Physiology and Cell Biology Graduates
(College of Medicine)
AS OF june 2008

• Buckwalter, Tara L. F., Ph.D., AU 2000
  Advisor:  Dr. Sissy Jhiang
  Dissertation Title:  Phosphotyrosine-mediated Signal Transduction Pathways Essential for PTC1-Induced Tumor Formation
  Current Position:  Assistant Scientific Information Analyst, Chemical Abstracts, Columbus, OH

• Lin, Xiaoqin, Ph.D.,  WI 03
  Advisor:  Dr. Sissy Jhiang
  Position Upon Graduation:  Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of California, Irvine

• Polikandriotis, John - Ph.D., WI 04
  Advisor:  Dr. Arthur Strauch
  Dissertation Title: Lucidating the Regulation of Vascular Smooth Muscle Alpha-Actin Gene Expression in Fibroblasts
  Position Upon Graduation:  Post-Doctoral Fellow, Emory University

• Russell, Janet - Ph.D., SU 97
  Advisor:  Dr. Patrick E. Ward
  Dissertation Title: Peptidases in skeletal muscle regulate local concentrations of angiotensins, kinins, and neurokinins.
  Position Upon Graduation: Post-doctoral Fellow, Educational Policy and Leadership, The Ohio State University

• Ryu, Kwon-Yul, Ph.D., SP 01
  AdvisorL  Dr. Sissy M. Jhiang
  Dissertation Title:  Regulatory Mechanisms of Sodium Iodide Symporter
  Position Upon Graduation:  Post-Doctoral Fellow, Stanford Medical School

• Smanik, Patricia - Ph.D., WI 97
  AdvisorL  Dr. Sissy M. Jhiang
  Dissertation Title: Investigations of the RET/PTC oncogene and the loss of iodide uptake activity in thyroid cancer.
  Position Upon Graduation: Instructor, Denison University, Granville, Ohio

• Tong, Qiang - Ph.D., SU 97
  Advisor:  Dr. Sissy M. Jhiang
  Dissertation Title: Molecular mechanism of the activation of the RET/PTC1 oncogene in papillary thyroid carcinomas and the characterization of the promoter of the rat sodium iodide symporter gene.
  Position Upon Graduation: Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University

• Venkateswaran, Anjli - Ph.D., AU 04
  Advisor:  Dr. Sissy Jhiang
  Dissertation Title:  PET/PTC1-Mediated Phosphotyrosine Signalling Pathways Involved in Thyroid Cell Transformation
  Current Position:  Product Manager, Cell Signaling Tech, Beverly, MA

• Xing, Shunhua - Ph.D., SU 97
  Advisor:  Dr. Sissy M. Jhiang
  Dissertation Title: Molecular characterization of RET activation.
  Position Upon Graduation: Postdoctoral Fellow, Salk Institute, San Diego
  
  
• Zhang, Zhaoxia - Ph.D., AU 07
  Advisor: Dr. Sissy Jhiang