-- Department of Environmental Medicine --
Ph.D. Program in Toxicology
| Career Options |
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Many exciting career opportunities are available to our PhD and postdoctoral students.
Some new PhD graduates initially move to a postdoctoral fellowship, while others
go directly into positions of responsibility with governmental agencies,
research institutes, and chemical and pharmaceutical companies.
Here are some examples. (See also a complete list of all our PhD graduates from 2000 to the present, with their current positions.) |
| Alumni in Academia | |
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*Angela Bush ’08 Rosemarie Marchan ’07 Julian Castaneda ’07 John P. Norman ’07 Peter F. Vitiello ’07 Zhihu (Gerald) Zhong ’07 Tara Arndt ’06 Yu (Agnes) Luo ’06 Carissa Filbrandt-Childs ’06 Elizabeth Ryan ’06 David G. Farrer ’06 Geniece Lehmann ’06 Mary Williamson ’05 Russell W. Garrett ’05 David M. Lehmann ’05 Christine Hammond ’04 Amber Wyman ’04 Christine Palermo ’04 *Tracey Simmons-Willis ’03 Junguo Zhou ’03 Thomas K. Lee, MD, PhD ’02 Huei-Ju Ting ’02 Ray Rancourt ’02 Elizabeth Lipscomb ’01 *Stephanos Krykanides.DDS,PhD’99 Patrick D. Sarmiere ’01 Sang-ki Park ’00 *Alison Elder ’99 *Irene Perillo, MD, PhD ’00 Andrew Wallace ’98 *Christopher Stodgell ’97 Matthew J. Mahon ’95 Teresa Liberati,DVM,PhD,’95 *Vincent Markowski ’95 Mark Plessinger ’95 Lisa Opanashuk ’94 *Robert McBride ’92 *Thomas Simmons ’91 Susan M. Robey-Bond ’90 Mark Hahn ’88 Bruce Holm ’87 *Michael Aschner ’86 Richard Gallo ’86 Chiu-Wing Lam ’84 *Lawrence H. Lash ’86 *Dale L. Phelps, MD ’86 *M. Christopher Newland ’86 Ned Ballatori ’84 Ellen Henry ’84 *G. David Gentry ’82 *Deborah A. Cory-Slechta ’82 *Hiroshi Satoh, MD ’81 Chiharu Tohyama ’81 Marc A. Rozner ’80 John B. Morris ’80 Norman F. Angell ’79 *Atila Bozkurt ’78 *Kimiko Hirayama ’77 Thomas Gasiewicz ’77 *William H. Merigan ’77 *Sander Stern ’77 Paul Kostyniak ’76 *Tore Syverson ’75 Richard D. Irons ’75 *Hans-Rudolph Berthoud ’75 *Ronald W. Wood ’75 *M. George Cherian ’74 *Zahir A. Shaikh ’73 Gary M. Whitford, DMD, ’72 *Hugh L. Evans ’71 |
Assistant Professor / George Gwinnett College Postdoctoral Student / Dortmund, Germany Veterinary student / Cornell University Juris Doctoral Candidate / Yeshiva University Sch. of Law Postdoctoral Fellow / U. of Rochester School of Med. Postdoctoral Fellow / U. of Rochester School of Med. MD Student / U. of Rochester School of Medicine Postdoctoral Fellow / National Inst. of Health Law Student / U. at Buffalo Law School Research Assist. Professor / U. of Rochester Sch. of Med. Postdoctoral Fellow / Oregon State U. Postdoctoral Fellow / U. of Rochester School of Med. Assistant Professor / Boston U. School of Medicine Postdoctoral Fellow / U. of Pennsylvania Postdoctoral Fellow / U. of Rochester School of Med. Postdoctoral Res. Assoc. / U. of Roch. Sch. of Med. Instructor / Finger Lakes Community College Postdoctoral Fellow / Tulane U. Medical School Assistant Professor / Texas Southern U. Postdoctoral Fellow / National Inst. Environ. Hlth Sciences Resident / Johns Hopkins Hospital Postdoctoral Res. Associate / U. of Rochester Sch. of Med. Postdoctoral Fellow / Nat’l Jewish Medical Research Ctr Postdoctoral Fellow / Harvard Medical School Associate Professor / U. of Rochester School of Med. Postdoctoral Fellow / Colorado State U. Assistant Professor / Col. of Pharmacy, St.John’s U. Research Assistant Professor / U. of Rochester Sch. of Med. Assistant Professor / U. of Rochester Sch. of Med. Assistant Professor / North Carolina State U. Assistant Professor / U. of Rochester School of Med. Assistant Professor / Harvard Medical School Research Professor / Southern Illinois Sch. of Med. Associate Professor / U. of Southern Maine Assistant Professor / U. of Rochester Sch. of Med. Associate Professor / U. of Rochester Sch. of Med. Professor / LaRoche College Professor & Director / Indiana U. of Penn. Researcher/Analyst / U. of Vermont Senior Scientist / Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst. Professor & Sr Vice-Provost / U. at Buffalo Professor / Vanderbilt U. School of Medicine Associate Professor / U. of California, San Diego Associate Professor / U.of Texas Medical School and NASA JSC Professor / Wayne State U. School of Med. Professor / U. of Rochester School of Med. Alumni Professor / Auburn University Professor / U. of Rochester School of Medicine Research Asst. Professor / U. of Rochester Sch. of Med. Professor / College of Charleston Professor / Rutgers University Professor / Tohoku U. School of Medicine Professor / University of Tokyo, Japan Professor / U. of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Ctr Professor / U. of Connecticut Associate Professor / Albany Medical College Professor / Hacettepe U. Faculty of Medicine Professor / Kumamoto U. College of Medical Sch., Japan Professor / U. of Rochester School of Medicine Professor / U. of Rochester School of Medicine Research Asst. Professor / U. of Rochester Sch. of Med. Professor / SUNY Buffalo Professor / Norwegian U. of Science, Trondheim, Norway Professor / U. of Colorado-Denver and Hlth. Sciences Ctr Professor / Louisiana State University Research Assoc. Professor / U. of Rochester Sch. of Med. Professor / U. of Western Ontario School of Med. Professor / U. of Rhode Island School of Pharmacy Regents Professor / Medical College of Georgia Professor / New York U. School of Medicine |
| Research Institutes and Governmental Agencies | |
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*Indika Endirisinghe ’08 Donna Wai Ling Lee ’05 Madhuri Singal ’05 *T. Scott Thurmond ’01 Dawn R. Clifton ’00 Gregory W. Mango ’00 Penelope A. Rice ’00 Edward G. Barrett ’99 Amy Lavin ’98 John Breen ’95 Sandra Baird ’92 George Gray’89 Steven Gavett ’89 *John Liccione ’88 Steven Gilbert ’86 *Michael A. Babich ’84 Chiu-Wing Lam ’83 Polly Sager ’82 David Thomas ’78 Kirk Kitchen ’77 Owen Moss ’77 Tina Levine ’75 Tor Norseth ’72 |
Sr. Scientist & Res. Asst. Prof. / National Ctr. for Food Safety & Technology Postdoctoral Fellow / Buck Inst. Age Res. Manager / Respiratory Sciences, Research Inst. for Fragrance Materials Regulatory Toxicologist / U.S. Food and Drug Admin. Postdoctoral Fellow / NIAID, Rocky Mt. Labs, MT Criminalist / Oklahoma State Bureau of Investig. Investigator / U.S. Food and Drug Admin. Associate Scientist / Lovelace Respiratory Res. Inst. Scientific Project Manager / ILSI Health & Env.Sci.Inst. Health Scientist / Ctrs for Dis. Control&Prevention Toxicologist / MA, U. S. E. P. A. Asst Administrator, Research. / U. S. E. P. A. Research Biologist / U. S. E. P. A. Office of Pesticide Program / U. S. E. P. A. Director / Inst. Neurotox. & Neurological Disorders Program Coordinator / U.S. Consumer Products Safety Senior Scientist, Toxicologist / Johnson Space Center Associate Director / NIAID,Inst.Research–Infect.Dis. Research Toxicologist / U. S. E. P. A. Research Toxicologist / U. S. E. P. A. Senior Scientist / CIIT Center for Health Research Director / Hlth Effects Div., Office of Pesticides, E.P.A. Research Director, Nat. Inst. of Occupat. Health, Norway |
| Chemical and Pharmaceutical Companies | |
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*David Aremu ’08 Erik K. Rushton ’07 Sean C. Gehen ’07 Pheona Radcliffe ’06 Jason Roper ’05 Gary Minsavage ’04 *Vanessa Silva ’04 *Napoleon Alejandro ’03 Tenea Watson ’03 Daniel Nazarenko ’01 Kevin French ’01 Stephen Dertinger ’00 Amy Lavin ’99 *James Rebbeor ’98 Clarice Chen ’98 Stephanie Powlin ’97 Carol Eisenmann ’94 Jonathan Obourn ’94 Mary Richardson ’94 Daniel Widzowski ’93 Ethan Burstein ’92 *Nina Patel ’91 Henry Sadowski ’91 Claire Gavin ’91 *Hiroyoshi Matsumoto ’90 Jay Fine ’89 Gary Chellman ’84 Ronald Gerson ’83 *Richard McKee ’81 Timothy Landry ’80 Douglas Kornbrust ’80 Arthur Levin ’80 |
Toxicologist / Proctor & Gamble Toxicologist / Exxon Mobil Senior Toxicologist / Dow Agro Sciences Senior Research Scientist / Colgate Palmolive Co. Study Director / WIL Research Laboratories Senior Toxicologist / Exxon Mobil Biomed. Sciences Staff Toxicologist / Proctor &aqmp; Gamble Senior Scientist / Bochringer Ingelheim Pharmaceut. Research Scientist / Gilead Sciences Associate Director / Fulcrum Pharma Developments Senior Research Scientist / Apogee Biotechnologies Laboratory Director / Litron Laboratories Scientific Program Manager / Intl. Life Sciences Inst. Process Development Specialist / Bayer Corporation Res. Investigator / Bristol-MyersSquibb Pharm.Res.Inst. Manager in Toxicol. / Bristol-Myers Squibb Senior Toxicologist / Cosmetic Toiletry & Frag. Ass. Exploratory Development Director / Pfizer Section Head Toxicologist / Proctor & Gamble Pharma. Principal Scientist / Astra Zeneca Director of Biosciences / Acadia Pharmaceut. Senior Biochemical Toxicologist / Eli Lilly Senior Scientist / ENZO Biochemical Senior Principal Scientist / Pfizer Deputy Senior Director / Banyu Pharmaceut. Co.,Japan Associate Director / Schering-Plough Res. Institute Senior Vice-President / CharlesRiver Preclinical Sci. Vice-President Development / Endo Pharmaceut. Scientific Associate / ExxonMobil Biomed. Sci. Research Associate / Dow Chemical Executive Consulting Vice Pres./ Acuity Pharmaceut. Sr Vice President, Drug Devel. / ISIS Pharmaceut. |