Alumni
Ph.D. Dissertation Students who have worked with Dr. White
Kerry-Ann Stewart, 2008
Dissertation Title: "Theiler's Virus Encephalopathy: A Novel Model of Epilepsy."
Kerry-Ann is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Legacy RS Dow Neurobiology Labs. She is currently working on "Adenosine-based gene therapies and stem cell strategies for the treatment of epilepsy."
Liang Qiao, 2007
Dissertation Title: "The Effect of Methamphetamine on Seizure Threshold and Epileptogenesis."
Brian Klein, 2002
Dissertation Title: "Pathophysiology Associated with a Single Gene (MASS1) Mutation Underlying the Robust Aduiogenic Seizure Phenotype in Frings Mice."
Brian Klein is currently the Director of Pharmacology for the NeuroAdjuvants Program in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Klein previously worked as a Drug Discovery Scientist at Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research and
Development and a Research Scientist at Cognetix Inc.
Timothy Simeone, Jr., 2002
Dissertation Title: "Regulation of Allosteric Modulation of Gaba A Receptor Funcion: Interaction Between
Recombinant Gaba A Receptors and the Novel Anticonvulsant Drug Topiramate."
Matthew Barton, 2002
Matthew Barton is currently a Clinical Program Leader for Clinical Pharmacology at GlaxoSmithKline.
Dissertation Title: "Characterization of the NR2B Subunit-Selective Antagonists, CGX-1007 and CI-1041."
Shana Skradski, 2000
Dissertation Title: "Mapping, Cloning and Characterization of the MASS1 Gene in Frings Audiogenic
Seizure-Susceptible Mice."
Gwendolyn Skeen, 1994
Dissertation Title: "The Role of Dihydropyridine Voltage-Sensitive Calcium Channel Antagonists as N-Methy;-D-Aspartate Antagonists."
James Allen Edwards, 1994
Disseration Title: "Characterization of Potassium Evoked Calcium Transients in Mouse Cortical Astrocytes."
Ph.D. Disseration Students who have worked with Dr. Wilcox
Koji Takahashi, 2009
David Chapman (Graduate Rotation and Thesis Research, Dept. Pharmacology & Toxicology)
Dissertation Title: "Electrophysiologic Evidence for Functionally Distinct NMDA Receptors in Medial versus
Lateral Striatum." And "The Effect of Methamphetamine-Induced Neurotoxicity on NMDA Receptor
Function in the Striatum."
James Otto (Graduate Rotation and Thesis Research, Dept. Pharmacology & Toxicology)
Dissertation Title: "Effects of the Anticonvulsant Retigabine on Cultured Cortical Neurons: Changes in
Electroresponsive Properties and Synaptic Transmission." and "M-current Function and Pharmacology
in Animal Models of Benign Familial Neonatal Convulsions."
Post-Doctoral Fellows who have worked with Dr. Wilcox
Amy Adams, Ph.D. "The Effect of Systemic Kainic Acid Administration on Temporal Lobe Structures:
Morphologic Changes and Hyperexcitability."
Misty D. Smith, Ph.D. “Effects of Kainic Acid Model of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy (TLE) on GABA-A Receptor
Mediated Inhibition In the Medial Entorhinal Cortex.”
Rotation Students who have worked with Dr. Wilcox
David Daberkow (Graduate Rotation, Neuroscience)
Peng Chang Han (Graduate Rotation, Neuroscience)
Jaya Kartha (Graduate Rotation, Pharmacology & Toxicology)
ASPET Summer Undergraduate Research Fellows (SURF)
James Otto "GABA Receptor Subunit Expression in Cultured Cortical Neurons."
Matthew Kimball, "Effects of the Anticonvulsant Retigabine on Cultured Cortical
Neurons: Changes in Electroresponsive Properties and Synaptic Transmission."
Allison Campbell, "Targeted Expression of NMDA Receptors."
