Current Graduate Students in Pharmacology & 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
Melissa Barker
Entered Program: 2008
Undergraduate School: University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon (BS '06 Biology and French)
Faculty Mentor: Undeclared
Dissertation Project: Undeclared
e-mail: melissa.barker@utah.edu
Jonathan Constance
Entered Program: 2007
Undergraduate School: University of Utah, SLC, Utah (BS '04 Chemistry)
Faculty Mentor: Carol Lim
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: The analytical detection of benzo(a)pyrene diol epoxide-protein adducts in hair as a biomarker of tobacco exposure.
e-mail: campbell.sarah@utah.edu
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
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
Sun Hyung Kwon
Entered Program: 2008
Undergraduate School: Yeungnam University, S. Korea (B.Pharm '04)
Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon (MS '08 Pharmaceutical Sciences)
Faculty Mentor: Undeclared
Dissertation Project: Undeclared
e-mail: sun.h.kwon@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: Sung Wan Kim
Dissertation Project: Polymer siRNA therapy for the treatment of myocardial infarction.
e-mail: arlo.mcginn@pharm.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
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
David Woessner
Entered Program: 2008
Undergraduate School: Lewis & Clark College, Portland, Oregon (BS '04 Biology and German)
Faculty Mentor: Undeclared
Dissertation Project: Undeclared
e-mail: david.woessner@pharm.utah.edu
Killian Zimmerman
Entered Program: 2008
Undergraduate School: Hampden-Sydney College, Hampden-Sydney, Virginia
Faculty Mentor: Undeclared
Dissertation Project: Undeclared
e-mail: killian.zimmerman@gmail.com
