Graduate Positions & Publications

Class of 2008

R. Andrew Davis
Summer research internships: Univ of Kansas, School of Pharmacy, Dept of Pharmaceutics (2006)
Publications/Abstracts/Presentations:

  • Solubility of Carbamazepine in Aqueous Solutions of Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate. R. Davis, D. Chrzaszcz, M. Bohorquez, N. Pandit; Drake University Conference on Undergraduate Research in the Sciences; April 2006.

Evan Ball
Summer research internships: Drake University, Dept of Biology (2006)
Publications/Abstracts/Presentations:

  • The identification of critical time periods during early reproductive development that exposure to genestein results in abnormalities in female rats. Evan Ball, Alicia Fisher, Stacie Holmgren, Stacy Knight, Kylie Lago, Raime Robinson, and Amy Wisniewski, Drake University Conference on Undergraduate Research in the Sciences; April 2006.
  • The identification of critical time periods for atypical reproductive development due to genistein exposure in male rats. Evan Ball, Alicia Fisher, Stacie Holmgren, Stacy Knight, Kylie Lago, Raime Robinson, and Amy Wisniewski, Drake University Conference on Undergraduate Research in the Sciences; April 2006.


Class of 2007

Alex Grill
Summer research internships: Univ of Kansas, School of Pharmacy, Dept of Pharmaceutics (2006)
Publications/Abstracts/Presentations:

  • The Solubilization Mechanism of Benzyl Esters in Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate (SDS) Micelles. Alex Grill, Scott Neuharth, Ngoc Dang, Alex Bulochnik, Tram B. Hoang, Melissa Odorzynski, Gholam Mirafzal, and Hassan Almoazen, Drake University Conference on Undergraduate Research in the Sciences; April 2006.


Class of 2006

Natalie Arter
Current Position:  Ph.D. program in Integrated Life Sciences, Northwestern University
Summer research internship: Drake Univ, Dept of Pharmaceutical Sciences (2005)
Publications/Abstracts/Presentations:

  • Modeling Alzheimer's disease in mice by selectively lesioning the cholinergic basal forebrain.  Natalie N. Arter and Craige C. Wrenn, Drake University Conference on Undergraduate Research in the Sciences; April 2006.


Thomas Diezi
Current Position: Ph.D. program in pharmaceutics, University of Wisconsin
Summer research internship: Univ of Utah, School of Pharmacy, Dept of Pharmaceutics (2005)
Publications/Abstracts/Presentations:

  • Inhibition of Pdr5p Drug Efflux by Pluronic Block Copolymers in the Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. N. Pandit, T. Diezi, H. Sleister, B. Ruggle. AAPS Annual Meeting; November 2006.
  • Inhibition of Drug Efflux by Pluronics in S. cerevisiae. T. Diezi, B. Ruggle, N. Pandit, and H. Sleister; Drake University Conference on Undergraduate Research in the Sciences; April 2006.

Stacie Holmgren
Current Position:  Medical School, SUNY Stony Brook
Summer research internships:
Univ of Connecticut, School of Medicine (2004)
Drake University, Dept of Biology (2005)
Publications/Abstracts/Presentations:

  • The identification of critical time periods during early reproductive development that exposure to genestein results in abnormalities in female rats. Evan Ball, Alicia Fisher, Stacie Holmgren, Stacy Knight, Kylie Lago, Raime Robinson, and Amy Wisniewski, Drake University Conference on Undergraduate Research in the Sciences; April 2006.
  • The identification of critical time periods for atypical reproductive development due to genistein exposure in male rats. Evan Ball, Alicia Fisher, Stacie Holmgren, Stacy Knight, Kylie Lago, Raime Robinson, and Amy Wisniewski, Drake University Conference on Undergraduate Research in the Sciences; April 2006.

Matt Rosebraugh
Current Position: PhD program in pharmaceutics, University of Iowa
Summer research internships:
Univ of Kansas, School of Pharmacy, Dept of Pharmaceutics (2004)
Univ of Iowa, School of Medicine, Dept of Pharmacology (2005)
Publications/Abstracts/Presentations:

  • Selective epoxidation of olefins using dioxirane system. Matthew Rosebraugh, Erin Cole, and Gholam Mirafzal, Drake University Conference on Undergraduate Research in the Sciences; April 2006.
  • Separation and detection of peroxynitrite and its metabolites by capillary electrophoresis with UV detection. Frankenfeld, Celeste N.; Rosebraugh, Matt R.; Fogarty, Barbara A.; Lunte, Susan M.; J Chromatography A, p 147-152; 1111, 2006


Class of 2004

Bob Berendt
Current position: PhD program in pharmaceutics, University of Kansas
Recipient of the Madison and Lila Self Graduate Fellowship
Summer research internship: Univ of Kansas, School of Pharmacy, Dept of Pharmaceutics (2003)
Publications/Abstracts/Presentations:

  • Placenta Growth Factor (PlGF) Expression in Human Myocardium and Hypoxic Neonatal Rat Cardiomyocytes. Torry RJ, Stalheim L, Mittelstedter C, Berendt B, Zhorne D, Ronnebaum S, Torry DS, Miller SJ. Experimental Biology 2004, April, 2004.
  • Influence of Hypoxia on Placenta Growth Factor Expression in Human Myocardium and Isolated Rat Cardiomyocytes and Noncardiomyocytes. Stalheim L, Mittelstedter C, Berendt B, Ronnebaum S, Torry DS, Torry RJ. Iowa Physiological Society Meeting, Des Moines, IA, June 2, 2003.
  • Protective Effect of Placenta Growth Factor (PlGF) Against Hypoxia-Reoxygenation and Serum-Deprivation Induced Apoptosis in Neonatal Rat Cardiomyocytes. Bohman K, M Schweizer, R Berendt, DS Torry, RJ Torry.  Iowa Physiological Society Meeting, University of Iowa, May 9, 2005.
  • Placenta Growth Factor Expression and Function in Cultured Neonatal Rat Cardiomyocytes. Torry RJ, K Bohman, R Berendt, JC Sandquist, S Ronnebaum, DS Torry. Experimental Biology 2006, April, 2006

Liz Carr
Current position: Medical School, Emory University
Summer research internship: Univ of Iowa, School of Medicine, Dept of Pharmacology (2003)
Publications/Abstracts/Presentations:

  • Cholecystokinin and the amygdala: Role in controlling cardiovascular function.
    Drake University Conference on Undergraduate Research in the Sciences, April 2004

Luke Freml
Current position: Dental School, University of Iowa
Summer research internship: Univ of Iowa, School of Medicine, Dept of Pharmacology (2003)
Publications/Abstracts/Presentations:

  • Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) protects cultured hippocampal neurons from ß-amyloid mediated toxicity. Luke J Freml, Ronald J Torry, Greg Clodfelter.   Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, 2004.
  • Neuroprotective role of vascular endothelial growth factor in a cell culture model of Alzheimer’s disease. Drake University Conference on Undergraduate Research in the Sciences, April 2004

Eric Gorman
Current Position: PhD program in pharmaceutics, University of Kansas
Summer research internships:
Univ of Connecticut, School of Pharmacy, Dept of Pharmaceutics (2002)
Univ of Kansas, School of Pharmacy, Dept of Pharmaceutics (2003)
Publications/Abstracts/Presentations:

  • Solubilization of Hydrophobic Drugs in Pluronic F127 Micelles. N. Pandit , S. Nehm and E. Gorman. AAPS Annual Meeting, November 2003.
  • Solubilization of Nabumetone in Surfactant Solutions; P. Moist, E. Gorman and N. Pandit; Undergraduate Research Conference; Denver, CO; June 2005.
  • Interaction of Nabumetone with Pluronic F127 Micelles. E. Gorman and N. Pandit; Drake University Conference on Undergraduate Research in the Sciences; April 2004.

Matt St. George
Current Position: Dental School, University of Missouri
Summer Research Internship: Univ of Pittsburgh, School of Pharmacy, Dept of Pharmacology (2003)
Publications/Abstracts/Presentations:

  • Injection of GABA antagonists into the basolateral amygdala increases plasma ACTH and cFos labeling in the paraventricular hypothalamus of conscious rats. Soltis, R.P. and M. St. George. Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, 2004.
  • Pharmacological activation of the basolateral amygdala in conscious rats causes release of the stress hormone ACTH. M. St. George and R. Soltis, Drake University Conference on Undergraduate Research in the Sciences; April 2004.

Class of 2003

Sarah Nehm
Current Position: PhD program in pharmaceutics, University of Michigan
Summer Research Internships: Univ of Connecticut, School of Pharmacy, Dept of Pharmaceutics (2002)
Publications/Abstracts/Presentations:

  • Solubilization of Hydrophobic Drugs in Pluronic F127 Micelles. N. Pandit , S. Nehm and E. Gorman. AAPS Annual Meeting, November 2003.

Lisa Stalheim
Current Position: PhD program in pharmacology, University of North Carolina
Summer Research Internships: University of Florida, Department of Neuroscience
Publications/Abstracts/Presentations:

  • Placenta Growth Factor (PlGF) Expression in Human Myocardium and Hypoxic Neonatal Rat Cardiomyocytes. Torry RJ, Stalheim L, Mittelstedter C, Berendt B, Zhorne D, Ronnebaum S, Torry DS, Miller SJ. Experimental Biology 2004, April, 2004.
  • Influence of Hypoxia on Placenta Growth Factor Expression in Human Myocardium and Isolated Rat Cardiomyocytes and Noncardiomyocytes. Stalheim L, Mittelstedter C, Berendt B, Ronnebaum S, Torry DS, Torry RJ. Iowa Physiological Society Meeting, Des Moines, IA, June 2, 2003.


Class of 2002

Sarah Ronnebaum
Current Position: PhD program in pharmacology, Duke University
Recipient of the James B. Duke Graduate Fellowship
Publications/Abstracts/Presentations:

  • Placenta Growth Factor (PlGF) Expression in Human Myocardium and Hypoxic Neonatal Rat Cardiomyocytes. Torry RJ, Stalheim L, Mittelstedter C, Berendt B, Zhorne D, Ronnebaum S, Torry DS, Miller SJ. Experimental Biology 2004, April, 2004.
  • Placenta Growth Factor Expression and Function in Cultured Neonatal Rat Cardiomyocytes. Torry RJ, K Bohman, R Berendt, JC Sandquist, S Ronnebaum, DS Torry.  Experimental Biology 2006, April, 2006.
  • Placenta Growth Factor Regulation and Function in Isolated Rat Cardiomyocytes. Ronnebaum S, Sandquist J, Zheng W, Tomanek RJ, Torry DS, Torry RJ.   Nebraska - Iowa Joint Physiological Society Meeting, Omaha, NE, May 20th, 2002.
  • Influence of Hypoxia on Placenta Growth Factor Expression in Human Myocardium and Isolated Rat Cardiomyocytes and Noncardiomyocytes. Stalheim L, Mittelstedter C, Berendt B, Ronnebaum S, Torry DS, Torry RJ. Iowa Physiological Society Meeting, Des Moines, IA, June 2, 2003.


Jona Rushing
Current Position: Obstetrics & Gynecology Resident Physician at the Medical University of South Carolina
Graduate of The University of Iowa Medical School May 2006

Josh Sandquist
Current Position: PhD program in pharmacology, Duke University
Recipient of the James B. Duke Graduate Fellowship
Recipient of a Howard Hughes Pre-Doctoral Fellowship
Publications/Abstracts/Presentations:

  • Placenta Growth Factor Regulation and Function in Isolated Rat Cardiomyocytes. Ronnebaum S, Sandquist J, Zheng W, Tomanek RJ, Torry DS, Torry RJ.  Nebraska - Iowa Joint Physiological Society Meeting, Omaha, NE, May 20th, 2002.
  • Placenta Growth Factor Expression and Function in Cultured Neonatal Rat Cardiomyocytes. Torry RJ, K Bohman, R Berendt, JC Sandquist, S Ronnebaum, DS Torry. Experimental Biology 2006, April, 2006.

Class of 2001

Angie Arlen
Current Position: Urology Resident Physician at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Graduated from The University of Iowa Medical School in May 2006
Publications/Abstracts/Presentations:

  • Modulation of PlGF and flt-1 mRNA Expression in Preeclamptic Placenta. Torry DS, Smith T, Arlen AM, Torry RJ.  Experimental Biology 2001 Meetings, April, 2001.
  • Preeclamptic trophoblast modify PlGF and flt-1 mRNA expression in vitro. Torry DS, Smith T, Arlen AM, Torry RJ.  American Society for Reproductive Immunology, June, 2001.
  • Reduced Angiopoietin mRNA Expression in Preeclamptic Placenta. Torry RJ, AM Arlen, MM Hinrichs, DS Torry.  Experimental Biology, April, 2002.
  • Altered Angiopoietin mRNA Expression in Preeclamptic Placenta. Arlen AM, Mittelstedter C, Deshpande A, Hinrichs MM, Torry DS, Torry RJ.  Nebraska - Iowa Joint Physiological Society Meeting, Omaha, NE, May 20th, 2002.



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