Neuropeptide Lab Trainees 1976-2020
University of Colorado Medical School: 1976-1983
Judy Gasson, Ph.D., à Salk Institute - UCLA (Director, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center)
Ron Emeson, Ph.D., à Salk Institute - Joel G. Hardman Professor of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt
Chris Glembotski, Postdoc - Professor, Past Chair, Director, San Diego State University, Heart Institute
Bob Dores, Postdoc - Professor, Past Chair, Biology, University of Denver
Ann Marie Surprenant, Postdoc - Professor, University of Manchester, England
Dan Schwartzberg, M.D. - Radiologist, Atlanta GA (Schwartzberg Fund for the Neuropeptide Lab)
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine: 1983-2000
Allen C. Myers, Lab Tech - Associate Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Gary S. Wand, M.D., Postdoc - Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Victor May, Postdoc - Professor of Neurological Sciences, University of Vermont
Sheryl M. Sato, Postdoc - Program Director; Diabetes, Endocrinology, Metabolic Dis.; NIH
Edward I. Cullen, Postdoc - Assistant Professor, Medical College of New York
Adavi Murthy, Postdoc - Deceased
Mark West, Ph.D. - Postdoc Johns Hopkins
Ian M. Dickerson, Postdoc - University of Rochester, Associate Professor of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering
Larry P. Park, Lab Tech - Associate Professor of Medicine, Duke University; Global Epidemiologist, Durham, VA
Doris A. Stoffers, M.D., Ph.D. - Sylvan Eisman Professor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania; Director, Pancreatic Islet Core
Ken L. Marek, M.D., Postdoc - President, Institute for Neurodegenerative Disorders, New Haven
Elizabeth A. Thiele, M.D., Ph.D. - Harvard Prof Neurology; Director, Pediatric Epilepsy Program, MGH
Susan N. Perkins, Postdoc - Chief, Cancer Training Branch, National Cancer Institute, NIH
L’Houcine Ouafik, Postdoc - Professor, Faculte de Medecine, Marseilles, France
Sharon L. Milgram, Postdoc - Director, NIH Office of Intramural Training and Education
Brian T. Bloomquist, Postdoc - Manager, Global External Research and Development, Eli Lilly and Company
Gilles Noel, Postdoc - Director, Technology Transfer, University of Montreal
Jean-Yves Maltese, Postdoc - Oracle Database Expert, Universite Paul Cezanne
Francesco A. Tausk, Postdoc - Professor of Dermatology and Psychiatry, University of Rochester
Hye Young Yun, Ph.D. - Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Chung-Ahn University, South Korea
E. Jean Husten, Postdoc - Scientist, Teva Pharmaceuticals; Previously Cephalon; Both Pennsylvania
Ana Maria Oyarce, Postdoc - Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, University of Toledo, OH
An Zhou, Postdoc - Associate Professor of Neurobiology, Morehouse School of Medicine
Luc Paquet, Postdoc - Institut de Recherche en Pharmacologie, Universite de Sherbrooke, CA
Benjamin D. Caldwell, Postdoc - Dean, College of Graduate Studies and Research, Radford University, VA
Tracey A. Hand, Lab Tech - TheNutRoasters
Aparna S. Kolhekar, Postdoc - Regulatory Affairs Specialist, NIAID, NIH
M. Rashidul Alam, Postdoc - Professor and Chair, Biology, Montgomery College, Rockville Campus
Ruth Marx-Rattner, Postdoc - Research Associate, Johns Hopkins Medical School
Giuseppe D. Ciccotosto, Postdoc - Research Fellow, Pharmacology, Univ. Melbourne, Australia
Angela Bruzzaniti, Postdoc - Associate Professor of Oral Biology, University of Indiana
Tami C. Steveson, Postdoc - Professor of Science, Mercy College, Toledo OH
Peter Penzes, Postdoc - Ruth and Evelyn Dunbar Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University
Rajaa El Meskini, Postdoc - Senior Scientist, National Cancer Institute, Center for Advanced Preclinical Research, NIH
L. Chenie Bell, Postdoc - Scientist, Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research
Karen M. Braas, Postdoc - Associate Professor, Neurological Sciences, University of Vermont
UConn Health: 2000-2020
Xin-Ming Ma, Postdoc - Associate Professor of Neuroscience, UConn Health
Martin Schiller, Postdoc - Executive Director, Nevada Institute of Personalized Medicine
Joseph Bell, Postdoc - High School Science Teacher, Central High School, Philadelphia
Chana A. Rabiner, Ph.D. - Director, Global Health Programs, Infectious Disease Health Systems
Mark J. Niciu, M.D., Ph.D. - Staff Scientist, Neurobiology and Mood Disorders, NIMH
Clifton E. McPherson III, Postdoc - Regulatory CMC lead for Flublok, Sanofi Pasteur (Protein Science)
Xiaonan Xin, Postdoc - Instructor, Reconstructive Sciences, UConn School of Medicine
Francesco Ferraro, Postdoc - University of London; Now Staff Scientist, Stazione Zoologica, Naples, Italy
Mithu De, Postdoc - Postdoc, Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan
Jaqueline A. Sobota, D.D.S., Ph.D. - Associate Professor, Hofstra School of Medicine; Chief, North Shore University Hospital
Drew D. Kiraly, M.D., Ph.D. - Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Wake Forest University
Eric D. Gaier, M.D., Ph.D. - Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Harvard University; Boston Children's Hospital
Danielle Bousquet-Moore, Ph.D. - Clinical Team Lead, Syneos Health, Charlotte NC
Chitra Rajagopal, Ph.D. - Scientist, Abcam
Victor Francone, Postdoc - Associate Professor, Quinnipiac University
Christopher M. Mazzone, Lab Tech - Postdoc, Nat. Inst. Environmental Health Sci, Durham, NC
Prashant Mandela, Postdoc - Assistant Professor of Pharmacy, Notre Dame of Maryland University
Megan B. Miller, Ph.D. - Research Program Officer at USAID
Yan Yan, Postdoc - Instructor, University of Hartford
Vishwanatha Rao, Postdoc - Scientist, Alexion Pharmaceuticals, New Haven, CT
Dhivya Kumar, Ph.D. - Drug Discovery at Hexagon Bio
Taylor LaRese, Lab Tech - Medical Student, UConn Health
Andrew Yanik, Lab Tech - Medical Student, Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine
Jessie Yasko, Ph.D. - Biolegend
Mason Yeh, Postdoc - UCB Biosciences
Prem Shrestha, Postdoc - Postdoc, Yi Wu, UConn Health
Raj Luxmi, Postdoc UConn Health - Postdoc, Steve King, UConn Health
Kathryn Powers - Graduate Student, University of Washington
Lily Russo-Savage - Graduate Student, University of Vermont
Kuruthihalli Vishwanatha, PhD - Scientist, Alexion
Mathilde Bonnemaison, Ph.D. - Postdoctoral Fellow, College of Science and Math, UMass Boston
Collaborators
| UConn Health | United States | Foreign |
| Steve King | Stan Watson | Claude Lazure |
| Bing Hao | Huda Akil | Lucio Scopsi |
| Yi Wu | Henry Keutmann | Eckhard Weber |
| Jonathan Covault | Tony Koleske | Xavier Bertagna |
| Anne Kenny | Paul Taghert | Bruce Verchere |
| Zhao-Wen Wang | John Pintar | Nils Bäck |
| Eric Levine | Lloyd Fricker | Sylvia Gines |
| Xin-Ming Ma | Iris Lindberg | Rohini Kuner |
| Isaac Moss | Ron Emeson | Norma Masson |
| Brent Graveley | Mario Amzel | Sir Peter Ratcliffe |
| Bojun chen | Jay Baraban | Giampaolo Trivellin |
| Kazuya Machida | Sabeeha Merchant | Elisa Araldi |
| Crysten Blaby-Haas | Jens Peter Goetze | |
| Martina Ralle | Ingrid Hunter | |
| Ninian Blackburn | Kevin Sheridan | |
| Jonathan Gitlin | Gerry Wilson |
Off to Medical School
Andrew Yanik and Taylor Larese
Wishing you both the best of luck!
Past Henderson Award Winner
