2003
Mihai Aldea - Ph.D. Program in Ecology, Evolution, Systematics and Populations, University of Illinois, aldea@life.uiuc.edu
Jerry Ashrafi - pursuing DMD at Boston University School of Dental, ashrafi58@hotmail.com
Melissa Conarton - Licensed Veterinary Technician, Certified Canine Rehabilitation at the Veterinary Medical Center of Central New York, lis_pt@yahoo.com
Brenna Corbett - UMDNJ - osteo
Jeremy Dobson - 7th grade Science teacher, LaBelle Middle School in Florida, dobsonj@hendry.k12.fl.us
Melanie Ehinger - Medical School, SUNY Buffalo, MelanieEhinger@yahoo.com
Lynda Evans -Post-bac, National Cancer Institute-Frederick and will be attending the University of Alabama at Birmingham in the fall of 2004 to pursue a Ph.D. in Physiology, Sunshne106@aol.com
Colin Freas- Field Tester, Sensicore, Ann Harbor, MI, cfreas03@gmail.com
Jessica Gould - teaching 7th grade Life Science in Fairfax, VA, jgould3@hotmail.com
Melissa Krone
Jessica (Kupiec) Kerr - employed at Artemis Health, Inc., San Francisco, CA to further develop a non-invasive method of fetal testing. She has 2 publications (2007) for her previous work in Cardiology, and got married on July 1, 2006, JLKupiec@yahoo.com
Paul Lavigne - Resident,Tufts Medical
Bekke (Mapes) Holmes - received a Ph.D. from the University of Texas, San Antonio and has completed the MBA at the Arizona State University. She is now the Operations Manager at the Mayo Clinic; rebekkamholmes@gmail.com
Jeff Metsky - Trails Foreman, U.S. Forest Service in Montana, jmetsky@excite.com
Martha Morin, PhD, Health Administration, Cornell University
Jan Pawlicki* - Ph.D. program in the Molecular Medicine and Pharmacology Program, Yale University, jppawlic1@yahoo.com
Liz Pratico* - Postdoc fellow, Duke University Medical Center with Dr. Sullenger, lizzy658@yahoo.com
Liz is working in the Silverman lab working on nucleic acid enzymes and toxin sensing aptazymes. She and others recently published, "A deoxyribozyme that synthesizes 20,50-branched RNA with any branch-site nucleotide" in the June 20th issue of NAR. View the article here.
Nerissa Pulitano
Donna Rahme Gregory* - Nursing program at SUNY Binghamton, dmouse123@yahoo.com. DONNA WAS MARRIED JULY 13, 2003 AND HAS BOUGHT A HOUSE IN BINGHAMTON, NY. CONGRATULATIONS, DONNA!
Jessica Raymond - Account Manager, Select Showroom, Jayray615@yahoo.com
Sarah Repicky - Graduate Student, University of Miami, Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, s_repicky@yahoo.com
Sarah has 2 papers in press, and a third which will be submitted. Her thesis research will be the functional analysis of two mouse olfactory receptor subfamiles, including the de-orphaning of these receptors and site-directed mutagenesis to determine structure-function relationships. She is pleased to announce her engagement and they are planning a June 2006 wedding. Congratulations, Sarah!
Tracy Robinson - Medical School at Duke University
Tracy was awarded a $25,000 Stead Research Scholarship from Duke University School of Medicine! The scholarship will allow her to conduct research under the direction of Dr. James A. Tulsky on physician communication with cancer patients. Congratulations, Tracy!
She is excited to have been elected into the Alpha Omega Alpha the National Medical Honor Society. This is the only national, medical honor society in the world! She is 1 of 8 students at Duke to be elected into the Society.
She has been named the 2007 Cancer Center Young Investigator of Duke University’s Comprehensive Cancer Center. She was invited to give a presentation on her work titled, "Patient-Oncologist Communication in Advanced Cancer: Predictors of Patient Perception of Prognosis".
Annastasia Shepherd
Carlene Siracuse - Penn College of Optometry
Kerri Stanley
Mike Stoko - University of Scranton, MA in Biochemistry, mikestoko@gmail.com
Brad Walajtys - 8th grade life science teacher, Chester Junior/Senior High School, walajtys@yahoo.com
Chuck Wheeler
Amanda Wood-Friend - enrolled in Nurse-Practitioner program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
Jessica Yao -Clinical Research Coordinator, University of Rochester/Strong Memorial Hospital, jessica_yao@urmc.rochester.edu
Adrienne Yerdon Foederer - pursing a JD at Albany Law School with a concentration in health law, icvb1420@yahoo.com
ADRIENNE WAS MARRIED JUNE 12, 2004 . CONGRATULATIONS!
*Biochemistry Majors with a Biology Faculty Advisor
