Post-doctoral Fellows, Visiting Scholars and Visiting Faculty

1)         Pocohantas Shearin Jones
Ph.D. - Microbiology & Immunology, Howard University
Summer, 1978
Present Position:
Interim Dean of Curriculum Programs
Science Department
Halifax Community College
100 College Drive
Weldon, NC 27890
jonessp@halifaxcc.edu
Ms. Jones was the first of three faculty people from the small, liberal arts college of St. Paul's, in Lawrenceville, VA, who worked in my laboratory during the summer. She, like Drs. Adesuyi and Bale who came after her, was supported by an NIH grant (Minority Hypertension Research Development Summer Program) in which I participated which was intended for faculty from minority institutions.

2)         Shankar S. Bale
Ph.D. - Genetics, Texas A&M
Summer 1979, 1986
Present Position:
Professor Emeritus, Department of Mathematics and Sciences
St. Paul's College
Lawrenceville, VA 23868 (currently living in Cary, NC)

3)         Sunday Adesuyi
Ph.D. - Bioorganic Chemistry, Howard University
Summer 1982, 1983-1984
Present Position:
Professor and Chairman, Department of Mathematics and Science
St. Paul's College
Lawrenceville, VA 23868
sadesuyi@stpauls.edu

4)         Toshiharu Kamitani
Ph.D. - Pharmacology, Kyoto University, Japan
1984 - 1985
Dr. Kamitani was fully supported for one year of study in our laboratory by Fujisawa Pharmaceutical Co. He is now an Executive Officer with Terumo Corporation where he supervises the research of several project areas.

5)         Gary Hambrecht
Ph.D. - Pharmacology, University of Texas at Galveston
1984 - 1986
Present Address:
unknown
Dr. Hambrecht received a two-year post-doctoral fellowship award from the Virginia Heart Association. He is now with a pharmaceutical company.

6)         Roman Haberl
M.D., University of Munich
1986 - 1987
Present Address:
Div. Neurol.,
Stadtisches Krankenhaus Munich-Harlaching
Sanatoriumsplatz 2
Munich 81545
GERMANY
r.haberl@khmh.de
Dr. Haberl was fully supported by an award from the German government (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) for a year of study in our laboratory. He now has both clinical and research responsibilities at his home institution in Munich where he is a Professor of Neurology and Chair of a Neurology Department.

7)         Shin Yoshino
Ph.D. - Cellular Immunology, Tohjoku University, Japan
1986 - 1987, Post-doctoral Fellow
Present Address: unknown

8)         Xiu-Mei Zhang
Ph.D. - Pharmacology, Shandong Medical University, People’s Republic of China
1987 - 1989, Visiting Scientist
1998 - 1999, Visiting Scientist
Present Address:
Chair, Department of Pharmacology
Shandong Medical University
44 W. Wenhua Road
Jinan, Shandong 250012
People's Republic of China
zhangxm@sdu.edu.cn
On returning from his first visit to our laboratory (1987-89), Dr. Zhang became Chair of Pharmacology at Shandong Medical University in the People's Republic of China. He was supported in part by visiting scholars awards from the People's Republic of China.

9)         Kenshi Yoshida
M.D., M.D.Sc. - Dokkyo and Nihon University, Tokyo, Japan
1990 - 1991, Post-doctoral Fellow
Dr. Yoshida is a Japanese neurosurgeon with a strong interest in biochemical mechanisms of brain injury. He is currently a faculty member in Neurosurgery at Nihon University School of Medicine in Tokyo, Japan

10)       Amruthesh Shivichar
Ph.D. - Biochemistry, University of Mysore, India
1988 - 1993, Post-doctoral Fellow
Present Address:
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Texas Southern University
3100 Cleburne St.
Houston, TX 77004
Shivachar_AC@tsu.edu
Dr. Shivachar studied brain P-450 metabolism of arachidonic acid and received a
2-year post-doctoral fellowship award from the American Heart Association, Virginia Affiliate, for the period 1989-1991.
1993 - 1996, Assistant Professor (collateral, non-tenure track)
Dr. Shivachar was a collateral Assistant Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology working in collaboration with Dr. Ellis on P-450 metabolism of arachidonic acid in brain and brain-derived cultured cells and also on cellular and molecular mechanisms of action of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol and anandamide. He is now an Assistant Professor at Texas Southern University with a joint appointment at NASA.

11)       Beverly Ann Rzigalinski
Ph.D. - Biochemistry, Eastern Virginia Medical School
1994 - 1997, Research Associate
1997 - 2000, Assistant Professor (collateral, non-tenure track)
Present Address:
Professor of Pharmacology
Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine
Blacksburg, VA
brzigali@vcom.vt.edu
While at VCU, Dr. Rzigalinski examined the intracellular calcium responses of brain-derived cells in culture to stretch-induced injury. In 2000, while at VCU, Dr. Rzigalinski received a 5-year one million dollar R01 from the NIH for the conduct of her own, independent research project.

12)       Stuart Hoffman
Ph.D. – Institute of Animal Behavior, Rutgers University
1995 – 1997
Present Address:
Research Director
Laurel Highlands NeuroRehabilitation Center
DVBIC Core Site
111A Roosevelt Blvd.
Johnstown, PA 15906
shoffman@dvbic-lh.org
Dr. Hoffman studied the biochemical mechanisms of traumatic brain injury, with focus on the potential role of isoprostanes and their effect on cerebral blood flow.

13)       Ann Ritter
M.D. – Baylor University
1998
Dr. Ritter was a resident in neurosurgery at the Medical College of Virginia of VCU. She studied the response of tissue-cultured P53-deficient astrocytoma cells to traumatic injury. She now practices neurosurgery and pediatric neurology in Wilmington, DE.

14)       Tao Chen
M.D. – Shandong Medical University, PRC
Ph.D. – Medical College of Virginia Campus of Virginia Commonwealth University
2002-2005
tachen@vcu.edu
Dr. Chen examined the effects of strain injury on tissue cultured brain cells and the effects of glutamate antagonists on intracellular calcium dynamics and delayed neuronal death. He is currently on the House Staff in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center.