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The Burn and Shock
Trauma Institute
Loyola University
Medical Center
2160 S. First Avenue
Maywood, IL 60153
USA
Phone: 708-327-2446
FAX: 708-327-2813
email:  bsti@lumc.edu

 

 
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Post Doctoral Training

The Burn and Shock Trauma Institute provides advanced research training for a large number of individuals holding the Ph.D. degree. Because our Institute is interdisciplinary, our research programs attract individuals with interests in a wide range of specialties. Our current post-doctoral trainees come from diverse backgrounds ranging from immunology, physiology, biochemistry, and cell biology through neuroscience. To learn about openings in an area of interest, prospective post-doctoral fellows can contact individual members directly.

 

Post Doctoral Trainees

Melanie D. Bird, Ph.D.
Degree:  Ph.D., University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX
Mentor:  Elizabeth J. Kovacs, Ph.D.
Research:  Effects of alcohol and sex differences on viral clearance following burn injury
Status:  Research Associate

 

 

Former Post Doctoral Trainees

 

Christian R. Gomez, Ph.D.
Degree:  Ph.D., University of Chile, Chile
Mentor:  Elizabeth J. Kovacs, Ph.D.
Research:  Mechanisms of inflammatory response on aging
Status:  Research Associate

 

Kuzhali Muthu, Ph.D.
Degrees: B.S.; M.S.; Ph.D., University of Madras, India
Mentor: Stephen B. Jones, Ph.D.
Research: Neuroimmune modulation of myeloid commitment in thermal injury and sepsis
email: kmuthu@lumc.edu
Current Position:
  Research Assistant Professor, Dept. of Surgery, Loyola University Medical Center

 

Traci A. Wilgus, Ph.D.
Degree: Ph.D., Ohio State University
Mentor: Luisa A. DiPietro, DDS, Ph.D.
Research: Angiogenesis and scar formation in fetal wound repair
email: twilgus@uic.edu
Current Position:
  Research Assistant Professor; Department of Periodontics, Center for Wound Healing and Tissue Regeneration, University of IL at Chicago, College of Dentistry