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Graduates of our Biomedical PhD programs

Since 2002, the School of Medicine has awarded more than two hundred and fifty PhDs. The list below includes the title of each student's dissertation, the program from which they graduated and their current position. To read a dissertation, click on the title. For more information about electronic theses and dissertations at the University of Pittsburgh, click here.

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2003

Name Dissertation

Nehad Alajez, PhD
Immunology

MHC-Unrestricted MUC1-Specific T Cell Receptor for Cancer

Mihaela Avramut, PhD
Cellular and Molecular Pathology

Immunophilins: New Biomarkers and Therapeutic Targets for Neurodegenerative Diseases

Jessica Candelora, MD, PhD
Immunology

Analyzing the Expression of the Epithelial Molecule MUC1 on Activated T Cells

Laura Goldberg, MD, PhD
Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics

Adenoviral Gene Transfer to Skeletal Muscle: Characterization and Manipulation of the Adenoviral Pathway of Infection

Douglas Green, PhD
Cellular and Molecular Pathology

Functional Studies of the Human Brain Insulin Receptor

Amy Hartman, PhD
Molecular Virology and Microbiology

Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV) Production from Rhesus Macaque CD4+ T Lymphocytes in Vitro: Insights into the Host Factors Controlling the Rate of Progression to AIDS in Vivo

Greta Ann Herin, PhD
Neurobiology

Studies on the Role of the N-Germinal Domain of NR1 in the Redox Modulation of NR2A-containing NMDA Receptors

Haibing Jiang, PhD
Molecular Pharmacology

Mechanisms of Polyglutamine Expanded Huntingtin Induced Toxicity

Vandana Kalia, PhD
Molecular Virology and Microbiology

Role of Intracytoplasmic Tail of HIV-1 Transmembrane Clycoprotein in Viral Replication and Cytopathicity

Kyoko Koshibu, PhD
Neurobiology

The Effect of Hypomorphic Expression of TGF-alpha in Waved-1 Mice

Daniel Leszkiewicz, PhD
Neurobiology

The Effects of Light on Ion Channel Function

Florenta Negoita, PhD
Neurobiology

Cellular Mechanisms Underlying Glutamatergic Calcium Responses in Developing Auditory Brainstem Neurons

Mark Parrish, PhD
Neurobiology

Murine Spalt-3 is Required for Oral, Brain and Cranial Nerve Development

Jennifer Rowles, PhD
Molecular Virology and Microbiology

Characterization of Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV) Envelope Glycoprotein (gp 120) Antigenic Determinants

Kristine Roy, PhD
Neurobiology

Molecular Genetic Dissection of the Role of Tail-less in the Development of the Forebrain

Holly Scott, PhD
Molecular Virology and Microbiology

Regulation of Granuloma Formation in Mouse Models of Tuberculosis

Michael Shoykhet, MD, PhD
Neurobiology

Functional Development and Critical Periods in the Rat Somatosensory System

Simona Temereanca, PhD
Neurobiology

Thalamic Signal Processing and the Effects of Cortical Feedback

Kien Tran, MD, PhD
Cellular and Molecular Pathology

Regulation of Fibroblast Function in Repair

Steven Truschel, PhD
Cell Biology and Molecular Physiology

Stretch-Regulated Adaptations in Urinary Bladder Epithelium

Chao-Neng Tseng, PhD
Neurobiology

Defining the Structural Basis for the AChR-Clustering Activity of Neural Agrin

 

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