Trainee Name | Post/Pre doctoral Research Training Period | Prior Academic Degree(s) | Prior Academic Degree Institution |
Title of Research Project | Current Position of Past Trainee |
Wright, Douglas, PhD | 1992-1993 | PhD | Univ. of KY | Overexpression of growth factors in transgenic mouse skin | Professor of Anatomy and Cell Biology |
Goodness, Thomas, PhD | 1993-1996 | PhD | Univ. of Mass., Amherst | Role of growth factors in sympathetic development | Senior Contract Advisor Cornell University |
Zwick, Melissa, PhD | 1997-2001 | BS | SUNY at Plattsburgh | Role of GDNF in primary afferent development and pain | Assistant Professor, University of New Jersey |
Harrison, Susan, PhD | 1997-2001 | PhD | Tufts University | Role of growth factors in sensory and sympathetic neuron biology | Research Associate, University of Kentucky, Lexington |
Molliver, Derek, PhD | 2002-2006 | PhD | Washington Univ., St. Louis | P2Y receptors in chronic pain | Asst. Prof., Univ. of New England |
Christianson, Julie, PhD | 2003-2008 | PhD | Univ of Kansas | Visceral afferent plasticity | Associate Prof., Univ of Kansas
Director of Graduate Program, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology |
Chanthaphavong, Ratsamy, PhD. | 2004-2006 | PhD | GFRa3 and artemin in visceral afferents | Teaching – Res. Assoc., Univ of Pittsburgh | |
Elitt, Christopher, MD/PhD | 2003-2006 | BS | Brown Univ. | Role of artemin in sensory development | Assistant Professor, Pediatric Neurology, Boston Children’s Hospital |
Malin, Sasha, PhD | 2004-2009 | PhD | Washington Univ, St Louis | Modulation of TRPV1 & A1 by growth factors | Homemaker |
Wang, Ting | 2005-2011 | BS, MS | National Univ. of Singapore | Role of neurturin in sensory development | Technology Transfer Officer, Navy Medical Research Center |
Fasanella, Kenneth, MD | 2006-2008 | MD | Univ. of Virginia | Sensory innervation of pancreas | Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh |
Stopcnzynski-Gupta, Rachelle, PhD/MD (K. Albers Co-Mentor) | 2009-2013 | BS | University of Rochester | Role of sensory neurons in pancreatic cancer | Pediatric Resident, Massachusetts General Hospital |
Coates, Matthew, MD/PhD | 20011-2013 | MD/PhD | Univ. of Vermont | Neuroplastic changes in ulcerative colitis | Assistant Professor of Medicine, Hershey Medical Center |
DeBerry, Jennifer, PhD | 2010-2014 | PhD | Univ. of Alabama, Birmingham | Interactions between growth factors and TRP channels in visceral pain | Assistant Professor, University of Alabama School of Medicine |
Makadia, Payal, MD | 2014-2016 | MD | Medical University of South Carolina | Role of colonic epithelium in colon pain | Pediatric Gastroenterologist (Attending Physician), Hackensack University Medical Center |
Kim Meerschaert | 2012-2016 | BS | Differential roles of vagal and DRG afferents in visceral pan | Postdoctoral Fellow, Havard | |
Brian Edwards | 2017-2022 | PhD | Univ. Of Wyoming | Indentification of trypsin-specific inhibitors;Autonomic regulation of the enteric nervous system | Research Assistant Professor, Mayo Clinic |
Kristen Smith-Edwards | 2017-2022 | PhD | University of Wyoming | Circuit mapping of the enteric nervous system | Assitant Professor (tenure track), Mayo Clinic |