Where are our graduates now?

Health Care Professionals

Donald Behrmann, Neurosurgeon
Orlando Neurological Associates
Graduated in 1992
Thesis Advisor: James King/Michael Beattie
Thesis Title: Modelling of spinal cord injury in the rat: effects of pharmacologic intervention

Byeong Ha, Resident Fellow
The Ohio State University
Graduated in 1999
Thesis Advisor: James King
Thesis Title: Corticotropin releasing factor (CRF) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) type cytokines as possible trophic factors in cerebellar development

Brandon Miller, Graduate Fellow
The Ohio State University
Graduated in 2007
Thesis Advisor: Jacqueline Bresnahan/Phillip Popovich
Thesis Title: The effects of excitotoxicity and microglial activation on oligodendrocyte survival

Tracie Overbeck, Allergist
Allergy and Asthma Physicians of Central Kentucky
Graduated in 1997
Thesis Advisor: James King
Thesis Title: Corticotropin releasing factor (crf) and crf1 receptor expression in the postnatal mouse cerebellum

Industry Professionals

Theresa Chu, Scientific Liasion
The Jackson Laboratory
Graduated in 1998
Thesis Advisor: John Oberdick
Thesis Title: Purkinje cells and the control of neuronal survival in the developing cerebellum

Christopher Nelson, Scientific Writer
Department of Neurosciences, Cleveland Clinic
Graduated in 2003
Thesis Advisor: John Bruno
Thesis Title: Prefrontal cortical modulation of posterior parietal acetylcholine release: a study of glutamatergic and cholinergic mechanisms

Jennifer Stark, Director of Research Training Programs
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
Graduated in 2001
Thesis Advisor: John Sheridan
Thesis Title: Social Stress and the induction of Glucocorticoid resistance in male mice

Other Professions