PhD Graduates

Our graduates have been extremely successful in their careers. 

2021

Graduate Principal Investigator Most Recent Position
Benjamin Rein Zhen Yan Postdoctoral Associate, Stanford University
M. Nadir Haider Barry Willer Assistant Professor, UB Department of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine; Assistant Director of Research at the Concussion Management Clinic and Research Center, UB
Xuedi Wang David Shucard  

2020

Graduate Principal Investigator Most Recent Position
Jessie Polanco Garcia Fraser Sim Associate Scientist, 23andMe, San Francisco, CA
Johan Nakuci Sarah Muldoon Postdoctoral Fellow, Georgia Institute of Technology
Dejan Jakimovski Robert Zivadinov Postdoctoral position in Buffalo Neuroimaging Analysis Center
Tom Fuchs Ralph Benedict MD/PhD Program, UB; Buffalo Neuroimaging Analysis Center

2019

Graduate Principal Investigator Most Recent Position
Anthony Jones Margarita Dubocovich Life Scientist, US Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle, NC
Vishal Raghu Soroush Sadeghi  
Lakeisha Lewter Jun-Xu Li Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Texas at Dallas
Hanqin Li Jian Feng Postdoc with Dirk Hockemeyer, University of California Berkeley
Keit Men Wong Bogdan Beirowski Postdoc, Universitätsmedizin Göttingen

2018

Graduate Principal Investigator Most Recent Position
Maulasri Bhatta Sarah Zhang HRI Scientist, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Justin Siemian Jun-Xu Li Postdoc, National Institute on Drug Abuse

2017

Graduate Principal Investigator Most Recent Position
2017    
Courtney Benson Michal Stachowiak Scientist III, BlueNalu
Katherine Evely Arin Bhattacharjee Clinical Affairs Director at Covalon Technologies Ltd.
Danielle Tomasello Arin Bhattacharjee Postdoc, Whitehead Institute; Creator, The Social Scientist
Sarah Hayes Richard Salvi Postdoc with Brian Allman, Western University
Jordan VerPlank Lawrence Wrabetz Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University

2016

Graduate Principal Investigator Most Recent Position
Thomas Covey David Shucard Assistant Professor, UB Neurology
Tadeusz Kaczynski Xiuqiuan Mu Postdoc, VA Medical Center
Claire Modica Robert Zivadinov Aerospace Experimental Psychologist, US Navy
Ridhima Vij Anthony Auerbach Postdoctoral Fellow, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

2015

Graduate Principal Investigator Most Recent Position
Katelyn Carr Leonard Epstein Research Assistant Professor; Senior Research Scientist, UB Pediatrics
Shannon Clough Margarita Dubocovich United States Navy
Janine Lee Zhen Yan Residency Position: Washington University at St. Louis
Henry Lin Leonard Epstein Ophthalmologist, Northwest Permanente
Yina Ma Ji Li  
Bruce Maki Gabriela Popescu Content Editor, American Institutes for Research
Jia Cheng Zhen Yan Editor at Cell
Lara Duffney Zhen Yan Research Scientist, Camargo Pharmaceutical Services, Durham, NC
Meaghan Paganelli Gabriela Popescu Senior Medical Writer, Health Interactions, Hamilton, NJ

2014

Graduate Principal Investigator Most Recent Position
Jay Garaycochea Malcolm Slaughter Assistant Professor, Goucher College
Santhosh Sethuramanujam Malcolm Slaughter Postdoctoral Associate, University of Victoria
Chiun Yu Hsu Bruce Miller, Beatrice Wood Child and Family Asthma Studies Center, Oishei Children's Hospital, Buffalo, NY

2013

Graduate Principal Investigator Most Recent Position
Jennifer M. Dolan Fox Hui Meng and John Kolega Associate Director Project Management, Biotelemetry Research, Rochester, NY
Mary Alice Garlipp Federico Gonzalez-Fernandez US DOD DSCA
Daniel Stolzberg Richard Salvi Assistant Research Scientist, University of Maryland

2012

Graduate Principal Investigator Most Recent Position
Tiffany Kolniak Jack Sullivan Primary Care Physician, Framingham, MA

2011

Graduate Principal Investigator Most Recent Position
Yunbo Song Malcolm Slaughter Dentist, Ankeny, IA
Jaeyoung Yang Malcolm Slaughter Faculty, National Medical University, Seoul, Korea
Kelly Picchione Arin Bhattacharjee Group Leader, Knopp Biosciences, LLC

2010

Graduate Principal Investigator Most Recent Position
Megan Nuwer Arin Bhattacharjee Safety Program Manager, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Nicholas Graziane Zhen Yan Assistant Professor, Penn State Univ. School of Medicine, Hershey, PA.
Madhuchhanda Mandal Zhen Yan Postdoctoral Position: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

2009

Graduate Principal Investigator Most Recent Position
Lei Duan Malcolm Slaughter Staff Pathologist, Manchester, New Hampshire

2008

Graduate Principal Investigator Most Recent Position
Roman Frolov Satpal Singh Nano and Molecular Systems Research Unit, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
Richard Monroe Stanley Halvorsen Neurologist, Saratoga Springs, NY

2007

Graduate Principal Investigator Most Recent Position
Mingli Hou Malcolm Slaughter  
Peng Duan John Aletta Director of Regulatory Affairs, I-Mab Biopharma, Maryland

2006

Graduate Principal Investigator Most Recent Position
Star Dunham-Ems Michal Stachowiak University of Connecticut Health Center
Eugene Gonsiorek Dennis Higgins Vice President of HighPointe on Michigan, Buffalo, NY
Joanna Tyszkiewicz Zhen Yan Research Scientist, Merck Co.
Su-Jung Ryu Feng Qin Pharmacist, Giant Food
Eunice Yuet-Man Yuen Zhen Yan Fellow, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.

2005

Graduate Principal Investigator Most Recent Position
Ye Xu John Aletta Senior Scientist, AstraZeneca
Yu Zhou Anthony Auerbach Research Assistant Professor, Washington University- St. Louis
David Piccioni Steven Greenberg Director of Clinical Neuro-Oncology, UC San Diego Health
Claudia Prada Susan Udin Head of Safety Risk Management, UCB, Brussels, Belgium
Xiaohong Fang Michal Stachowiak Anesthesiologist, Eastern Niagara Hospital
Jianwei Xu Malcolm Slaughter Partner, Zox Capital
Fang Yang Jian Feng Psychiatrist at Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center; Assistant Professor at Baylor College of Medicine
Jinghui Zhao Jian Feng Senior Scientist, Abbvie

2004

Graduate Principal Investigator Most Recent Position
Woo-Yang Kim Dennis Higgins Associate Professor, Kent State University
Jay Morrow   Radiologist, Rochester Regional Health

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