GEBS Cluster in Immunology, Microbiology & Virology: Faculty
University of Rochester School of Medicine
Department of Microbiology & Immunology 
Students that Excel

Contact The Department

Brenda Knorr
University of Rochester 601 Elmwood Ave. Box 672 Rochester NY, 14642

585.275.3402

Email:
bknr@urmc.rochester.edu

Recent Alumni
Below is a listing of some recent graduates from the Ph.D. Program.

Name Year Current Position Website
Alim, Siddiq A. 2004 Postdoctoral Fellow
Fred Hutchison Cancer Center, Seattle, WA,
Lab. of Dr. Philip Greenberg
webpage
Brown, Deborah 2001 Sr. Postdoctoral Fellow,
Trudeau Institute, Saranac, NY,
Lab. of Dr. Susan Swain
webpage
Cardinale, Jean 1999 Assistant Professor,
Alfred University, Alfred, NY
webpage
Chatfield, Christa 2005 Postdoctoral Fellow,
Northwestern Univ School of Medicine, Chicago,
Lab of Dr. Nicholas Ciancotto
webpage
Diamond, Tracy L. 2004 Postdoctoral Fellow,
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine,
Lab of Dr. Fred Bushman
webpage
Fedyk, Eric 1996 Associate Director, Drug Safety Evaluation
Millenium Pharmaceuticals, Boston MA
webpage
Fozo, Elizabeth 2004 Postdoctoral Fellow,
NIH Child Health & Develop. Institute (NICHD),
Lab of Dr. Gisela Storz
webpage
Gerondelis, Peter 2001 Principal Scientist,
Glaxo SmithKline, Clinical Virology, RTP, NC
webpage
Gummuluru, Suryaram 1996 Assistant Professor,
Boston University
webpage
Hahn, Kristina 1999 Research Scientist,
Roche Molecular Diagnostics, Piscataway, NJ
webpage
Harris, Sarah 2001 Manager,
Biogen-IDEC, San Diego, CA
webpage
Hodge, Shekema 1999 Manager, Regulatory Affairs,
Wyeth, Pearl River, NY
webpage
Householder, Tracey 1999 Assistant Professor,
SUNY Brockport, Brockport, NY
webpage
Huang, Shin-Min 2002 Postdoctoral Fellow,
Novartis Genomics Institute, San Diego
webpage
Kao, Hui-I. 2004 Postdoc,
Johns Hopkins University, Lab of Dr. Carol Greider
(winner of the 2006 Lasker Award)
webpage
Kaufman, Julia 2004 Associate Scientist,
Rockefeller University,
Lab. of Dr. Robert Darnell
webpage
Kuhnert, Wendi 1999 Branch Sub-Chief, Hepatitis C Unit,
CDC, Atlanta, GA
webpage
Lugade, Amit 2006 Postdoctoral Fellow,
University of Chicago and HHMI, Chicago, IL,
Lab. of Dr. Albert Bendelac
webpage
Maguire, Casey 2006 Postdoctoral Fellow,
Mass General Hospital / Harvard Medical School, Lab. of Xandra Breakefield
webpage
Moran, James 1994-99 Postdoctoral Fellow, SPIRE Program,
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC,
Lab. of Dr. Balfour Sartour
webpage
Nguyen, Don 2004 Postdoctoral Fellow,
Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and HHMI,
Lab of Dr. Joan Massague
webpage
Pearson, James 1998 Senior Research Scientist, Microbia, Inc.,
Cambridge, MA
webpage
Rose, Robert C. 1997 Associate Professor of Medicine,
University of Rochester
webpage
Santos, Kathlyn 2006 Postdoctoral Fellow,
NIH Vaccine Research Center
webpage
Seavey, Matthew 2006 Postdoctoral Fellow,
University of Pennsylvania,
Lab. of Dr. Yvonne Paterson
webpage
Seed, Patrick (MD/PhD) 1996 Assistant Professor,
Duke University Medical School
webpage
Sempowski, Gregory 1997 Director, Lab of T Cell Biology,
Duke University Vaccine Institute, Durham, NC
webpage 
Smith, Roger S. 2002 Postdoctoral Fellow,
Harvard University, Lab of Dr. Stephen Lory
webpage
Snyder, Jennifer 2004 Post-doctoral Fellow,
Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology, San Francisco,  Lab. of Dr. Doug Nixon
webpage
Westbrook, Thomas 2003 Postdoctoral Fellow,
Harvard University and HHMI, Boston,
Lab of Dr. Stephen Elledge
webpage
Willis, Richard 2002 Postdoctoral Fellow,
National Jewish Medical Center and HHMI, Denver, Lab of Dr. Philippa Marrack
webpage
Earlier Alumni
A lengthier list of accomplished alumni can be found here:
http://www.rochester.edu/gradstudies/biological.html