Department of Biology CBU Biology Alumni News and Biology Student Achievements [Updated 6 May 2008] |
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Biology Faculty Award and Dominic Dunn Award Student and Alumni Research Publications |
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Department of Biology CBU Biology Alumni News and Biology Student Achievements [Updated 6 May 2008] |
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Biology Faculty Award and Dominic Dunn Award Student and Alumni Research Publications |
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| Here is what we know about recent CBU
Biology alumni. (This includes some natural science, chemistry,
and psychology graduates who keep in touch with us.)
This page is designed to help you keep in touch with us and with each other. Please e-mail us with any additions or corrections. We love to hear from you! Information compiled by Dr. Malinda Fitzgerald, Dr. Anna Ross, and Dr. Stan Eisen.
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| Class of 2007 | Class of 2004 | Class of 2001 | Class of 1998 |
| Class of 2006 | Class of 2003 | Class of 2000 | Class of 1997 |
| Class of 2005 | Class of 2002 | Class of 1999 | Early 1990's and 1980's |
| Class
of 2008
TAS '08 Research Posters '08 BBB Induction '08 |
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| Jeremy Armstrong | May '08: Accepted to the Integrated Biomedical Sciences PhD program at UT Memphis. |
| Rebecca Bastnagel | Feb. '07: Accepted to the Doctoral Program in Physical Therapy at Washington University (St. Louis, MO). |
| Chantel Engleberg | Summer '06: Received a summer research fellowship from the Hamilton Eye Institute, where she conducted research with Dr. Monica Jablonski in the Ophthalmology Department. |
| Katie Finch | Feb. '08: Accepted to the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (Memphis) College of Nursing. |
| Whitney Heath Vickery | April '08: Accepted at the School of Veterinary Medicine in UT Knoxville. Jan '08: Accepted to the University of Edinburgh (Scotland) School of Veterinary Medicine. April '06: Accepted by the Memphis Zoo to be a Biodiversity Fellow for summer 2006. |
| Michael Herr | May '08: Accepted to the Integrated Program in Biomedical Science at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis. April '08: Michael received the 2008 SOS Dominic Dunn Award (along with Siamak Keyvani, CS-ECE). |
| Truc Le | April '06: Accepted by the Memphis Zoo to be a Biodiversity Fellow for summer 2006. |
| Angie Metz | March '08: Accepted to the Pharm.D. program at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (Memphis) School of Pharmacy. |
| Carter (Casey) Nazor | May '08: Accepted to the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta. |
| Heather (Box) Perry | Feb. '08: Accepted to the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (Memphis) College of Nursing. |
| Francisco Ramirez (Chem) | Mar '08: Accepted to the School of Pharmacy at Union University. |
| Kim Williams | Mar '08: Accepted to the Integrative Biomedical Science Ph.D. program at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. She plans to continue working with Dr. Jena Steinle in Ophthalmology, with whom she conducted her senior thesis. |
| Ting Wong (Biology '10) | April '07: Accepted to a summer research program at Vanderbilt scheduled for two summers. |
| TAS '08 Research Posters '08 BBB Induction '08 | |
| Class
of 2007
Graduation 2007 SOS Graduates '07 TAS '07 Research Posters '07 BBB Induction '07 |
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| Nick Chantara | March '07: Accepted to the Doctorate in Physical Therapy (DPT) program at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis. |
| Jason Deng | April '07: Accepted to the Ph.D. Program in Pharmaceutical Science at the University of North Carolina. |
| Brian Kim | Jan '08: Accepted
to the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center (Memphis) School
of Dentistry.
Sept. '07: Attending Dental School at U.T. May 2007: Brian received the 2007 Biology Faculty Award (presented at Graduation, May 2007). April 2007: Brian received the Award for best poster in MOLECULAR BIOLOGY at the 2007 CBU Student Research Poster Session. (His poster was "The Effect of Carbon Nanofibers on NIH 3T3 Fibroblast Proliferation" by Brian Kim, Elizabeth Fitzpatrick, and Eldon Geisert. ) |
| Jordan Klein | Jan. '08: Accepted to the University of Tennessee Health Science Center Pharm. D. program. |
| Kyle Markway (NSCI) | April '07: Accepted to the DPT (Doctorate in Physical Therapy) program at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis. |
| Sheharyar Minhas | Jan '08: A photo from the Whitecoat ceremony. Sheharyar writes, " As far as program is concerned.... you get to study a year in UK before doing your rotations anywhere you want in States or sccredited hospital around the world (for free electives). Since it's an acclerated program the classes are from 9:00am-5:00pm and then of course you have late night studying. Besides US medical ethics, biochemistry, and gross anatomy n embryology (and lab), we also have histology n cell biology (n lab) for the first semester. I am glad I had histology at CBU. It helped me so much that I would be struggling if I didn't had it before." Jan. '08: Accepted to the St. George's University School of Medicine Global Scholars Program in Newcastle, United Kingdom. March '07: Received a statewide second-place award in the Cell and Molecular Oral Presentation section at the Tennessee Academy of Science (TAS) meeting at Austin Peay University. He was awarded a one-year membership to TAS and his research was published in the online TAS Journal. Nov. '06: Awarded a second place prize for his paper, "Incorporation of HA into H5N1 vaccine virus is independent of M1 gene origin" in the cell and molecular biology section of the state-wide Tennessee Academy of Science at Austin Peay State University (photo1photo2photo3). |
| Patton Minkin (Chem) | April '07: Accepted to the DDS program at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Dentistry. |
| Sana Mujahid | Mar. '08: Co-authored a publication accepted in J. Biol. Chem. (from her CBU senior biology research at U.T.). Mar. '07: Sana has accepted to the Integrated Studies Ph.D. Program (ISP) in the Sackler School of Gradute Biomedical Sciences at Tufts University in Boston. Nov. '06: Sana presented a paper on "Characterization of the lysophophatidic acid 3 receptor via computationally-guided site-specific mutagenesis" in the cell and molecular biology section of the Tennessee Academy of Science at Austin Peay State University (photo1photo2photo3). Summer '06: Received a summer fellowship from the Summer Research Scholars Program at the University of Tennessee, where she conducted research with Dr. Gabor Tigyi in the Department of Physiology. |
| Alan Newton | Mar. '07: Accepted to the School of Pharmacy at University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis. |
| Jennie Nguyen | April '07: Accepted to Life chiropractic school in Marietta, GA. |
| Priya Patel (Chem) | April '07: Accepted to the Pharm.D. program at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (Memphis). |
| Teri Shepherd (NSCI) | Sept. '07: Teri is attending Southern College of Optometry. |
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| Class
of 2006
Graduation '06 TAS '06 Research Posters '06 BBB Induction '06 Charity Volleyball '06 |
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| Whitney Appling | Sept. '06: Whitney is featued in the "thank yous" column of the Sep. CBU SOS Newsltter. Aug. '06: Attending Univ. Miss. Dental School. Jan '06: Accepted to the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center College of Dentistry. Nov. '05: accepted to the University of Mississippi School of Dentistry. |
| Michael Beebe (CHEM) | Jan. '06: Accepted to the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine. |
| Jennifer Bernard | March '07: Jenny is one of the featured alums in the March issue of the CBU SOS Newsletter. Jenny reports, "I'm going to Pretoria, South Africa this summer to work on a coronavirus project in cheetahs. It's all labwork, but we'll get to travel while we're there. It's through UT and we'll be there for about 6 weeks and then travel a couple weeks." Fall '06: Attending UT School of Veterinary Medicine, Knoxville. Summer '06: summer position looking at black bear home ranges. June '06: Lady Buccaneer shortstop was named first team Academic All-District and second team Academic All-American ESPN Magazine and the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). To qualify for the honor, a player must have a cumulative 3.20 grade point average and be a starter in their particular sport. Bernard's name will now appear on the national ballot for All-American possibilities. Apr. '06: Accepted to University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine, Knoxville. Feb. '06: Accepted to the University of Glasgow College of Veterinary Medicine. July '05: Report on tracking jaguars in Brazil. June '04: Jenny is a Lady Buc shortstop and was named to the first team of the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District college division team |
| Christina Brown | Mar. '06: Presented a research paper to the Association of Southeastern Biologists and regional Tri-Beta meeting in Gatlinburg on March 31. |
| Paula Cerrito | Dec. '05: Paula has been accepted to the University of Tennessee (Memphis) Health Science Center School of Pharmacy. |
| Melissa Cromwell | Jan. '06: Accepted to the Southern College of Optometry (Memphis, TN). |
| Bob Dalsania | Oct. '06: Fitzgerald, M.E.C., Bob Dalsania, Reena Patel, R. S. Pires and C. A. Toledo. 2006. Differential expression of the AMPA-type glutamate receptors in the nucleus of Edinger-Westphal of embryos and young adult chicks. Poster presented by Dr. Fitz at the Society for Neuroscience meeting held at the Georgia World Congress Center Oct. 2006. Feb. '06: Accepted to the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (Memphis) School of Dentistry. |
| Emily DeFur | Feb. '06: Accepted to the University of Arkansas (Little Rock) School of Medicine. Dec. '05: Accepted the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine. |
| Christy Harwell (NSCI '06) | April '06: Board-certified as a massage therapist and working with Spa Chakra and Salon in Southaven. |
| Jennifer Hendrick | Dec. '07: Jennifer
has been accepted to Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine-
Bradenton Campus and will be moving to Fl to go to school this summer. Dec '06: Accepted to Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM)- Atlanta. Mar. '06: Presented a research paper to the Association of Southeastern Biologists and regional Tri-Beta meeting in Gatlinburg on March 31. April '06: Presented a paper to the Alpha Chi Honor Society Regional meeting in Wilmington, NC, on "Abdominal Compartment Syndrome in a Newly Diagnosed Patient with Burkitt Lymphoma." |
| Oscar Herrera (CHEM) | Feb. '06: Accepted Pharm.D. program at the the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (Memphis, TN). |
| Melissa Hines | July '06: Acepted to the College of Medicine at the University of Texas in Houston. April '06: Presented a paper to the Alpha Chi Honor Society Regional meeting in Wilmington, NC, on "Characterization of Genetic Alterations High Grade Pediatric Gliomas Using Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (FISH)." Nov. '05: Melissa has been accepted to the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine. |
| Mitchell Lingerfelt (CHEM) | May '06: Accepted to the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (Memphis) College of Pharmacy. |
| Sally Lynch (NSCI) | Sally is spent a semester of 2005 in Edge Hill College in Lancashire, England. You can read reports about her experiences and see some photos. In 2004, Sally studied maned wolves in Brazil through CBU's MHIRT program. |
| Andrew Michael | July '07: Accepted to American University of Antigua School of Medicine. |
| Jennifer Mohan | Jan. '06: Accepted to the Deaconess School of Nursing in St. Louis. |
| Reena Patel | Mar. '07: Accepted to the American University of Antigua Medical School. Oct. '06: Fitzgerald, M.E.C., Bob Dalsania, Reena Patel, R. S. Pires and C. A. Toledo. 2006. Differential expression of the AMPA-type glutamate receptors in the nucleus of Edinger-Westphal of embryos and young adult chicks. Poster presented by Dr. Fitz at the Society for Neuroscience meeting held at the Georgia World Congress Center Oct. 2006. |
| Jennifer Paxson | Oct. '06: Jennifer is one of the "featured alums" in the Oct CBU SOS Newsletter. Apr. '06: Accepted to the Integrated Biomedical Science Graduate Program at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (Memphis). Mar '06: Presented a research paper to the Association of Southeastern Biologists and regional Tri-Beta meeting in Gatlinburg on March 31. |
| Brett Prentiss | April '06: Accepted by the Memphis Zoo to be a Biodiversity Fellow for summer 2006. |
| Jerad Schultz | April '07: Accepted to the UT Physical Therapy program class of 2010. |
| Christie Spencer | Feb. '07: Accepted to the University of Tennessee Health Science Center program in Nursing. She says it will take about a year and a half to complete the BSN, and then she'll work "on a Master's Degree either in anesthesia or nurse practitioner.... if not a doctorate in nursing practice." April '04: Accepted to the Dental Externship Program at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Dentistry. |
| Katrina Thompson | April '07: Accepted to Logan School of Chiropractic Medicine in St. Louis to start in May '07. |
| Sarah Wright (CHEM) | Apr. '06: Accepted to the Pharm.D. program University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Pharmacy. |
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of 2005
Graduation '05 Research Posters '05 TAS @ CBU '05 BBB Induction '05 Charity Volleyball '05 |
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| Leslie Aldrich (NSCI) | Jan. '06: Accepted to the City and Regional Planning Master's Program at Univ. of Memphis. She has also been offered an assistantship for the spring semester working on a "fair housing" project. |
| Amar Bhula | Jan 06: Amar is attending Jessenius Faculty of Medicine (JFMED) Medical School in Martin, Slovakia. |
| Cynthia Caceres | Feb. '06: Accepted to the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (Memphis) School of Dentistry, Howard University School of Dentistry in DC, and Meharry School of Dentistry in Nashville. |
| Kim Crump (Psych) | Mar. '05: Accepted into the Lowenberg School of Nursing at the University of Memphis. |
| Rebecca Finley | Mar. '05: Accepted to the University of Tennessee Health Science Center School of Pharmacy. |
| David Grandy (Chem) | Mar. '05: Accepted into the graduate chemistry program at New York University and Cornell University. |
| Christen Gregory | June '06: accepted
to the Quillen Quillen College of Medicine at East Tennessee State
University (Johnson City). |
| Jonathan Henderson (NSCI) | April '06: Accepted to the Doctorate in Physical Therapy (DPT) program at Alabama State University. |
| Angela Inman (NSCI) | Feb. '06: Accepted to the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (Memphis) School of Pharmacy. |
| Melanie Joyner | Mar. '05: Accepted into the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (Memphis) Pharmacy program. |
| Cristina Martinez | Nov. '05: Christina stopped by CBU for a visit. She says she loved dental school from the very first day and she particularly loves dental anatomy. She feels she is very well prepared because of her course work at CBU. Feb. '05: Accepted to University of Puerto Rico Dental School. |
| Carrie McIvor | Mar. '05: Accepted to the University of Memphis Lowenberg School of Nursing. |
| Manny Patel | Aug. '05: mpatel9@utmem.edu July '05: Reports from Uganda #1 and Uganda #2 (from Caduceus). May '05: Accepted to the University of Tennessee (Memphis) Health Science Center College of Medicine. |
| Vaishali Patel | Sept. '05: Attending Logan College of Chiropractic in Chesterfield MO outside of St. Louis. |
| Chris Sage | April 05: Awarded the Dr. Joe and Bessie Mae Pryor Prize in Chemistry at the Alpha Chi National College Honor Society national convention in St. Louis, for his paper, "The role of Membrane Synthesis in Macrophage Function." Accepted to Pharmacy D. program at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. |
| Garrett Smithson (NSCI) | Garrett and Kristen Bach (Rhodes ‘05) were married on July 16 at St. William Church in Millington, TN. Garrett recently finished his final coursework during the June Summer semester and will graduate in August '05. Kristen was recently assigned to Collierville High School where she will teach Spanish I. |
| Adrianne Wilkinson | Feb. '06: Accepted to University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center (Memphis) School of Nursing. |
| Ed Trouy (NSCI) | Dec 2004: Accepted to the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (Memphis) School of Dentistry. |
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| Class
of 2004
Graduation '04 Research Posters '04 TAS '04 BBB Induction '04 Haiti Fall '03 |
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| Crystal Blade (NSCI) | April '04: Accepted to the Fall 2005 entering class at the University of Tennessee (Memphis) Health Science Center College of Pharmacy. |
| Candice Chorley (CHEM) | May '04: Candice has been accepted to the James Quillen School of Medicine at East Tennessee State University (Johnson City). |
| Michelle Driscoll | April '04: Recipient of the 2004 SOS Dominic Dunn Award. Feb. '04: Accepted to the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine. |
| Heather Dirks (NSCI) | Mar '04: Accepted to University of Kansas School of Occupational Therapy which is ranked 8th in the nation. Feb. '04: Accepted to the Creighton University (Omaha, NE) Program in Occupational Therapy. Oct. '03: Accepted to the Occupational Therapy Program at Belmont University. |
| Brian Drouillard (NSCI) | Jan '06: Accepted to the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center College of Dentistry. |
| Janet Eichholz | July '04: Accepted to the University of Tennessee (Memphis) Health Science Center College of Medicine. May '04: Recipient of the 2004 CBU Biology Faculty Award |
| Ashleigh Frith | May '04: Accepted to the College of Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (Little Rock). |
| Xuandao L (Dao) Nguyen | Aug. '04: xnguyen@sco.edu April '04: Accepted to Southern College of Optometry, Memphis, TN. Nov. '03: Accepted to the New England College of Optometry in Boston, Massachusetts. Accepted to the Illinois College of Optometry. |
| Corta Thompson | Aug. '05: Received a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from William Carey College. Sept. '04: Corta visited Memphis to avoid hurricane Ivan. She is taking classes and plans to attend nursing school in January. |
| Tony Vu | Mar. '04: Accepted to the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine. |
| Ashley Wise | Dec. '03: Accepted to the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Pharmacy. |
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of 2003
Graduation '03 Research Posters '03 TAS '03 BBB Induction '03 Gulf Coast Trip Fall '02 Haiti Fall '02 Haiti Spring '03 |
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| C. Scott Adelman | Mar. '07: Scott matched in med-peds at UT Memphis. June 2005: Scott has another research publication: McCarville MB, Adelman CS, Li C, Xiong X, Furman WL, Razzouk BI, Pui CH, Sandlund JT. 2005. Typhlitis in childhood cancer. Cancer. 2005 104(2): 380-387. Scott did this work at St. Jude. Link to full text pdf cadelman@utmem.edu Publication based on CBU Biology Research: McCarville, M. Beth, Janell Thompson, Chenghong Li, C. Scott Adelman, Moon O. Lee, Dania Alsammarae, Martha V. May, Sandra C. Jones, Bhaskar N. Rao, and John T. Sandlund. 2004. Significance of appendiceal thickening in association with typhlitis in pediatric oncology patients. Pediatric Radiology 34 (published online Jan. 2004) June '03: Accepted to the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine. May '03: Recipient of the 2003 CBU Biology Faculty Award. |
| Robert Appling | Mar. '04: Robert is engaged to be married. Oct. '03: Accepted at the school of podiatric medicine at Barry University in Miami, FL. |
| Andrew Asbury | Dec. '05: Andrew has been accepted to the University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine (Kansas City, MO). |
| Dino (Edin) Basic | Mar. '07: Dino matched in Detroit for Internal Medicine. Nov. '06 Featured alum in the Nov SOS Newsletter. Jan '04: Dino passed the exam for U.S. citizenship. Nov. '03: edin100879@msn.com Attending Univ. of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine in Kansas City. Jan. '03: Accepted to the University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine in Kansas City, MO and to the St. George's University College of Medicine in Grenada. Publication based on CBU Biology Senior Research: Parmentier J-H, Smelcer P, Pavicevic Z, Basic E, Idrizovic A, Estes A, and Malik, KU. 2003. PKC-zeta mediates norepinephrine-induced phospholipase D activation and cell proliferation in VSMC. Hypertension 41(3 Pt 2):794-800. UT Vascular Biology Working Group |
| Seema Bhula | Fall '03: Attending Southern College of Optometry in Memphis. April '03: Accepted Pennsylvania College of Optometry and Southern College of Optometry |
| Stacey Bourg | Mar. '07: Currently M-4 at Lousiana State University at Shreveport, Stacey has been matched to Geisinger Health/Janet Weis Children's Hospital in Danville, PA for pediatrics. Sept. '05: Stacy worked in a Shreveport medical clinic established in one of the three post-hurricane shelters. Her parents evacuated but their housey, 25 miles house north of New Orleans proper, suffered extensive damage. July '05: Report on travelling to and practicing medicine in Manali, India (from Caduceus). Aug. '03: As she settles in to Medical School, Stacey reports that she is very glad to be as prepared as she is because of her expereince at CBU. SBourg@lsuhsc.edu Feb. '03: Accepted to the Louisiana State University School of Medicine in Shreveport |
| J. Christian Cash | Apr. '03: Accepted U. Arkansas Medical School, Little Rock. |
| Katie Fields | Mar. '04: Accepted to the graduate progam in toxicology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Science in Little Rock. Nov. '03: moving to Little Rock and applying for jobs/school |
| Seyedeh Nazanin (Nazi)
Kelishadi |
July '04: Accepted to the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Dentistry. |
| Konstance Kelly Key | Dec. '06: Graduated with honors from the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, receiving her Doctor of Physical Therapy degree. Konstance will be employed by Le Bonheur Children’s Medical Center as a pediatric physical therapist upon completion of her licensure requirements. Mar. '03: Accepted to the Doctor of Physical Therapy program at U.T. Memphis. |
| Nick Newsom | Mar. '08: Nick and Allison Chesser will marry on May 3rd. Both will graduate from UT College of Medicine on May 30th and both matched (for Residency) at Indiana University in Indianapolis. Nick will be in the Internal Medicine residency program and Allison will be in the Med-Peds program. July '04: Accepted to the Univ. of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine. nickrnewsom@yahoo.com July '03: Continuing his work in the E.R. at Methodist North Hospital. |
| Patricia Palmer (NSCI) | Feb. '03: Accepted to the University of Memphis Lowenburg School of Nursing. |
| Franchette Pascual | Mar. '07: "Aloha!
How's everything at CBU and Memphis? I'm just thrilled to share a
good news-- I'll be doing Neurology residency at UC-Davis (my 1st choice)
and internship at Univ of Utah. Believe me or not, the fact that
I did my undergrad at CBU added extra flavor on my residency application.
I was amazed how interested my interviewers were to know more about CBU.
It was almost always brought up. And of course, all I could say was
how supportive the faculty members were, how advantageous it was to have
small classes, and the great diversity of cultures and backgrounds."
May 03: Accepted to the University of Hawaii John A Burns School of Medicine. |
| Jessica Snowden
(nondegree) |
April '03: Accepted to the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Pharmacy |
| Sarah Stinnett Horne | Sarah will attend UTMCHS Med school. May '04: Accepted to ETSU Medical School. April '03: Recipient of the 2003 SOS Dominic Dunn Award. Dec. '03: Accepted to the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine. |
| Laurel Thomasello (NSCI) | Mar '03: Accepted to the Doctorate in Physical Therapy Program at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis. Jan. '03: Accepted to the Physical Therapy Program at Bellarmine University in Louisville, KY. |
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Haiti Fall '02 Haiti Spring '03 |
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of 2002
Graduation '02 Research Posters '02 TAS '02 BBB Induction '02 Gulf Coast Trip '02 |
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| Reem Awwad | Nov. '03: stopped by CBU to visit; thriving @ UTMC. rawwad1@utmem.edu Nov. '02: Accepted to U.T. Medical School. |
| Tiffany Baldi | Mar. '07: Tiffany matched at UTMemphis for her transitional year and at UTexas Southwestern in Dallas for Radiology. Apr. '06: Is now an M-4 at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine and is President-elect of the Medical Student Executive Council. tbaldi@utmem.edu Nov. '03: stopped by CBU to visit; thriving @ UTMC. Aug. '03: entered UTMC. Tiffany worked for a year before attending UT Medical School. June '02: Accepted to U.T. Medical School. |
| Patrick Briese | Jan. '04: Accepted to the Louisiana State University School of Dentistry. pbriese80@yahoo.com Sept. '03: since graduation, Patrick has been working, taking courses at U of M, and studying for the DAT. Patrick is now applying to Dental School and will move to New Orleans since he is hoping to attend LSU Dental School (where his bro. Andy attended). |
| Shay Bennet Carter | May '04: Accepted to the Integrated Ph.D. Program in Biomedical Sciences at UT Memphis. shay.carter@etcmemphis.com June '03: Working for Environmental Testing and Consulting in Memphis on Walnut Grove in the Organic Lab as a GC analyst. Living in Southaven. Sept. '02: Shay and her husband Bryan report a new addition to their family: William "Thatcher" Carter, born 9 Sept. '02, 8 lbs. 12 oz., 22 in. long (photo #2). They were then living in Bozeman, MT. |
| Adam Cartwright (Chem) | Oct. '05: Adam is in his 4th year of medical school at UT and is currently doing a rotation at Mayo clinic in Jacksonville, Florida. jcartwr2@utmem.edu May '02: Accepted to U.T. Medical School. |
| Justin Deaton | Mar. '07: Justin matched
in Emergency Medicine at Thomas Jefferson Univ. in Philadelphia.
Sept. '03: jdeaton@utmem.edu June '03: Accepted to the University of Tennessee Health Science Center School of Medicine. |
| Lorraine Delgado Amador
(NSCI) |
Feb. '05: Lorraine is Assistant Scientist at PSGA-Analytical Services in Titusville, NJ. She is working for Cordis in quality control for their product, the Rapamycin Stent email: ldelgad7@psgus.jnj.com Oct. '02: In Puerto Rico, working in the Biochemestry Lab in the Quality Control Department of a biotechnological company called Centocor, which is part of the Johnson and Johnson family. [email: lordelama@hotmail.com] |
| April Deslattes | Mar. '04: Accepted to the following Master's level Physician Assistant Programs: Midwestern University in Glendale, Arizona; Shenandoah University in Winchester, Virginia; University of South Alabama in Mobile, Alabama. She has decided to attend South Alabama starting May 14, 2004. Nov. '03: in grad school deslattes@yahoo.com |
| Ryan Gaston (NSCI) | Fall '01: Attending U.T. School of Pharmacy. |
| Jason Higdon | Mar. '07: "I matched at Emory for Internal Medicine! It was my first choice so I am very happy to be staying in Atlanta for at least the next three years. I am off until graduation in May so I have the luxury of relaxing for the next few months before residency starts." Local news coverage of Emory's match day. Nov. '06: Jason and Dr. Fitzgerald met in Atlanda for dinner (photo). Jason will be interviewing in Memphis for a residency program. Sept. '05: Jason reports from Emory "I am two months into my third year and it is so much better than last year.... I just finished my neurology rotation and am about to start radiology and psychiatry." Another publication based on his CBU and postgraduate research: Jiewu Liu, Qian Huang, Jason Higdon, Wei Liu, Tao Xie, Tetsuji Yamashita, Kyeogmi Cheon, Cheng Cheng and Jian Zuo. 2005. Distinct gene expression profiles and reduced JNK signaling in retinitis pigmentosa caused by RP1 mutations. Human Molecular Genetics 14(19): 2945–2958. Nov. '03: Stopped by to visit CBU, thriving during his first year medical school jhigdon@LearnLink.Emory.Edu Oct. '03: Photos of the White Coat Ceremony at Emory Medical School pic1, pic2, pic3, pic4, pic5. May '03: Jason has been working in Dr. Zuo's lab at St. Jude where he did his CBU senior research. In July, he will move to Atlanta to start med school at Emory. He attended ARVO in May '03 [photo with Dr. Fitzgerald] where he was co-author of a poster [photo1photo2], "Involvement of Multiple Pathways in the Retinitis Pigmentosa 1 (RP) Disease." J. Zuo, J.C. Huang, J. Liu, W. Liu, K. Cheon, J.C. Higdon, C. Cheng and the RP1 Consortium. '02: Accepted to UTMC and Emory Med. School. Co-authored a paper based on his CBU Senior Research, Purkinje cell degeneration (pcd) Phenotypes Caused by Mutations in the Axotomy-Induced Gene, Nna1, published 8 March 2002 Science 295: 1904-1906. |
| Camille LaFosse Stagg | Sept '05: Camille reports that she waethered the hurricanes... but of course she will probably have to start her research on coastal restoration all over again. Aug. '04: "I look back on my experience at CBU, in the biology department, very fondly. I also rely on the knowledge that I gained while in your class and all of the others very frequently. I earned my master of science in environmental toxicology from Clemson in May, and I am beginning my doctoral research in wetland biogeochemistry at Louisiana State University now. I do miss CBU very much and hope to visit you all soon." cstagg3@lsu.edu Nov. '03: Grad. school in environmental toxicology at Clemson Univ. "I'm working with constructed wetlands and oilfield produced water.... I'm identifying the toxic constituents of the produced water by using certain biossays, and then using the wetlands to treat the water for reuse applications." May '02: married in April and has been accepted to graduate school in environmental science at Clemson University. |
| Christopher Laurent, M.S. | Nov. '06: Earned a Masters in anthropology from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is now working in Japan as a teacher of English. Feb. '03: Accepted into the Ph.D. program in biological anthropology at the University of California at Santa Barbara, with an emphasis in medical anthropology. |
| Lawrence LeBlond | Mar. '04: Lawrence recently spent a few months in Australia. Nov. '03: Accepted to St. Christopher's College of Medicine in Luton, England lawrenceleblond@hotmail.com. Summer '02: Lawrence has been training both boys and girls YMCA camp staff and is the health officer and EMT for the boys camp in Michigan. Here's a photo of Lawrence with other staff members and one with a camper. |
| Beth Lendermon | Jan. '06: Beth is currently interviewing for residency programs on both coasts as well as at vanderbuilt. She wants to do her residency in internal medicine, a fellowship in pulmonology, and eventually work with a lung transplant team. '02: Accepted UTMC, Univ. of Pittsburgh, and Univ. Virginia Med. Schools. |
| Amy Cook Martin
(former School of Sciences Secretary) |
Aug. '02 Amy moved to East Tenn. because of her husband Bryan's new job. Amy will be completing her degree (Psych minor with a Criminal Justice minor) at ETSU. |
| Rebekah Meadows | Jan. '06: Rebekah graduated August 2005 with a Masters of Medical Science from Saint Louis University. She is currently working in an OB/GYN clinic as a PA in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She is spending time partly in the clinic seeing both GYN and Obstetrics patients and assisting in surgeries. May '04: at SLU in second year of PA school... just starting rotations. (meadowsr@slu.edu) Dec. '02: Accepted to St. Louis University's Physician Assistant Program. Mar. '02: Accepted to University of New England's Physician Assistant Masters Program |
| Xuanquyen (Sue) Nguyen (Chem) | April '02: Accepted to the McWhorter School of Pharmacy at Samford University (Birmingham, AL). |
| Dayan (Dave) Perera | Nov. '03: daperera@memphis.edu Dayan is at U of M working on his Ph.D. in the Department of Biology. Sept. '02: Started in the Audiology and Speech Language Pathology Ph.D. Program at Univ. Memphis. |
| Jana Pierini | April '04: Jana reports she is "... doing fine, 2nd year is much more difficult than 1st. We have to take our first part of the boards this summer so it is going to be full of books."" email PieriniJanaC@uams.edu. Sept. '02: Jana stopped by to visit Dr. Ogilvie and says med school is going well so far! June '02: Accepted to the Univ. of Arkansas School of Medicine in Little Rock. |
| Hilaire Smith Playa (Chem) | June '02: Accepted to UT graduate progrm in Medicinal Chemistry, will start fall of 2003. |
| Analice Hosey Sowell (Chem) | Aug. '05: Analice is starting a new job as Research Assistant in the Product Development Division of Buckeye Technologies (analice_sowell@bkitech.com). Analice reports, "I will be working with CBU Chem alumna Claudia Reyna Wade ('96, I believe)." April '04: Photos from SPSS bed of nails fundraiser. Analice will be teaching chemistry and conceptual physics at Christian Brothers High School starting August, 2004. Analice is completing her Master of Arts in Teaching at CBU. Married, September 28, 2002 to Michael Sowell. April '02: Recipient of CBU SOS Dominic Dunn Award. |
| Jennifer Tzefakes | Nov. '03: jennifertz@hotmail.com Jennifer is working in the integrative microscopy center at U of M. |
| Shanna Wall, D.V.M. | April '08: Shanna is featured alum in the April '08 SOS Newsletter. May '06: Shanna will soon graduate with a D.V.M. from University of Tennessee (Knoxville) College of Veterinary Medicine and will be joining a veterinary practice in Dickson, TN, about 40 miles west of Nashville. Aug. '02: After the first weeks of classes, Shanna says she feels particularly well prepared because she took Embryology and Immunology at CBU. swall0@lycos.com May '02: Recipient of the CBU Biology Faculty Award. April '02: Accepted to the University of Tennessee (Knoxville) College of Veterinary Medicine. |
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| Cina Ali | Jun '04: Accepted to University of Tennessee Health Science Center School of Medicine |
| S. David Arrington | Jun '04: Here's the latest report from David, "Married now...3 whole months and counting... things going great working the night shift in the ICU at Baptist... trying to stay awake... researching and prepping for Nurse Anesthesia programs across the country... this will be in one to two years. Other than that, all is well. It is nice that you have updates on people, good to know what everyone is doing now. klatoo@yahoo.com Feb. '04: Katie Brown and David visited the BioCareers course. Dr. Fitzgerald reports they shared how they had progressed in their careers and what they would have liked to have known as a sophomore. Nov. 03: Graduating from the Loewenberg School of Nursing (U. Memphis) in 4 weeks with a BSN in Nursing. Accepted a job in the ICU at Baptist Memphis (East). Engaged to marry Debbie Helms (EE '02) in March '04. |
| Toya Butcher (NSCI) | June '02: Accepted to Life University Chiropractic School to enroll in Jan 2003. |
| Matt Coats (NSCI) | Mar. '01: Accepted U. T. Master's Program in P.T. |
| Gautam Gandhi | Nov. '03: working on an MD/PhD at U of Ark in Little Rock GandhiGautamK@uams.edu Fall '01: Entered the MD/PhD program at the Univ. of Arkansas College of Medicine. Working in the lab at UAMS, received a four year MD/PhD scholarship. Published from his CBU senior research: Parmentier JH, Ahmed A, Ruan Y, Gandhi GK, Saeed AE, Malik KU. 2002. Calcium and Protein Kinase C (PKC)-Related Kinase Mediate alpha (1A)- Adrenergic Receptor- Stimulated Activation of Phospholipase D in Rat-1 Cells, Independent of PKC. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. Dec; 303 (3): 1206-15. |
| Heather Graham | Fall '01: Entered Nova Southeastern Univ. School of Optometry in Fort Lauderdale, FL. |
| Melissa Greene | Nov. '03: mgreene7@midsouth.rr.com Adjunct biology instructor at Northwest Mississippi Community College teaching A&P and General Biology evenings & Sat., hoping to be full time there soon. Also, teaching biology at DeSoto Central High School in Southaven. July '01: Accepted to the Master of Life Sciences Program at the University of Maryland in College Park. Publication based on CBU Biology research: LeDoux MS, Zhou Q, Murphy RB, Greene ML, and Ryan P. 2001. Parasympathetic innervation of the meibomian glands in rats. Invest. Ophthalm. Vis. Sci. 42:2434-2441. |
| Jack A. Griffith (ME '01) | Dec. '06: Jack is a manufacturing engineer with General Dynamics Armaament and Technichal Products in Marion VA. |
| Karen Hill (NSCI) | May '01: Graduated CBU. |
| Adam Hughes (NSCI) | May '02: Accepted to chiropractic school in St. Louis |
| Kimberly Jones (nondegree) | Sept '04: "I am in my final year of pharmacy school and quite ready for graduation in May 2005! Pharmacy school has been such a great experience. Currently, I am doing clinical rotations at local hospitals such as The Med, Methodist University, and the VA." kjones5@utmem.edu Fall '01: Attending U. T. College of Pharmacy |
| Danielle Kubisek (nondegree) | May '03: Earned BS in Dental Hygiene from UT College of Allied Health. May '01: Entered U.T. Dental Hygiene |
| Jessie Morgan | Oct. '06: Jessie is
one of the "featured alums" in the Oct.
CBU SOS Newsletter. April '05: Jessie is at St. Jude continuing
her work on apoptosis with Dr. John Schuetz. This lab was featured
in St. Jude's Promis magazine. Jessie is in the background on page
10. http://www.stjude.org/content/files/2/16179autumn04prom.pdf
Nov. '03: working at St. Jude on apoptosis jessie.morgan@stjude.org |
| Binh Nguyen, M.D. | May '05: Graduated from UT Med School. Feb. '01: Accepted U.T. Med School |
| Lewis Pearson | Mar '08: "Angela and I now have a brand new baby boy, Samuel Kiyoshi Pearson (b. March 19, 2008)." Spring '05: Lewis stopped by CBU to let us know he is thriving in his doctoral program... and enjoying the challenge of teaching where he is introducing undergraduate students to Philosophy. May '02: Lewis has decided to enroll in the Baylor Univ. PhD Program in Philosophy. April '02: Accepted to Baylor Univ. PhD Program in Philosophy, the Ph.D. program in Philosophy at Vanderbilt Univ., Univ. of Chicago's Master of Arts Program in the Social Sciences, the Saint Louis Univ. Ph.D. Program in Philosophy, Univ.of Arkansas Medical Sciences College of Medicine, and Univ. of Tennessee Health Science Center School of Medicine. |
| Rachel Rome | Nov. '03: rome@utmem.edu Rachael is an M2 at UT Memphis. She is studying hard and looking forward to clinics next year. Aug. '02: Accepted to U.T. Medical School |
| Cortney Stone | Apr. '01: Accepted U.T. School of Pharmacy |
| Linda Widjaja, Ph.D. (Chem) | May 06: Ph.D. in Biomedical Science from UTMC. Nov. '03: grad school at UT in Molecular Biology lwidjaja@utmem.edu Fall '01: Attending U.T. Memphis grad school in microbiology |
| Laura Williamson | Mar. '07: Accepted to St. Georges School of Veterinary Medicine. Nov. '03: working at a vet clinic and preparing for vet school in Ala swamprat152003@yahoo.com |
| Jennifer Woo | Fall '01: Attending U. T. College of Pharmacy |
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| Jim Allen | Oct. '00: Working |
| Emily Biggs | Feb. '00: Accepted U. T. College of Pharmacy |
| Jarad Braddy, D.D.S. | May '05: Graduated from dental school and has joined a private practice in Southhaven (rockeytop77@msn.com). Feb. '04: Jarad, now a D3, presented information on Dental Careers to Dr. Fitzgerald's BioCareers course. Nov. '03: in third year dental school. Sept. '00: Enrolled dental school UT Memphis |
| Katie Brown | Sept. '04: Message from Bernie Backer, Director of Admissions Saint Louis University School of Public Health: "Katie, you'll be proud to learn, was awarded our prestigious Sr. Mary Jean Ryan Scholarship for Excellence in Public Health -- it's paying half her tuition this year and a sizable chunk next year! We hope you have more students just like her!!!! Many thanks." May '04: Accepted to the Masters Programs in Public Health at Saint Louis University and George Washington University. Feb. '04: research paper published. (Brown, Kathrin L. 2004. Rhombohedral crystals of Mycobacterium tuberculosisphosphopantetheine adenylyltransferase" Acta Cryst D 60:95-196.) Feb. '04 Katie and David Arrington visited the BioCareers course. Dr. Fitzgerald reports they shared how they had progressed in their careers and what they would have liked to have known as a sophomore. Oct. '03: Katie stopped by for Alumni weekend. She is advancing in her career in lab research. katie.brown@stjude.org Nov. '01 featured in Commercial Appeal metro section in an article on her research job. Preparing to go to med school. |
| Jennifer Michelle Chang | April '06: Michelle Chang and Mark DiNubila are happy to announce their marriage on April 29 in Fort Worth, TX, where they currently reside. They went to St. Lucia for a relaxing and unforgettable honeymoon. May '05: Michelle graduated from Texas Christian Univ. with a B.S.N. and is working as a registered nurse in the intensive care unit at Baylor All Saints Hospital in Fort Worth. Nov. '03: jmichellechang@hotmail.com "I am actually in nursing school at Texas Christian University. I am in my Jr. year right now working on Mental Illness and Surgical.... I work at Baylor hospital as an extern for the liver, kidney, and pancreas transplant." 2000: Living in TX and applying to Optometry schools, currently working for an Optometrist |
| Punam (Chopra) Shah | Oct. '02: P3 at Mercer University School of Pharmacy in Atlanta, Georgia, and will graduate in 2004. Married in July '02. punam123@hotmail.com |
| Kenya Evans, O.D. (NSCI) | May '05: Kenya graduated from Southern College of Optometry. Fall '01: Attending Southern College of Optometry |
| Amy Fallon | Match '04: Amy matched in OB/GYN at UAMS for her medical residency. Nov. '03: amfallon@uams.edu Amy is an M4 at U of Ark in Little Rock. She hopes to go into OBGYN. Aug. '00: Med school Little Rock. Publication based on CBU Biology research: Johnson DA, Fields C, Fallon A, Fitzgerald ME, Viar MJ, and Johnson LR. 2002. Polyamine- dependent migration of retinal pigment epithelial cells. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 43(4):1228-1233. |
| Amanda Frazier | Working in MS. After graduation, worked for HealthCare Recruiters in Collierville, TN. |
| Amisha Gandhi | amisha.gandhi@stjude.org Fall '01: Attending BMH nursing school. Presented her CBU senior research at the TN Academy of Science in Nashville 17 Nov. 2000 and won 1st place in the division of Cell and Molec Biology. This was the first time the society extended an invitation to all winners of the collegiate divisions to present their work at the full State meeting. This research has been published J Biol Chem 2001 276(42):39359-67 |
| Theresa Halliday (nondegree) | Nov '04: Theresa reports, "Things are going great, I'm back close to home in the Black Hills of South Dakota working for United Blood Services as a Medical Technologist. I'm engaged to a great friend of mine from high school. We'll be getting married Dec. 18 of this year. We'll also be back in Memphis in May for my brother's graduation from CBU." May '03: Earned BS in Medical Technology from UT College of Allied Health. Oct. '00: Accepted U.T. Medical Technology. |
| Lisa Harper | Oct. '00: U.T. Physical Therapy |
| Laura Haskins, M.D. | May, '05: Graduated from UT School of Medicine. Sept. '00: Started Med School UT. Laura's Med School Experiences (March 2001CBU BellTower article reprinted from Caduceus). |
| Sean Hunt | Sean will officially graduate in Aug. '04. May '04: News from Sean: ... "I started a company called RestoreAmerica in October of '01. RestoreAmerica is a company that helps individuals obtain proper financing. Since its inception I have opened 13 offices across the United States as well as have sold 6 Franchises of my company. My accolades include: nomination for top 40 under 40 in '01 Memphis Business Journal, Honorary chairman for the congressional business advisory council ('02, '03). Tennessee businessman of the Year ('03) awarded by the Wall Street Journal and the National Business Advisory Council, 2003 National Leadership Award given by the National Congressional Committee." .... "I think I have been successful because I didn't have traditional business training and my critical thinking helped me analyze every situation. I know I'm not in a scientific field but I use the skills I was taught every day in the workplace." |
| Nesreen Ismail | Nov. '03: moving to Boston and applying to optometry school nesreen96@hotmail.com Oct. '00: Working @ UT with Paul Heron |
| Magdalena Kaminska (Chem) | Jan. '01: Working at Buckman labs |
| Kasey Key (Chem) | Feb. '00: Accepted U.T. College of Pharmacy |
| Yelena Lapova Garber, DVM | March '07: Yelena is one of the "feaured alums" in the March issue of the CBU SOS Newsletter. April '06: Yelena was picured and quoted in an article about Memphis Animal Shelter placing microchips in adopted pets. The article was published in the 13 April '06 Commercial Appeal. May '05: Yelena is back in Memphis working as a vet after graduating from UTK vet school. May '04: Yelena is graduating from UT Vet school. The last year has been entirely clinical, with rotating exposures finishing with equine surgery. She says she will really miss working on equine patients, but her own horses will keep her occupied. Following graduation, she plans to move back to Memphis where she will be working in a small animal clinic on White Station. "I am absolutely thrilled to come back home." ylapova@hotmail.com Nov. '03: 4th year vet school. Sept '00: Enrolled in Vet school UT Knoxville. |
| Neetu Patel | Oct. '00: Working |
| Tejal Patel | Oct. '00: Working |
| F. H. "Rusty" Rodriguez | Sept. '05: Rusty reported that he worked through the hurricane disaster at Charity Hospital in New Orleans and was among the last to leave helping to evacuate the last patients. March'04: Rusty matched in combined Med/Peds at LSUNO for his medical residency. Nov. '03: Rusty is an M4 at LSU. He will graduate May 2004 and wants to do internal medicine/peds. He was in Memphis in October doing an ER rotation. May '02: Received a scholarship to take the Kaplan prep course for Step I Boards at U.T. Aug. '01: Elected president of the American Medical Students Association chapter at LSU. Co-authored an article published Aug. '01 in the Journal of Experimental Medicine, titled "Requirement of interleukin 17 receptor signaling for lung cxc chemokine and granulocyte colony-stimulating factor expression, neutrophil recruitment, and host defense." Sept. '00: Entered LSU Med School. Was briefly on camera with other med students during the "Code Blue" TV program. frodr1@lsuhsc.edu |
| Deborah Sloan | May '02: Received Masters in Education, CBU. |
| Mary Carole Taylor Jackson | Feb. '07: Mary Carole is featured in the "Thanks" column of the Feb. CBU SOS Newsletter. Nov. '06: Mary Carole and her husband Brandon had a baby girl, Mary Taylor Jackson on 3 Nov. 2006. Brandon is still preaching and Mary Carole is working for Abbott Labs selling Pharmaceuticals. Nov. '03: maryctaylor@hotmail.com living in AL. 30 Nov. '02: Mary Carole Taylor and Brandon Jackson wed in West Point MS (photo with husband Brad and Amanda Fitzgerald). May '02: Working in sales and visited Dr. Fitzgerald's biology career choices class to talk about the interview process and life after graduation. |
| Nicole (Alexander) Walker | May'06: Nicole just graduated from the College of Pharmacy at University of Tennessee Health SciencesCenter. May '05: In her last year of pharmacy school, Nicole has been induced into the Rho Chi honor society (upper 10% of pharmacy students). June '03: Nicole has completed her first year at University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy with a 3.78 GPA. She works at Walgreen's in Southaven as a pharmacy intern and at UT in transplant research. Nicole reports that she and Jason are doing great; 4 years and counting! (nwalker@utmem.edu) April '02: Accepted to Univ. of Mississippi School of Pharmacy (in addition to the UTHSC School of Pharmacy). Married 6 March 1999. |
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Graduation '99 Research Posters '99 TAS '99 TAS Abstracts '99 Gulf Coast Trip '99 |
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| Marlo Anderson, DVM | May '04: Marlo is finishing up her internship and is to be congratulated on her acceptance into an emergency/critical care residency. June '03: In practice (internship) at Carolina Veterinary Specialists, Charlotte, NC. zoovet2be@hotmail.com May '03: Graduated from U.T. Knoxville College of Veterinary Medicine. Sept. '99: Enrolled UT Knoxville Vet School. |
| Angel Barritt | SMSMemphis@aol.com May '02: Working in sales and came to Dr. Fitzgerald's biology career choices class to talk about the interview process and life after graduation. Oct. '00: Working for an Optometrist. Married Eric Criswell and they have a new baby Abby born 7/00 |
| Brinson Boyte Hargraves | March '04: Brinson matched in surgery at U.T. for her medical residency. Oct. '03: Brinson stopped by for Alumni weekend. She is applying for residencies in general surgery. mboyte@utmem.edu Sept. '99: Entered UT Medical School. Research coordinator with CRI in Memphis ('99). |
| Andy Briese, D.D.S. | Feb. '04: Married Laurie Rester from Bogalusa, LA. Andy has a dental practice in New Orleans. Oct. '00: Dental School LSU started Fall '00 |
| Heather Carpenter Barnett, M.D. | May '05: Graduated from UT Med School. Heather and her husband Bryan celebrated the birth of their second daughter Madeline on 2/25/05. Big sis Lucy (7/1/03) is enjoying the new addition. Heather is moving to Wake Forest in Winston Salem, NC to begin her internship in emergency medicine. Sept. '04: Heather and her husband Bryan are expecting their second child this spring. Heather hopes to go into emergency medicine and wants to go to Vanderbilt. Nov. '03: Had a baby girl (Lucy) on 1 July '03; now back in M3 year with Psychiatry. hcarpenter@utmem.edu Fall '01: Entered UT Med School; working Bosco's midtown |
| Yin Chan | Oct. '00: Working |
| David Conner, M.D. | May, '05: Graduated from UT Med School. Sept. '03: David stopped by CBU to attend the MIRT symposium. He is an M4 and is thriving at UTMC. Oct. '00: Entered Med School UT 9/99 |
| Keith Criner, M.D. | Mar. '07: Keith is in his last year of med-peds in Little Rock. He plans on doing a fellowship in critical care. March '04: Keith matched in combined Med/Peds at UAMS for his medical residency. Nov. '03: 4th year med student at U of Ark Little Rock; doing infectious disease consults in LR at the VA; will graduate 15 May 15 '04; plans combined Internal Medicine/Pediatrics. Univ. Ark. Med School, Little Rock 8/00keithcriner@hotmail.com |
| Vinh Dang | Oct. '00: Working U of M; applying to UT Med School |
| Ai-Von Do | Feb. '99: Accepted ETSU Med. School. Nov. '98: Accepted Univ. W.Va. School of Osteopathic Medicine |
| Matt Dress | March '04: Matt matched in Pathology at U.T. for his medical residency. mdress@utmem.edu Sept. '01: Engaged to Megan Alcazar; wedding planned for June '02. Megan graduated from CBU. Sept. '99: Entered UT Med School |
| Molly Elrod | Nov. '03: "I am living in Cincinnati now, I was in Houston for 2 years working for M.D. Anderson Cancer Center and I began my masters in Public Health. I absolutely loved my job and school, but my fiance (husband now, as of Sept. 6th) works for Kroger and got transferred up here to Cincinnati, where they are headquartered." melrod5@hotmail.com Oct. '00: working U of M Center for Community Health. |
| Nora Fleming | May '99: Accepted P.T. at U.T. |
| Michael Gipson, M.D. | Apr. '04: wil enter residency at U of Miss in Family Medicine. Michael's wife is graduating from law school. Oct. '00: Attended Med School, U of Miss Jackson 9/99 |
| Elizabeth Graham | Oct. '05: Elizabeth is in Dental School at UT Memphis. Oct. '00: In Grad School Landscape Design LSU/BR |
| Greg Grokulsky | Greg, please let us know if you have any news. Publication based on CBU Biology Research: Kang ES, Ford K, Grokulsky G, Wang YB, Chiang TM, and Acchiardo SR. 2000. Normal circulating adult human red blood cells contain inactive NOS proteins. J. Lab. Clin. Med. 135(6):444-51. |
| Gena Horton | May '05: Gena is working on her PhD at the University of Memphis in earthquakes and environmental hazards. Nov. '03: working at U of M ghorton@memphis.edu Nov. '01: Collections Curator of Missippian artifacts at Chucalissa Museum in Memphis. Received Masters degree in anthropology from the University of Memphis (with honors) in May of 2001. |
| Jolynn Jackson | Oct. '00: Working at BMH; applying to med school Ark |
| Amit Jeevan | Nov. '03: Graduated from SCO looking into starting an optometry practice in Virginia ajeevan@aol.com Feb. '99: Accepted Southern College of Optometry |
| J.R. Keith | Nov. '03: has two children and is applying to optometry school; working at Juliens at Peabody Place. Spring '01: Returned to CBU to take Histology. Bartender at Fridays. Married Jennifer Dec 31 1998. Baby: Gabrielle born July 30, 1999. drfreak15@aol.com |
| Suzana Malik | Suzana, please let us know if you have any news. |
| Paula Meadors | Sept. '01: Assistant Athletic Director at Wingate University in Wingate, NC. in charge of team travel, ticket, promotions, and business operations for a department of about 40. Feb. 2001: moved to Monroe, NC. After graduation worked for HealthCare Recruiters in Collierville, TN. pmeadors@wingate.edu |
| Al Narvaez | Oct. '00: Enrolled at LSU MS program in PT |
| Tammy Pham Nguyen, D.O. | March '04: "I will be returning to Memphis this summer. I graduated from Western University of Health Sciences, College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific May 2003 and have meanwhile been doing my transitional year of internship at Maimonides Medical Center in New York. I will be starting my anesthesiology residency July 2004 while my fiancé remains to finish his Emergency medicine residency in Bronx, NY. We will likely be married in June 2005 in Pensacola, FL, my other hometown. I hope everything is well at CBU and I am excited to return to my extended family and my friends in Memphis." Sept. '99: Attending the Western University of Health Science College of Osteopathic Medicine in Pomona, California |
| Tuan Nguyen | Oct. '00: Enrolled Med School UT 9/99 |
| Tim O'Leary | Oct '03: Tim graduated from PA school in August and is living outside Nashville in Henderson. He is working for Dr. Raymond Fuller at Blue Grass Medical Associates. Sarah is working for Healthcare Management Systems. toleary18@comcast.net Sept. '01: Tim and Dr. Fitzgerald are among the coauthors of a paper, "Effect of polyamine depletion on cone photoreceptors of the developing rabbit retina," published in J. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science. May '01: Tim O'Leary presented a research poster at ARVO. He has been working for the past two years for Dr. Dianna Johnson. He and his wife Sarah have just celebrated their 1 year anniversary and have moved to Mobile Ala. where Tim will start PA school at Univ. S. Alabama. March '01: Accepted to U of Iowa Physician Assistant Program. Feb. '01: Accepted to the Physician Assistant Program at Trevecca Nazerene University in Nashville. Working at UT, ophthalmology. Married Sarah Nelson 4/29/2000 |
| Allen (Ash) Rasoul | Allen Rashoul married Shanna Shivers on May 11, 2005. May '02: accepted a new position as a territorial manager for Medline Industries. Oct. '00: Viles Medical, medical supplies sales Rasoul416@cs.com |
| Callie Salazar | Accepted U. T. College of Dentistry |
| Uyen Vu Nha | Oct. '00: Pharmacy School UT started 9/99 |
| Zach Werle, D.O. | Mar. '07: Zach is in his last year of a family medicine residency. May '05: Graduated from Kansas City School of Osteopathic Medicine in May and he will begin his internship in Family Practice at UT Chatanooga. April '02: Finishing his first year at the Univ. of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine in Kansas City. zwerle816@aol.com |
| Stephen Wetick (NSCI) | Dec. 03: Accepted to the Southern College of Optometry. Nov. '03: working for an Ophthalmologist and applying to Optometry school. swetick33@yahoo.com |
| Graduation '99 Research Posters '99 TAS '99 TAS Abstracts '99 Gulf Coast Trip '99 | |
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| Swanette Anderson | Swanette, please let us know if you have any news. |
| Allison Bledsoe (nondegree, NSCI) | Accepted to P.T. program at U.T. (entered Jan '98) |
| Beau Briggs | Working in Memphis; has a new son (1999) |
| Karima Causey, M.D. | Oct. '03: Karima Causey will graduate from ETSU Medical School in December 2003. Sept. '99: Entered Med School at ETSU in Johnson City. |
| Michael Cole, M.D. | March '04: Michael matched at Vanderbilt in OBGYN for his medical residency. Nov. '03: 4th year med student at UT and is interviewing for OBGYN residencies mcole8@utmem.edu May '00: Accepted U. T. Med School |
| Kevin Ford | Working at Medtronics |
| Trent Gullett | Sales Rep. or sales? |
| Felicia Hayes | March '01: Felicia is enjoying the hobby of bird watching. MBA |
| Charlotte Hyman | Accepted U.T. Medical Technology |
| Nicole Koenigsknecht, D.V.M. | Sept. '98: Veterinary Medicine OK State |
| Yong Lin, M.D. | Mar. '07: Yong is finishing up a Rheumatology fellowship (one year left in NY). Nov '05: Yong has been accepted to a two year rheumatology fellowship starting in July '06 at the Univ of Connecticut. Yong and his wife Helen had a baby boy January 5, 2005. Sept. '04: Dr. Lin is in a residency program in internal medicine. He married Helen his third year in medical school and they are expecting a child in December. KAHL22@aol.com. June '02: Grad. UT Med School. Lin is in a residency in medicine in NJ. |
| Zach Maxwell, M.D. | March: '04: Zach is a Family Medicine resident at U.T. June '02: Grad UT Med School; received the departmental award clerkship in Family Medicine. Zach finishing his first year of residency in Family Medicine in Covington TN. |
| Greg Meriwether, M.D. | Feb. '04: Greg is an internal medicine resident at Vanderbilt. May '03: Married Melissa (Zach was best man). June '02: Grad. UT Med School. Accepted a Residency in Medicine at Vanderbilt in Nashville. |
| Bobby Myers, D.C. | Nov. '06: Dr. Myers is currently serving on CBU's Alumni Board and is practicing at James Chiropractic and Rehabilitation (the official Chiropractor of the Memphis Riverkings hockey team) in Cordova. Sept. '98: Osteopathic Med. |
| Lan Nguyen, M.D. | March '04: Lan is in Family Medicine in Texas. June '02: Grad. UT Med School and will move to TX to do a residency in Family Practice. |
| Linda Nguyen | March '02: has been at First Tennessee Bank for for 3 years in the National Department. |
| Tuan Nguyen, M.D. | March '04: Tuan is a surgical resident at U.T. June '02: Grad. UT Med School; he will do a residency at UT in Surgery. (early acceptance to med school) |
| Rodney Paullus | Mar. '07: Rodney matched in Family Medicine at St. Francis in Memphis. June '05: Rodney and Amy Elizabeth Pintchuck were married in Memphis. Feb. '04: Rodney, now an M-2, visited CBU to discuss his experiences in applying to and currently attending medical school with current CBU students rpaullus@utmem.edu. May '02: accepted to the Univ. of Tennessee Health Science Center School of Medicine. June '98: Working St. Francis. Minoli Perera (’97) and Rodney Paullus (’98) published a paper in the Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy (16:17-33, 1998). The paper, “Immunohistochemical localization of DARP32 in striatal projection neurons and striatal interneurons in pigeons,” was written and researched with Dr. Anton Reiner and Loreta Medina. |
| Craig Ryan | Sept. '99: Entered U. T. School of Dentistry |
| Juan Carlos Salazar | Sept. '99: Entered U. T. School of Dentistry |
| Mary Svadlenka | Working in Memphis business |
| Felix Vazquez-Chona, Ph.D. | 1 Dec '05 Felix is defended his dissertation for the Ph.D. in Anatomy and Neurobiology at U.T., "Genetic networks modulating retinal injury." His dissertation research grew out of his CBU biology senior research. Oct. '04: Felix Vazquez-Chona and Sara Elizabeth Robertson married on December 8, 2004 in Paris TN. Felix graduated from CBU in 1998, traveled the Appalachian Trail, taught at Catholic High School, and then entered graduate school at UT. He is currently working with Dr. Eldon Geisert, his senior thesis mentor, on his PhD. Nov. '03: grad school in Anatomy at UT. May '03: Felix is working on his Ph.D. at UT Memphis. He is a co-author on a poster for ARVO, "The control of Gene Expression Following Injury in the Rat Retina: QTL and PCA" E.E. Geisert, F. Vazquez-Chona, L. Lu, E.J. Chesler, and R.W. Williams (photo of the poster with Dr. Eldon Geisert). '00: Entered Grad School at UT. April '01: Participated in a Medical Missions trip to Guatemala with a group of med/dental/pharmacy/PT students from UT. bashfullysleepy@yahoo.com |
| Lyndsay Woodward | May 03: Clinical Affairs staffer for Medtronic, Sofamor Danek (lwoodward@sofmordanek.com). Lyndsay is traveling a lot and enjoying her new job. Oct. '02: Working as a study manager for Medtronic Sofamor Danek in Memphis (they make medical devices used in spinal and cranial surgery). Lyndsay's responsibilities include traveling to monitor investigators throughout the country. May '02: Earned an MBA from University of Memphis. '98-'02 worked at UT in the Institutional Review Board Office with Dr. Terrance Ackerman. |
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