Toxicology

Utah State University Graduate Toxicology Program Alumni

1965 - present

Updated 9/25/06

2000 - Present 1990 - 1999 1980 - 1989 1970 - 1979 1965 - 1969

Name

Advisor

Year

Degree

Title Dissertation/Thesis

Where are they now?

Graduates
1990 - 1999

C.A. Reilly

S. Aust

1999

Ph.D.

Iron loading into ferritin by ceruloplasmin and a cellular ferroxidase

Research Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Utah

L.C. Burgess

H. Deer

1998

Ph.D.

The effects of retinoic acids on the angiogenic growth factors produced by solid tumors

Assistant Professor, Dickinson State University, Dickinson, ND

P.A. Smith

D. Drown

1998

Ph.D.

Sensitizing resin acids in aerosol derived from rosin flux used in electronics soldering; molecular mechanistic studies

Assistant Professor, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD

J.M. Eichelberger

R. Coulombe

1998

Ph.D.

Aflatoxin B1 metabolism in mammalian pulmonary tissues

California Department of Health, Sacramento, CA

G. Pedersen

R. Warren

1997

M.S.

Effects of orally ingested ginseng combined with anaerobic exercise on immune parameters in normal humans and in mice

Inst. of Alternative Medicine, Orem, UT

G. Drew

R. Coulombe

1997

M.S.

DNA-protein cross-links by pyrrolizidine alkaloids

Biotechnology Center, Utah State University, Logan, UT

J. Pounder

A. Anderson

1997

Ph.D.

Superoxide dismutase and catalase in Trichoderma harzianum, a biological control fungus of Rhizoctonia solani disease of sugar beet

Dept. of Biology, Univ. of California, Santa Cruz CA

J. Albretsen

H. Deer

1996

Ph.D.

Cytokine production after benzene and phenol exposure in the drinking water of mice

Study Director, Covance Laboratories, Inc., Madison, WI

B.J. Tucker

A. Anderson

1996

M.S.

Influence of soil on bioremediation potential of Phanerochaete chrysosoporium

US EPA
Columbus, OH

J.J. Chin

C. Carpenter/
S. Aust

1996

M.S.

Fats and iron in the rat colon: effects on lipid peroxidation

NPS Pharmaceuticals
Salt Lake City, UT

C.K. Abbott

R. Sims

1997

Ph.D.

Fate and potential biohazards of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons present in creosote waste in vadose zone soils

Whereabouts unknown.

K. Okleberry

R. Warren

1995

M.S.

Metabolism of selected antiviral agents in cells infected with resistant and sensitive strains of murine cytomegalovirus

Environmental Division, Salt Lake City-County Health Dept., Murray, UT

D. Diaz-Lopez

W. Brindley

1995

M.S.

Expression of hamster retinoic acid receptor b2 and b4 during development and the effect of retinoic acid

Univ. of Washington
Seattle, WA

R. Dugyala

R. Warren

1995

Ph.D.

Differential modulation of key cytokine expression by aflatoxin B1 and T-2 in male CD-1 mice

Study Director

Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp., Preclinical Safety

East Hanover, NJ

R. Miles

W. Doucette

1995

M.S.

Microcosm method for determining aerobic biodegradation in soil to investigate quantitative structure-biodegradability relationships

ENSR
Anchorage, AK

S. Rasmussen

S. Aust

1995

M.S.

Production and metabolism of parabenzoquinones by Phanerochaete crysosporium

Mycologics, Denver, CO

D. Barr

S. Aust

1994

Ph.D.

Free-radical reactions catalyzed by lignin peroxidase

Bruker Instruments, Billerica, MA

H.-Y. Kim

R. Coulombe

1994

Ph.D.

Molecular toxicology of pyrrolizidine alkaloids

NCDMF, Utah State Univ.
Logan, UT

B. Moscon

R. Sharma

1994

M.S.

Biotransformation and cell permeability of various nucleosides analogs in normal and viral-infected human fibroblasts

U.S. Navy
Yuma, AZ

C. Radtke

A. Anderson

1994

M.S.

Competition between soil microorganisms and the white rot fungi

INEEL, Idaho Falls, ID

S. Everett

R. Sharma

1994

M.S.

Pharmacodynamics and toxicodynamics of inotropic drugs in calves with natural and artificial hearts

Utah Department of Environmental Quality, Salt Lake City, UT

Y.-W. Kim

R. Sharma

1993

Ph.D.

Characterization and localization of retinoic acid receptors in hamster fetus

Ministry of Agriculture Forestry & Fisheries, Seoul, Korea

D. DeSilva

S. Aust

1993

Ph.D.

Role of ferritin and ceruloplasmin in mammalian iron metabolism and free radical toxicities

ARUP Laboratories-Idaho Technology, Idaho Falls, ID

G. Suri

S. Oberg

1991

M.S.

Circulating immune complexes in autism

Loma Linda Univ. Riverside, CA

T. Ryan

S. Aust

1991

Ph.D.

Rat ceruloplasmin: characterization, gene expression and mechanism of action of iron catalyzed oxidations

Research Scientist, Eli Lilly and Co., Greenfield, IN

J. Li

S. Aust

1991

M.S.

Iron release from rat liver ferritin and lipid peroxidation by adriamycin

Univ. of California, San Francisco, CA

Y. Hatori

R. Sharma

1990

M.S.

Immunosuppression by aflatoxin B1 in C57BL/6 mice and its relationship with neuroendocrine mechanisms.

Institute of Whole Body Metabolism
Chiba, Japan

A. Hatori

R. Sharma

1990

M.S.

Distribution of retinoic acid and cellular retinoic acid binding protein in the hamster fetus

Institute of Whole Body Metabolism
Chiba, Japan