Pharmacology & Toxicology: Graduate Program Alumni

Amy Cooper, PhD (Summer 2022)
Mentor: Casey Wright, PhD
Position: Post-Doc at MD Anderson Cancer Center

Eric A. Wold, PhD (Spring 2021)
Mentor: Jia Zhou, PhD
Position: Post-Doc at Rice University

Luke Bourner, PhD (Spring 2021)
Mentor: Casey Wright, PhD
Position: Post-Doc at Elli Lilly

Catherine Sampson, PhD (Summer 2020)
Mentor: Jonathan Hommel, PhD
Position: Post-Doc at The University of Texas Medical Bran ch

Cynthia Tapia, PhD (Summer 2020)
Mentor: Fernanda Laezza M.D., PhD
Position: Post-Doc at The University of Texas Medical Branch

Victoria Dobbie Brehm, MS (Spring 2020)
Mentor: Kathryn Cunningham, PhD
Position: Medical School Student at The University of Texas Medical Branch

Michelle Land, PhD (Spring 2020)
Mentor: Noelle C. Anastasio, PhD
Position: Post-Doc at Baylor College of Medicine

Dennis Sholler, PhD (Fall 2019)
Mentor: Kathryn Cunningham, PhD
Position: Post-Doc at John Hopkins University

Veronica Campbell, MS (Summer 2019)
Mentor: Noelle C. Anastasio, PhD
Position: Mission Work

Shariq Ali, MD, PhD (Spring 2019)
Mentor: Erik Rytting, PhD
Position: Residency Match -
Surgery-Prelim, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
Radiology/Research, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School

Omneya Nassar, PhD (Spring 2019)
Mentor: Bernard M. Pettitt, PhD
Position: Post-Doc at The University of Texas Medical Branch

Jonathan Luisi, PhD (Spring 2019)
Mentor: Massoud Motamedi, PhD
Position: Post-Doc at The University of Texas Medical Branch


Christopher Wild, PhD (Spring 2018)
Mentor: Jia Zhou, PhD
Position: Department Chair of Chemistry, Engineering, Geology, and Physics and Distinguished Faculty of Chemistry at San Jacinto College

Sanaalarab Al Enazy, PhD (Fall 2017)
Mentor: Erik Rytting, PhD
Position: Post-Doc in the Department of Neurosurgery at MD Anderson in Houston

Barsam Mirfattah, PhD (Fall 2017)
Mentor: Kangling Zhang, PhD
Position: Post-Doc

Ches'Nique Phillips, PhD (Fall 2017)
Mentor: Mark Hellmich, PhD
Position: Post-Doc at LSU Health Science Center at New Orleans

Yafang Zhang, PhD (Fall 2016)
Mentor: Thomas Green, PhD
Position: Post-Doc at University of Pennsylvania

Syed Ali, PhD (Summer 2016)
Mentor: Fernanda Laezza, M.D., PhD
Position: Post-Doc at Yale University

Valentina Fokina, PhD (Summer 2016)
Mentor: Mahmoud S. Ahmed, PhD
Position: Post-Doc at University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

Muayad Almahariq, M.D., PhD (Spring 2016)
Mentor: Xiadong Cheng, PhD
Position: Resident in Radiation Oncology at Beaumont Health System

Musaad Alshammari, PhD (Spring 2016)
Mentor: Fernanda Laezza, M.D., PhD
Position: Chair and Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology and Director of Innovation Unit at King Saud University

Tahani Alshammari, PhD (Spring 2016)
Mentor: Fernanda Laezza, M.D., PhD
Position: Tenure-track Assistant Professor at King Saud University

Yaohua Hu, PhD (Spring 2016)
Mentor: Xiadong Cheng, PhD
Position: Post-Doc at UTHSC at Houston

Norah Alberkairi, PhD (Summer 2015)
Mentor: Erik Rytting, PhD
Position: Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmacology at King Faisal University