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Trainee |
PhD Defense Date |
Department |
Project Title |
Current Position |
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Roger Arce |
March 23, 2011 |
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. |
UNC Periodontology Residency Progam |
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Joseph Burgents |
March 19th, 2010 |
Microbiology and Immunology |
Role of Treg Migration in T Cell Medicated Melanoma Clearance |
Postdoc with Donald Cook, NIEHS |
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Kimberly Carpenter |
March 23, 2011 |
Neurobiology |
Functional and structural neuroimaging of social and executive brain circuitry in individuals with autism |
Postdoc with Helen Egger in the Developmetnal Epidemiology Program at Duke University |
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Michelle DeSimone |
April 6, 2011 |
Toxicology |
Identification of Chemical-Exposure Signatures in Renal Cell Carcinomas |
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Kate Hamilton |
August 31, 2010 |
Cell and Molecular Physiology |
Role of Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling 3 (SOCS 3) in Inflammation Associated and Sporadic Colorectal Cancer |
Postdoc with Anil Rustgi in the Department of Medicine, GI Division, U Penn |
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Katherine Horvath |
February 24, 2011 |
Toxicology |
Cigarette Smoke Alters Influenza-Induced Immune Responses of the Respiratory Epithelium |
NCBC Postdoctoral Fellowship at Liquidia Technologies |
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Jessica Rodriguez |
September 20, 2011 |
Pathology |
The Role of Ring Finger 1 (MuRF1) in Protein Quality Control in the Heart |
Jessica is in postdoctoal training with Richard N Kitsis, MD, at Albert Einstein in New York City |
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Rupninder “Rupan” Sandhu |
August 29, 2011 |
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine |
DNMT3b Mediated Hypermethylator Phenotype in Breast Cancer: Mechanism and Role in Chemotherapy |
Postdoc with Melissa Troester, PhD, MPH, UNC School of Public Health |
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Jonathan Shannahan |
March 15, 2011 |
Toxicology |
Susceptibility to Libby Amphibole Induced Pulmonary Disease in the Cardiovascular Compromised Subpopulation |
Jonathan is a post-doc with Dr. Jared Brown at East Carolina University in the Department of Toxicology and Pharmacology, Brody School of Medicine. |
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Rachael Turner |
March 23, 2011 |
Biomedical Engineering |
Grafting of Human Hepatic Stem Cells for Use in Liver Failure Therapies |
Becton Dickinson Technology Leadership Development Program |