Previous Lab Members

Previous Trainees/Students

Research Assistants

Stacey Thibodeau, 1999-2001
Patricia Wilson, 2002-2003
Sandra Li, 2002-2004

Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow

Huang photo Yanhong Huang, Ph.D.
Pathology, Baylor College of Medicine
"Lactobacillus and Intestinal Epithelial Cell Interactions"

Ph.D. Graduate

Pena Photo Jeremy "Ryan" A. Peña, M.S., Ph.D.
Molecular Virology & Microbiology Program
The Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine
Doctoral Thesis: "Molecular and Functional Studies of Intestinal Lactobacillus: Probiotics in Inflammatory Bowel Disease." April 2004.
Current Status: Medical Student
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas

yamani photo Essam Alyamani, M.S., Ph.D.
Pharmaceutical Science, Northeastern University
“Helicobacter hepaticus Catalase: Molecular Characterization and Its Role in the Immunopathogenesis of Hepatobiliary Diseases.” August 2006.
Current Status: Postdoctoral Fellow, Medical Microbiology
National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center, Bethesda, Maryland

M.D. Trainees

Molecular Genetic Pathology Fellows

Bobby Boyanton, M.D. (2006)
Current position: Medical Director
Department of Microbiology
William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan

Su Chen, M.D., Ph.D. (2005)
Current position: Assistant Professor
Department of Laboratory Medicine
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas

Sultan Habeebu, M.D., Ph.D. (2005)
Current position: Pediatric Pathology Fellow
Mercy Children’s Hospital
University of Kansas, Kansas City, Kansas

Gregory L. Blakey, M.D. (2004)
Current position: Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology
Medical Director, Microbiology
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Joseph F. Pulliam, M.D. (2003)
Current position: Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Associate Director, Immunomolecular Pathology
Chandler College of Medicine
University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky

David N. Feldman, M.D. (2003)
Current position: Attending Clinical Pathologist
St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston, Texas
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas

M.S. Graduates

Essam J. Alyamani, M.S., Medical Laboratory Science, Northeastern University. "Molecular Analysis of Human Gastrointestinal Microbiota in Ulcerative Colitis," completed 2001; Ph.D. Recipient, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, completed 2006; Postdoctoral Fellow in Medical Microbiology, National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center, Bethesda, Maryland.

Michael G. Dillon, M.S., Molecular Virology & Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine. "Microarray-based Studies of Lactobacillus: Host Interactions," completed 2006; Senior Research Assistant, Center for Cell and Gene Therapy, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.

Yahya Kurdi, M.S., Medical Laboratory Science, Northeastern University. "Murine Interleukin-10: Ligation Independent Cloning and Expression", completed 2001; Associate Scientist, Wyeth Research, Musculoskeletal Sciences Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Jeremy A. Peña, M.S., Medical Laboratory Science, Northeastern University. "Amplification and Analyses of Helicobacter pylori Antimicrobial Resistance Determinants from Gastric Biopsies," completed 2000; Ph.D. Recipient, Baylor College of Medicine, completed 2004; Medical Student, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.

Oliver M. Tuazon, Institute of Biology, Coll. of Science, University of Philippines "Molecular Diagnosis of Clarithromycin Resistance in Helicobacter pylori : Methods for Mutation Detection". Completed 2002. Instructor, Institute of Biology, University of the Philippines; Director, Kapuluan Study Center, University of the Philippines.

Undergraduate Students

Jeannette R. Gonzalez, Med. Lab. Science, Northeastern University, 1999-2000. Medical Student, The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, School of Osteopathic Medicine, Stratford, New Jersey.

Kerry McNeil, Medical Laboratory Science, Northeastern University, 2000-2001. Research Associate, Diagnostics Department, Genzyme Corporation, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Julia M. Sponaugle, Medical Student, Medical College of Georgia. Summer 2005 SMART Program participant, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.

Ania J. Szary, Materials Science and Engineering, MIT, 1999-2001. Medical Student, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

Stephen Turner, Graduate Student, Vanderbilt University. Summer 2005 SMART Program participant, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.

Brittany Young, Summer 2006 SMART Program participant, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.