University of South Alabama
      Department of Pharmacology ---- Program in Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology
 
 

Ph.D. Students
Current Students
Name Email Address Research Project
Abdallah AlZoubi aaa704@jaguar1.usouthal.edu
TRIOLEX, a DHEA metabolite, ameliorates pulmonary hypertension in Sugen/Hypoxia rat models, through its potent antiinflammatory and immune-modulating actions
     
Christina Barry cjb311@jaguar1.usouthal.edu
Calcium permeation through store operated calcium entry channels disrupt the spectrin-actin interaction and increase endothelial permeability
     
Glenda Bonilla gpb502@jaguar1.usouthal.edu
Pulmonary microvascular endothelial cells utilize aerobic glycolysis to sustain rapid growth
     
David Clark dclark@jaguar1.usouthal.edu  or dwc701@jaguar1.usouthal.edu
Regulation of hypoxic gene expression by G-quadruplex structures
     
Wei Feinstein wfeinstein@usouthal.edu
Cellular mechanisms underlying the localization of cAMP signals
     
Salina Gairhe sg602@jaguar1.usouthal.edu
Myoendothelial gap junction signaling regulates pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cell phenotype
     
Luai Hasoun lmh701@jaguar1.usouthal.edu or loalhasoun1@yahoo.com
Protection by folates against UV-induced DNA damage
     
Joe Li zjl801@jaguar1.usouthal.edu
     
Karen Morrison kam602@jaguar1.usouthal.edu ANP induced testosterone production in MA-10 mouse Leydig tumor cells
     
Cristhiaan Ochoa cdo701@jaguar1.usouthal.edu
Bacterial adenylate cyclase toxins in lung endothelia
     
Terrence Platt terranceplatt@hotmail.com
The role of heat shock proteins 27 and 20 in pulmonary hypertension
     
Darla Reed djr302@jaguar1.usouthal.edu
Hypoxia and estrogen: inducers of nuclear oxidant stress
     
Audrey Vasauskas aav601@jaguar1.usouthal.edu
Regulation of expression and storage of squirrel monkey chorionic gonadotropin in the pituitary gland
     
Ryan Viator rjv302@jaguar1.usouthal.edu
Oxygen tension mediates glucose loading of endothelial cells
 
Graduates of the Pharmacology Ph.D. Program

Year of PhD

Name

Current Position
1983 Given, Michael B. Program Officer
Office of Naval Research
Arlington, VA
1984 Dawkins, Robert P. Clinical Director
Mobile Infirmary Sleep Disorders Center
Mobile, AL
1985 Christie-Pope, Barbara Associate Professor
Director of Dimensions: The Center for the Science and Culture of Healthcare
Tennessee State University
Nashville, TN
1985 Panus, Peter C.J.
Ph.D., P.T.		 Associate Professor
East Tennessee State University
Johnson City, TN
1988 Seyed-Mozaffari Mahmood
Ph.D., D.M.D		 Associate Professor
Schools of Medicine & Dentistry
Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA
1989 Allo, Simon Ngotcho
Ph.D., M.D.		 Cardiologist
Denton, TX
1989 Cornwell, Trudy PostDoctoral Fellow
Physiology Department
University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL
1990 Whalin, Michael E. Former Health Science Administrator
National Institutes of Health
(Deceased: July 5, 2004)
1991 Crow, John P. Professor
University of Arkansas Medical School
Little Rock, AR
1993 Duffourc, Michelle D. Assistant Professor, Pharmacology
East Tennessee State University
Johnson City, TN
1994 Thompson, Marilyn E Associate Professor
Pharmaceutical Sciences
School of Pharmacy, Belmont University
Nashville, TN
1995 Song, Wei
M.D., Ph.D.		 Medical Oncologist
Pottstown, PA
1995 Boerth, Scott R.
M.D., Ph.D.		 Internal Medicine and Chief of Staff
Montgomery Regional Hospital
Blacksburg, VA
1997 Vuong (Jones), Letetia Division of Laboratory Medicine
University of California
San Francisco, CA
1997 Xu, Yan Associate Professor and Director of Bioinformatics
Department of Pediatrics
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
1998 Ballard-Croft, Cherry Assistant Professor
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
1998 Landar, Aimee Leigh Assistant Professor
Pathology Department
University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL
1998 Reynolds, Philip Daniel Assistant Professor
Biological and Environmental Sciences
Troy University, Troy, AL
1999 Bhattacharjee, Arin Assistant Professor
Pharmacology and Toxicology
SUNY at Buffalo, NY
1999 Xu, Jianguo Instructor, Pulmonary Medicine
Emory University
Atlanta, GA
2000 Killilea, David Associate Staff Scientist
Laboratory of Bruce Ames, Ph.D.
Children’s Hospital of Oakland
Research Institute
University of California, Berkley
Oakland, CA
2001 Bauer, Natalie Norwood Assistant Professor
Pharmacology & Center for Lung Biology
University of South Alabama, Mobile. AL
2001 Hawkins, Lt. Colonel John United States Army
Augusta, GA
2002 Ault-Ziel, Kathryn Editor of Medical Education
Research to Practice
Miami, FL
2004 Breit, Jeffrey Research Scientist
Bend Research, Inc.
Bend, OR
2004 Denny, Wesley  Instructor
Oncological Sciences
Mitchell Cancer Institute, Mobile, AL
2005 Hubler, Tina Assistant Professor, Biology
University of North Alabama
Florence, AL
2006 Gross, Katherine Assistant Professor of Pharmacology
Pharmaceutical Sciences
South University, Savannah, GA
2006 Creighton, Judy Assistant Professor
Pharmacology
University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL
2007 Sayner, Sarah Assistant Professor,
Cell Biology and Neuroscience
University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL
2007 Cioffi, Donna Assistant Professor
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL
2007 Sadosky, Patti Assistant Professor,
Biology
Macon State College, GA
2008 Clark, Jennifer Post-Doctoral Fellow
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
2008 El Zarrad, Mohammed Postdoctoral Fellow
NCI, National Institutes of Health
Washington, DC
2008 Swiger, Brad Assistant Professor, Anatomy/Physiology, Biology
University of Mobile
Mobile, AL
2008 Ricci, Craig
J.D., Ph.D.		 Attorney, U. S. Patent Office
Washington, D. C.
2008 Middleton, Natavia Assistant Professor, Anatomy/Physiology, Biology
Technical College of the Lowcountry
Beauford, SC
2008 Prasain, Nutan Postdoctoral Fellow,
Indiana University Department of Pediatrics
Indianapolis, IN
2009  Henesy, Michelle  Manager Hospital Services
American Red Cross
Birmingham, AL
 
 
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