{"id":39,"date":"2019-04-09T12:09:27","date_gmt":"2019-04-09T16:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/hurley-lab\/?page_id=39"},"modified":"2019-05-08T12:09:06","modified_gmt":"2019-05-08T16:09:06","slug":"our-team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/hurley-lab\/our-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Team"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our Team<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Current Lab Members<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Marja<\/p>\n

Marja M. Hurley, M.D.<\/p>\n

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\"Liping<\/p>\n

Liping Xiao, M.D., Ph.D.
\nASBMR Young Investigator<\/em><\/p>\n

View Bio<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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\"Sarah<\/p>\n

Graduate Student<\/strong>
\nSarah Mahonski, B.S.<\/p>\n

Medical Student
\n<\/strong>Chase Foster-Spence, B.S.<\/p>\n

\"Donyell<\/p>\n

Pre-Medical Student
\n<\/strong>Donyell Williams, B.A.
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Pre-Dental Student<\/strong>
\nSara Tavakoli<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Lab Alumni<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Biomedical Science Doctoral Students<\/div><\/h3>

Associate Advisor<\/strong><\/p>\n

2005: Dimitris Agas<\/p>\n

2006-2010: Heeseog Kang<\/p>\n

2013-2016: Emily Jacobs<\/p>\n

2015-2018: Xi Wang<\/p>\n

2016-2018: Jumana Alhamdi<\/p>\n

Major Advisor<\/strong><\/p>\n

2008-2012: Yurong Fei - 2010 Recipient of the Endocrine Society Outstanding Abstract Award; 2011 Recipient of the American Society of Bone and Mineral Research Young Investigator Award<\/p>\n

2014-2018: Patience Meo Burt - 2015 Recipient of the American Society Bone Mineral Research Young Investigator Award Recipient; 2017 Recipient of the ASBMR Young Investigator Travel Award<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

Biomedical Science Ph.D. Graduate Students Research Rotation<\/div><\/h3>

June 2004-August 2004: Lulu Li<\/p>\n

December 2004-September 2005: Dimitris Agas<\/p>\n

September 2007-December 2007: Kerry-Ann Stewart<\/p>\n

2010-2011: Eric James<\/p>\n

January 2014-May 2014: Patience Meo-Burt<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

Biomedical Science Masters Students<\/div><\/h3>

Associate Advisor<\/strong><\/p>\n

2018-Present: Sarah Mahonski<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

Postdoctoral Fellows<\/div><\/h3>

1996-1997: Maria Sabbietti Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Biology, University of Camerino, Italy<\/p>\n

1997-1999: Aldomar Montero M.D. - 1999 Recipient of the Young Investigator Award, American Society of Bone and Mineral Research<\/p>\n

1999-2002: Xuxia Zhang Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, UConn Health Center<\/p>\n

2000-2002: Takanori Sobue D.D.S., Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, UConn Health Center<\/p>\n

2002-2005: Takahiro Naganawa D.D.S., Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, UConn Health Center<\/p>\n

2001-2007: Liping Xiao M.D., Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, UConn Health Center - 2003 Recipient of the Young Investigator Award, American Society of Bone and Mineral Research; 2013 Henry Christian Award, American Federation for Medical Research<\/p>\n

2012-2013: Toru Nishikawa Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, UConn Health Center - 2013 Recipient of the Young Investigator Award, American Society Bone Mineral Research<\/p>\n

2013-2017: Erxia Du Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow - 2013 Selected to Participate in the EFF\/ASBMR Eighth Fellows Forum on Metabolic Bone Disease; 2016 Recipient of the Alice Jee Research Award, The Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS) 46th Sun Valley Workshop<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

Visiting Scientists<\/div><\/h3>

1994: Ana Verissimo M.D., Brown University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics - Recipient of the Clinical Trainee Investigator Award for Excellence in Research from the American Federation for Clinical Research\/American Society for Clinical Investigation<\/p>\n

2005-2006: Takanori Sobue D.D.S., Ph.D., Visiting Research Scientist, UConn Health Center<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

Residents\/Fellows<\/div><\/h3>

2000: Seema Aggarwal M.D., Resident in Medicine, UConn Health Center<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

Pre-Medical Student<\/div><\/h3>

2013-2014: Collin Homer-Buthiette - Recipient of the ASBMR Young Investigator Travel Award<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

Medical and Dental Students<\/div><\/h3>

UConn School of Medicine<\/strong><\/p>\n

June 1998-August 1998: Milton Brown - Winner of the First American College of Physicians Student Abstract Competition<\/p>\n

June 2000-August 2000: Ricardo Whyte<\/p>\n

June 2003-August 2003: Janelle Malette - Recipient of The Glenn\/American Federation for Aging Research Scholarship<\/p>\n

June 2003-August 2003: Wayne DeBeatham<\/p>\n

July 2004-August 2004: Eneze Abugunde - Recipient of the Johnson & Johnson Ethicon Endosurgery Basic Research Prize<\/p>\n

July 2004-August 2004: Thamrah Wright - Recipient of the Abbot Laboratories Research Excellence Prize<\/p>\n

2016: Valerie Dorcelus<\/p>\n

June 2019-August 2019: Chase Foster-Spence<\/p>\n

UConn School of Dental Medicine<\/strong><\/p>\n

June 1997-August 1997: Tamara Gravely - Recipient of the Elsevier Science Research Award<\/p>\n

June 1999-August 1999: Elllie Klingebeil<\/p>\n

June 2000-August 2000: Darnell Young<\/p>\n

July 2003-August 2003: Sophia Brown, Howard University School of Dental Medicine<\/p>\n

July 2009-August 2009: Roberta A Kelm<\/p>\n

June 2010-August 2010: Alaina Kessler<\/p>\n

June 2012-August 2012: Kadeem Bartley<\/p>\n

2015: Amaka Amakwe<\/p>\n

2015-2016: Johnny Joseph<\/p>\n

2017-2018: Grethel Millington - Recipient of the Developmental Dynamics Travel Award; 2018 Fibroblast Growth Factors in Development and Disease, Gordon Research Conference<\/p>\n

June 2018-August 2018: Satpal Jutla<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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