Division of Physiology, Dissertations

Doctor of Philosophy 2002

Jack Wang (March 28, 2002)
Advisor: Dr. Robert Fitzgerald

Doctor of Philosophy 2001

Judy Keen
Advisor: Dr. Marsha Wills-Karp

Doctor of Philosophy 2000

Leo E. Otterbein
Advisor: Dr. Augustine Choi
Thesis Title: Carbon Monoxide: The Potential Mechanism of Cytoprotection Conferred by Heme Oxygenase-1.

Dimitrios Georgakopoulos
Advisor: Dr. Wayne Mitzner
Thesis Title: Development of Pressure-Volume Relations in the Mouse with Application to a Mouse Model of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Christopher Evans - (10/20/2000)
Advisor: Dr. Allison Fryer

Doctor of Philosophy 1999

Pamela T. Stetkiewicz
Advisor: Dr. Marsha Wills-Karp
Thesis Title: A Human Airway Epithelial Derived Protein Suppresses T Lymphocyte Proliferation by Arresting Cells in Phase G1 of the Cell Cycle.

Michael S. Davis
Advisor: Dr. Arthur Freed
Thesis Title: The Effects of Repeated Hyperventilation with Unconditional Air on Canine ways.

Michael A. Alexander
Advisor: Brad Undem
Thesis Title: Modulation of Airway Sensory Nerve Activity.

Doctor of Philosophy 1998

Douglas Kuperman
Advisor: Marsha Wills-Karp, PhD
Thesis Title: An Immunogenetic Model of Allergic Asthma

Kristen E. Belmonte
Advisor: Allison Fryer, PhD
Thesis Title: Insulin Modulates Function of Pulmonary Neuronal Inhibitory M2 Muscarinic Receptors.

Doctor of Philosophy 1997

Robert William Clarke
Advisor: George J. Jakab, PhD
Thesis Title: Particle-Associated Sulfate and Lung Toxicity.

Doctor of Philosophy 1996

Chung-Long Chou
Advisor: Machiko Shirahata, MD
Thesis Title: Effects of Hypoxia on Potassium Channel Activities of Arterial Chemoreceptor Cells.

Kathryn Alison McClelland Yarkony
Advisor: Allison Fryer, PhD
Thesis Title: On the Role of Nitric Oxide Synthase in Pulmonary Neuronal M2 Muscarinic Receptor Function.

Doctor of Philosophy 1995

Xiaoling Chen
Advisor: Marsha Wills-Karp, PhD
Thesis Title: Role of T Lymphocytes and Cytokines in Ozone-Induced Murine Pulmonary Inflammation.

Susan Lynn Ewart
Advisor: Wayne Mitzner, PhD
Thesis Title: Airway Hyperresponsiveness Genetic Mapping and Immunology Studies in Mice.

Linda Marie Gambone
Advisor: Paul Murray, PhD
Thesis Title: Inhalation Anesthesia and Endothelium-Dependent and -Independent Vasodilation in the Canine Pulmonary Circulation.

Malinda Vaughn Longphre
Advisor: Steve Kleeberger, PhD
Thesis Title: Models of Acute Lung Injury: Genetic Control and the Role of the Mast Cell.

Susan Alyson Wood
Advisor: Wayne Mitzner, PhD
Thesis Title: Analysis of Three Dimensional Lung Structure During Inflation Using Computed Tomography.

Master of Science 1995

Beek Yoke Chin
Advisor: Ermst Wm. Spannhake, PhD
Thesis Title: Mechanisms of IL-8 Synthesis in Human Bronchial Epithelial Cells Exposed to Ozone.

Vu L. Truong
Advisor: Steve Kleeberger, PhD
Thesis Title: Design, Synthesis and Targeted Delivery of Immuno-Microspheres in vitro and in vivo.

Doctor of Philosophy 1993

Brendan Canning
Advisor: Brad Undem, PhD
Thesis Title: Relaxant Innervation of Guinea Pig Trachealis.

Amy Schultheis
Advisor: Allison Fryer, PhD/David Bassett, PhD
Thesis Title: The Effect of Ozone on Inflammatory Cell Infiltration and Airway Hyperresponsiveness in the Guinea Pig Lung.