PSC Graduate Program
Recent Dissertation Defenses
2008
- Kimberly Burkhard, "Insight into Heme Uptake in Shigella dysenteriae: A Future Target for Drug Development,"
Angela Wilks, PhD (mentor) - Stuart Cantor, "Development and Characterization of a Compacted Multiparticulate System for Modified Release,"
Larry Augsburger, PhD and Stephen Hoag, PhD (mentors) - Christopher Cunningham, "Opioid Analgesics with Reduced Tolerance,"
Andrew Coop, PhD, Chair (mentor) - Ramesh Dandu, "Silk-Elastinlike Hydrogels for Matrix-Mediated Adenoviral Gene Delivery,"
Peter Swaan, PhD (mentor) - Scott Fisher, "Evaluation of the Effects of the Toxic Ethanol Metabolite, Acetaldehyde, on Gastrointestinal Peptide Transport and Paracellular Permeability,"
Natalie Eddington, PhD, Dean (mentor) - Ajinder Pal Kaur, "The Role of the Cytoplasmic Heme-Binding Protein, PhuS of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Heme Utilization and Iron Homeostasis,"
Angela Wilks, PhD (mentor) - Minori Kinjo, "Evaluations of a Human Kidney (HK2 Cells) Model for Drug-Induced Nephrotoxicity and BK Virus Infection,"
Thomas Dowling, PhD (mentor) - Clfford Mason, "Functional Genomic Approaches to Delineate Preterm Birth and its Regulation of Placental Transporter Proteins,"
Peter Swaan, PhD (mentor) - Susan Mercer, "Synthesis and Characterization of Merperidine Analogs at the P-Glycoprotein Efflux Transporter,"
Andrew Coop, PhD, Chair (mentor) - Guanjun Xia, "Novel Role of Lymphocyte-Specific Kinase (Lck) and Filamin A (FLNA) in Activation-Induced T Cell Synapse Formation and the Characterization of Novel Small Molecule Inhibitors Targeting Lck SH2 Domain,"
Paul Shapiro, PhD (mentor) - Yanan Xu, "Cellular Mechanisms of Neuroprotection by Ginkgo Biloba and Gotu Kola Extracts Using Alzheimer's Models,"
Yuan Luo, PhD (mentor)