University of Pittsburgh Graduate Program in Molecular Pharmacology

Current Students

The roster of current MPGP students is below. To the right are resources for and about our students.

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Wenxi An

Graduate Student Researcher
Mentor: Sruti Shiva, PhD

Maria Beecher

Trainee
Mentor: Ben Van Houten, PhD

Research Info

I am interested in studying whether the nucleotide excision repair protein, UV-damage DNA binding protein plays a role in DNA demethylation of 5mC in cells.

Dennis Braden

Graduate Student Researcher
Mentor: Carola Neumann, MD

Research Info

Exploring the effects of electrophilic nitroalkenes on ovarian cancer.

Caitlyn Chapman

Trainee
Mentor: Tija C. Jacob, PhD

Jaclyn Connelly

Graduate Student Researcher
Mentor: Qiming Jane Wang, PhD

Atinuke Dosunmu-Ogunbi

Predoctoral Fellow
Mentor: Adam C. Straub, PhD

Kaylee Ermine

Graduate Student Researcher
Mentor: Lin Zhang, PhD

Joseph Galley

Predoctoral Fellow
Mentor: Adam C. Straub, PhD

Lloyd Harvey

Predoctoral Fellow
Mentor: Stephen Chan, MD, PhD

Victoria Heinrich

Trainee
Mentor: Alison Morris, MD, MS

Research Info

Understanding the role of the microbiome in nitro-fatty acid metabolism, treating inflammatory diseases, and improving drug efficacy.

Angela Hinchie

Graduate Student Researcher
Mentor: Jonathan K. Alder, PhD

Research Info

I am currently studying the effect of a clinically found point mutation in the template region of the RNA component of telomerase on telomere structure and function and its effect on cellular proliferation.

Lisa Hong

Graduate Student Researcher
Mentor: Carola Neumann, MD

Mohd Azrin bin Jamalruddin

Graduate Student Researcher
Mentor: Kara A. Bernstein, PhD

Research Info

I’m interested to study and develop novel targeted therapy in metastatic cancer cells.

Aaron Johnson

Trainee
Mentor: Sruti Shiva, PhD

Research Info

My research focuses on studying the functional roles of myoglobin as a modulator of mitochondrial dynamics and fatty acid oxidation using in vitro breast cancer model systems.

Nicole Kaminski

Graduate Student Researcher
Mentor: Roderick J. O'Sullivan, PhD

Matthew Keeney

Graduate Student Researcher
Mentor: J. Timothy Greenamyre, MD, PhD

Research Info

I am interested in defining the underlying mechanisms behind Parkinson’s Disease related neurodegeneration in order to identify novel targets for development of neuroprotective therapeutic strategies.