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College of Medicine: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Graduates

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2017 Graduates

Positions Previous Graduate Students Took After Graduation

2024

  • Xiuqi “Michael” Wang, Ph.D. – Postdoctoral Fellow, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School
  • Jessica Kelliher, Ph.D. – Postdoctoral Fellow, UAMS
  • Kanishka Manna, Ph.D. – Postdoctoral Fellow, Boston University
  • Susie Brown, Ph.D. – Adjunct Assistant Professor, Harding University
  • LaTambria Hampton, M.S. – Clinical Research Coordinator, Arkansas Children’s Hospital

2023

  • Binyam Belachew, Ph.D. – Specialist for the Biology Instructional Office, University of Texas at Austin.
  • Lauren “Clai” Morehead, Ph.D. – Medical School, UAMS
  • Katherine Bronson, Ph.D. – Postdoctoral Fellow, UAMS

2022

  • Mary “Allie” Schleiff, Ph.D. – Postdoctoral Fellow, FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research

2021

  • Duah Alkam, Ph.D. – Staff Scientist, UAMS Bioinformatics Shared Resource
  • Dustyn Barnette, Ph.D.– Postdoctoral Fellow, National Center for Toxicological Research
  • Andrea Edwards, Ph.D. – Postdoctoral Fellow, UT Southwestern
  • Brian Koss, Ph.D. – Postdoctoral Fellow, UAMS
  • Megan Reed, Ph.D. – Postdoctoral Fellow, UAMS
  • Erin Taylor, Ph.D. – Data Analyst at First Orion

2020

  • Tresor Mukiza, Ph.D. – Postdoctoral Fellow, St. Jude
  • Eugene Nyamugenda, Ph.D.– Postdoctoral Fellow, Northwestern University
  • Bradley Shields, M.D./Ph.D. – Resident, Intermountain Healthcare

2019

  • Anthonya Cooper, Ph.D. – Instructor, Philander Smith College
  • Lauren Davis, Ph.D. – Contract Editor, Cactus Communications-Medical Communications, Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • Magdalena Delgado, Ph.D. – Postdoctoral Fellow, Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas

2018

  • Kimberly Cooney, Ph.D. – Postdoctoral fellow, Emory University
  • Wezley Griffin, Ph.D. – Postdoctoral fellow, Baylor University 
  • Aaron Storey, Ph.D. – Postdoctoral fellow, UAMS 
  • Kirk West, Ph.D. – Postdoctoral fellow, UAMS 

2017

  • Zachary Waldrip, Ph.D. – Postdoctoral fellow, AR Children’s Research Institute
  • Maroof Zafar, Ph.D. – Postdoctoral fellow, Vanderbilt University

2016

  • April Bostian, Ph.D. – Postdoctoral fellow, Arkansas State University
  • Shubeena Chib, Ph.D. – Postdoctoral fellow, Pennsylvania State University
  • Anisha Rathi, Ph.D. – Postdoctoral fellow, St. Jude
  • Jessica Hartman, Ph.D. – Postdoctoral fellow, Duke University
  • Sarah Eddy, Ph.D – Attending Indiana University law school
  • Brent Molden, M.D./Ph.D  – Pathology resident, University of California at San Francisco
  • Yicong Li, Ph.D. – Postdoctoral fellow, Johns Hopkins University
  • David Shoen, M.S. – Industrial research position
  • Rajshekar Kore, Ph.D. – Postdoctoral fellow, UAMS
  • Ara Kim, Ph.D. – Postdoctoral fellow, UAMS

2015

  • Sara Prior, Ph.D.–  Postdoctoral fellow, UAMS
  • Michael Guderyon, M.S. – PhD graduate program at  UT Health San Antonio
  • Dominick Harrison, M.S. – Research technician
  • Karah Bogoslavsky M.S. – Pharmacy School, UAMS
  • Nathan Avaritt, Ph.D. – Senior Field Analyst at METCO Environmental

2013

  • Ramanagouda Ramanagoudr Bhojappa, Ph.D. – Postdoctoral fellow, Washington University, St. Louis
  • Kimberly Reynolds, Ph.D. – Postdoctoral fellow, Johns Hopkins University
  • Nandini Sakarika, Ph.D. – Postdoctoral Fellow, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, Lebanon, NH
  • Jeffrey Givens, M.S. – Pharmacy School, UAMS
  • Joshua Eichhorn, M.D./Ph.D. – Resident Physician in Radiology, UAMS
  • Cody Cook, Ph.D. – Private entrepreneur

2012

  • Suja Aarattuthodiyil, Ph.D.  – Assistant Professor UA Pine Bluff Aquaculture Department
  • Rebecca Gilbride, M.D./Ph.D. – Medical Resident, Temple University
  • Steven Smith, Ph.D. – Medical School, UAMS
  • Matthew Reynolds, M.S. – Physician’s Assistant Program, UAMS

2011

  • Endrit Ziu, M.D./Ph.D. – Univ. of Missouri, St. Louis MO
  • Drew Jones, Ph.D. – Postdoctoral fellow, St. Jude
  • Matthew Kovak, M.S. – IRB Administrator in the Cancer Clinical Trials Office, UAMS
  • Katie Estes, M.S. – Nurse Practitioner program, Creighton Nursing School
  • Puneet Bharill, Ph.D. – Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Cologne

2010

  • Rong Chu, Ph.D – Postdoctoral fellow, UAMS
  • Sam Freyaldenhoven, M.S. – Medical School, UAMS
  • Sherri Finnie-Smart, M.D./Ph.D. – Pediatric Resident at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital

2009

  • Jacy Wagnon, Ph.D. – Postdoctoral fellow at Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine
  • David Terrano, M.D./Ph.D. – Pathology resident at New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center

2008

  • Jun Gao, Ph.D. – Postdoctoral fellow, UAMS
  • Anca Bene, Ph.D. – Postdoctoral fellow, UAMS
  • Lauren Blair, Ph.D. – Medical Science Liaison, Oncology, AstraZeneca
  • Matt Forestiere, M.S. – Medical School, UAMS
  • Thomas Jennings, M.D./Ph.D. – Dermatology resident, UAMS
  • Kate McCumpsey Steed M.S.– Research technician, Nephropathology Associates
  • Sarika Saraswati, Ph.D. – Postdoctoral fellow, Vanderbilt University
  • Sheeno Thyparambil, Ph.D. – Senior Scientist at Oncoplex Diagnostics
  • Cagdas Tazearslan, Ph.D. – Postdoctoral fellow, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

2007

  • Arvind Jamakhandi, Ph.D. – Postdoctoral fellow, Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle, Washington, USA
  • Athena Starland, Ph.D. – Scientist, Cancer Control and Population Sciences, UAMS
  • Yan Xiong, Ph.D. – Scientist, China
  • Yingfen Chen, Ph.D. – Postdoctoral fellow, UT Austin