Recent Trainee Awards 
Catherine Rondelli, recent NIEHS Toxicology Training Program Trainee, accepts the Betty Williams Scholarship, from Dr. Cary Cooper, Vice President and Dean of the UTMB Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. 
Julia Bohannon, recent Pre-doctoral NIEHS Toxicology Training Program Trainee, pictured with her training mentor Dr. Tracy Toliver-Kinsky (far right), and Mr. and Mrs. Zinn; accepting the 2010 Edith and Robert Zinn Presidential Scholarship from the UTMB Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. 
Jazmin Ruiz, NIEHS Toxicology Training Program Trainee, accepts the 2010 James A. Hokanson, PhD, Endowed Scholarship, from Dr. Cary Cooper, Vice President and Dean of the UTMB Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. 
Luke Koong, NIEHS Pre-doctoral Trainee, is working in the laboratory of UTMB Toxicology Training Program Faculty Trainer Dr. Cheryl Watson. 
Lindsay Reese, former NIEHS Pre-Doctoral Fellow, now a 2011 Post-Doctoral Trainee at the University of Oregon Health and Science University. |
Current - Predoctoral Fellows | Name | Mentor | Program | Description | | Daniel Jackson | Cornelis Elferink
| Cell Biology | Characterization of a novel protein interaction with the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor following exposure to polycyclic and halogenated aromatic hydrocarbons | Barbara Rolls
| Bill Ameredes
| Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | Effects of carbon monoxide on airway cell metabolic and inflammatory mechanisms. | | Luke Koong | Cheryl Watson | Cell Biology | Physiological, pharmaceutical, and environmental estrogens’ actions via membrane estrogen receptors and their role in inhibiting or exacerbating prostate tumor cell growth. | | Anita Reno | Bill Ameredes | Cell Biology | Investigate the role of sulfur dioxide (SO2) in the pathogenesis of asthm | Current - Postdoctoral Fellows | Name | Mentor(s) | Description | | Leopoldo Aguilera-Aguirre | Istvan Boldogh | Basic mechanisms by which environmental toxicants induce inflammation; examination of the role of OGG1-initiated DNA damage/repair in innate and allergic inflammatory processes in the airways. | | Nicole Bjorklund | Giulio Taglialatela
| Discovery of synaptic mechanisms mediating oligomeric Aβ toxicity and associated cognitive dysfunction; in the; human; hippocampus and frontal cortex | Courtney Cross
| Sherif Abdel-Rahman
| Investigating the role of environmental-exposure driven increase in reactive oxygen species on aberrant miRNA expression in first-trimester placental trophoblasts.
| Jason Herring
| Lawrence Sowers
| Measuring DNA markers of inflammation and epigenetic changes by mass spectrometry to understand the link between exposure to environmental toxins such as benzene and cancer development. | Representative Alumni - Predoctoral Fellows | Name | Grad Year | Mentor | Current Position | | Lindsay Reese | 2010 | Guilio Taglialatela | Postdoctoral trainee, Dept of Pathology, Oregon Health & Science University | | Ann Wozniak | 2010 | Steven A. Weinman | Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept of Internal Medicine, The University of Kansas Medical Center | | Carla Kinslow | 2008 | Sherif Abdel-Rahman | Sr. Toxicologist, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality | | Rebecca Alyea | 2008 | Cheryl Watson | NIEHS Postdoctoral Fellow, UT Marine Science Institute | | Marty Gill | 2007 | J. Regino Perez-Polo | Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois | | Andrew Kurtz | 2003 | R. Stephen Lloyd | Projects Manager, Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program, National Cancer Institute (NCI), Bethesda, MD. | | Dora Bocangel | 2003 | Sankar Mitra | Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX. | | Celeste Finnerty | 1998 | Cheryl Watson | Assistant Professer, Department of Surgery, Unviersity of Texas Medical Branch | | Sylvette Ayala-Torres | 1998 | E. Brad Thompson | Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, The University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, San Juan, PR | Representative Alumni - Postdoctoral Fellows | Name | Grad Year | Mentor | Current Position | | Jang Yi | 2010 | Allan Braiser | Research Scientist, Integrated Bioscience and Biotechnology Institute, South Korea | | Yonghong Zhao | 2006 | James Halpert | Molecular Discovery Technology, Research Scientist R & D Centocor/J&J | | Mike Schmeiderer | 2006 | Thomas Albretch | Director, DNA Identification Testing Division, LabCorp | | Kristen Mitchell | 2004 | Cornelis Elferink | Assistant Professor, Boise State University | | Tammy Dugas | 1999 | Mary Kanz | Associate Professor; Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Neuroscience, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA. | | Daniel Conklin | 1998 | Paul Boor | Associate Professor, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Louisville, Kentucky. | | Mark Merchant | 1994 | John Papaconstantinou | Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA. | |