dr. Kanevsky's research |
| Michael Kay | Thesis title: Sources of stability in the Apomyoglobin folding intermediates Advisor: Robert Baldwin, PhD Dept/Program: Biochemistry Post-graduate: Postdoctoral research, Whitehead Inst., MIT Current: Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, University of Utah School of Medicine Find out more about Dr. Kay's research |
| Edward Neilan | Thesis title: Genetic, biochemical and clinical studies to Cockayne syndrome Advisor: Greg Barsh, MD, PhD Dept/Program: Developmental Biology Post-graduate: Intern, Pediatrics, Boston Combined Res Current: Instructor in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Staff Physician, Genetics & Metabolism, Children's Hospital Boston Find out more about Dr .Neilan's research |
| Anna Penn | Thesis title: Impact of placental hormones on brain development Advisor: Carla Shatz, PhD Dept/Program: Neurosciences Post-graduate: Intern, Pediatrics, UC San Francisco, San Francisco, CA Current: Associate Professor Pediatrics, Fetal & Transitional Medicine, Neonatology, Childrens National Health System Find out more about Dr. Penn's research |
| Tamara Pozos | Thesis title: HUM1, a novel yeast gene, is required for vacuolar calcium / proton exchange in S. cerevisiae Advisor: Martha Cyert, PhD Dept/Program: Cancer Biology Post-graduate: Intern, Pediatricss, UC San Francisco Current: Physician, Children's Minnesota Infectious Disease Clinic |
| W. Kimryn Rathmell | Thesis title: The Ku autoantigen and DNA dependent protein kinase: role in the cellular response to DNA double strand breaks Advisor: Gilbert Chu, MD, PhD Dept/Program: Biophysics Post-graduate: Internal Medicine, University of Chicago Current: Cornelius Abernathy Craig Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry, Director of Division of Hematology and Oncology, Vanderbilt University Find out more about Dr. Rathmell's research |
| Paul Zei | Thesis title: Mechanisms of ventricular tachycardia and new catheter technologies for ablation Advisor: Richard Aldrich, PhD Dept/Program: Molecular & Cellular Physiology Post-graduate: Intern, Internal Medicine, Brigham & Women's Current: Director, Comprehensive Atrial Fibrillation Program, Cardiovascular Medicine Brigham & Women's Hospital |
| Thesis title: Potassium channels participate in the protection of the myocardium by volatile general anesthetics Advisor: R Aldrich Dept/Program: Molecular & Cellular Physiology PhD: 1998 MD: 1998 Post-graduate: Intern |
| Thesis title: HUM1, a novel yeast gene, is required for vacuolar calcium / proton exchange in S. cerevisiae Advisor: Cyert Dept/Program: Cancer Biology PhD: 1998 MD: 1998 Post-graduate: Intern |
| Thesis title: HUM1, a novel yeast gene, is required for vacuolar calcium / proton exchange in S. cerevisiae Advisor: Cyert Dept/Program: Cancer Biology PhD: 1998 MD: 1998 Post-graduate: Intern |
1997
| Manuel Amieva | Post-graduate: Intern, Pediatrics, Stanford:: Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Infectious Diseases) and of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford |
| Alison Bevan | Post-graduate: Intern, Int. Med/Rad. Onc, Stanford Current: Clinical Instructor, UCSF Radiation Oncology |
| Richard Link | Post-graduate: Intern, Surgery/Urology, Baylor Current: Associate Professor, Urology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston TX |
| Brian Scottoline | Post-graduate: Intern, Pediatrics, Stanford Current: Acting Asstistant Professor, Stanford University Comprehensive Cancer Center |
1996
| Nicole Calakos | Post-graduate: Intern, Internal Med, UCSF:: Assistant Professor of Neurology and Neurobiology, Center for Translational Neuroscience, Duke U. |
| Thomas Chen | Post-graduate: Intern, Internal Med, UCSF |
| Aaron DiAntonio | Post-graduate: Postdoc., Mol. & Cell Biol, UCBerkeley Current: Associate Professor of Molecular Biology & Pharmacolog, Washington University, St. Louis, MO Find out more about Dr. DiAntonio's Research |
| Patrick Ellinor | Post-graduate: Intern, Internal Med, Brigham & Women's Current: Co-Director of Fellowship Program in Cardiac Electrophysiology, Mass. General Hospital Boston, MA |