Eaman Balouch - Microbiology Graduate Group
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Berkeley
E-mail: eamanb@ucdavis.edu
Eaman has just joined the program. He completed his summer rotation in the laboratory of Dr. Jared Shaw.

Teresa Barcellos - Epidemiology Graduate Group
Undergraduate Institution: Pomona College
E-mail: tlbarcellos@ucdavis.edu
Teresa is in her eighth year of the Program and is doing her clinical rotations. She is completing her thesis work with Dr. Marc Schenker's laboratory.

Hillary Davis - Biomedical Engineering Graduate Group
Undergraduate Institution: Georgia Tech
E-mail: hedavis@ucdavis.edu
Hillary is now in her fourth year of the program. She is working in the laboratory of Dr. Kent Leach and taking Graduate School courses.

Christopher Fortenbach - Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Graduate Group
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Davis
E-mail: cfortenbach@ucdavis.edu
Chris has completed the first year of medical school.  He completed his first research rotation in the laboratory of Dr. Marie Burns.

William Frederick - Electrical Engineering Graduate Group
Undergraduate Institution: UC San Diego
E-mail: wjfrederick@ucdavis.edu                                                                                          Bill has completed his Ph.D. and is now doing clinical rotations.

Jordan Lang - Cell and Developmental Biology Graduate Group
Undergraduate Institution: Union College-Lincoln, NE
E-mail: gould32@hotmail.com
Jordan has has completed the first year medical school.  He completed his first research rotation in the laboratory of Dr. Colleen Sweeney.

Lawrence Low - Neurosciences Graduate Group
Undergraduate Institution: Cornell University
E-mail: lklow@ucdavis.edu
Lawrence’s thesis work, in the laboratory of Dr. Hwai-Jong Cheng, has ascertained a cellular mechanism for axon collateral pruning in the vertebrate CNS using the hippocampal mossy fiber system in the mouse as a working model. He is completing his clinical training. 

Joyce H. Ma - Neurosciences Graduate Group
Undergraduate Institution: UCLA
E-mail: jhma@ucdavis.edu
Joyce is doing her research in the laboratory of Dr. David Pleasure at the Shriner's Hospital. She has completed the first year of medical school and three years in the graduate school. 

Shiloh Martin - Immunology Graduate Group
Undergraduate Institution: Loyola University of Chicago
E-mail: smartin@ucdavis.edu
Shiloh is entering her seventh year in the program. She is working in Dr. Tuscano's laboratory and taking Graduate School courses.  

Karen Mu - Comparative Pathology Graduate Group
Undergraduate Institution: University of Washington
E-mail: kjmu@ucdavis.edu
Karen Mu has completed her thesis in the laboratory of Dr. Ebenezer Yamoah studying K+ regulation in the cochlea.  She is now completing her clinical training.

Ekama Onofiok - Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Graduate Group
Undergraduate Institution: Georgia Tech
E-mail: ieonofiok@ucdavis.edu
Ekama is entering her sixth year of the program. She is working in the laboratoy of Dr. Kit Lam.

Patricia To - Molecular Cellular and Integrative Physiology Graduate Group
Undergraduate Institution: UC Davis
E-mail: plto@ucdavis.edu
Patricia has completed her thesis work on examining microcircuitry in septic shock in Dr. Tony Cheung's laboratory.  She is now on clinical rotations.

Yu-Ming Chang
Undergraduate Institution: UC Berkeley
Yu-Ming completed the Physician Scientist Training Program (Genetics) in 2008. His thesis research examined the role of tyrosine kinases in the development of androgen independent prostate tumors.  His thesis research examined the role of tyrosine kinases in the development of androgen independent prostate tumors. He is now doing an internal medicine residency at Santa Clara Valley MC.

Heather Collins-Schramm
Undergraduate Institution: UC Davis
Heather completed the Physician Scientist Training Program (Genetics) in 2006 and is entering the third year of the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Pediatric Residency Program. Her thesis work developed a rapid method for looking at microsatellite allele frequency differences between populations and used this method to identify markers with large differences between ethnicities. These studies have led to progress in the application of Mapping by Admixture Linkage Disequilibrium (MALD) to complex genetic diseases.

Peyman Golshani
Peyman completed his Ph.D. training at UC Davis (2000) and then completed his M.D. (2002) at UC Irvine for family reasons. Peyman's thesis research was in the mechanisms that underlie the formation of specific synaptic connections in the mammalian central nervous system. Using whole-cell patch clamp recordings of neurons in in-vitro brain slices, he explored the maturation of the corticothalamic synapse, at both the single synapse and network level.  He has since completed resident training in Neurology at UCLA and is currently an Assistant Professor of Neurology at UCLA where he has received a K08 award.

Ramy Hanna                                                                                                                   Undergraduate Institution: UC Berkeley
Ramy completed the Physician Scientist Training Program (Neurosciences) in May 2005 and completed an Internal Medicine Residency at UCLA.  He is currently in the Cardiology Fellowship Program at the University of Washington.

Manu Hedge                                                                                                                    Undergraduate Institution: Claremont McKenna College
Manu was in the Neuroscience Graduate Group and his research examined intracellular pH regulation in malignant gliomas, specifically, the type 1 sodium/proton exchanger (NHE1) and the mechanisms of apoptosis in these tumor cells. Manu is currently in the Neurology Residency Program at UCSF (4th year) where he is Chief Resident.  He will begin a fellowship in Epilepsy next year at UCSF where he will combine additional clinical training and research.

Philbert Y. Huang
Undergraduate Institution: UC San Diego
Phil graduated in 2007 (Biomedical Engineering) and completed a flexible internship at UC Davis. Phil’s thesis work included a biomechanical evaluation of surgical approaches for lumbar corpectomy using allograft and synthetic devices in an in-vivo calf model. He is currently an Assistant Physician in Orthopedics, UCD Medical Center.

Brian Jonas                                                                                                                     Undergraduate Institution: UC Berkeley
Brian completed the PSTP (Biochemistry Molecular Biology) in 2007.
His thesis work elucidated mechanisms by which certain co-repressors are regulated by distinct kinase signaling pathways.  Brian is now in his second year in the Internal Medicine Residency Program at Stanford. He is in the ABIM Research Pathway, which is a program that specifically targets trainees with M.D./Ph.D. backgrounds.  He will complete his medicine residency in June 2009 and begin fellowship in Hematology/Oncology July 2009 also at Stanford.

Claudia Krispel
Undergraduate Institution: UC San Diego
Claudia completed the Physician Scientist Training Program (Neurosciences) in six years. She entered the Ophthalmology Residency at UC Davis in July 2007. Her thesis work defined and elucidated mechanisms by which G protein/effector deactivation plays a critical role in adaptation of rod photoreceptors. Her work is potentially relevant to understanding mechanisms in a variety of important signaling cascades.  She is planning to pursue a career in academic medicine combining basic research with ophthalmology.

Edward Medina
Ed completed the Physician Scientist Training Program (Immunology) in May 2005. He is currently in his last year of pathology residency training at the University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio.  Next year he will begin a two year fellowship combining research and clinical training in hematopathology at UTHSCSA.  During his residency he has pursuedpost-doctoral research in the area of Toll-like receptor signaling in macrophages in response to Francisella tularensis.  He hopes to apply his training in cellular signaling to studying lymphomagenesis as a hematopathologist.

Noah Merin
Undergraduate Institution: Stanford University
Noah completed the Physician Scientist Training Program (Neurosciences) in 2008.  He completed his thesis on developing novel methods including eye tracking to evaluating infants at risk for developing autism.  He is now entering the Vanderbilt Ophthalmology Residency Training Program.

Maude Vance
Undergraduate Institution: Colby College
Maude completed the PSTP (Cell and Developmental Biology) in 2002. Maude's thesis examined the genetic mechanism underlying the transgenerational effects following paternal F0 irradiation. Maude Vance subsequently completed her Residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Fletcher Allen Health Clinic, University of Vermont College of Medicine.  She is currently in private practice in OBGYN at Fort Collins Women’s Clinic in Colorado.