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Postgraduate Trainees

Name Position Dates Current Status
Éva Fekete1 Post-doc 2003-2005
2008-2011 		Asst Professor, Univ of Pécs, Hungary
Assistant Scientist, U. Wisconsin-Madison 
Valentina Sabino2 PhD (2006)/Post-doc 2003-2009 Asst Professor, Boston University
Shinichi Iwasaki Visiting Post-doc 2005-2006 Asst Professor, Osaka City Univ Med School
Pietro Cottone3 PhD (2007)/Post-doc 2005-2009 Asst Professor, Boston University
Yanina Grant Visiting MS student 2005 M.S., Oklahoma State University
Luca Steardo Visiting MD student 2007 Resident, Univ of Rome “La Sapienza”, Italy
Yu Zhao Post-doc 2006-2008 Scientist, Amylin Pharmaceuticals
Marian Logrip4 Post-doc 2008- Research Associate, TSRI
Jennifer Frihauf5 Graduate student 2008- PhD Student, UCSD Neurosci Grad Group
Sarah Parylak6 Post-doc
 2008-2012 Staff Researcher, Salk Institute
Alessandra Dicitore Visiting Scientist 2008 Research Fellow, Second Univ of Naples

1 Hungarian Eotvos Fellowship 2003, 2007

2 2006 National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Awardee

3 2007 National Institute on Drug Abuse K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Awardee

4 2010 National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Postdoctoral NRSA Awardee

5 2011 National Institute on Drug Abuse Predoctoral NRSA Awardee

6 2010 National Institute on Drug Abuse Predoctoral NRSA Awardee

Technicians

Name

Dates

Jeanette Helfers

2007-11

Molly Brennan

2007-08

Pregraduate Trainees (* denotes honors thesis)

 
at the University of Pennsylvania (1993-1996):
Name Years Left To or Current Position
Marni Borricelli 1994
Allison Cherner (Bender) * 1995-96 BusinessLogic Corp.
Kristin Dolte (McNaughton)* 1995 MHS Johns Hopkins / Merck
Jason Kessler* 1994-95 MD, MPH Columbia Univ. School of Medicine
Heather Lieberman (Zinkin)* 1995-96 MD NYU / Asst. Prof. Mass Gen Hospital
Vaughn Mankey* 1995-96 MD Harvard Medical School, Psychiatry
Samir Shah 1994-96 ExlPharma, Executive Vice President
Partha Sinha 1994-96 MD, PhD Tufts/Mass Gen Hosp., Endocrinology
Fernando Suarez-Rivas 1993-94 co-Head N. America financials, JPMorgan Chase
at The Scripps Research Institute) (1997-present):
Name Years Left To or Current Position
Diego Castaneda 1997 Dr.PH. UC-Berkeley, MPH SDSU
Stephen Schneid 1997 Health Sciences Educator, UCSD School of Med.
Lindsay Reinhardt * 1998-99 Clinical Trial Coordinator, UCSD School of Med.
Carmen Carrillo 1998-99 PhD Program Princeton, MPH Johns Hopkins
Victoria Bender 2000 Asst. to Dr. Ren Sun, UCLA Pharmacology
Minette Unson (Pineda) 2001 Registered Nurse (RN)
Andrea Cugini (Spencer) 2002 FoxFury Lighting Solutions
Maegan Mattock 2002-04 Project Coordinator, UCLA IRLE Institute
Cherie Virtitas (Falvey) 2005 MPH Yale School of Public Health, now UCSF
Lara Pockros 2006-07 PhD Psychology Program, Arizona State University
Belinda Leos 2007 Research Technician, Scripps Research Institute
Michael Douglas 2007
Justin Bokhoor 2007 MD student, U. Miami School of Medicine
Kimberly Lally 2007 Teacher, Orange County
Stephanie de la Cruz 2008-09 PharmD program, U. of the Incarnate Word
Elizabeth Wolf 2008-09 Ph.D. Psychology program, Pepperdine University
Meaghan Dischler 2009 Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)
John Sekab 2009-10 PharmD program, Mass College Pharm&Health Sci
Mariam Asrdyzhyan 2010 PharmD program, Loma Linda U. Pharmacy
Adrianne Remigio 2010 PharmD program
Edward Vaisberg 2010 Senior (2012), Dartmouth University
Melissa Kramer 2010 MD program, SUNY-Stony Brook
David Howard 2010
Natalie Gill 2010
Rheall Roquet * 2010-12 PhD program, UT-Austin, Behav. Neuroscience
Eunice Kim 2011 PharmD program, UCSF
Jaimie Shubin 2011 Applicant, MSN Nursing graduate school
Daniel Le 2011
Daniel Kim 2011
Nate Balmert 2011
Tiffany Andres 2011 Research Technician, White Labs Inc.
Ryan Chen 2011-12
Jean Kim 2011-12 Applicant, PhD Neuroscience graduate school
Michelle Hong 2011-12 Intern, Wintherix
San Diego area high school students at The Scripps Research Institute
Name Years Left To or Current Position
Minh (Alvin) Huynh 2004 Technician, Baxter Bioscience
Rosie Alevas 2004
Sujin Park 2009 Undergraduate, Stanford University
Michelle Doyle 2009 Undergraduate, Tufts University
Paola Odriozola 2010 Undergraduate, UC—Berkeley (Full scholarship)
Gustavo Chavez 2010 Undergraduate, Stanford University
Jessica Becker 2011 Undergraduate, UCLA