CURRENT GRADUATE STUDENTS IN PHARMACOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY
Dorinda Arch
Entered Program: 2004
Undergraduate School: University of Nevada-Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV
(BS ’92 Clinical Laboratory Science) University of Florida-Gainesville,
Gainesville, FL (MS ’03 Forensic Toxicology)
Faculty Mentor: Michael R. Franklin
Dissertation Project: Hepatic ABC and SLC transporter involvement in cellular toxicity
e-mail: toxy1@comcast.net
Timothy M. Bolduc
Entered Program: 2003
Undergraduate School: West Chester University, West Chester, Pennsylvania,
(BS ’03 Forensic Chemistry)
Faculty Mentor: Diana Wilkins
Dissertation Project: Investigation of the anabolic effects of the non-mammalian steroids, 20-hydroxyecydsone & brassionlide in rats.
e-mail: timothy.bolduc@utah.edu
Amy B. Cadwallader
Entered Program: 2003
Undergraduate School: Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania
(BA ’01 Chemistry);
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
(MS ’03 Biology)
Faculty Mentor: Douglas E. Rollins
Dissertation Project: Determination of the mechanism of action of anabolic-androgenic steroids mediated through the androgen and glucocorticoid receptors
e-mail: Amy.Cadwallader@pharm.utah.edu
Jonathan Constance
Entered Program: 2007
Undergraduate School: University of Utah, SLC, Utah (BS ’04 Chemistry)
Faculty Mentor: Undeclared
Dissertation Project: Undeclared
e-mail: jonathan.constance@utah.edu
Sarah C. Campbell
Entered Program: 2006
Undergraduate School: Westminster College, SLC, Utah (BS ’99 Biology)
Faculty Mentor: Diana G. Wilkins
Dissertation Project: Undeclared
e-mail: campbell.sarah@utah.edu
Cassandra E. Deering
Entered Program: 2003
Undergraduate School: Westminster College, SLC, Utah (BS ’03 Biology)
Faculty Mentors: Garold S. Yost, John M. Veranth
Dissertation Project: Nanoparticle alteration of endothelial cell function.
e-mail: cassandra.deering@utah.edu
Laura A. Filimon-Biggs
Entered Program: 2003
Undergraduate School: Manhattanville College, Purchase, New York
(BA ’03 Biology)
Faculty Mentor: H. Steve White
Dissertation Project: Effects of neuroprotective drugs on brain damage from neonatal hypoxia-ischemia
e-mail: laura.filimon@gmail.com
Gregory Hadlock
Entered Program: 2005
Undergraduate School: University of Utah, SLC, Utah (BS ’05 Biochemistry)
Faculty Mentor: Annette E. Fleckenstein
Dissertation Project: Dopamine transporter complexes and neurotoxicity.
e-mail: ghadlock@hotmail.com
Frederick Henion
Entered Program: 2004
Undergraduate School: University of Utah, SLC, Utah (BS ’05 Medical Laboratory
Science)
Faculty Mentor: Garold S. Yost
Dissertation Project: Mechanism-based inhibition of cytochrome P450 2D6 by
capsaicin.
e-mail: fred.henion@pharm.utah.edu
Archie Hoggan
Entered Program: 2007
Undergraduate School: William Penn College, Oskaloosa, Iowa (BS ’04 Chemistry)
Faculty Mentor: Undeclared
Dissertation Project: Undeclared
e-mail: a.hoggan@utah.edu
Michael Koch
Entered Program: 2004
Undergraduate School: Weber State University, Ogden, Utah (BS ‘89
Microbiology); University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, (MS ’97 Biology);
University of Utah, SLC, Utah, (MSPH ’93 Public Health)
Faculty Mentor: Louis R. Barrows
Dissertation Project: Mode of action of exocarpic acid against Mycobacterium
tuberculosis.
e-mail: mk29@utah.edu
Jason Little
Entered Program: 2006
Undergraduate School: Eastern Washington University, Spokane, Washington,
(BS ’06 Chemistry)
Faculty Mentor: Steven L. Bealer
Dissertation Project: Cardiovascular effects resulting from status epilepticus and
temporal lobe epilepsy.
e-mail: Jason.Little@utah.edu
Arlo McGinn
Entered Program: 2006
Undergraduate School: Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah,
(BS ’02
Chemistry)
Faculty Mentor: Sun Wan Kim
Dissertation Project: Undeclared
e-mail: arlomcginn@gmail.com
Cameron Metcalf
Entered Program: 2004
Undergraduate School: University of Utah, SLC, Utah, (BS ’01 Biology)
Faculty Mentor: Steven L. Bealer
Dissertation Project: Cardiovascular and autonomic effects of seizures.
e-mail: csm12@utah.edu
Chad Moore
Entered Program: 2004
Undergraduate School: Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan,
(BS ’01 Chemistry)
Faculty Mentor: Garold S. Yost
Dissertation Project: Drug metabolism and generation of toxic electrophilic
intermediates.
e-mail: chad.moore@pharm.utah.edu
Robyn Poerschke
Entered Program: 2005
Undergraduate School: Hendrix College, Conway, Arizona,
(BA ’05 Chemistry)
Faculty Mentor: Philip Moos
Dissertation Project: Mechanisms of chemoprevention by seleno compounds.
e-mail: Robyn.Poerschke@pharm.utah.edu
Przemyslaw Radwanski
Entered Program: 2006
Undergraduate School: University of Illinois-Chicago, Illinois,
(PharmD ’05)
Faculty Mentor: Steve Poelzing
Dissertation Project: Role of regional ventricular heterogeneities in arrhythmogenesis
e-mail: Przemyslaw.Radwanski@hsc.utah.edu
Colleen Rock
Entered Program: 2004
Undergraduate School: Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania,
(PharmD ’04)
Faculty Mentor: Philip Moos
Dissertation Project: Genetic regulation of selenoprotein expression.
e-mail: colleen.rock@pharm.utah.edu
Michael Rog
Entered Program: 2007
Undergraduate School: University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa (BS ’06 Microbiology)
Faculty Mentor: Undeclared
Dissertation Project: Undeclared
e-mail: michael.j.rog@gmail.com
Nicole Rowley
Entered Program: 2006
Undergraduate School: Dickinson State University, Dickinson, North Dakota
(BS ’06 Biology)
Faculty Mentor: H. Steve White
Dissertation Project: The involvement of P-glycoprotein in drug resistance
in epilepsy.
e-mail: cola.rowley@utah.edu
Kiumars Shahrokh
Entered Program: 2004
Undergraduate School: Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colorado
(BS ’03 Biochemistry; Cellular and Molecular Biology)
Faculty Mentor: Garold S. Yost
Dissertation Project: Adverse drug interactions caused by mechanism-based
inactivation of the cytochrome P-450 enzyme, CYP2B6, by the anticancer drug,
tamoxifen.
e-mail: kiumarsshahrokh@yahoo.com
Karen Thomas
Entered Program: 2004
Undergraduate School: University of Uah, SLC, Utah (BS ’04 Chemistry)
Faculty Mentor: Karen Wilcox
Dissertation Project: TRPVI activation and the ER stress response in human
lung cells.
e-mail: karen.thomas@pharm.utah.edu
Jay Vargas
Entered Program: 2005
Undergraduate School: Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona
(BS ’02 Chemistry)
Faculty Mentor: Karen Wilcox
Dissertation Project: Role of astrocytes in temporal lobe epilepsy.
e-mail: Jay.Vargas@pharm.utah.edu
Jessica Weems
Entered Program: 2005
Undergraduate School: University of California-San Diego, San Diego, California (BS ’02 Biology)
Faculty Mentor: Garold S. Yost
Dissertation Project: 3-Methylindole induced DNA damage and mutagenesis in
normal human bronchial epithelial cells.
e-mail: jessica.weems@pharm.utah.edu
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