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Alumni List

Since the inception of the Graduate Program in Cancer Biology in September 1989, there have been 51 students who graduated with the Ph.D. degree. These graduates have been recruited by prestigious universities, institutes and commercial laboratories for postdoctoral training. Listed below are our alumni together with their initial postdoctoral position. Many of those who graduated over 5 years ago are now in career appointments. Assistant Professors are indicated by an asterisk. On the next pages, five alumni, in various stages of their careers, have submitted statements of their experiences in the Graduate Program in Cancer Biology along with their current research.
 
Name
Graduated
Initial Postdoctoral Position
Bin Liu
1994
Duke University, Department of Medicine and Cell Biology
*D. G. Tang
1994
WSU, Department of Radiation Oncology
*Steven Silletti
1995
Scripps Research Institute, California
Seema Kantac
1995
University of California San Francisco, Department of Anatomy
*Isabelle Berquin
1995
University of Michigan, Department of Radiation Oncology
Li Wang
1995
University of Indiana, Department of Medical Genetics
Biao Wang
1996
Scripps Research Institute, California
Yunjie Xie
1996
Henry Ford Hospital, Molecular Biology Dept.
*Marie Piechocki
1997
Medical College of Ohio, Pathology Department
Xiang Gao
1997
Loyola University Medical Center
Carol Jones
1997
University of California, Davis, Division of Toxicology
Ke Shen
1997
Parke-Davis, Pharmaceutical Research
*Nicholas Simpson
1997
Emory University, Department of Radiology
Tracy Schwab
1998
University of Michigan, Department of Urology
Hua Chang Gong
1999
Pfizer, Molecular Science Department
*Mamoun Ahram
1999
National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute
Zhanquan He
1999
WSU, Department of Internal Medicine
Guozhen Liu
1999
Doubletwist.com
*Jennifer Koblinski
1999
NIH, National Institute of Health, Dental & Carniofacial Research
*Keqin Tang
2000
WSU, Department of Radiation Oncology
Catheryne Chen
2000
National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Aging
Charlie Szekeres
2000
Harvard, Children’s Hospital, Division of Nephrology
*Nathan Wall
2000
Yale, Center of Molecular Medicine
Kristan Keyes
2000
Lilly Research Laboratories
Joanne Davis
2000
University of Michigan, Department of Urology
Meng Guo
2001
WSU, Department of Dermatology
Fei Yu
2001
WSU, Department of Pathology
Sonia Hernandez
2001
UCLA, California
Lisa Demchik
2002
WSU, Department of Pharmacology
Amy Wesa
2002
University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute
Joseph Krueger
2002
Scripps Research Institute, California
Xiang Liu
2002

University of Michigan, Radiation Oncology

Gang Chen
2002
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, University of Washington
Natasha Antanaskova
2002
Accepted at Mayo Clinic for MD with full scholarship
Edith Mensah-Osman
2003
University of Michigan, Department of Pharmacology
Haihao Sun
2003
NIH, National Cancer Institute, Washington D. C.
Farhana Feroze-Merzoug
2003
NIH National Cancer Institute, Laboratory of Cell & Molecular Biology
Dawn Hart
2004
Vanderbilt University, Department of Cell Biology
*Michelle Castelli
2004
University of Detroit/Mercy, Assistant Professor, Biology Department
Lin Tang
2004
John Hopkins School of Medicine, Department of Biophysics & Biophysical Chemistry
Amy Parman (Bartrand)
2004
Promega Life Biosciences, Nashville, Tennessee
Sridhar Nimmagadda
2005
John Hopkins University, Department of Radiology and Pharmacology
Pamela Osenkowski
2005
Harvard, Center for Neurological Disease
Stefanie Roshy Mullins
2005

Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia

Selina Glaros
2006
University of Michigan, Dept. of Hematology/Oncology
Sriram Krishnamoorthy
2006
Harvard Medical School, Department of Anesthesiology
Aviva Fridman
2006
WSU/Karmanos Cancer Institute, Molecular Biology and Genetics
Kara Sawarynski (Stark)
2006

Beaumont Hospital, Infectious Diseases, Research Associate

Newton Hurst
2007
WSU, MD Student
Sarah Krueger 
2007
Beaumont Hospital, Radiation Oncology, Research Associate
Kristin Landis-Piwowar
2007
University of Michigan, Departments of Pathology and Internal Medicine

*Present Assistant Professors are indicated by an asterisk.

 


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