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Trainees who entered the program in 2012

	Elizabeth Andersen	Neurobiology	The Role of the Maladaptive Stress Response in Mediating the Onset of Psychosis
	Marissa Cann	Pharmacology	Development of fluorescent peptide probes to assess kinase activity in Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma and identify potential therapeutic targets
	Heather Decot	Neurobiology	Optogenetic manipulation of neural circuits and high throughput non-biased mapping of functional neural connectivity
	Natalie Holman	Toxicology	description coming soon
	Julianne Huang	Chemistry	Fighting Pseudomonas aeruginosa Bacterial Pneumonia
	David Irvin	Genetics and Molecular Biology	Molecular Stratification of Glioblastoma
	Desinia Johnson	Toxicology	description coming soon
	Fatima Manzoor	Microbiology and Immunology	Development of human beta cell-specific gene therapy to treat type 1 diabetes
	Robert McNeil	Pathology	Modeling the Molecular Heterogeneity of Glioblastoma
	Michelle Palacios	Microbiology and Immunology	description coming soon
	Kristin Sellers	Neurobiology	Targeted Modulation of Cortical Oscillations through Non-Invasive Transcranial Current Stimulation
	Leah Townsend	Neurobiology	The development of higher visual area circuitry in mouse models of autism
	Philip Wages	Toxicology	Assessing Mechanisms of Oxidant Stress by Inhaled Pollutants and Effects of Interventions in a Susceptible Population
	Dana Walsh	Toxicology	description coming soon
	Lin Xiao	Cell and Molecular Physiology	The role of endothelial-mesenchymal transition in tumor angiogenesis and resistance to anti-angiogenic therapy
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Trainees who entered the program in 2011

	Leslie Baggesen	Biomedical Engineering	Three-Dimensional Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse Ultrasonic Imaging for Diagnostic Applications
	Rebecca Bauer	Toxicology	Toward determining how diesel exhaust exposure and viral infections interact to increase allergic inflammation in humans in vivo and in vitro
	Samira Brooks	Toxicology	Developing a Prognostic Algorithm for clear cell Renal Cell Carcinoma Using Preclinical Biomarkers for Two Distinct Subtypes
	Sarah Claypool	Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Products	Using cell-SELEX to identify 2'F-modified RNA aptamers that specifically target pancreatic cancer.
	Joe Durand	Genetics	GSK-3a regulation of NF-kB activation pathways downstream of oncogenic K Ras expression
	Melissa Ellerman	Microbiology & Immunology	Iron-mediated alterations to the gut microbiota in chronic intestinal inflammation
	Adam Friedman	Pharmaceutical Sciences	Development and translational application of highly-stable EGFR-inhibitory aptamers via Tip-SELEX
	Alicia Greenwalt	Genetics	The RAD18 E3 Ubiquitin Ligase: A Novel Target for Cancer Therapy
	Bethany Walton	Pathology	Mechanisms through which hyperfibrinogenemia causes more stable thrombi that do not respond to treatment with thrombolytic drugs
	Mariko Weber	Neurobiology	Brain structure, function, and connectivity changes associated with improved clinical outcomes in veterans with PTSD
	Kimberly Williams	Neurobiology	Development of potential therapeutics for HIV- associated CNS diseases
	Angela Yang	Pharmaceutical Sciences	Development of immune-inert nanoparticles that are selectively and specifically targeted to lymphatic metastases
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Trainees who entered the program in 2010

	Raquel Burger-Calderon	Microbiology & Immunology	Deciphering the BK Virus Enigma in HIV Patients
	Patricia Casbas-Hernandez	Pathology	Pregnancy, Obseogenic Environments and Basal-like Breast Cancer
	Rebecca Fanelli	Neurobiology	Neurodynamics of Habitual Alcohol Self-administration in Rats and Lessons for the Treatment of Alcoholism
	Meghan Free	Pathology	T Cell Dysregulation in Patients with ANCA Disease
	Tikvah Hayes	Genetics	Mechanisms of KRAS dependency in pancreatic adenocarcinoma
	Kaiulani Houston	Chemical Biology	Development of Single Cell Peptide-Based Assays for the Measurement of Kinase Activity Multiple Myeloma
	Britta Jones	Microbiology & Immunology	The Interactions Between Host Immune Factors and HIV in the Oral Mucosa
	Lei Peng	Pharmaceutical Sciences	Development of BTM Nanoparticles for Targeted Chemotherapy of Non-Small Lung Cancer
	Adams Roberts	Biochemistry & Biophysics	Does-intensification of CPT-11 by Selective Inhibition of Bacterial β-glucornidase
	Agostina Santoro	Physiology	Role of Insulin and Insulin-like Growth Factor Signaling in Obesity Associated Colorectal Cancer
	Joe Shaffer	Neurobiology	Identification of Disorder Subtypes in Schizophrenia
	Rita-Marie T. Woodford	Oral Biology	Tumor-dependent Inflammation Modulation Increases Cancer Vaccine Efficacy
	Kenton Woodard	Neurobiology	Engineering Adeno-Associated Viral Vectors to Transduce Bipolar Cells of Human Retina
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Trainees who entered the program in 2009

	Sarah Bortvedt	Cell & Molecular Physiology	The effect of insulin and insulin-like growth factors on colonic crypt stem cell proliferation/survival and colorectal cancer
	Katie Cleary	Neurobiology	Coming soon
	Sarah Council	School of Dentistry	The Role of Anaerobes in Polymicrobial CF airway infection.
	LeShara Fulton	Microbiology & Immunology	Immune Mechanisms Important for the Pathogenesis of Graft-Versus-Host Disease
	Eugene Gibbs	Toxicology	Light Microscopy Approaches to the Study of Nanoparticle Exposure of Human Lung Epithelial Cells
	Lee Mullin	Biomedical Engineering	Design and Analysis of an Acoustically-Active Paclitaxel Nanocapsule-Bound Microbubble Vehicle for Ultrasound-Targeted Chemotherapy
	Amanda Rinkenbaugh	Molecular & Cellular Pathology	Role of NF-kappaB in Maintenance of Glioblastoma Stem Cells
	Aleeza Roth	Molecular & Cellular Pathology	ANCA Antigens: Regulation of the autoimmune response to myeloperoxidase
	John Sheridan	Cell & Molecular Physiology	Understanding the role of 17ß-estradiol and Synthetic Estrogens in the Regulation of Ca2+-activated Cl- Channels in Airway Epithelial Cells
	Jessica Sorrentino	Toxicology	Understanding p16INK4a regulation in vivo after exposure to noxious stimuli
	Kristen Tamburro	Genetics Curriculum	Forensic Virology of HIV-Associated Mortality
	Amanda Wisz	Microbiology & Immunology	Defining Tolerance Mechanisms Regulating TLR-Induced B-cell Autoimmunity in Human SLE
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Trainees Who Entered the Program in 2008

	Roger Arce	School of Dentistry - Oral Biology	Understanding the potential role of infection of oral origin on the etiology and mechanisms of obstetric complications that lead to prematurity and growth restrictions.
	Kimberly Coggan	Microbiology & Immunology	Reciprocal Regulation of Acute and Chronic Virulence Factor Expression in Pseudomonas aeruginosa During Cystic Fibrosis Airway Infection
	Crystal "CJ" Neely	Microbiology & Immunology	Reactivation of Latent Cytomegalovirus After Burn Injury in Both Patients and a Murine Model
	Lauren Parker	Pharmacology	Discovering novel Rho GEF inhibitors for Cancer treatment
	Aaron Richardson	Biomedical Engineering	Target Contrast Imaging in Atherosclerosis and Other Vascular Diseases Using Super-paramagnetic Iron Oxide Loaded RL Platelets
	Rupninder "Rupan" Sandhu	Pathology and Laboratory Medicine	DNMT3b Mediated Hypermethylator Phenotype in Breast Cancer: Mechanism and Role in Chemotherapy
	Jonathan Shannahan	Toxicology	Susceptibility to Libby Amphibole Induced Pulmonary Disease in the Cardiovascular Compromised Subpopulation
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Trainees Who Entered the Program in  2007

	Michelle DeSimone	Toxicology	Identification of Chemical-Exposure Signatures in Renal Cell Carcinomas
	Katherine Horvath	Toxicology	Cigarette Smoke Alters Influenza-Induced Immune Responses of the Respiratory Epithelium
	Shannon Jones	Pharmacology	The Role of Dendritic Cells and Macrophages in Regulating BCR Activation and Adaptive Immune Responses
	Rachael Liesman	Microbiology & Immunology	Respiratory Virus Infection of the Inflamed Lung: Does Increased Proteolytic Activity Impact the Severity of Virus Infection?
	Jessica Rodriguez	Pathology and Laboratory Medicine	The Role of Ring Finger 1 (MuRF1) in Protein Quality Control in the Heart
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Trainees Who Entered the Program in 2006

	Joseph Burgents	Microbiology & Immunology	Role of Treg Migration in T Cell Medicated Melanoma Clearance
	Kimberly Carpenter	Neurobiology	Functional and structural neuroimaging of social and executive brain circuitry in individuals with autism
	Kate Hamilton	Cell and   Molecular Physiology	Role of Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling 3 (SOCS 3) in Inflammation-Associated and Sporadic Colorectal Cancer
	Rachael Turner	Biomedical Engineering	Grafting of Human Hepatic Stem Cells for Use in Liver Failure Therapies
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