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BMD Alumni News, Fall 2001
BMD Department News Fall enrollment of BMD majors was 409, a new record high number. BMD 101 has over 100 students. Several class sessions have been devoted to career opportunities and Monica Gardner ('99) (acylation@hotmail.com) and Bill Burkard ('00) spoke on being a pharmaceutical sales rep and a manager for a drug manufacturing company, respectively. In another class, all seven BMD grads ('01) in the USA College of Medicine first year class came to discuss life as a med student: Steven Scarcliff, Sarah Pursley, Ami Patel, Ninon Pachikara, Suzanne Hicks, Hilary Smith, and Mike Dye.
Wil McGriff '98 [Aug. 27] "Just a quick update for the alum roster, I am currently working as an academic fellow for the United States Air Force at Brooks Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. Right now my main responsibility involves developing a study for a possible cluster of individuals with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's Disease) who were previously employed by Kelly Air Force Base (also in San Antonio). I've been here since April, and my fellowship will run for 1 year, with the possibility of renewing for 2 more years. It's been very interesting so far, and i've enjoyed seeing this area of the country." wilmcgriff@hotmail.com
Brian Allen '00 "Things are well here. I am being offered the full time federal position! I have included my contact information." Molecular Epidemiology Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, M.S. G-41 1600 Clifton Road Atlanta, GA 30333 BGA9@cdc.gov
Sarah Britt '00 [Oct 4] "I had my first big week of tests...all A's! I am a genius! Not too bad for my first semester as a graduate student!!" [Sarah started the MPH program at Tulane this fall.] sbritt112@hotmail.com
Christy (Hopkins) Varden '94 [Aug. 27] "Still working in College of Education...working on my dissertation this semester, so hopefully I'll be done soon. Guess who I saw last weekend? Michael and Holly Pursley. Michael iscompleting his cardiology fellowship in Lexington, KY, and is on the interview trail. He interviewed with two practices here, so who knows? Holly interviewed with USA. She's been specializing in women's health issues. I believe she either already has or is in the process of recieving a degree in Public Health. Needless to say, they've been busy. David LaRosa also was in town. I also heardMichael Russo joined a practice in Dallas, TX (pediatrics). Also, Bobby Percy just finished his fellowship in pulmonology and is joining my husband's practice at Diagnostic and Medical with the Infirmary." CVarden@usamail.usouthal.edu
Diana Niculescu ('00) is in the Ph.D. program in vision science at UAB. She recently completed her qualifying exam, consisting of four days of written exams, plus had her wisdom teeth removed. diana_niculescu@hotmail.com
Heather Keith '01 [Sept. 7] "Greetings to you all from my new home in Tennessee! As of early this week [Sept. 16], I am a resident of Nashville, TN. I completed an entire summer of slaving away on the beautiful beaches of florida's emerald coast. I'm in Nashville to finally start working on the project that you have all heard me talk so much about. I'm going to be volunteering through Americorps for the "healthy start plus program", educating expecting and new mothers on the importance of pre-natal care and immunizations (just to brief you on the program)." Hlkjags@aol.com
Jennifer Barrett ('98) graduated from the Physician Assistant program at Baylor in December, 2000, got married, and accepted a position with a physician in Houston. jenbarrett@excite.com
Jaqueline Sinkfield ('97) received her M.P.H. from Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta in 2000.
Todd Hulgan ('92), graduated with an M.D. from UAB in 1996, and is now in Nashville at Vanderbilt doing a fellowship in Infectious Diseases. He plans to stay in academic medicine with a clinical focus. He's married and has a 2 year old son.
1/19/01 Tajii Carrington-Taylor ('98) is "currently a Research Assoc II in the Department of Pharmacology for Chiron, a BioPharmaceutical Company in Emeryville,Ca. I reside in Hayward, Ca. You can look up my company at www.chiron.com it's a huge company and the building I'm in is absolutely beautiful. My building looks more like an art deco museum . My lab has glass walls and a view of the S.F bay area. The only down fall is the high cost of living in the bay area."
Jan 2001 Craig Ricci ('98) graduated from law school and is now in the Ph.D. program in Pharmacology at the USA College of Medicine.
Send alumni news to: sitaya@usamail.usouthal.edu, voice (251) 380-2710, fax (251) 380-2711
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	UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA Department of Biomedical Sciences Webmaster: Stephen K. Itaya Last updated: October 5, 2001 URL: http://www.southalabama.edu/alliedhealth/biomedical