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1995-1999

Steve M. Lipkin

  • Email:  slipkin@uci.edu
  • Undergraduate Institution:  Princeton University, BA, Neurosciences, 1986
  • Graduate Department:  Neurosciences
  • Thesis Title:  Transcriptional Regulation of Neuroendocrine Gene Expression by Zinc Finger Transcription Factors
  • Thesis Advisor at UCSD:  Dr. Michael Rosenfeld
  • Graduation Year:  1995
  • Postgraduate Education:  Medicine, Duke Medical Center, Durham
  • Current Position:  Assistant Professor, Depts. Biological Chemistry and Medicine, UC Irvine
  • Publications 

Denise M. Malicki

  • Email:  dmalicki@chsd.org
  • Undergraduate Institution:  Purdue University, BS, Biology (Neurobiology and Animal Physiology) 1986
  • Graduate Department:  Biology
  • Thesis Title:  Calcium Dependent Protein Phosphorylation and the Regulation of Phototransduction of Drosophila Melanogaster
  • Thesis Advisor at UCSD:  Dr. Charles Zuker
  • Graduation Year:  1995
  • Postgraduate Education:  Pathology, University of California, Medical Center, San Diego
  • Current Position:  Associate Pathologist at Children's Hospital, San Diego; Assistant Clinical Professor at UC San Diego
  • Publications 

David S. Johnson

  • Email:  unknown
  • Undergraduate Institution:  University of Utah, BS, Biology, 1986
  • Graduate Department:  Neurosciences
  • Thesis Title:  The Cloning, Physiological and Anatomical Characterization of 5-HT3R-A, a Serotoningated Ion Channel in Rat
  • Thesis Advisor at UCSD:  Dr. Stephen Heinemann / Dr. Palmer Taylor
  • Graduation Year:  1996
  • Postgraduate Education:  Psychiatry, University of California, Medical Center, San Francisco
  • Current Position:  unknown
  • Publications 

Jeffrey Sugarman

  • Email:  pediderm@yahoo.com
  • Undergraduate Institution:  UC Berkeley
  • Graduate Department:  Biomedical Sciences
  • Thesis Title:  An Unusual Mechanism for Cell Cycle Arrest Involving the Basal Promoter of cdc2
  • Thesis Advisor at UCSD:  Dr. Christopher Glass
  • Graduation Year:  1996
  • Postgraduate Education:  Pediatrics University of Washington, Seattle
  • Current Position:  Pediatric and Adult Dermatology, Assistant Clinical Professor in Dermatology and Community and Family Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
  • Publications 

Tony T. Yang

  • Email:  tyang@ucsd.edu
  • Undergraduate Institution:  Johns Hopkins, BA, Natural Sciences, 1985
  • Graduate Department:  Molecular Pathology
  • Thesis Title:  Noninvasive Somatosensory Homunculus Mapping in Humans by Using a Large-Array Biomagnetometer
  • Thesis Advisor at UCSD:  Dr. Floyd Bloom
  • Graduation Year:  1996
  • Postgraduate Education:  Psychiatry, Stanford Health Services
  • Current Position:  Assistant Professor, IR Dept. of Psychiatry, UC San Diego
  • Publications 

Satish Eraly

  • Email:  seraly@ucsd.edu
  • Undergraduate Institution:  University of Miami, AB, Biology, 1988
  • Graduate Department:  Neurosciences
  • Thesis Title:  Transcriptional Regulation of GnRH by Protein Kinase C in GT1 Hypothalamic Neurons
  • Thesis Advisor at UCSD:  Dr. Pam Mellon
  • Graduation Year:  1997
  • Postgraduate Education:  Medicine, University of California, Medical Center, San Diego
  • Current Position:  Assistant Adjunct Professor, University of California, San Diego
  • Publications 

Matthew Kodsi

  • Email:  mkodsi@ufl.edu
  • Undergraduate Institution:  University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, BS, Biology 1990
  • Graduate Department:  Neurosciences
  • Thesis Title:  Striato-Pallidal Modulation of Sensorimotor Gating in the Rat
  • Thesis Advisor at UCSD:  Dr. Neal Swerdlow
  • Graduation Year:  1997
  • Postgraduate Education:  Medicine / Neurology, Emory University
  • Current Position:  Postdoctoral Associate, University of Florida, Gainville
  • Publications 

Christopher Callahan

  • Email:  cacallahan@home.com
  • Undergraduate Institution:  Brown University, BS, Neuroscience, 1987
  • Graduate Department:  Neurosciences
  • Thesis Title:  Genes Controlling Axonal Pathfinding in Drosophila
  • Thesis Advisor at UCSD:  Dr. John Thomas
  • Graduation Year:  1998
  • Postgraduate Education:  Pathology, Stanford Medical Center
  • Current Position:  Research Associate / Staff Physician, Department of Pathology, Stanford Medical Center
  • Publications 

Lee D. Cranmer

  • Email:  lcranmer@azcc.arizona.edu
  • Undergraduate Institution:  Harvard University, AB, Biochemical Sciences, 1988
  • Graduate Department:  Biology
  • Thesis Title:  Experimental Vaccination Against Murine Cytomegalovirus
  • Thesis Advisor at UCSD:  Dr. Deborah Spector
  • Graduation Year:  1998
  • Postgraduate Education:  Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Minnesota
  • Current Position:  Assistant Professor, Arizona Cancer Center, Tucson
  • Publications 

Jonathan Hecht

  • Email:  jhecht@itsa.ucsf.edu
  • Undergraduate Institution:  UC Irvine, BS, Biology, 1989
  • Graduate Department:  Biology
  • Thesis Title:  Characterization of the Lysophosphatidic Acid Receptor in Cortical Development
  • Thesis Advisor at UCSD:  Dr. Jerold Chun
  • Graduation Year:  1998
  • Postgraduate Education:  Pediatrics, University of California, Medical Center, San Francisco
  • Current Position:  Resident, Pediatrics, UCSF
  • Publications 

Andrew Horvai

  • Email:  andho@itsa.ucsf.edu
  • Undergraduate Institution:  UC Los Angeles, BS, Biology, 1989
  • Graduate Department:  Biomedical Sciences
  • Thesis Title:  Transcriptional Regulation of Macrophage Scavenger Receptor Expression in Transgenic Mice
  • Thesis Advisor at UCSD:  Dr. Christopher Glass
  • Graduation Year:  1998
  • Postgraduate Education:  Surgical Pathology, University of California, Medical Center, San Francisco
  • Current Position: Assistant Clinical Professor, Pathology, University of California, San Francisco
  • Publications 

Jeffrey Holmes

  • Email:  holmes@cuorma.orl.columbia.edu
  • Undergraduate Institution:  Johns Hopkins University, BS, Biomedical Engineering, 1989
  • Graduate Department:  Bioengineering
  • Thesis Title:  Ventricular Remodeling and Mechanics Following Infarction
  • Thesis Advisor at UCSD:  Dr. James Covell
  • Graduation Year:  1998
  • Postgraduate Education:  Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Columbia University, New York
  • Current Position:  Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Columbia University, New York
  • Publications 

Albert Lai

  • Email:  a1lai@juno.com
  • Undergraduate Institution:  Harvard University, AB, Chemistry, 1988
  • Graduate Department:  Biomedical Sciences
  • Thesis Title:  Signal-Dependent Trafficking and Processing of B-Amyloid Precursor Protein
  • Thesis Advisor at UCSD:  Dr. Ian Trowbridge
  • Graduation Year:  1998
  • Postgraduate Education:  Internal Medicine, White Memorial Medical Center, Los Angeles, Neurology, University of California, Medical Center, Los Angeles
  • Current Position:  Neuro-Oncology Fellow, UCLA
  • Publications 

David No

  • Email:  dno@excite.com
  • Website:  Profile
  • Undergraduate Institution:  UC Berkeley, AB, Molecular Biology, 1991
  • Graduate Department:  Biomedical Sciences
  • Thesis Title:  Ecdysone-Inducible Gene Expression in Mammalian Cells and Transgenic Mice
  • Thesis Advisor at UCSD:  Dr. Ron Evans
  • Graduation Year:  1998
  • Postgraduate Education:  Dermatology; Internship at Faulkner Hospital in Boston, Resident at Harvard Medical School, Boston
  • Current Position:  Staff Dermatologist, Laser & Skin Surgery Center of Northern California
  • Publications 

Mark Sornson

  • Email:  sornson@alumni.ucsd.edu
  • Undergraduate Institution:  UC Berkeley, BA, Biochemistry, 1988
  • Graduate Department:  Biology
  • Thesis Title:  Pituitary Lineage Determination by the Prophet of Pit-1 Homeodomain Factor Defective in Ames Dwarfism
  • Thesis Advisor at UCSD:  Dr. Geoff Rosenfeld
  • Graduation Year:  1998
  • Postgraduate Education:  Dermatology, Stanford Health Services; Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Stanford University
  • Current Position:  Physician, Dermatology, Private Practice in San Diego
  • Publications 

Seema Sharma

  • Email:  ssharma@ucsd.edu
  • Undergraduate Institution:  Claremont McKenna College, BA, Biology, 1989
  • Graduate Department:  Biology
  • Thesis Title:  Targeting the Orphon Homeobox Protein STF-1 to Pancreatic Islet Cells
  • Thesis Advisor at UCSD:  Dr. Marc Montminy
  • Graduation Year:  1999
  • Postgraduate Education:  Pediatrics, University of California, Medical Center, San Diego
  • Current Position:  Fellow, Dept. of Medicine, Division of Allergy & Immunology, University of California, Medical Center, San Diego
  • Publications 

Joseph Corbo

  • Email:  jcorbo@pathology.wustl.edu
  • Website:  Profile
  • Undergraduate Institution:  Stanford University, AB / BS, Linguistics / Biology, 1990
  • Graduate Department:  Biology
  • Thesis Title:  Molecular Aspects of Notochord and Nervous System Development in the Ascidian, Ciona Intestinalis
  • Thesis Advisor at UCSD:  Dr. Michael Levine
  • Graduation Year:  1999
  • Postgraduate Education:  Pathology, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston
  • Current Position:  Assistant Professor of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis
  • Publications