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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
Email:
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
Email:
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
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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
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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
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Sonya Koo
Email:
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
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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
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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
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