Former Students
 
 
 
Postdoctoral Fellows
Jean Wright, DVM 1995 Gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist (GnRHa) therapy alters activity of plasminogen activators (PA), matrix metalloproteinases (MMP) and of their inhibitors (PAI and MMPI) and thereby reduces postoperative adhesion formation and reformation following adhesiolysis in rat models for adhesion formation and endometriosis. Senior Research Veterinarian, Eli Lilly Inc., Indiana
Yuanjue Zhang, PhD 1996 Endometriotic lesion secretory proteins – their role in the pathogenesis of endometriosis MD from Oklahoma St. University, Physician
Marta Piva, PhD 1998 Cytokines altering gene expression and carbohydrate composition of haptoglobin by rat and human endometriotic lesions Assistant Professor,
Alcorn St. University, Mississippi
Renita Marshall, DVM 2006 Mechanisms by which endometriosis causes anomalies in ovarian function, oocyte quality and embryo development thereby reducing fecundity Assistant Professor,
Southern University, Louisiana
 
 
 
Ph.D. Students
Susan Nagel, PhD 1998 The role of serum and the physiology of delivery in determining the bioactive fraction of estradiol and xenoestrogens. Assistant Professor, University of Missouri - Columbia
William Ricke, PhD 2000 Extracellular matrix remodeling in ovine corpora lutea Assistant Professor, Department of Urology, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and Oncology, James P. Wilmot Cancer Center , University of Rochester
Melissa Larson, PhD 2000 Gene expression in preimplantation embryos of the mouse, pig and cow. Director, Transgenic & Gene-targeting Institutional Facility, University of Kansas Media Center
Kathryn Cox, PhD* 2001 MMP-3 in Uterus and Endometriosis Licensing Associate,University of Iowa Research Foundation
Kristin Sieren 2002 Left PhD program to take position in industry  
Jennifer Luth, PhD* 2006 A mouse model for phosphatidyl inositol-3 kinase (pi3k) mediated mammary gland transformation. Postdoctoral Fellowship at Washington University School of Medicine
Anne Poliness, MD, PhD 2007 Differentially expressed proteins in the peritoneal fluid and endometrial washings of women with and without endometriosis using proteomics Dept. Ob/Gyn, The Royal Women’s Hospital, University of Melbourne, Australia Physician-scientist in Melbourne, Australia
*Dissertation Supervisor      
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M.S. Students
Rick Schonback, MS 1992 Characterization of DNA synthesis and the transition from maternal to embryonic controls in the 4-cell Porcine embryo.  
Erik Kayl 1994   Deceased
Wendy Jolliff-Cullison, MS 1997 Parthenogenic development of in vitro-matured, in vivo-cultured porcine oocytes beyond blastocyst On hiatus raising two young boys
Randall Zimmer, MS 1998 Effects of 2-bromo-a-ergocriptine on pregnant pony mares during late gestation Sr. Research Specialist, Missouri Center for Reproductive Medicine and Fertility, University of Missouri (Timms lab)
Jennifer Luth 2002 Histone acetylation patterns in preimplantation porcine embryo's Continued in PhD Program at MU
Julie Weaver Stilley* 2008 TIMP-1 causes reduced fecundity in endometriosis Continuing in PhD Program at MU in my lab
*Thesis Supervisor      
 
 
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