Pharmaceutical Sciences Alumni Career Pathways
2009
Sara Moritz: BSN Program, Chamberlain College of Nursing
Greg Walker: Civil & Environmental Engineering - University of Wisconsin
Brady Wolfe: Regional Director - Sigma Phi Epsilon
2008
Mai Tu: PhD program in Pharmaceutics - U of Iowa
Evan Ball: Post-baccalaureate IRTA Fellowship - National Institutes of Health
Kelly Krogh: PhD program in Pharmacology - University of Minnesota
Andrew Davis: Research Assistant – Lancaster Labs
Karen Vrban: Admissions Representative – ITT Technical Institute
2007
Alex Grill: PhD program in Pharmaceutics - University of Minnesota
2006
Natalie Arter: PhD Program in Integrated Life Sciences, Northwestern University
Thomas Diezi: PhD program in pharmaceutics, University of Wisconsin
Stacie Holmgren: Medical School - SUNY Stony Brook
Matt Rosebraugh: PhD program in pharmaceutics, University of Iowa
2004
Bob Berendt: PhD program in pharmaceutics - University of Kansas
- Recipient of the Madison and Lila Self Graduate Fellowship
Liz Carr: Medical School - Emory University
Luke Freml: Dental School - University of Iowa
Eric Gorman: PhD program in pharmaceutics - University of Kansas
Matt St. George: Dental School - University of Missouri
2003
Sarah Nehm: PhD program in pharmaceutics - University of Michigan
Lisa (Stalheim) Crose: PhD program in pharmacology, University of North Carolina; Post-Doc, Duke University
2002
Sarah Ronnebaum: PhD program in pharmacology and Post-Doc - Duke University
- Recipient of the James B. Duke Graduate Fellowsh ip
Jona Rushing: Medical School - University of Iowa
Josh Sandquist: PhD program in pharmacology - Duke University
- Recipient of the James B. Duke Graduate Fellowship
- Recipient of a Howard Hughes Pre-Doctoral Fellowship
Summer Internship Sites of Recent Students
Kansas University, Department of Pharmaceutics School of Pharmacy (5 students)
University of Pittsburgh, Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy (1 student)
University of Iowa, Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine (4 students)
University of Florida, Neuroscience Program, School of Medicine (1 student)
University of Connecticut
Pfizer, New London, CT
Class of 2008
R. Andrew Davis
Post-graduate Position: Research Assistant, Lancaster Labs
Summer research internships: University of Kansas, School of Pharmacy, Dept of Pharmaceutics (2006)
Publication/Abstract/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.
-The Role of Covalent Dimerization on the Physical and Chemical Stability of the EC1 Domain of Human E-Cadherin; MAULIK TRIVEDI, R. ANDREW DAVIS, YUMNA SHABAIK, AMBRISH ROY, GENNADY VERKHIVKER, JENNIFER S. LAURENCE, C. RUSSELL MIDDAUGH, TERUNA J. SIAHAAN; Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/jps.21686
Evan Ball
Post-Graduate Position: Post-baccalaureate IRTA Fellowship - National Institutes of Health Summer research internships.
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.
Mai Tu
Post-graduate Position: PhD program in pharmaceutics - University of Iowa
Kelly Krogh
Post-Graduate Position: Research Assistant - Pioneer Hibred
Class of 2007
Alex Grill
Post-Graduate Position: PhD program in pharmaceutics, University of Minnesota
Summer Research Internships: University 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
Post-Graduate Position: Ph.D. program in Integrated Life Sciences, Northwestern University
Summer research internship: Drake University, 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
Post-Graduate Position: Ph.D. program in pharmaceutics, University of Wisconsin
Summer Research Internship: University 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
Post-Graduate 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
Post-Graduate 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
Post-Graduate Position: PhD program in pharmaceutics, University of Kansas
Recipient of the Madison and Lila Self Graduate Fellowship
Summer Research Internship: University 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
Post-Graduate Position: Medical School, Emory University
Summer Research Internship: University 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
Post-Graduate Position: Dental School, University of Iowa
Summer Research Internship: University 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
Post-Graduate 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
Post-Graduate Position: Dental School, University of Missouri
Summer Research Internship: University 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
Post-Graduate Position: PhD program in pharmaceutics, University of Michigan
Summer Research Internships: University 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) Crose
Post-Graduate Position: PhD program in pharmacology, University of North Carolina; Post-Doc, Duke University
Post-Graduate 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
Post-Graduate 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
Post-Graduate Position: Medical School, University of Iowa
Josh Sandquist
Post-gradute 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
Post-Graduate Position: Medical School, University of Iowa
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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