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M.D./Ph.D. PROGRAM

PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS

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MEDICAL EDUCATION

Current Students

M1           M2           G1           G2           G3           M3           M4

First-Year Medical (M1) Students

M1 Class 2009
M1 Students (Fall 2009)

Lucas Broster

Benjamin Fowler

Dustin Stephens

Lucas Broster
BA, Yale University
Grad Dept: TBD

Benjamin Fowler
BA, Middlebury College
Grad Dept: TBD

Dustin Stephens
BS, University of Texas at Austin
Grad Dept: TBD

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Second-Year Medical (M2) Students

M2 Class 2009
M2 Students (Fall 2009)

Dustin Brown

Ed Chang

Dustin Brown
BS, University of Kentucky
Grad Dept: TBD

Edward Chang
BS, Johns Hopkins
Grad Dept: Microbiology, Immunology,
& Molecular Genetics
Mentor: GC Telling, PhD

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First-Year Graduate (G1) Students

Jason Meyer

Jason Meyer

Jason Meyer
BS, University of Kentucky
Grad Dept: Biochemistry
Mentor: DR van der Westhuyzen, PhD

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Second-Year Graduate (G2) Students

G2 Class 2009
G2 Students (Fall 2009)

Andres Chang

Zachary Fulkerson

Caitlin Latimer

Andres Chang
BS, University of Central Arkansas
Grad Dept: Biochemistry
Mentor: RE Dutch, PhD

Zachary Fulkerson
BA/BS, University of Kentucky
Grad Dept: Physiology
Mentor: SS Smyth, MD, PhD

Caitlin Latimer
BS, Vanderbilt University
Grad Dept: Pharmacology
Mentor: NM Porter, PhD

Mellani Lefta

Abdel Salous

Christopher Simmons

Mellani Lefta
BS/BS, Eastern Kentucky University
Grad Dept: Physiology
Mentor: KA Esser, PhD

Abdelghaffar "Abdel" Salous
BS, Marquette University
Grad Dept: Physiology
Mentor: AJ Morris, PhD

Christopher Simmons
BS, Indiana University
Grad Dept: Physiology
Mentor: S Estus, PhD

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Third-Year Graduate (G3) Students

G3 Class 2009
G3 Students (Fall 2009)

Carmen Kiper

Natalie Wallis

Carmen Kiper
BA, Asbury College
Grad Dept: Physiology
Mentor: J Satin, PhD

Natalie Wallis
BA, Transylvania University
Grad Dept: Pharmacology
Mentor: MW Kilgore, PhD

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Third-Year Medical (M3) Students

Romulo Albuquerque

James Butler

Romulo Albuquerque, PhD
DDS, University of Pernambuco
PhD, Physiology
"Soluble vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2: an endogenous inhibitor of lymphangiogenesis"
Mentor: J Ambati, MD

James Butler
BA, Eastern Kentucky University
Grad Dept: Microbiology & Immunology
Mentor: BT Spear, PhD

Nirmal Ravi

Michelle Stephens

Nirmal Ravi, PhD
Cochin University of Science & Technology
PhD, Biomedical Engineering
"Regeneration of damaged growth plate using IGF-I plasmid-releasing porous PLGA scaffolds"
Mentor: DA Puleo, PhD

Michelle Stephens, PhD
BA, Capitol University
PhD, Anatomy & Neurobiology
"Glutamate regulation in the hippocampal
trisynaptic pathway in aging and status
epilepticus"
Mentor: GA Gerhardt, PhD

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Fourth-Year Medical (M4) Students

Willie Craft, Jr.

Karrie Grear

Jeff Yates

Willie Craft, Jr, PhD
BS, Toogaloo College
PhD, Biochemistry
"Investigation of the proteolytic processing of the hendra virus fusion protein"
Mentor: RE Dutch, PhD

Karrie Grear, PhD
BA, Transylvania University
PhD, Physiology
"Uncoupling protein-2 splicing efficiency and human disease"
Mentor: S Estus, PhD

Jeff Yates, PhD
BA, University of Kentucky
PhD, Physiology
"The genetic regulation of the response of hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells to the cytostatic agent hydroxyurea"
Mentor: GE VanZant, PhD

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