Alumni

Yulia Artemenko, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow: 2008-2014; Research Associate 214-2016
Current: Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, SUNY at Oswego, Oswego, NY

Cathy Berlot, M.D., Ph.D.

Predoctoral Fellow: 1983-1985
Awards: Medical Scientist Training Program Scholarship, 1982-87
Current: Staff Scientist, Weis Center for  Research, Geisinger Clinic, Danville, PA

Brenda Blacklock, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow: 1995-1997
Current: Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

Maureen Brandon, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow: 1986-1991
Former: Dean, Fort Lewis College, Durango, CO
Current: Retired (2017)

Huaqing Cai, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow: 2007-2013; Research Associate: 2013-2015
Awards: Helen Hay Whitney Postdoctoral Fellowship (2009-2012); Daniel Nathans Young Investigators' Day Award, Johns Hopkins University (2014)
Current: Assistant Professor, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Michael Caterina, M.D., Ph.D.

Predoctoral Fellow: 1989-1995
Awards: Searle, Pew, and Beckman Awards
              Alpha Medical Honor Society, 1995
              Gate Pharmaceuticals Medical Student Award, 1995
Current: Professor & Director, Department of Biological Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

Lingfeng Chen, Ph.D.

Predoctoral Fellow: 2000-2006
Current: Adjunct Scientist, NIH, Division of Intramural Research, Lippincott-Schwartz Lab: Advanced Microscopy Facility, Bethesda, MD

Mei-Yu Chen, Ph.D.

Predoctoral Fellow: 1991-1997
Awards: Merck Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship, 1992-1997
Current: Professor, Institute of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Sandra de Keijzer, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow: 2005-2006
Current: Program Officer, Stichting Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter (FOM), The Netherlands

Bill Diplas, M.D., Ph.D.

Predoctoral Master's Program: 2011
Current: Resident Physician, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY

Marc Edwards, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow: 2014-2018
Award:  The Johns Hopkins University Provost’s Postdoctoral Diversity Fellowship FY2017
Current: Assistant Professor of Biology, Amherst College, Amherst, MA

Donna Fontana, M.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow: 1982-1986
Current: Physician, Arthritis & Rheumatology Consultants, Edina, MN

Jonathan Franca-Koh, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow: 2003-2009
Current: Program Director, NCI Division of Cancer Biology, Physical Sciences-Oncology, NIH, Bethesda, MD

Zachary Gagnon, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow: 2009-2011
Current: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Whiting School of Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

Justin Galloway, Ph.D.

Predoctoral Fellow: 2007-2012
Current: Process Engineer, Novozymes

Runchi Gao, Ph.D.

Predoctoral Fellow: 2012-2013
Current: Jr. Faculty Member, School of Life Science, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming City, China

Robert Gundersen, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow: 1986-1991
Associate Professor & Chair, Department of Molecular & Biomedical Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, ME

Dale Hereld, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow: 1989-1995
Awards: Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell Cancer Research Fund Fellowship Award, 1990-1992
Current: Program Director, Division of Metabolism and Health Effects, NIH/NIAAA, Bethesda, MD

Chuan-Hsiang (Bear) Huang, M.D., Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow: 2008-2014; Research Associate: 2014-2016
Award: Harold L. Plotnick Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Fellowship (2009)
Current: Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

Yi (Elaine) Huang, Ph.D.

Predoctoral Fellow: 1999-2004
Current: Research Scientist, Metamark Genetics

Miho Iijima, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow: 2000-2004
Research Associate: 2004-2006
Award: JHU Young Investigators' Award
Current: Associate Professor, Department of Cell Biology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

Robert Insall, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow: 1992-1995
Awards: Postdoctoral Research Award, 1995
Current: Sr. Group Leader & Professor of Genetics & Cell Biology, Beatson Institute for Cancer Research, Glasgow, UK

Chris Janetopoulos, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow: 2000-2003
Research Associate: 2003-2004
Awards: ACS Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2000
             JHU Albert Lehninger Young Investigators' Award, 2002
Current: Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of the Sciences, Philadelphia, PA

Zhihua Jiao, Ph.D.

Sr. Scientist, CrownBio
Beijing, China

Tian Jin, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow: 1994-2001
Awards: NIH Nephrology Training Program Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1998-1999
              NIH National Public Health Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1996-1998
Current: Chief, Chemotaxis Signal Section, Laboratory of Immunogenetics, NIAID/NIH, Bethesda, MD

Ron Johnson, Ph.D.

Predoctoral Fellow: 1987-1992
Awards: Predoctoral NRSA Award, 1987-1989
              JHU Young Investigators' Award, 1992
Current: Program Director, Cancer Etiology Branch, Division of Cancer Biology, NIH, Bethesda, MD

Yoichiro Kamimura, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow: 2004-2011
Current: Research Scientist, Laboratory for Cell Signaling Dynamics, Cell Dynamics Research Core, RIKEN, Japan

Jeffrey Keefer, M.D.

Research Fellow: 2001
Current: Head, Pediatric and Rare Disease Center of Excellence, IQVIA, Baltimore, MD
Senior Medical Director, Hematology and Oncology, Therapeutic Science and Strategy Unit, IQVIA, Baltimore, MD

Ji-Yun Kim, Ph.D.

Predoctoral Fellow: 1989-1997
Current: Sr. Research Scientist, Bayer Healthcare, Richmond, CA

Misook Kim, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow: 1998-1999
Current: Homemaker, Korea

Peter Klein, M.D., Ph.D.

Predoctoral Fellow: 1984-1988
Award: Paul Ehrlich Research Award, 1987
Current: Professor of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Barry Knox, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow: 1984-1985
Current: Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology & Ophthalmology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY

Thomas Lampert, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow: 2012-2016; Research Associate: 2016-2017
Current: Sr. Field Scientist (Atlantic Region), Agilent, Santa Clara, CA

Mark Landree, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow: 2000-2006
Award: American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2002-2005
Current: GenBank Biologist, NCBI/NIH ComputerCraft, Inc., McLean, VA

Hoi Yan (Josephine) Lee, M.D.

Predoctoral Fellow (Master's Program): 2009-2010
Current: Physician, Richmond Hospital, Richmond, BC, Canada

Xiaoguang Li

Predoctoral Fellow: 2016-2020
Awards: Bae Gyo Jung Young Investigators' Day Award , Johns Hopkins University (2019)
              AHA Fellowship (2020)
Current: Sr. Scientist, AbbVie, Cambridge, MA

Carol Manahan, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow: 2000-2004
Current: Associate Director, Scientific Education & Review, Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA

Pamela Lilly McNelis, Ph.D.

Predoctoral Fellow: 1987-1994
Previously: Staff Scientist at ChemDex:
Current: Homemaker, Cupertino, CA

Yuchuan Miao, Ph.D.

Predoctoral Fellow: 2012-2019
Award: Young Investigators’ Day Award, Johns Hopkins University (2018)
Current: Postdoctoral Fellow, Olivier Pourquié Lab, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

 

Jacqueline Milne, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow: 1991-1996
Awards: Medical Research Council of Canada Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1991-1993
              Medical Research Council of Canada Centennial Fellowship, 1993-1996
              JHU Young Investigators' Award, 1996
Current: Head, Electron Microscopy Core / Associate Scientist, NCI/CCR/NIH, Bethesda, MD

Suchitra Mitra, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow: 2021-2024
Current: Postdoctoral Fellow, Weill Cornell Medicine, 2024-

Nghia Nguyen, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow: 2012-2014
Current: Head, Genetic Laboratory, Center for Molecular Biomedicine, Ho Chi Minh City University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Vietnam

Carole Parent, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow: 1992-1996
Instructor: 1996-2000
Awards: Medical Research Council of Canada Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1993-1996
              American Cancer Society Institutional Award, 1996-1997
              NIH RO1 Co-PI with Dr. Devreotes
Current: Professor of Pharmacology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI

Geoffrey Pitt, M.D., Ph.D.

Predoctoral Fellow: 1988-1993
Awards: Medical Scientist Training Program Scholarship, 1988-1993
              Paul Ehrlich Research Award, 1993
Current: Ida and Theo Rossi Distinguished Professor of Medicine; Director, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY

Doriane Sanseau, Ph.D.

Exchange Student: 2008-2012
Current: Postdoctoral Fellow, Institut Curie, Paris, France

James Silverman, Ph.D.

Predoctoral Fellow: 1997-2004
Current: Medical Science Liaison, Teva Pharmaceuticals

T. Julia Sun, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow: 1987-1990
Current: Staff Scientist, Industry Research, Taiwan

Kristen Swaney, Ph.D.

Predoctoral Fellow: 2005-2012; Postdoctoral Fellow: 2012-2015
Scientific Project Administrator, Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University 

Linnan Tang, M.D., Ph.D.

Predoctoral Fellow: 1999-2007
Current: Assistant Professor, Division of Vascular Inverventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX

Ming (Michelle) Tang, Ph.D.

Pre- and Postdoctoral Fellow: 2005-2014
Current: Bioinformatics Scientist, Department of Human Genetics, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Germany

Anne Theibert, Ph.D.

Predoctoral Fellow: 1981-1985
Postdoctoral Fellow: 1985-1987
Current: Professor, Department of Neurobiology and Co-Director, Undergraduate Neuroscience Program, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL

Saskia Van Es, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow: 1996-2000
Current: Planner, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Roxanne Vaughan, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow: 1986-1989
Current: Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND

Francesca (Paquita) Vazquez, Ph.D.

Research Associate: 2003-2006
Current: Research Scientist, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA

Stacey Willard, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow: 2005-2009
Award: Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Postdoctoral Fellowship Award, 2006-2008
Current: Product Marketing Manager, Life Sciences, IMI Precision Engineering, Farmington, CT

Tit-Yee Wong, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow: 1981-1983
Current: Professor, Department of Biology, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN

Lijun Wu, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow: 1991-1994
Current: Chief Scientific Officer, Fosun Pharma USA; President and CEO, Archimmune Therapeutics, Inc.             

Zhan Xiao, Ph.D.

Predoctoral Fellow: 1994-1999
Current: Associate Research Investigator, Abbott Laboratories, Lake Bluff, IL

Yihong Yao, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow: 1997-2000
Current: Senior Scientist, Abbott Bio Research Center, Worcester, MA

Ning Zhang, Ph.D.

Predoctoral Fellow: 1996-2001
Current: Professor & Vice President, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China