Dr. Katie Schappacher

PhD in Molecular, Cellular, and Biochemical Pharmacology

Senior Scientist / Toxicologist at Procter and Gamble

PhD Mentor: Dr. Mark Baccei

Dissertation: "Effects of Neonatal Vincristine Administration on Pain Sensitivity and Nociceptive Processing in the Developing Rat"

Dr. Kobina Essandoh

Molecular, Cellular, and Biochemical Pharmacology PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Michigan

PhD Mentor: Dr. Xiaohong Wang

Dissertation: "Role of Extracellular and Intracellular MicroRNAs in Sepsis"

Dr. Kristen Engevik

Systems Biology and Physiology PhD

Assistant Professor in the Department of Regenerative Medicine and Cell Biology at the Medical University of South Carolina

PhD Mentor: Dr. Marshall Montrose

Dissertation: "Elucidating the Mechanism Behind Gastric Restitution"

Dr. Krithika Karthik

Systems Biology and Physiology, Bioinformatics PhD

Post Doctoral Fellow at CCHMC

PhD Mentor: Dr. Nathan Salomonis

Dissertation: "Discovery of Cancer Splicing and Associated Auto-regulatory Networks Through Cross-species Circadian Analysis"

Dr. Lisa Green

Molecular, Cellular, and Biochemical Pharmacology PhD

Postdoctoral Scientist at Procter and Gamble

PhD Mentor: Dr. Michael Tranter

Dissertation: "The Role of Human Antigen R (HuR) in Pathological Cardiac Remodeling"

Dr. Martha Dua-Awereh

Systems Biology and Physiology PhD

Senior Research Associate at Avery Therapeutics

PhD Mentor: Dr. Yana Zavros (University of Arizona)

Dissertation: "Persistent Expression of CD44v9/Sialyl-Lewis X Metaplasia within the Gastric Epithelium Contributes to Increased Helicobacter pylori-induced Disease"

Dr. Mohit Kumar

Molecular, Cellular, and Biochemical Pharmacology PhD

Senior Scientist at Regeneron

PhD Mentor: Dr. Litsa Kranias and Dr. Sakthivel Sadayappan

Dissertation: "Phosphorylation of Cardiac Myosin-Binding Protein-C Contributes to Calcium Homeostasis"

Dr. Richard (Rick) Ballweg

Systems Biology and Physiology PhD

Research Scientist at Givaudan

PhD Mentor: Dr. Tongli Zhang

Dissertation: "Computational Analysis of Heterogeneous Cellular Responses"

Dr. Shaimaa Ibrahim

Molecular, Cellular, and Biochemical Pharmacology PhD

Research Assistant at the Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority

PhD Mentor: Dr. Jun-Ming Zhang

Dissertation: "Unexpected Interactions Between the Mineralocorticoid and Glucocorticoid Receptors in a Rat Model of Inflammatory Low Back Pain"

Dr. Ted (Chanyoung) Hong

Systems Biology and Physiology PhD

Associate Director of Oncology Data Science at AstraZeneca, Boston

PhD Mentor: Dr. Matt Weirauch

Dissertation: "Alteration of Human Gene Regulatory Networks by Human Virus Transcriptional Regulators"