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Melanie Bird, Ph.D.
Previous Degree: B.S.,Kansas State University
Home: Chicago, Illinois
Advisor: Elizabeth J. Kovacs, Ph.D.
Research: Effects of alcohol and sex differences on viral clearance following burn injury
Status: Research Associate
E-mail: mebird@lumc.edu |
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Christopher S. Davis, MD
Previous Degree: B.A., University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO
Home: Chicago, IL
Advisor: Elizabeth J. Kovacs, Ph.D.
Research: Alcohol and the trauma patient: novel methods of inflammatory marker detection and the search for useful clinical intervention
Status: Research Associate
Email: chdavis@lumc.edu |
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John
Karavitis
Previous Degree: B.S., University
of Illinois, Chicago
Home: Skokie, IL
Advisor: Elizabeth J. Kovacs, Ph.D.
Research: Mechanisms by which acute alcohol exposure suppresses macrophage phagocytosis.
Status: Ph.D. candidate, Department of Cell
Biology, Neurobiology, and Anatomy, 2006 to date
E-mail: jkaravitis@lumc.edu
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Kristen Lauing
Previous Degree: B.S., University
of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
Home: Oak Park, IL
Advisor: John J. Callaci, Ph.D.
Research: The effects of alcohol on the Wnt signaling pathway in bone fracture healing.
Status: Ph.D. candidate, Department of Cell
Biology, Neurobiology, and Anatomy
E-mail: klauing@lumc.edu
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Magdalena Przybycien
Previous Degree: BS, Biology, Loyola University Chicago., MS, Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, Loyola University Chicago
Home: Schaumburg, IL
Advisor: Toni Pak, PhD
Research: Neurobiological effects of binge alcohol exposure during puberty
Status: Ph.D. candidate, Neuroscience, 2007 to date
E-mail: mprzybycien@lumc.edu |
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Juan Rendon
Previous Degree: BSN, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
Home: Oak Park
Advisor: Mashkoor Choudnry, Ph.D.
Research: Effects of acute alcohol intoxication on post burn intestinal immune response
Status: MD/PhD candidate in Cell Biology, Neurobiology & Anatomy - 2009 to date
E-mail: jrendon@lumc.edu |
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Philip Roper
Previous Degree: B.S., University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
Home: Oak Lawn, IL
Advisor: John J. Callaci, Ph.D.
Research: Effects of alcohol on the Wnt signaling pathway in bone fracture healing
Status: Ph.D. candidate, Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, 2008 to date
Email: proper@lumc.edu |
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Ian Vaagenes
Previous Degree: B.A., St. Olaf College
Home: Oak Park, Illinois
Advisor: Gwendolyn Kartje M.D., Ph.D.
Research:Alcohol and truamatic brain injury
Status: Ph.D. candidate, Neuroscience, 2009 to date
E-mail: ivaagenes@lumc.edu |
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Anita Zahs
Previous Degree: B.A., Simpson College, Indianola, IA
Home: Forest Park, IL
Advisor: Elizabeth J. Kovacs, Ph.D.
Research: Effect of acute ethanol and burn injury on intestinal permeability and the role of myosin light chain kinase
Status: Ph.D. candidate, Cellular and Molecular Biochemistry, 2007 to date
E-mail: azahs1@lumc.edu |
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Joslyn Albright, M.D
Previous Degree: B.A., Augustana College, Rock Island, IL
Home: Chicago, IL
Advisor: Elizabeth J. Kovacs, Ph.D.
Research: Alcohol, injury and the lung
Current Position: PGY3 Resident, Department of Surgery, Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine
E-mail: jalbright@lumc.edu
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Angeline Antonio, Ph.D.
Previous Degree: B.S.,University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Home: Chicago, IL
Advisor: Mary Druse Manteuffel, Ph.D.
Research: Protective effects of anti-oxidents on fetal rhombecephalic neurons exposed to ethanol
Ph.D. 2009. Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology & Anatomy
Current Position: Post Doctoral Fellow, UIC, Dept. of Pathology studying the role of chemopreventive treatment and micro RNAs in prostate cancer |
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James Brown, Ph.D.
Previous Degree: B.S, Midland Lutheran College.
Ph.D., Univ. of Nebraska Medical Center
Home: Glen Ellyn, IL
Advisor: Michael A. Collins, Ph.D.
Research: Binge alcohol-induced neurotoxicity
Status: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology & Anatomy, 2004 to date
E-mail: jbrow12@lumc.edu
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John
Callaci, Ph.D.
Previous Degree: B.S., Rosiland Franklin
University, North Chicago IL
M.S., Loyola University Medical Center
Ph.D., Loyola University Medical Center
Home: Oak Park, IL
Advisor: Frederick Wezeman, Ph.D.
Research: Mechanisms of alcohol-induced
bone loss
Current Position: Assistant Professor,
Dept. of Orthopedic Surgery, Loyola University
Medical Center
E-mail: jcallaci@lumc.edu
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Daniel
Fitzgerald, M.S.
Previous Degree: B.S., Loyola University
Chicago
Home: Chicago, IL
Mentor: Elizabeth J. Kovacs, Ph.D.
Research: Effect of acute ethanol on early
inflammation in wound healing.
M.S. 2003. Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology & Anatomy, Program in Biochemistry
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Joanna
Goral, Ph.D.
Previous Degree: M.S., Wroclaw University,
Poland
Home: Downers Grove, IL
Advisor: Elizabeth J. Kovacs, Ph.D.
Research: Mechanisms responsible for alteration
of immune response upon burn and alcohol
exposure
Ph.D. 2005. Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology & Anatomy
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Dept.
of Anatomy, Midwestern University, School
of Osteopathic Medicine, Downers Grove,
IL
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Eva Murdoch, Ph.D.
Previous Degree: B.A., St. Xavier University
Home: Lockport, IL
Advisor: Elizabeth J. Kovacs, Ph.D.
Research: Effects of acute ethanol exposure on neurogenic inflammation
Ph.D. 2009. Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology, & Anatomy
Current Position: Assistant Professorial Lecturer, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Saint Xavier University, Chicago, IL |
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Katherine
A. Radek, Ph.D.
Previous Degree: M.S., Northern Illinois University
Home: Oak Lawn, IL
Research: Effects of acute ethanol exposure
on angiogenesis and the extracellular matrix
in heaing wounds
Department: Ph.D., Cell Biology, Neurobiology,
& Anatomy; 2002-2005
Ph.D. 2005 Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology & Anatomy, Program in Biochemistry
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Surgery and Burn & Shock Trauma Institute, Loyola University Medical Center
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