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2005-2009

2005

Timothy Hall

  • Email:  TMHall@mednet.ucla.edu
  • Undergraduate Institution:  Harvard, AB, History and Literature, 1994
  • Graduate Department:  Anthropology
  • Thesis Title:  Social Change, Mental Health, and the Evolution of Gay Male Identities: A Clinical Ethnography of Post-Communist Prague
  • Thesis Advisors:  Dr. Roy D'Andrade & Dr. Tanya Luhrman
  • Current Position:  Research Fellow, Dept. of Family Medicine, UCLA
  • Publications

Stanley Shyn

  • Email:  stanshyn@uw.edu
  • Undergraduate Institution:  MIT, BS, Biology, 1996
  • Graduate Department:  Neurosciences
  • Thesis Title:  Cameleon Reveals a Physiologic Correlate for Alternative Behavioral States in C Elegans Egg-Laying
  • Thesis Advisor:  Dr. William Schafer
  • Current Position:  Assistant Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry; U. of Washington
  • Publications

Matt Strain

  • Email:  mstrain@ucsd.edu
  • Undergraduate Institution:  Rice University, BA, Physics, 1995, Duke University, MS Physics, 1998
  • Graduate Department:  Bio-Physics
  • Thesis Title:  Spatiotemporal dynamics of HIV infection
  • Thesis Advisor:  Dr. Herbert Levine
  • Current Position:  Research Fellow, Dept. of Pathology, UCSD
  • Publications

2006

Larry Flechner

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  • Undergraduate Institution:  Stanford, BA, History, 1997
  • Graduate Department:  Biomedical Sciences
  • Thesis Title:  Role of the CREB Pathway in Glucose Homeostasis
  • Thesis Advisor:  Dr. Marc Montminy, Salk
  • Current Position: Urologist, Torrance Memorial Hospital
  • Publications 

Will Go

  • Email:  wgo@amgen.com
  • Undergraduate Institution: Carleton College, BA, Biology, 1998
  • Graduate Department: Biomedical Sciences
  • Thesis Title: The Role of the Mammalian Osmotic Stress Response in Adaptive Immunity: New Insights from Studies of the NFAT5/TonEBP Transcription Factor
  • Thesis Lab: Dr. Steffan Ho
  • Current Position: Clinical Research Director, Amgen, Inc.
  • Publications

Jeanne Maglione

  • Email: jmaglione@ucsd.edu
  • Undergraduate Institution: UCLA, BS, Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, 1997
  • Graduate Department: Biomedical Sciences Thesis Title: PyV-mT Induced Neoplastic Progression in the Mouse Mammary Gland: Insights Revealed by the Creation and Investigation of PyV-mT Mammary Intraepithelial Outgrowth (MIN-O) Lines
  • Thesis Lab: Dr. Carol Macleod
  • Current Position: Assoc. Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry, UCSD
  • Publications

Chris Myers

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  • Undergraduate Institution: UC Berkeley, BA / BS, Molecular and Cell Biology / Chemistry, 1996
  • Graduate Department: Neurosciences
  • Thesis Title: Motor Circuits Deciphered by Molecular Genetics
  • Thesis Lab: Dr. Sam Pfaff, Salk Institute
  • Current Position: Radiologist, Annapolis Radiology Associates
  • Publications

Alexandra Nelson

  • Email:  alexandra.nelson@ucsf.edu
  • Undergraduate Institution: Stanford, BS, Biology, 1996
  • Graduate Department: Neurosciences
  • Thesis Title: Plasticity of Intrinsic Excitability in the Vestibular Nucleus
  • Thesis Lab: Dr. Sacha Du Lac, Salk
  • Current Position: Clinical Instructor, Dept. of Neurology, UCSF
  • Publications

John Scheel

  • Email:  jrs4yg@u.washington.edu
  • Undergraduate Institution: UC Riverside, BS, Biology, 1997
  • Graduate Department: Biomedical Sciences
  • Thesis Title: Real Time Gene Expression in Neural Progenitor Cells
  • Thesis Lab: Dr. Fred Gage, Salk
  • Current Position: Asst. Professor, Dept. of Radiology,  U. of Washington
  • Publications

Beverly Zak

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  • Undergraduate Institution: UC Santa Barbara, BA, Economics, 1998; MS Economics, 1992; UC Irvine, BS, Biology, 1997
  • Graduate Department: Biomedical Sciences
  • Thesis Title: Hereditary Multiple Exostoses and Heparan Sulfate Polymerization
  • Thesis Lab: Dr. Jeff Esko
  • Current Position: Dermatologist, Nashville, TN
  • Publications

2007

Ilona Barash

  • Email: ibarash@ucsd.edu
  • Undergraduate Institution: Stanford, BS, Biology, 1996
  • Graduate Department: BMS
  • Thesis Title: Biological and biomechanical role of mechanical-based sensing proteins in skeletal muscle injury
  • Thesis Lab: Dr. Richard Lieber
  • Current Position: Resident, Dept. of Emergency Medicine, UCSD
  • Publications

Eric Shrader Frechette

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  • Undergraduate Institution: Princeton, AB, Physics, 1999
  • Graduate Department: Neurosciences
  • Thesis Title: Limitations on behavioral motion sensing imposed by retinal and central visual processing
  • Thesis Lab: Dr. E.J. Chichilnisky, Salk
  • Current Position: Neurologist, Arcadia, CA
  • Publications

Albert Hsiao

  • Email: a3hsiao@ucsd.edu
  • Undergraduate Institution: CalTech, BS, Biology, 2000
  • Graduate Department: Bioengineering
  • Thesis Title: Comparative Functional Genomics of Energy Metabolism and Insulin Resistance in Mammalian Systems
  • Thesis Lab: Dr. Shankar Subramaniam
  • Current Position: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Radiology, UCSD
  • Publications

2008

Rael Cahn

  • Email: rael.cahn@usc.edu
  • Undergraduate Institution: Evergreen College, BA / BS, Biochemistry / Psychology, 1998
  • Graduate Department: Neurosciences
  • Thesis Title: Neurophysiologic correlates of sensory and cognitive processing in altered states of consciousness
  • Thesis Advisor: Dr. John Polich, TSRI
  • Graduation Year:  2008
  • Current Position: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry, USC
  • Publications

Jeff Gold

  • Email: jjgold@ucsd.edu
  • Undergraduate Institution: UCLA, BS, Neuroscience, 2000
  • Graduate Department: Neurosciences
  • Thesis Title: Functional Neuroanatomy of Human Recognition Memory
  • Thesis Advisor: Dr. Larry Squire
  • Current Position: Asst. Professor, Dept. of Pediatrics & Child Neurology, UCSD
  • Publications

Joseph Hyder

  • Email: hyder.joseph@mayo.edu
  • Undergraduate Institution: Notre Dame, BS Biology & Anthropology, 2000
  • Graduate Department: Public Health and Epidemiology
  • Thesis Title: Systemic atherosclerosis and bone density: Results from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis, Abdominal Aortic Calcium Study
  • Thesis Advisor: Dr. Robert Kaplan
  • Postgraduate Education:  Internal Medicine, Brigham & Women's Hospital
  • Current Position: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic
  • Publications

Sonya Koo

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  • Undergraduate Institution: Kansas State, BS Biochemistry/Microbiology, 1998
  • Graduate Department: Neurosciences
  • Thesis Title: Downstream Targets of Motor Neuron Transcription Factors
  • Thesis Advisor: Dr. Sam Pfaff, Salk
  • Current Position: Radiologist, Kaiser Permanente
  • Publications

Mary Lewinski

  • Email: mlewinski@ucsd.edu
  • Undergraduate Institution: USC, BA, Political Science & Philosophy, 2000
  • Graduate Department: Biomedical Sciences
  • Thesis Title: Retroviral Integration: Mechanism and Consequences
  • Thesis Advisor: Dr. Andrew McCammon
  • Current Position: Asst. Professor, Dept. of Medicine, UCSD
  • Publications

John Mongan

  • Email: john.mongan@ucsf.edu
  • Undergraduate Institution: Stanford, BS, Chemistry, 1999
  • Graduate Department: Bioinformatics
  • Thesis Title: Implicit Solvent Method Development and Application: Dynamics, and Rational Drug Design
  • Thesis Advisor: Dr. Andrew McCammon
  • Current Position: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Radiology, and Vice Chair, Informatics, UCSF
  • Publications

Nick Rahaghi

  • Email: frahaghi@partners.org
  • Undergraduate Institution: UCSD, BS, Physics, 1998
  • Graduate Department: Bioengineering
  • Thesis Title: Human Blood Glucose Dynamics
  • Thesis Advisor: Dr. David Gough
  • Current Position:  Research Fellow, Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Publications

Creed Stary

  • Email: cstary@stanford.edu
  • Undergraduate Institution: UCSD, BS/BA, Physiology / Neurophysiology, 1997
  • Graduate Department: Biomedical Sciences
  • Thesis Title: Contraction-Induced Elevation of Heat Shock Protein 72 mRNA Content in Isolated Single Skeletal Muscle Fibers
  • Thesis Advisor: Dr. Michael Hogan
  • Current Position: Instructor, Dept. of Anesthesia, Stanford School of Medicine
  • Publications

August Tuan

  • Email: August.Tuan@uphs.upenn.edu
  • Undergraduate Institution: Harvey-Mudd College, BS, Chemistry, 1999
  • Graduate Department: Neurosciences
  • Thesis Title: Functional MRI Representation of Transient Onsets and Adaptation
  • Thesis Advisor: Dr. Geoffrey Boynton, Salk
  • Current Position:  Neuroradiology Fellow, University of Pennsylvania
  • Publications

Amir Zarrinpar

  • Email: azarrinp@ucsd.edu
  • Undergraduate Institution: Harvard, BA, Cognitive Neuroscience, 1999
  • Graduate Department: Neurosciences
  • Thesis Title: Local functional input to neurons in deep layers of rat visual cortex
  • Thesis Advisor: Dr. Edward Callaway, Salk
  • Current Position:  Asst. Professor, Dept. of Medicine, UCSD
  • Publications

2009

Aaron Carlin

  • Email: acarlin@ucsd.edu
  • Undergraduate Institution:  UCLA, BS/BA, Microbiology & Molecular Genetics and Philosophy, 2000
  • Graduate Department:  Biomedical Sciences
  • Thesis Title:  Siglec Interactions with a Sialylated Bacterial Pathogen
  • Thesis Lab:  Victor Nizet/Ajit Varki
  • Current Position:  Infectious Disease Research Fellow, Depts. of Medicine and Cellular & Molecular Medicine, UCSD
  • Publications

Dhakshin Ramanathan

  • Email: dhakshin.ramanathan@ucsf.edu
  • Undergraduate Institution:  Stanford, BS, Biology, 2000
  • Graduate Department:  Neurosciences
  • Thesis Title:  Neural Correlates Underlying Motor Map Plasticity And Skilled Motor Behavior
  • Thesis Lab:  Mark Tuszynski
  • Current Position:  Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Psychiatry, UCSF 
  • Publications

Matthew Zapala

  • Email: matthew.zapala@ucsf.edu
  • Undergraduate Institution: Stanford, BS, Biology, 1998
  • Graduate Department: Biomedical Sciences
  • Thesis Title: Neurogenomics in the Mouse Model: Multivariate statistical methods and analysis
  • Thesis Lab: Nick Schork
  • Current Position:  Assistant Professor, Dept. of Radiology, UCSF
  • Publications