Past and Present Lab Members
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Principal Investigator:
Katya Ravid, Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry, Boston University School of Medicine
Director, Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research (http://www.bumc.bu.edu/evanscenteribr/)
Scientific Director, Transgenic Research Resource Center (www.bu.edu/cores; http://www.bu.edu/cores)
Quote:
“Successful Science is a mixture of
duty, creativity,
astonishment, accomplishment,
tenacity and generosity!” (Katya Ravid)
e-mail: kravid@bu.edu
| Past and Current Trainees | Pre or Post | Training Period | Prior Academic Degree(s) | Current Position (past trainees)
Source of Support (current trainees) |
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| Degree(s)
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Institution(s) | |||||
| Chen, Wen-Che | Pre | 1994-1997 | MS
DMD |
Harvard School of Public Health | General Dentistry, Irvine CA | |
| Frances, Cynthia | Post | 1996-2000 | cef609@hotmail.com | PhD | Boston University School of Medicine | Proctor & Gamble (consultant) |
| Sun, Shishinn | Post | 1995-1999 | shishinn@hotmail.com | PhD | St. John University, NY | Investigator, Assistant Professor,
North Shore-Long Island Jewish Research Institute Phytochemical Lab Manhasset, NY |
| Thompson, Alex P | Pre P | 1995-1999 | alex.thompson@qub.ac.uk | MS | University of Coleraine, Ireland | Lecturer, Haematology Research Group, Centre for Cancer Research & Cell Biology (CCRCB),
Queen’s University of Belfast Northern Ireland |
| Zhao, Zhi-Hui | Post | 1994-2000 | zhihuizhao@hotmail.com | MD/PhD | Beijing Med. Univ., China | Assistant Professor of
Medicine, BUSM |
| Zimmet, Jeffrey P | Pre P
(MD/PhD) |
1995-1998 | jeffrey.zimmet@va.gov | BS | Wesleyan Univ., CT | Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, Univ California San Francisco; Interventional Cardiology, San Francisco VAMC |
| Cataldo, Leah | Post | 1995-1997 | leah_cataldo@bbns.org | PhD | University of Massachusetts | Biology/ Science Department Chair, Buckingham Browne & Nichols School, Cambridge, MA |
| Hechler, Beatrice | Post | 1998-2000 | beatrice.hechler@efs-alsace.fr | PhD | INSERM U.311
Etablissement Français du Sang-Alsace Strasbourg, FR. |
Faculty Researcher, INSERM,
France |
| Pierron, Anne | Pre
(MA) |
2001 | anne.pierron@libertysurf.fr | BA | University of Nice,
France |
Research Associate,
University of Nice, France |
| Jones, Matthew P | Pre P | 1999-2003 | mattj@bu.edu | BA | University of Delaware | Assistant Professor, Pulmonary Center, BUSM |
| Kaluzhny, Yulia | Pre | 1996-2001 | yulia_kaluzhny@yahoo.com | MS | Moscow State Institute, Moscow, USSR | Senior Scientist,
MatTek Corp., Ashland, MA |
| Lu, Jun P | Pre | 1997-2003 | jun.lu@yale.edu | MSc | Nanjing University, Nanjing, P.R. China | Assistant Professor, Yale School of Medicine |
| Wang, Zhengyu P | Pre | 1994-1998 | zwang51@jhmi.edu | BS | East China University of Chem. Technology | Associate Professor of Medicine, John Hopkins Medical School |
| Yaar, Ron | Pre
(MD/PhD) |
1998-2002 | ryaar@bu.edu | BSc | Boston University | Assistant Professor, Dermatopathology, Boston Medical Center |
| Zhang, Ying P | Pre | 1998-2003 | thinkhead23@yahoo.com | MSc | Univ. Science & Technol, Hefei, China, BSC, 1979, Shanghai Inst. of Biochemistry | Instructor of Medicine, BUSM; CEO of a start-up |
| Dharmaraj, Chinnappan | Post | 1999-2000 | Dharmaraj.Chinnappan@astrazeneca.com | PhD | All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India | Research Scientist, Astrazeneca, Westborough, MA |
| Nguyen, Hao G. | Pre
(MD/PhD) |
2001-2005 | hmdnguyen@ucdavis.edu | BA | Univ. of Cal. Berkely | Resident in Surgery, Univ. California Davis Medical Center |
| (**) St.Hilaire, Cynthia P | Pre P | 2004-2008 | sthilairec@nhlbi.nih.gov | BS | Univ. of Vermont | Research Fellow, NHLBI, Center for Molecular Medicine |
| (**) McCrann, Donald J. P | Pre P | 2004-2008 | djmccrann@gmail.com | BS | Yale University | Scientist IDEXX Laboratories Westbrook, ME |
| Liu, Kenian | Post | 2005-2006 | kenian110@yahoo.com | PhD | Univ. of Arkansas
Med Sci |
Lab Director, Bireference Labs, NJ |
| Makitalo, Maria | Pre
(MA courses) |
2004-2007 | maria_makitalo@hotmail.com | M.Sc. | Umea University, Sweden | Ph.D student at Lulea University of Technology, Sweden |
| Rier, Andrea | Undergraduate | Summer 2005 | arier@bu.edu | BS | Virginia University | Resident, Internal Medicine, PA |
| Rodriguez, David | Undergraduate | Summer 2006 | rodzdavid@hotmail.com | University of Texas, El Paso | In Medical School, BUSM | |
| Yang, Dan | Post | 2004-2009 | Dan.Yang@nih.gov | MD/PhD | San Yat-Sen and Hunan Univ., China | Researcher, NIH |
| Papadantonakis, Nikolaos | Post | 2006-2010 | noxania@gmail.com | BS, Molecular Biology
MD |
University Gasglow,
University of Crete |
Resident, Internal Medicine, Jacobi Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine |
| Burridge, Kelley A. | Post | 2010 | kelleyb@bu.edu | PhD, Biomedical Engineering | Boston University | Researcher, FDA |
| Eliades, Alexia | Pre | 2007-present | aeliades@bu.edu | BS | University of Athens, Greece | In Dr. Ravid’s Lab |
| Chen, Hongjie | Post | 2007-2011 | hongjie.chen@mssm.edu | PhD | Chinese Academy of Sciences | Clinical Genetics Fellow, Mt.Sinai Medical School |
| (**) Koupenova-Zamor, Milka | Post | 2005-2010 (Pre)P
2010-present (Post) |
milka@bu.edu, mkzamor@gmail.com
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BS, PhD | Univ. of Cal.
Los Angeles , BUSM |
In Dr. Ravid’s lab |
| Carroll, Shannon | Pre | 2009-present | scarrollbu@gmail.com, shb@bu.edu | BS, MS | University of Arizona | In Dr. Ravid’s lab |
| Johnston-Cox, Hillary | Pre
(MD/PhD) |
2009-present | hjcox@bu.edu | B.S. Biochemistry and Chemistry | UC San Diego | In Dr. Ravid’s lab |
| Eisenstein, Anna | Pre
(MD/PhD) |
2010-present | aeisenst@bu.edu | BA, Biochemistry | Middlebury College | In Dr. Ravid’s lab |
| Bhupatiraju, Ajoy | Post | 2010-present | abhupati@bu.edu | PhD | All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India | |
| Matsuura, Shinobu | Post | 2011-present | shinobu@bu.edu | DVM, PhD | DVM: Universidade de Sao Paulo, Escola de Medicina Veterinaria e Zootecnia; PhD: University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Department of Veterinary Internal Medicine |
In Dr. Ravid’s lab |
| Patterson, Shenia | Pre ( MD/PhD) | 2012-present | spatter4@gmail.com | BS | BS: Spelman College | In Dr. Ravid’s lab |
| Mi, Rongjuan | Post | 2012-present | rongjuan@gmail.com | PhD | Ph.D. 2008 Clemson University, Clemson, SC | In Dr. Ravid’s lab |
PThese students are recipients of the first or second awards for thesis work -BUSM Russek Award for Excellence. Jeffrey Zimmet is also a recipient of Boston University President’s Award for graduate studies. Zhengyu Wang is a recipient of the BUSM Dean’s Award for Ph.D. thesis work.
