Students and Post Docs

1992	Anna Lisa Rodriguez, MBRS Harvard Medical School, undergraduate summer research project.
1994	Lance Well, MBRS WSU School of Medicine, undergraduate summer research project.
1993-1994	Robert Hammond, Ph.D. student, special research project, WSU School of Medicine
1994-1995	Mary Schwanke, Ph.D., NSRA Senior Fellow (sabbatical research training). Present position, Professor of Natural Sciences, University of Maine at Farmington.
1994-1996	Micheal Ryan, MS research project supervisor. Acetaldehyde effects on cardiomyocyte mechanics.
1994-1996	Jun Ren, postdoctoral fellow. (present position, Professor in Division of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Wyoming College of Health Sciences)
1996.1997	LeQuisha Jefferson, undergraduate research assistant. Hypertrophy in high [glucose]-induced cardiomyopathy.
1997-1998	Rajeep Gaitonde, first year medical student (graduated with DO degree from UNECOM in 2000). Sponsor for Stanley J. Sarnoff Endowment for Cardiovascular Science fellowship. Invited for interview (did not receive funding).
1998-1999	Benham Myers, first year medical student (graduated with DO degree from UNECOM in 2001). Recipient of Dean’s Research Fellowship, conducting research on E-C coupling in diabetic hearts.
1999	Paul Boucher, high school student, Sponsor and supervisor for summer research experience for the visually impaired.
1998-2000	Rebecca Brown, undergraduate research assistant (graduated with Physician Assistant degree from UNE in 2002). Recipient of an American Heart Association (AHA) Summer Research Fellowship. Glucose uptake in isolated ventricular myocytes from diabetic models.
1998-2000	Michael Davidson, medical student (graduated with DO degree from UNECOM in 2002). Recipient of Dean’s Research Fellowship. PKC activity in glucose-induced, diabetic-like cardiomyopathy.
2000-2001	Sarah Sinclair, medical student (graduated with DO degree from UNECOM in 2003). Recipient of Dean’s Research Fellowship. -adreneric receptor activity in glucose-induced cardiomyopathy.
2000-2001	Daniel Kloda, undergraduate student (graduated with DO DO degree from UNECOM in 2005). Recipient of an AHA Summer Research Fellowship. Insulin resistance in isolated ventricular myocytes from diabetic models.
2000-2001	Barbara J. Winterson, Ph.D., Professor of Physiology, UNECOM, sabbatical training in patch clamp techniques.
2000	Kadon Hintz, U. North Dakota undergraduate student, recipient of American Physiological Society Summer Research Fellowship. Cellular mechanisms associated with cardiomyopathy in myocytes isolated from insulin resistant rats.
2001	Eric Myers, Eighth Grade Science Teacher, MT, recipient of an American Physiological Society Summer Research Program for Teachers.
2001	Meredith Mason, undergraduate student (graduated as Physician Assistant from UNE in 2005). Recipient of an AHA Summer Research Fellowship. A possible link between cellular insulin resistance and cardiomyocyte dysfunction.
2002	Jennifer Blair, undergraduate student (graduated from UNE College of Arts and Sciences in 2003). Recipient of an American Physiological Society Summer Research Fellowship. Characterizing cardiomyocyte dysfunction in type 1 diabetic (NOD) mice.
2002	Mari Elana Davis, undergraduate student (graduated from Haveford College in 2004). Recipient of an AHA Summer Research Fellowship. Contributions of the polyol pathway in myocardial glucose toxicity.
2002	Matthew Dunn, medical student (graduated with DO degree from UNECOM in 2004). Recipient of a COM Dean's Research Fellowship. Protein kinase C- isoforms contribute to hyperglycemia induced cardiomyocyte dysfunction in adult rats.
2003	Eric Marrotte, medical student (present position, candidate for PhD/DO degree at MSU). Recipient of a COM Dean's Research Fellowship. Function of skeletal muscle (L6) cells after inducing cellular insulin resistance.
2003	Nathelie Dube, undergraduate student (present position, medical student at UNECOM). Recipient of an American Physiological Society (APS) Summer Research Fellowship and APS Outstanding student presentation (EB 2004). Role of dynorphin peptides in cardiomyocyte mechanics.
2003-2004	Ilka Pinz, postdoctoral fellow (present position, Assistant Professor Maine Medical Research Center)
2004-2005	Thomas Miller, medical student. Recipient of a COM Dean's Research Fellowship. Role of caveolin and insulin signaling.
2005-2006	Dolma Yarchim, medical student. Recipient of a COM Dean's Research Fellowship. Establishing HL-1 cells in culture to be phenotypically similar to cardiomyocytes
2005-2007	Loren E. Wold, postdoctoral fellow,
2006	Ann Magner, medical student, Recipient of a COM Dean’s Research Fellowship. Dyslipidemia and Diabetic Cardiomyopathy.
2006	Lindsey Jackson, undergraduate student. Recipient of an American Physiological Society Summer Research Fellowship. A role for fatty acids in diabetic cardiomyopathy.
2008	Elizabeth McAndrew, undergraduate student. Recipient of an American Physiological Society Summer Research Fellowship. Atomic force microscopy, imaging of insulin receptors in vascular smooth muscle cells (Dr. James Vesenka, co-sponsor)

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