AMIT GAGGAR, M.D., PH.D.
Entered Program: Summer 2006
Awarded Ph.D.: Fall 2007
Mentor: J. Edwin Blalock, Ph.D.
Undergrad: University of Michigan

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Pulmonary/Allergy/Critical Care and
Cystic Fibrosis Center
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama

DAVID KOSEK, PH.D.
Entered Program: Fall 2003
Awarded Ph.D.: Fall 2007
Mentor: Marcas Bamman, Ph.D.
Undergrad: Birmingham Southern College

Michael Hovater
Entered Program: Fall 2005
Awarded MS: Fall 2006
Mentor: Erik M. Schwiebert, Ph.D.
Undergrad: Harding University

Medical Student
University of Alabama School of Medicine
Birmingham, Alabama

Suzanne McAlear Cardona, pH.d.
Entered Program: Fall 2001
Awarded Ph.D.:  Fall 2006
Mentor: Mark O. Bevensee, Ph.D.
Undergrad: Palm Beach Atlantic College

Postdoc
Alecia Gross Lab
Dept of Vision Sciences
University of Alabama at Birmingham

John Farmer, PH.D.
Entered Program: Fall 2003
Defended: 12 Oct 2006
Awarded Ph.D.: Fall 2006
Mentor: Douglas Weigent, Ph.D.
Undergrad: Mississippi University for Women

Associate Study Director
Southern Research Institute
Birmingham, Alabama

Brian Siroky, PH.D.
Entered Program: Fall 2001
Defended: 22 Sep 2006
Awarded Ph.D.: Fall 2006
Mentor: P. Darwin Bell, Ph.D.
Undergrad: Western Kentucky University

Research Fellow
John Bissler Lab
Division of Nephrology
Cincinnati Children's Hospital
Cincinnati, Ohio

AMISH SHAH, M.D., PH.D.
Entered Program: Spring 2001
Defended: 15 May 2006
Awarded Ph.D.: Fall 2006
Mentor: James Markert, M.D.
Undergrad: University of Georgia

Medical Student
University of Alabama School of Medicine
Birmingham, Alabama
 

KEVIN HUANG
Entered Program:
Defended: 5 Dec 2005
Awarded MS: Spring 2006
Mentor: Lisa M. Schwiebert, Ph.D.
Undergrad: University of Kansas

Unknown

MARY EVE MCCUTCHEN, PH.D.
Entered Program: Fall 2000
Defended: 2 May 2006
Awarded Ph.D.: Fall 2006
Mentor: Lori McMahon, Ph.D.
Undergrad: Francis Marion University

Science Teacher
Gardendale High School
Gardendale, Alabama

CAROLINE COFER SMITH, PH.D.
Entered Program: Fall 2000
Defended: 31 Mar 2006
Awarded Ph.D.: Spring 2006
Mentor: Lori McMahon, Ph.D.
Undergrad: Georgia College and State University

Postdoc
Lori McMahon Lab
Dept of Physiology & Biophysics
University of Alabama at Birmingham

ANNAL DHANANJAYAN MELETH, M.D., PH.D.
Entered Program: Fall 2000
Defended: 2 Jul 2004
Awarded MS: Fall 2005
Mentor: Dale J. Benos, Ph.D.
Undergrad: University of Alabama at Birmingham

Medical Residency
New York, New York

LIHUA LIANG, PH.D.
Entered Program: Fall 2001
Defended: 21 Sep 2005
Awarded Ph.D.: Fall 2005
Mentor: Erik M. Schwiebert, Ph.D.
Undergrad: Shandong University

Postdoc
William Guggino Lab
Dept of Physiology
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland

LARA NYMAN, PH.D.
Entered Program: Fall 1999
Defended: 2 Sep 2005
Awarded Ph.D.: Fall 2005
Mentor: Philip Wood, Ph.D.
Undergrad: Boston University

Postdoc
Alvin Powers and David Piston Lab
Diabetes Center
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tennessee

NATHANIEL WEATHINGTON, M.D., PH.D.
Entered Program: Fall 2001
Defended: 8 Jul 2005
Awarded Ph.D.: Fall 2005
Mentor: J. Edwin Blalock, Ph.D.
Undergrad: University of South Alabama

Resident Physician
Department of Medicine
University Hospital
Birmingham, Alabama

CHASTITY MCRAE BRADFORD, PH.D.
Entered Program: Fall 1999
Defended: 29 Oct 2004
Awarded Ph.D.: Spring 2005
Mentor: Pamela Lucchesi, Ph.D.
Undergrad: Spelman College

Assistant Dean of the Graduate School
University of Texas at El Paso
 

VERONICA SWYSTUN, PH.D.
Entered Program: Fall 2000
Awarded Ph.D.: Fall 2004
Mentor: Sadis Matalon, Ph.D.
Undergrad: University of Saskatchewan

Postdoc
Wallace MacNaughton Lab
Mucosal Inflammation Research Group
University of Calgary
Calgary, Alberta, Canada

TORRY TUCKER, PH.D.
Entered Program: Fall 1999
Awarded Ph.D.: Fall 2004
Mentor: Erik M. Schwiebert, Ph.D.
Undergrad: University of Alabama

Senior Research Associate
Steve Idell Lab
Texas Lung Injury Institute
University of Texas at Tyler

YI XIE, PH.D.
Entered Program: Fall 1999
Awarded Ph.D.: Fall 2004
Mentor: James Schafer, Ph.D.
Undergrad: Beijing Medical University

Postdoctoral Fellow
Dept of Physiology
UCLA School of Medicine

ALEXIS SEMEL MCBRAYER, PH.D.
Entered Program: Fall 2000
Awarded Ph.D.: Fall 2004
Mentor: Susan Bellis, Ph.D.
Undergrad: Sarah Lawrence

Research Associate
Dept of Surgery, Shock Research Section
University of Alabama at Birmingham

AMY PASTVA, PH.D.
Entered Program: Fall 2000
Awarded Ph.D.: Fall 2004
Mentor: Lisa M. Schwiebert, Ph.D.
Undergrad: University of Scranton

Medical Instructor
Community & Family Medicine
Division of Physical Therapy
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina

HAO QIN, M.D., PH.D.
Entered Program: Fall 1999
Awarded Ph.D.: Fall 2004
Mentor: Raymond Ideker, M.D.
Undergrad: Hunan Medical University

Research Associate
Cardiac Rhythm Management Lab
Div of Cardiovascular Disease
University of Alabama at Birmingham

HEATHER HANCOCK, M.D.
Entered Program: Fall 2002
Awarded MS: Spring 2004
Mentor: Tim Kraft, Ph.D.
Undergrad: Birmingham Southern College

3rd Year Ophthalmology Resident
University of South Carolina
Columbia, South Carolina

THOMAS RYAN, M.D., PH.D.
Entered Program: Fall 1999
Awarded Ph.D.: Spring 2004
Mentor: Pamela Lucchesi, Ph.D.
Undergrad: Wichita State

Pediatrics Residency
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Cincinnati, Ohio

EMILY ROTHSTEIN, PH.D.
Entered Program: Fall 1997
Awarded Ph.D.: Spring 2003
Mentor: Pamela Lucchesi, Ph.D.
Undergrad: Florida State University

Senior Imaging Scientist
Lilly Center for Molecular & Analytical Imaging
Eli Lilly

JONATHAN SHELTON, PH.D.
Entered Program: Fall 1996
Awarded Ph.D.: Fall 2002
Mentor: C. Roger White, Ph.D.
Undergrad: University of Alabama at Birmingham

Research Scientist
Johnson and Johnson Laboratories
San Diego, California

KARIN HARDIMAN, M.D., PH.D.
Entered Program: Fall 2000
Awarded Ph.D.: Fall 2002
Mentor: Sadis Matalon, Ph.D.
Undergrad: Smith College

Resident
Oregon Health Sciences University
Portland, Oregon

GAVIN BRAUNSTEIN, PH.D.
Entered Program: Fall 1997
Awarded Ph.D.: Summer 2002
Mentor: Erik M. Schwiebert, Ph.D.
Undergrad: Birmingham Southern College

Defense Threat Reduction Agency
United States Dept of Defense
Washington, DC

BRETT NOERAGER, PH.D.
Entered Program: Fall 1996
Awarded Ph.D.: Summer 2002
Mentor: J. Edwin Blalock, Ph.D.
Undergrad: University of Alabama at Birmingham

Assistant Professor
Dept of Biology, Chemistry, and Mathematics
University of Montevallo
Montevallo, Alabama

ROBYN ARNOLD, PH.D.
Entered Program: Fall 1997
Awarded Ph.D.: Summer 2002
Mentor: Douglas Weigent, Ph.D.
Undergrad: University of Alabama at Birmingham

Postdoc
Nina T. Holland Lab
Div of Environmental Health Sciences
University of California Berkeley

IANTHALATRES WILLIAMS, PH.D.
Entered Program: Fall 1996
Awarded Ph.D.: Spring 2002
Mentor: P. Darwin Bell, Ph.D.
Undergrad: Kansas State University

Unknown

JONATHAN NEWTON, M.D., PH.D.
Entered Program: Fall 1994
Awarded Ph.D.: Spring 2002
Mentor: Raymond Ideker, Ph.D.
Undergrad: Western Kentucky

Resident
Dept of Anesthesiology
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, Tennessee

PETRA ROCIC, PH.D.
Entered Program: Fall 1996
Awarded Ph.D.: Fall 2001
Mentor: Pamela Lucchesi, Ph.D.
Undergrad: Oberlin College

Instructor
Dept of Physiology
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, Louisiana

RYAN MORRIS, PH.D.
Entered Program: Fall 1993
Awarded Ph.D.: Fall 2001
Mentor: James Schafer, Ph.D.
Undergrad: Auburn University

CSR Review Administrator
Center for Scientific Review
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland

JIAN FU, PH.D.
Entered Program: Fall 1995
Defended: 15 December 2000
Awarded Ph.D.: Winter 2001
Mentor: Kevin Kirk, Ph.D.
Undergrad: Sichuan University, China

STACIE PROPST, PH.D.
Entered Program: Fall 1993
Awarded Ph.D.: Fall 2000
Mentor: Lisa M. Schwiebert, Ph.D.
Undergrad: University of Alabama

Director of Science Policy
Research America!
Alexandria, Virginia

Leilei Chen
Entered Program: Fall 1998
Awarded MS: Summer 2000
Mentor: Sham Kakar, Ph.D.
Undergrad: East Tennessee State University

Key Laboratory of Protein Chemistry and Developmental Biology of State Education Ministry of China
College of Life Science
Hunan Normal University, Changsha

SCOTT A. KING, PH.D.
Entered Program: Fall 1993
Awarded Ph.D.: Summer 2000
Mentor: Eric Sorscher, M.D.
Undergrad: California State University

Postdoc
Peter Cala Lab
University of California, Davis

ZHENGCHANG SU, PH.D.
Entered Program: Spring 1995
Awarded Ph.D.: Summer 2000
Mentor: J. Edwin Blalock, Ph.D.
Undergrad: Yunnan University
Masters: Changchun Veterinary College

Assistant Professor
Bioinformatics Program
Dept of Computer Science
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Charlotte, North Carolina

MICHAEL MANION, PH.D.
Entered Program: Fall 1996
Awarded Ph.D.: Summer 2000
Mentor: J. Edwin Blalock, Ph.D.
Undergrad: University of Newcastle

Staff Scientist
David Hockenberry Lab
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Seattle, Washington

ANNE LYNN BRADFORD-LANGLOH, PH.D.
Entered Program: Fall 1994
Awarded Ph.D.: Winter 2000
Mentor: Dale J. Benos, Ph.D.
Undergrad: University of Alabama at Birmingham

Stay-at-home mom
Wilmington, Delaware

HOLLY PATTON, PH.D.
Entered Program: Fall 1993
Awarded Ph.D.: Summer 1999
Mentor: Dale J. Benos, Ph.D.
Undergrad: Memphis State University

Scientific Review Administrator
NHLBI / NIH
Bethesda, Maryland

BRADLEY WHITE, M.D., PH.D.
Entered Program: Fall 1994
Awarded Ph.D.: Spring 1999
Mentor: Raymond Ideker, M.D.
Undergrad: Birmingham Southern College

Resident
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota
 

VIJAYAKRISHNA (V.K.) Gadi, M.D., PH.D.
Entered Program: Fall 1995
Awarded Ph.D.: Winter 1999
Mentor: Eric Sorscher, M.D.
Undergrad: University of Alabama at Birmingham

Research Associate
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Instructor
Univ of Washington School of Medicine
Seattle, Washington

NIPON CHATTIPAKORN, M.D., PH.D.
Entered Program: Fall 1994
Awarded Ph.D.: Fall 1998
Mentor: Raymond Ideker, M.D.
Undergrad: Chiang Mai University

Faculty of Medicine
Cardiac Electrophysiology Research & Training Center
Department of Physiology
Chiang Mai University
Bangkok, Thailand

BRIAN W. HUGHES, M.D., PH.D.
Entered Program: Fall 1993
Awarded Ph.D.: Fall 1998
Mentor: Eric Sorscher, M.D.
Undergrad: University of California San Diego

Hospitalist
Baptist Hospital of East Tennessee
Knoxville, Tennessee
 

SHARON FRANCIS, PH.D.
Entered Program: Fall 1991
Awarded Ph.D.: Fall 1998
Mentor: Kevin Kirk, Ph.D.
Undergrad: Morgan State University

Assistant Professor
Morehouse College School of Medicine
Atlanta, Georgia
(as of 2005)

PRAKASH KARA, PH.D.
Entered Program: Fall 1994
Awarded Ph.D.: Fall 1998
Mentor: Michael Friedlander, Ph.D.
Undergrad: University of Cape Town

Assistant Professor
Neurosciences Faculty
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina

YONG CHANG, PH.D.
Entered Program: Fall 1995
Awarded Ph.D.: Spring 1998
Mentor: David Weiss, Ph.D.
Undergrad: Sun Yat-Sen University

Assistant Staff Scientist
Division of Neurobiology
Barrow Neurological Institute
Phoenix, Arizona

WOLFGANG ROHN, PH.D.
Entered Program: Fall 1991
Awarded Ph.D.: Winter 1998
Mentor: Etty Benveniste, Ph.D.
Undergrad: University of Marburg

Scientist
Institute de Biologie de Lille
Lille, France
(as of 2000)

KELLY SKINNER-NEMEC, PH.D.
Entered Program: Fall 1992
Awarded Ph.D.: Summer 1997
Mentor: Dale Parks, Ph.D.
Undergrad: University of Notre Dame
Masters: University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana

Microbiologist
BioSciences Division
Argonne National Laboratory
Argonne, Illinois

CHRISTOPHER P. REGAN, PH.D.
Entered Program: Fall 1992
Awarded Ph.D.: Fall 1996
Mentor: Kathleen Berecek, Ph.D.
Undergrad: Moravian College

Department of Stroke and Neurodegeneration
Merck Research Laboratories
Whitehouse Station, New Jersey

Jean-Michel Archard, Ph.D.
Entered Program: Fall 1994
Awarded Ph.D.: Fall 1996
Mentor: David Warnock, M.D.
Undergrad: Universite de Picardie

Department of Physiologie
Centre Hospitalier
Universitaire Dupuytren
Limoges, France

Karen Beth Beason, Ph.D.
Entered Program: Fall 1990
Awarded Ph.D.: Summer 1996
Mentor: Terry S. Elton, Ph.D.
Undergrad: Auburn University

 

Lecturer and Lab Coordinator
Department of Biochemistry & Cell Biology
Rice University
Houston, Texas

NICOLE ALFORD MASHBURN, Ph.D.
Entered Program: Fall 1990
Awarded Ph.D.: Summer 1996
Mentor: P. Darwin Bell, Ph.D.
Undergrad: Auburn University

Education Coordinator, Morgan County Soil and Water Conservation District, Hartselle, AL

Gang Yu, m.d., Ph.D.
Entered Program: Fall 1992
Awarded Ph.D.: Winter 1996
Mentor: Sadis Matalon, Ph.D.
Undergrad: Norman Bethune University

Research Associate/Instructor
Lab of Dr. Doug Eaton
Department of Physiology
Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia

Peter Sayeski, Ph.D.
Entered Program: Fall 1990
Awarded Ph.D.: Fall 1995
Mentor: Jeffrey Kudlow, M.D.
Undergrad: University of California, Berkeley

Associate Professor
Department of Physiology and Functional Genomics
University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida

Fu-Ming Zhou, Ph.D.
Entered Program: Fall 1991
Awarded Ph.D.: Fall 1995
Mentor: John Hablitz, Ph.D.
Undergrad: Suzhou University, China

Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmacology
University of Tennessee College of Medicine
Memphis, Tennessee

danher wang, ph.d.
Entered Program: Fall 1990
Awarded Ph.D.: Spring 1994
Mentor: David Warnock, M.D.
Undergrad: Beijing University

Co-Founder
Vice President for Research and Development
Principal Scientist
GenPhar, Inc.
Mount Pleasant, South Carolina

PAI-YAN CHEN, PH.D.
Entered Program: Fall 1989
Awarded Ph.D.: Summer 1995
Mentor: Paul Sanders, M.D.
Undergrad: University of Shanghai

National Cheng Hsing Univ
Taiwan

DIANE KOPP, PH.D.
Entered Program: Fall 1989
Awarded Ph.D.: Spring 1995
Mentor: John A. Jellies, Ph.D.
Undergrad: University of Toledo

Associate Program Manager
National Analysts
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

MELISSA JEANETTE COLEMAN, PH.D.
Entered Program: Fall 1989
Awarded Ph.D.: Spring 1995
Mentor: Michael P. Nusbaum, Ph.D.
Undergrad: Samford University
 

Assistant Professor of Biology
Joint Science Department
The Claremont Colleges
Claremont, California

F. SHAWN GALIN, PH.D.
Entered Program: Fall 1988
Awarded Ph.D.: Summer 1994
Mentor: J. Edwin Blalock, Ph.D.
Undergrad: University of Alabama at Birmingham

Assistant Professor
Associate Director, Graduate Program
Department of Physiology and Biophysics
University of Alabama at Birmingham

JAMES PAUL BURKE, M.D., PH.D.
Entered Program: Fall 1988
Awarded Ph.D.: Summer 1994
Mentor: John Hablitz, Ph.D.
Undergrad: Saint Francis College

Private Practice
Altoona, Pennsylvania

YOUNG-SUK OH, PH.D.
Entered Program: Fall 1988
Awarded Ph.D.: Fall 1993
Mentor: Dale J. Benos, Ph.D.
Undergrad: California State
 

Health Science Administrator
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland

JIAN-NAN WU, PH.D.
Entered Program: Fall 1989
Awarded Ph.D.: Summer 1993
Mentor: Kathleen Berecek, Ph.D.
Undergrad: National Defense Taiwan
 

Department of Physiology
Tri-Service General Hospital
National Defense Medical Center
Taipei, Taiwan, ROC

ROGER T. WORRELL, PH.D.
Entered Program: Fall 1987
Awarded Ph.D.: Fall 1991
Mentor: Raymond Frizzell, Ph.D.
Undergrad: University of Alabama at Birmingham

Research Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio

ROBERT RANDAL BAKER, PH.D.
Entered Program: Fall 1988
Awarded Ph.D.: Summer 1991
Mentor: Sadis Matalon, Ph.D.
Undergrad: John Carroll University

Professor and Chair
Department of Respiratory Therapy
Medical College of Georgia
Augusta, Georgia

NAIMEN WEI, M.D., PH.D.
Entered Program: Fall 1986
Awarded Ph.D.: Spring 1992
Mentor: Jimmy D. Neill, Ph.D.
Undergrad: Harbin University, China

Potomac Highlands Pathology Associates
Western Maryland Health Systems
Cumberland, Maryland

JUDITH BREMEC BAXTER, PH.D.
Entered Program: Fall 1986
Awarded Ph.D.: Summer 1991
Mentor: Douglas Weigent, Ph.D.
Undergrad: Cedar Crest College
 

Church Administrator
Mercer Island Covenant Church
Mercer Island, Washington

Nicholas Seymour Gantenberg, Ph.D.
Entered Program: Fall 1984
Awarded Ph.D.: Summer 1990
Mentor: Gilbert R. Hageman, Ph.D.
Undergrad: Thomas More College
 

Scientist and Inventor
Proctor and Gamble
Cincinnati, Ohio
(as of 2001)

ROGER L. STORK, PH.D.
Entered Program: Fall 1984
Awarded Ph.D.: Fall 1988
Mentor: Stephen M. Cain, Ph.D.
Undergrad: Auburn University

Colonel, United States Air Force
Chief of Biodynamics and Protection Division
Air Force Research Laboratory
Brooks Air Force Base, Texas

Ratneshwar Lal, Ph.D.
Entered Program: Fall 1982
Awarded Ph.D.: Summer 1987
Mentor: Michael Friedlander, Ph.D.
Undergrad: Patna University, India

Professor of Medicine
Section of Pulmonary/Critical Care
Director, Center for Nanomedicine
Division of Biological Sciences
University of Chicago

DAVID REEVES, PH.D.
Entered Program: Fall
Awarded Ph.D.: 1983
Mentor: Lloyd L. Hefner, Ph.D.
Undergrad:

CTO
Practice Insight, a healthcare software company
Houston, Texas