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Stephanie Calderon

MS Graduate, Winter 2018
Thesis: CC16 Depletion in the Lung Due to Early Life Biomass Exposures

Pooja Chaudhary

MS Graduate, Fall 2019
Thesis: Mechanism of Extracellular Matrix Induced Tumor Survival and Drug Resistance in Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer

Jared Churko, PhD

Associate Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Director, UA iPSC Core
Director, UA AHA SURF Program
Associate Professor, BIO5 Institute
Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Associate Professor, Genetics GIDP
Associate Professor, Physiological Sciences GIDP
(520) 626-2347
jchurko@arizona.edu

Brett Colson, PhD

Associate Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Associate Professor, BIO5 Institute
Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Associate Professor, Clinical Translational Sciences
Associate Professor, Physiological Sciences GIDP
(520) 621-1950
bcolson@arizona.edu

Anne Cress, PhD

Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Vice Dean, Strategy and Innovation
Professor, Applied Biosciences GIDP
Professor, Cancer Biology GIDP
Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Professor, Radiation Oncology
(520) 626-7553
cress@arizona.edu

Jennifer Daw

MS Graduate, Summer 2018
PhD Student, Cancer Biology, University of Arizona

Avery DeVries, PhD

Graduate, Summer 2018
Mentor: Dr. Donata Vercelli
Postdoctoral Trainee, Asthma & Airways Disease Research Center
Paul Gignac

Paul Gignac, PhD

Associate Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Director, Physician Assistant Anatomy, College of Health Sciences
Associate Professor, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Associate Professor, Graduate Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience
Associate Professor, School of Information
Research Associate, American Museum of Natural History
(520) 626-6084
pgignac@arizona.edu

Henk Granzier, PhD

Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Professor, BIO5 Insitutue
Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Professor, Genetics GIDP
Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Professor, Physiological Sciences GIDP
Professor, Physiology
(520) 626-3641
granzier@arizona.edu

John Konhilas, PhD

Professor, Physiology
Professor, Physiological Sciences GIDP
Associate Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Associate Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Associate Professor, Nutritional Sciences
Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering
520-626-6578
konhilas@arizona.edu

Chuol Kueth

MS Graduate, Spring 2020
Thesis title: PIKFYVE Modulation Mitigates TDP-43-Dependent Disease Phenotypes in a Drosophila Model of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
dnun@arizona.edu

Julie Ledford, PhD

Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Co-Director, Clinical Translational Sciences Graduate Program
Associate Director of Translational Research, Asthma & Airways Disease Research Center
Professor, Immunobiology
Professor, BIO5 Institute
Professor, Medicine
Professor, Clinical Translational Sciences
Professor, Applied Biosciences GIDP
520-626-0276
jledford@arizona.edu

Frank Li, PhD

Graduate, Summer 2018
Mentor: Dr. Henk Granzier
Postdoctoral Researcher, Northwestern University

Efreim "Joe" Morales

MS Graduate, Fall 2018
MD student, UA College of Medicine
Thesis: Obstructive Sleep Apnea and the Gut Microbiome

Nirushan Narendran

MS Graduate, Spring 2018
PhD Student, Clinical-Translational Sciences, University of Arizona

Megha Padi, PhD

Assistant Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Assistant Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Assistant Professor, Cancer Biology GIDP
Assistant Professor, Applied Biosciences GIDP
520-626-8003
mpadi@arizona.edu

Shea'la Paul

MS Graduate, Spring 2020
Research Associate, Accelerate Diagnostics

Julieann Puleo, PhD

Graduate, Summer 2018
Mentor: Dr. Gus Mouneimne
Research Fellow in Medicine, Dana Farber Cancer Institute

Linda Restifo, MD, PhD

Professor, Neurology
Professor, Neuroscience
Professor, BIO5 Institute
Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Professor, Entomology/Insect Science GIDP
Professor, Genetics GIDP
Professor, Neuroscience GIDP
Professor, Clinical Translational Sciences
(520) 621-9821
llr@arizona.edu

Donata Vercelli, MD

Regents Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Director, Arizona Center for the Biology of Complex Diseases (ABCD)
Associate Director, Asthma and Airway Disease Research Center
Professor, BIO5 Institute
Professor, Genetics GIDP
(520) 626-6387
donata@arizona.edu

Shannon Watson

MS Graduate, Summer 2018
MD student, UA College of Medicine
Thesis: Basal Cell Carcinoma and Its Treatment: Where Do We Go From Here?