2017 Graduates
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July 31, 2017
Congratulations to Neeti Galwankar of the Ferreira Lab who successfully defended her Masters of Science dissertation titled, "Anti-properdin monoclonal antibodies: Relevance in detecting functional differences
between properdin polymers and in inhibiting properdin function."
Mentor: (Viviana P. Ferreira, D.V.M., Ph.D.)
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June 13, 2017
Congratulations to Caitlin Baum of the Stepkowski Lab who successfully defended her Doctor of Philosophy dissertation titled, "The Role of Interleukin-21 in the Chronic Rejection of Transplant Allografts and the
Development of Type 1 Diabetes".
Mentor: Stanislaw Stepkowski, DVM, Ph.D., D.Sc.
Caitlin is currently working on her M.D. with the ÒùÆÞÉç.
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May 17, 2017
Congratulations Adaeze Izuogu!
Adaeze of the Taylor Lab who successfully defended her Doctor of Philosophy dissertation, "Restriction of Tick-Borne Flaviviruses in the White-Footed Mouse".
Mentor: R. Travis Taylor,ÌýPh.D.
Adaeze of the Taylor Lab who successfully defended her Doctor of Philosophy dissertation, "Restriction of Tick-Borne Flaviviruses in the White-Footed Mouse".
Mentor: R. Travis Taylor,ÌýPh.D.
Adaeze accepted a position as a postdoc at the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh under
the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. She will be working in Dr. Terence Dermody's
lab. She will continue in the field of vector-borne viral pathogens- specifically
Alphaviruses (CHIKV).
April 26, 2017
Congratulations to Afnan Malebari of the Stepkowski Lab who successfully defended her Masters of Science dissertation titled, "Improving a method for High- Resolution HLA Typing in Transplantation."
Mentor: (Stanislaw Stepkowski, DVM, Ph.D., D.Sc.)
Mentor: (Stanislaw Stepkowski, DVM, Ph.D., D.Sc.)