Program Alumni
Graduates of the Molecular and Developmental Biology Graduate Program at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Research Foundation have gone on to careers in academia, industry, law, computer science and government.
Many have achieved postdoctoral fellowships in some of the top research laboratories in the country and advanced to faculty positions at leading universities and undergraduate colleges.
Program graduates also have reached leadership positions in business and the growing biomedical technology industry.
| Name |
Title(s) |
Company / Institution |
Reserch Interests |
| Tracy Reed, PhD |
Associate Professor of Biology |
College of Mt. St. Joseph |
The role of phosphodesterase 1B in the Central Nervous System |
| Kathryn A. Wikenheiser-Brokamp, MD, PhD |
Assistant Professor of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine and Pulmonary Biology |
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center |
Roles and molecular mechanisms whereby Rb/p16, p53 and Dicer1 signaling control lung development and responses to lung injury with a focus towards understanding functions critical in the pathogenesis of lung disease |
| Chester W. Brown, MD, PhD |
Assistant Professor of Molecular and Human Genetics and Pediatrics |
Baylor College of Medicine |
TGF-beta superfamily signaling: obesity, diabetes and metabolism, embryonic development and reproduction |
| John Schimenti, PhD |
Professor of Genetics
Director, Center for Vertebrate Genomics |
Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine |
Genetics/genomics of mammalian genome maintenance, gametogenesis and development |
| Stephen Small, PhD |
Professor of Biology
Director of Graduate Studies |
New York University |
Spatial control of gene transcription during early Drosophila development |
| Thomas L. Brown, PhD |
Associate Professor of Neuroscience, Cell Biology & Physiology
Director, Laboratory of Cell Death, Differentiation and Development
President and Chief Scientific Officer |
Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine
Apoptrol, LLC. |
Apoptosis, Hypoxia, Placental Development, Stem Cell Differentiation, Gene Targeting and Therapeutics |
| Timothy Weaver, PhD |
Co-Director, Division of Pulmonary Biology
Co-Director, Molecular & Developmental Biology Graduate Program
Professor of Pediatrics
Professor of Molecular & Cellular Physiology |
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center |
The structural basis for surfactant protein function and to identify the roles of these proteins in lung development and postnatal pulmonary physiology |
Contact Us
For more information about the Molecular and Developmental Biology Program at Cincinnati Children's and the University of Cincinnati, email mdbprog@cchmc.org or call 513-636-4545. You can also request an application packet online.
