2019-2021 Alumni

Dr. Katie Schappacher
PhD in Molecular, Cellular, and Biochemical Pharmacology
Senior Scientist/ Toxicologist at Procter and Gamble
PhD Mentor: Dr. Mark Baccei
Dissertation: "Effects of Neonatal Vincristine Administration on Pain Sensitivity and Nociceptive Processing in the Developing Rat"

Dr. Kobina Essandoh
Molecular, Cellular, and Biochemical Pharmacology PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Michigan
PhD Mentor: Dr. Xiaohong Wang
Dissertation: "Role of Extracellular and Intracellular MicroRNAs in Sepsis"

Dr. Kristen Engevik
Systems Biology and Physiology PhD
PhD Mentor: Dr. Marshall Montrose
Dissertation: "Elucidating the Mechanism Behind Gastric Restitution"

Dr. Krithika Karthik
Systems Biology and Physiology, Bioinformatics PhD
PhD Mentor: Dr. Nathan Salomonis
Dissertation: "Discovery of Cancer Splicing and Associated Auto-regulatory Networks Through Cross-species Circadian Analysis"

Dr. Lisa Green
Molecular, Cellular, and Biochemical Pharmacology PhD
Postdoctoral Scientist at Procter and Gamble
PhD Mentor: Dr. Michael Tranter
Dissertation: "The Role of Human Antigen R (HuR) in Pathological Cardiac Remodeling"

Dr. Martha Dua-Awereh
Systems Biology and Physiology PhD
Senior Research Associate at Avery Therepeutics
PhD Mentor: Dr. Yana Zavros (University of Arizona)
Dissertation: "Persistent Expression of CD44v9/Sialyl-Lewis X Metaplasia within the Gastric Epithelium Contributes to Increased Helicobacter pylori-induced Disease"

Dr. Mohit Kumar
Molecular, Cellular, and Biochemical Pharmacology PhD
PhD Mentor: Dr. Litsa Kranias and Dr. Sakthivel Sadayappan
Dissertation: "Phosphorylation of Cardiac Myosin-Binding Protein-C Contributes to Calcium Homeostasis"

Dr. Richard (Rick) Ballweg
Systems Biology and Physiology PhD
Research Scientist at Givaudan
PhD Mentor: Dr. Tongli Zhang
Dissertation: "Computational Analysis of Heterogeneous Cellular Responses"

Dr. Shaimaa Ibrahim
Molecular, Cellular, and Biochemical Pharmacology PhD
Research Assistant at the Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority
PhD Mentor: Dr. Jun-Ming Zhang
Dissertation: "Unexpected Interactions Between the Mineralocorticoid and Glucocorticoid Receptors in a Rat Model of Inflammatory Low Back Pain"

Dr. Ted (Chanyoung) Hong
Systems Biology and Physiology PhD
Associate Director of Oncology Data Science at AstraZeneca, Boston
PhD Mentor: Dr. Matt Weirauch
Dissertation: "Alteration of Human Gene Regulatory Networks by Human Virus Transcriptional Regulators"
Contact Us
Pharmacology, Physiology PhD ProgramsUniversity of Cincinnati
PO Box 670576
Cincinnati, OH 45267-0576
Ms. Jeannie Cummins
Program Coordinator
Phone: 513-558-3102
Email:jeannie.cummins@uc.edu