Ph.D. Graduates
| Student | Completion Year | Advisor | Current Position | Location |
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| Pankaj Patyal | 2021 | Patricia Wight | Postdoctoral Fellow | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock AR |
| Seunghyun Jung | 2021 | Robert Griffin | Postdoctoral Fellow | St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN |
| Leslie Climer | 2018 | Vladimir Lupashin | Postdoctoral Fellow | Department of Biology, Baylor University, Waco, Texas |
| Jessica Blackburn | 2018 | Vladimir Lupashin | Postdoctoral Fellow | Vanderbilt University Medical Center Allergy, Pulmonary & Critical Care Nashville, TN |
| Lorenzo Fernandes (IBS) | 2018 | Frank Simmen | Postdoctoral Fellow | Emory University Veteran’s Affairs Atlanta, GA |
| Sarah Zimmerman | 2018 | Roy Morello | Postdoctoral Fellow | Washington University Oncology, St. Louis, MO |
| Lee Ann Jolly | 2016 | Aime Franco | Business Owner (non-science) | |
| Nang San Hti Lar Seng | 2016 | Peter Price | 3rd Year Medical Student | Duke University School of Medicine in Singapore |
| Adam Brown (IBS) | 2015 | Frank Simmen | Field Application Specialist | Bio-Rad Laboratories, Houston, TX |
| Archana Kamalakar (IBS) | 2015 | Larry Suva | Postdoctoral Fellow | Emory University School of Medicine Atlanta, GA |
| Shraddha Thakkar (UAMS/UALR Bioinformatics) | 2014 | K. I. Varughese | Principle Investigator | National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR) FDA Jefferson, AR |
| Adam Corken (IBS) | 2014 | Jerry Ware | Postdoctoral Fellow | Staff Scientist, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, UAMS |
| Rose Willett | 2014 | Vladimir Lupashin | Postdoctoral Fellow | National Center for Toxicological Research (FDA), Jefferson, AR |
| Melissa Heard-Lipsmeyer | 2014 | Rosalia Simmen | Assistant Professor and Discipline Chair of Physiology & Cell Biology | University of Louisiana-Monroe Osteopathic School of Medicine |
| Rawad Hodeify | 2014 | Peter Price | Assistant Professor Medical Biotechnology | American University of Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates |
| Ahmed Al-Dwairi | 2013 | Frank Simmen | Associate Professor and Chair | Jordan University of Science and Technology, Department of Physiology, Jordan |
| Tristan Fowler | 2013 | Dana Gaddy | Senior Scientist | Surrozen, San Francisco, CA |
| Hamdan Hamdan | 2012 | Patricia Wight | Assistant Professor of Neurophysiology | AlFaisal University, College of Medicine, Department of Physiology, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
| Omar Rahal (IBS) | 2012 | Rosalia Simmen | Postdoctoral Fellow | The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Cellular and Molecular Oncology, Houston, TX |
| Glauber Bruno Pereira | 2010 (Ph.D.) 2012 (M.D.) | Patricia Wight | Board Certified Internist | University of Alabama School of Medicine Birmingham, AL |
| Christian Simmons | 2010 (Ph.D.) 2012 (M.D.) | Rosalia Simmen | Assistant Professor | Department of Surgery (Vascular Surgery), UAMS |
| Richard Smith | 2010 | Vladimir Lupashin | Professor | Arkansas State University, Department of Biology Beebe, AR |
| Kristy Nicks | 2010 | Dana Gaddy | Program Director | National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Disease, Division of Extramural Research Washington, DC |
| Karthik Arumugam | 2009 | Angus MacNicol | Senior Postdoctoral Fellow | Center for Genomic Regulation Barcelona, Spain |
| Gautam Gandhi | 2009 | Gerald Dienel | Neurosurgeon | Baptist Health, Little Rock, Arkansas |
| Yulia Koryakina | 2009 | Lawrence Cornett | Senior QA Analyst | Higher Logic, LLC, Engineering Department Washington, DC |
| Ying Su | 2009 | Rosalia Simmen | Head of Translational Medicine | Deciphera Pharmaceuticals, Waltham, MA |
| Yiying Wang | 2008 | Angus MacNicol | Staff Scientist | National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR) FDA Jefferson, AR |
| LaTasha Smith | 2008 | William Evans | Assistant Professor | Central Baptist College Department of Biochemistry Conway, AR |
| Thetsu Mon | 2008 (PhD) 2010 (MD) | Jimmy Zhou | Psychiatrist | Austin, TX |
| Vishnu Prakash C. Ramani | 2008 | Randy Haun | Postdoctoral Fellow | University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Molecular and Cellular Pathology Birmingham, AL |
| Shalini Singh | 2008 | Charlotte Peterson | Postdoctoral Fellow | St. Jude Children Research Hospital, Department of Developmental Neurobiology, Memphis, TN |
| Wassim El Jouni | 2008 | Khaled Machaca | Faculty Instructor, Harvard Medical School | Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA |
| Michael Velarde | 2007 | Rosalia Simmen | Professor and Deputy Director of Research | University of the Philippines, Institute of Biology College of Science, Manila, Philippines |
| Ling He | 2007 | Tom Badger | Associate Professor | Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics and Pharmacology, Baltimore, MD |
| Rijin Xiao | 2007 | Frank Simmen | Division Head | Bioinformatics Research Alltech Inc., KY |
| Fanxue Meng | 2006 | Patricia Wight | Staff Scientist | U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (FDA), Washington, DC |
| Daniel Perrien | 2006 | Dana Gaddy | Associate Professor | Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Endocrinology, Atlanta, GA |
| Anna Shestakova | 2006 | Vladamir Lupashin | Anatomical and Clinical Pathology Resident | University of California School of Medicine, Irvine, CA |
| Lu Sun | 2006 | Khaled Machaca | Staff Scientist | Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Doha, Qatar |
| Fang Yu | 2006 | Peter Price | Staff Scientist Department of Physiology and Biophysics | Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar, Doha, Qatar |
| Haihong Zhang | 2006 | Chun-Yang Fan | Research Assistant | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Department of Pathology Arkansas Cancer Research Center Little Rock, AR |
| Seung Hoon Lee | 2005 | Jimmy Zhou | Associate Research Scientist | Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, New Haven, CT |
| Jiawei Chen | 2005 | Jawahar Mehta | Professor | Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center Department of Anesthesiology, Shanghai, China |
| Chad Carroll | 2004 | Todd Trappe | Assistant Professor | Department of Health and Kinesiology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN |
| Parag Chowdhury | 2004 | Richard Kurten | Biomedical Engineering Instructor | e3 Civic High School San Diego, CA |
| Suzanne Bakewell | 2003 | Dana Gaddy | Senior Scientist | Vice President for Preclinical Development, Intezyne Technologies, Tampa FL |
| Manali Bendre | 2003 | Larry Suva | Pathology Resident | University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Medical School, Pathology Dept. 6431 Fannin Street, MSB 2.120B Houston, TX 77030 |
| John Carrithers | 2003 | Todd Trappe | Postdoctoral Fellow | East Carolina University 686 Carrington Lane Winterville, NC 28590 |
| Rick Williams | 2003 | Todd Trappe | Research Associate I | UAMS Center on Aging Department of Geriatrics 4301 W. Markham, Rm 2103 Little Rock, AR 72205 |
| Gregory Burton | 2002 | Robert McGehee | Senior Medical Liaison | Abbott Laboratories, Minneapolis, MN |
| Anthony Eddington | 2002 | Richard Kurten | Account Manager | Applied Biosystems Foster City, CA |
| Kenian K. Lui | 2002 | Robert McGehee | Postdoctoral Fellow | VA Medical Center Little Rock, AR |
| Shenyang Li | 2001 | Patricia Wight | Postdoctoral Fellow | UAMS Department of Medicine Little Rock, AR |
| James Sumpter | 2001 | James Pasley | ||
| Wenhui (Wendy) Cao | 2000 | Lawrence Cornett | Postdoctoral Fellow | Beth Israel Hospital 21-27 Burlington Avenue Room 556 Boston, MA 02215 |
| Anna Dobretsova | 2000 | Patricia Wight | Operations Coordinator | Preclinical Development Intezyne Technologies, Tampa, Florida |
| Robert Cowherd | 2000 | Robert McGehee | Resident | AHEC-Pine Bluff 2203 West 37th Street Pine Bluff, AR 71603 |
| Todd Howren | 2000 | Michael Jennings | Senior Manager | Business Development, Applied Biosystems, Austin, TX |
| Jabbar Joshua | 2000 | Philip Rayford | Family Physician | Jonesboro, AR |
| Stephania Miller | 2000 | George Blevins | Associate Professor | Department of Surgery, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN |
| Abhijit Shinde | 2000 | Nicholas Long | Urgent Care Specialist | Aayu Clinics, Chicago, IL |
| Fen-Lai Tan | 2000 | Lawrence Cornett | Vice President/Chief Medical Officer | Betta Pharmaceuticals, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China |
| Richard Wyeth | 2000 | Michael Soulsby | Assistant Professor | Department of Anatomical Sciences, Edward Via College of Ostopathic Medicine, Blacksburg, VA |
Masters Graduates
| Student | Completion Date | Major Professor | Present Position | Current Address |
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| Ana Castro Munoz | 2021 | Rosalia Simmen | Research Scientist | Adaptive Biotechnologies, San Francisco, CA |
| Larissa Porter | 2021 | Steven Barger | Research Scientist | Arkansas Diagnostic Veterinary Laboratory |
| Rebecca Ring | 2020 | Maria Almeida | ||
| Tetyana Kudlyk | 2017 | Vladimir Lupashin | Research Assistant II | UAMS - Department of Physiology and Biophysics 4301 W. Markham, #505 Little Rock, AR 72205 |
| William Daniel Meeks | 2017 | Frank Simmen | Research Technician | UAMS Cancer Institute 4301 W. Markham, 9th Fl Little Rock, AR 72205 |
| Jazmin Martin | 2016 | Frank Simmen | DNA Analyst | Arkansas State Crime Lab Little Rock, AR |
| Garrett Sheumaker | 2015 | Aime Franco | Medical Technologist | UAMS 4301 West Markham Little Rock, AR 72205 |
| Andrew Prince | 2015 | Brian Storrie | Research Technician | UAMS Microbiology and Immunology 4301 W. Markham Street Little Rock, AR 72205 |
| Kelley Denton | 2014 | Frank Simmen | Medical Student | Meharry Medical College 1005 Dr D.B. Todd Jr. Blvd. Nashville, TN 37208 |
| Rinku Saha (UAMS/UALR Bioinformatics) | 2013 | K. I. Varughese | Statistical Data Analyst | Blue Cross Blue Shield 601 S. Gaines Street Little Rock, AR 72202 |
| Dillon Burks | 2013 | Rosalia Simmen | Medical Student | UAMS College of Medicine 4301 West Markham Little Rock, AR 72205 |
| Amna Malik | 2013 | Richard Kurten | ||
| Sittara Shah | 2012 | Patricia Wight | Ph.D. Student | UAMS Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences Department 4301 West Markham, #611 Little Rock, AR 72205 |
| John Jayroe | 2012 | Parimal Chowdhury | Medical Student | UAMS College of Medicine 4301 West Markham Little Rock, AR 72205 |
| Bridgette V. Rooney | 2012 | Richard Kurten | Instructor of Anatomy and Physiology, Medical Skills | Remington College 19 Remington Drive Little Rock, AR 72204 |
| William Andrew Stephenson | 2012 | Richard Kurten | Medical Student | UAMS College of Medicine 4301 West Markham Little Rock, AR 72205 |
| Joshua Spore | 2011 | Patricia Wight | Research Technician | UAMS Reynolds Institute on Aging 4301 West Markham, 807 Little Rock, AR 72205 |
| Hartej Sethi | 2010 | Patricia Wight | MD | Kansas Medical Clinic Neurology 2200 SW 6th Ave Suite 107 Topeka, KS 66606 |
| Patrick Savage | 2009 | William Evans | ||
| Timothy Blake Palculict | 2009 | Patricia Wight | Sr. Research Assistant | MD Anderson Cancer Center 1515 Holcombe Blvd. Houston, TX 77030 |
| Christopher Purnell | 2009 | Patricia Wight | Graduate Student | UAMS Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences Department 4301 West Markham, #611 Little Rock, AR 72205 |
| Eric Hamilton | 2008 | Parimal Chowdhury | Research Technologist | UAMS Department of Radiology 4301 West Markham Little Rock, AR 72205 |
| Dena Stoneburner | 2008 | Patricia Wight | ||
| Kendrick Bride | 2007 | Tom Kelly | ||
| Cody Beight | 2007 | Patricia Wight | Resident Physician | UAMS Department of Emergency Medicine 4301 West Markham Little Rock, AR 72205 |
| Bradley Petkovich | 2007 | Patricia Wight | Internal Medicine Specialist | University of Rochester 601 Elmwood Avenue Rochester, NY |
| Rajshekhar Kore | 2007 | Sue Griffin | Postdoctoral Fellow | UAMS WPR Cancer Institute COM Radiation Oncology 4301 West Markham Little Rock, AR 72205 |
| Rebecca Wynne | 2007 | Patricia Wight | Biological Laboratory Technician | UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute 4301 West Markham Little Rock, AR 72205 |
| Anna Shestakova | 2006 | Vladimir Lupashin | Postdoctoral Fellow | University of Utah Department of Pathology 257 South 1400 Sal Lake City, UT 84112 |
| Jessica Snodgrass | 2006 | Patricia Wight | Resident Physician | East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine Department of Emergency Medicine East Fifth Street Greenville, NC 27858 |
| Yi Sun | 2006 | Brian Storrie | Resident Physician | Downstate Medical Center Department of Pathology 450 Clarkson Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11203 |
| Micheal Knox | 2005 | Charlotte Peterson | Industrial Hygienist | UAMS Occupational Health & Safety 4301 West Markham, #617 Little Rock, AR 72205 |
| Richard Blakely Glasgow | 2005 | Patent Attorney | Wright, Lindsey & Jennings, LLP 200 West Capitol Avenue Suite 2300 Little Rock, AR 72207 |
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| Brian Baltz | 2004 | Medical Student | UAMS College of Medicine 4301 W. Markham St. Little Rock, AR 72205 501-664-4378 |
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| Kyongmin Kim | 2004 | Jimmy Zhou | Ph.D. Student | UAMS Department of Physiology 4301 W. Markham Little Rock, AR 72205 |
| Catriona Oltmann (Lees) | 2004 | Dental School | College of Dental Medicine Medical University of South Carolina 171 Ashley Ave Charleston, South Carolina 29425 |
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| Joseph Scott | 2004 | Medical Student | UAMS 4301 W. Markham Little Rock, AR 72205 |
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| Thomas Daniel | 2003 | Medical Student | UAMS 4301 W. Markham Little Rock, AR 72205 |
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| Benjamin Peacock | 2003 | Teacher | ||
| Rick Williams | 2003 | Todd Trappe | Research Assistant | UAMS Center on Aging Department of Geriatrics 4301 W. Markham Little Rock, AR 72205 |
| Paul Edwards | 2001 | Sue Griffin | Medical Student | UAMS 4301 W. Markham Little Rock, AR 72205 |
| Christian Eyiuche | 2001 | Kurt Henle | Medical Student | Meharry Medical College School of Medicine Dept of Anatomy/Physiology 1005 Dr. D.B. Todd, Jr. Blvd. Nashville, TN 37208 |
| Scott Hearnsberger | 2001 | James Pasley | Instructor | UALR 400 South University Little Rock, AR 72204 |
| Ellen Randall | 2001 | Lawrence Cornett | ||
| Cecilia Twillie-Woods | 2001 | Lawrence Cornett | ||
| Tharen Haynes | 2000 | Lawrence Cornett | ||
| Ronald Sanders | 2000 | Richard Kurten | Clinical Assistant Professor | Shands at the University of Florida Shands Medical Plaza Pediatric Critical Care 2000 S.W. Archer Road, 2nd Floor Gainesville, FL 32610 |
| Brandie Schroder | 2000 | Lawrence Cornett |
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