2017 Graduates

Previous Graduate Students

2018
Kimberly Cooney, Ph.D. – Postdoctoral fellow, Emory University
Wezley Griffin, Ph.D. – Postdoctoral fellow, Baylor University 
Aaron Storey, Ph.D. – Postdoctoral fellow, UAMS 
Kirk West, Ph.D. – Postdoctoral fellow, UAMS 

2017
Zachary Waldrip, Ph.D. – Postdoctoral fellow, AR Children’s Research Institute
Maroof Zafar, Ph.D. – Postdoctoral fellow, Vanderbilt University

2016
April Bostian, Ph.D. – Postdoctoral fellow, Arkansas State University
Shubeena Chib, Ph.D. – Postdoctoral fellow, Pennsylvania State University
Anisha Rathi, Ph.D. – Postdoctoral fellow, St. Jude
Jessica Hartmen, Ph.D. – Postdoctoral fellow, Duke University
Sarah Eddy, Ph.D – Attending Indiana University law school
Brent Molden, M.D./Ph.D  – Pathology resident, University of California at San Francisco
Yicong Li, Ph.D. – Postdoctoral fellow, Johns Hopkins University
David Shoen, M.S. – Industrial research position
Rajshekar Kore, Ph.D. – Postdoctoral fellow, UAMS
Ara Kim, Ph.D. – Postdoctoral fellow, UAMS

2015
Sara Prior, Ph.D.–  Postdoctoral fellow, UAMS
Michael Guderyon, M.S. – PhD graduate program at  UT Health San Antonio
Dominick Harrison, M.S. – Research technician
Karah Bogoslavsky M.S. – Pharmacy School, UAMS
Nathan Avaritt, Ph.D. – Senior Field Analyst at METCO Environmental

2013
Ramanagouda Ramanagoudr Bhojappa, Ph.D. – Postdoctoral fellow, Washington University, St. Louis
Kimberly Reynolds, Ph.D. – Postdoctoral fellow, Johns Hopkins University
Nandini Sakarika, Ph.D. – Clinical Biomarker Operations Manager, Genentech
Jeffrey Givens, M.S. – Pharmacy School, UAMS
Joshua Eichhorn, M.D./Ph.D. – Resident Physician in Radiology, UAMS
Cody Cook, Ph.D. – Private entrepreneur

2012
Suja Aarattuthodiyil, Ph.D.  – Assistant Professor UA Pine Bluff Aquaculture Department
Rebecca Gilbride, M.D./Ph.D. – Medical Resident, Temple University
Steven Smith, Ph.D. – Medical School, UAMS
Matthew Reynolds, M.S. – Physician’s Assistant Program, UAMS

2011
Endrit Ziu, M.D./Ph.D. – Univ. of Missouri, St. Louis MO
Drew Jones, Ph.D. – Postdoctoral fellow, St. Jude
Matthew Kovak, M.S. – IRB Administrator in the Cancer Clinical Trials Office, UAMS
Katie Estes, M.S. – Nurse Practitioner program, Creighton Nursing School
Puneet Bharill, Ph.D. – Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Cologne

2010
Rong Chu, Ph.D – Postdoctoral fellow, UAMS
Sam Freyaldenhoven, M.S. – Medical School, UAMS
Sherri Finnie-Smart, M.D./Ph.D. – Pediatric Resident at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital

2009
Jacy Wagnon, Ph.D. – Research Investigator of Human Genetics, University of Michigan
David Terrano, M.D./Ph.D. – Pathology resident at New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center

2008
Jun Gao, Ph.D. – Postdoctoral fellow, UAMS
Anca Bene, Ph.D. – Postdoctoral fellow, UAMS
Lauren Blair, Ph.D. – Medical Science Liaison, Oncology, AstraZeneca
Matt Forestiere, M.S. – Medical School, UAMS
Thomas Jennings, M.D./Ph.D. – Dermatology resident, UAMS
Kate McCumpsey Steed M.S.– Research technician, Nephropathology Associates
Sarika Saraswati, Ph.D. – Postdoctoral fellow, Vanderbilt University
Sheeno Thyparambil, Ph.D. – Senior Scientist at Oncoplex Diagnostics
Cagdas Tazearslan, Ph.D. – Postdoctoral fellow, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

2007
Arvind Jamakhandi, Ph.D. – Postdoctoral fellow, Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle, Washington, USA
Athena Starland, Ph.D. – Scientist, Cancer Control and Population Sciences, UAMS
Yan Xiong, Ph.D. – Scientist, China
Yingfen Chen, Ph.D. – Postdoctoral fellow, UT Austin