Lab Alumni
Jason Cheng-Hsuan Chiang, MD, PhD
Current position: Assistant Member (tenure stream), St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
2014-2015: PIRRT post-doctoral fellow
Regulation of mitochondrial respiration by neuronal activity.
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Current position: Assistant Member (tenure stream), St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
2014-2015: PIRRT post-doctoral fellow
Regulation of mitochondrial respiration by neuronal activity.
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Erin Steer
Current position: Commercial Scientific Project Manager, LGC Genomics Douglas Scientific
2011-2016: Graduate student, Cellular and Molecular Pathology, Cellular Approaches to Tissue Engineering and Regeneration (CATER).
PINK1 in neurite outgrowth and dendritogenesis
Current position: Commercial Scientific Project Manager, LGC Genomics Douglas Scientific
2011-2016: Graduate student, Cellular and Molecular Pathology, Cellular Approaches to Tissue Engineering and Regeneration (CATER).
PINK1 in neurite outgrowth and dendritogenesis
Jianhui Zhu, MD, PhD
Current position: Statistician, Physician Services Division of UPMC
2007-2015: Research Assistant Professor, Neuropathology
2001-2007: post-doctoral fellow/research associate
Autophagy and mitophagy in toxin models of Parkinson's disease
Current position: Statistician, Physician Services Division of UPMC
2007-2015: Research Assistant Professor, Neuropathology
2001-2007: post-doctoral fellow/research associate
Autophagy and mitophagy in toxin models of Parkinson's disease
Aaron Gusdon, MD
Current position: Assistant Professor, Neurocritical Care, UT Health Science Center, Houston, TX
2009-2013: part time medical student researcher
2010-2011: Physician Scientist Training Program, post-sophomore scholar in Pathology. Mitochondrial function in the ATP13A2 model of Parkinsonism; mtDNA polymorphisms.
Current position: Assistant Professor, Neurocritical Care, UT Health Science Center, Houston, TX
2009-2013: part time medical student researcher
2010-2011: Physician Scientist Training Program, post-sophomore scholar in Pathology. Mitochondrial function in the ATP13A2 model of Parkinsonism; mtDNA polymorphisms.
Ruben Dagda, PhD
Current position: Associate Professor of Pharmacology with tenure, University of Nevada
2006-2012: post-doctoral fellow
Kinase regulation of mitophagy
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Current position: Associate Professor of Pharmacology with tenure, University of Nevada
2006-2012: post-doctoral fellow
Kinase regulation of mitophagy
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Ed Plowey, MD, PhD
Current position: Director of Translational Neuropathology, Biogen, Cambridge, MA
2011-2018: Assistant Professor of Pathology, Stanford University
2008-2010: post-doctoral fellow
2006-2007: PIRRT fellow
Post-synaptic autophagy and LRRK2-mediated neurodegeneration
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Current position: Director of Translational Neuropathology, Biogen, Cambridge, MA
2011-2018: Assistant Professor of Pathology, Stanford University
2008-2010: post-doctoral fellow
2006-2007: PIRRT fellow
Post-synaptic autophagy and LRRK2-mediated neurodegeneration
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Vivek Patel, PhD
Current position: Neuroradiology Fellow, Stanford University
2008-2012: PhD student, Center for Neuroscience
Microtubule dynamics in oxidatively-stressed neuronal cells
2014: Mini-post-doc, using photo activated dyes to track mitochondria
Current position: Neuroradiology Fellow, Stanford University
2008-2012: PhD student, Center for Neuroscience
Microtubule dynamics in oxidatively-stressed neuronal cells
2014: Mini-post-doc, using photo activated dyes to track mitochondria
Sam Cherra III, PhD
Current position: Assistant Professor of Neuroscience, University of Kentucky
2012-2018: Post-doctoral fellow, Yishi Jin Lab, UCSD, HHMI
2007-2011: PhD student, Cellular and Molecular Pathology: Understanding the Interaction between LRRK2 and PINK1: Implications for Parkinson’s Disease
Current position: Assistant Professor of Neuroscience, University of Kentucky
2012-2018: Post-doctoral fellow, Yishi Jin Lab, UCSD, HHMI
2007-2011: PhD student, Cellular and Molecular Pathology: Understanding the Interaction between LRRK2 and PINK1: Implications for Parkinson’s Disease
Gaëlle A. Douillard-Guilloux, PhD
Last known position: Head of Biology Dept, Invectys, GlaxoSmithKline, Paris, France
2009: visiting post-doctoral fellow
Viral constructs to modulate Atg7 expression
Last known position: Head of Biology Dept, Invectys, GlaxoSmithKline, Paris, France
2009: visiting post-doctoral fellow
Viral constructs to modulate Atg7 expression
Craig Horbinski, MD, PhD
Current position: Professor of Pathology with tenure, Northwestern University
2003-2004: post-doctoral fellow
Oxidative neuronal injury and intracellular proteolysis
2005-2008 (part time): AP/NP fellow, glioma molecular genetics
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Current position: Professor of Pathology with tenure, Northwestern University
2003-2004: post-doctoral fellow
Oxidative neuronal injury and intracellular proteolysis
2005-2008 (part time): AP/NP fellow, glioma molecular genetics
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Liz Chalovich, PhD
Current position: Assistant Professor of Biological Science, Duquesne University
2001-2006: PhD student, Cellular and Molecular Pathology
Dysfunction of the CREB signaling pathway during 6-OHDA-induced neurotoxicity
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Current position: Assistant Professor of Biological Science, Duquesne University
2001-2006: PhD student, Cellular and Molecular Pathology
Dysfunction of the CREB signaling pathway during 6-OHDA-induced neurotoxicity
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Yanqiao Zhang, MD
Last known position: Attending physician, Department of Geriatrics and Associate Professor, Department of Pathophysiology, Harbin Medical University, PR China
2002-2003: visiting post-doctoral scholar
Molecular manipulation of kinases in neuroblastoma cells
Last known position: Attending physician, Department of Geriatrics and Associate Professor, Department of Pathophysiology, Harbin Medical University, PR China
2002-2003: visiting post-doctoral scholar
Molecular manipulation of kinases in neuroblastoma cells
Cheryl Fattman, PhD
Last known position: Assistant Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health
2001-2003: post-doctoral fellow (co-mentor with Tim Oury) - Catecholamine neurotoxicity and Bcl-2
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Last known position: Assistant Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health
2001-2003: post-doctoral fellow (co-mentor with Tim Oury) - Catecholamine neurotoxicity and Bcl-2
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Caroline Hope
Last known position: Lab manager, University of Pittsburgh ADRC
2002: Master's student, Center for Neuroscience
The Alpha-2 Macroglobulin Deletion Polymorphism and Alzheimer's Disease
Last known position: Lab manager, University of Pittsburgh ADRC
2002: Master's student, Center for Neuroscience
The Alpha-2 Macroglobulin Deletion Polymorphism and Alzheimer's Disease
Scott Kulich, MD, PhD
Current position: Associate Professor of Pathology, Pittsburgh Veterans Affairs Hospital
1999-2002: post-doctoral trainee
Free radicals and ERK signaling in Parkinson's disease
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Current position: Associate Professor of Pathology, Pittsburgh Veterans Affairs Hospital
1999-2002: post-doctoral trainee
Free radicals and ERK signaling in Parkinson's disease
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