Current Students

 

Alexandra Taracanova Tufts University	Magdalini Vasiadi Tufts University
Arti Patel Tufts University	Anna Taliou, MD Athens University
Zuyi (Katie) Weng, BS Tufts University

 

 

 

Dr. Theoharides has graduated seven Ph.D. (mean duration of research 2.5 years) and four M.S. (Dental) students (mean duration of research 1 year) and currently has one Pharmacology and one Biochemistry graduate student.

 

1978-79 Stewart Greissman, MD MD, Yale Sch of Medicine Asst. Professor of Rheumatology, Cornell Medical Center , New York

 

1980-82 Nikolaos Tsakalos, MD DSc, Aristotle University Instructor in Medicine, Aristotle Greece University, Thessaloniki , Greece (deceased 1/86)

 

1985-90 Mona Lambracht-Hall, BS PhD, Tufts University Associate Professor of Biology, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA

 

1991 G. Goumenos, BPh, DDS MS, Tufts University Asst. Professor of Periodontology, DSc, Athens Univ. Athens Univ. School of Medicine, Greece

 

1989-93 A. Konstantinidou, MD DSc, Aristotle UniversityPracticing Neurologist, Thessaloniki, Greece

 

1990-93 H. Vliagoftis, MD DSc, Aristotle University Fellow, Assistant Professor in Internal Medicine Canada

 

1992-93 Eman Haggag, MS DSc, Cairo University Research Scientist, National Egypt Research Foundation , Egypt

 

1989-95 Ivan Correia, MS, MBA PhD, Tufts University Postdoctorate Fellow, CEO, Biotech Company, Cambridge, MA

 

1994-95 Mohammed Alhelal, DDS MSc, Tufts University Faculty of Dentistry, Riahd University , Saudia Arabia

 

1994-98 Leena Singh, MD PhD, Tufts University Practicing Endocrinologist, CA

 

1998-02 Pamela Esposito, BS PhD, Tufts U. Researcher, Galena Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, MA

 

1999-02 Man Huang , MD PhD, Tufts U. Research Associate, Eli Lily, OH

 

1999-02 Michael Lytinas, DDS PhD, U. Athens Inventer, Boston, MA

 

1999-03 Kristiana Kandere, BS PhD, Tufts U. Post-doctorate Fellow, NorthWestern University, IL

 

2002- 03 Abdulmohsen Alrohaimi, DDS MS, PhD Tufts U. VP, FDA, Saudi Arabia

 

2002- 05 Jill Donelan, BS PhD, Tufts U Scientist II, Millenium Pharmaceuticals, MA

 

2003-05 Jing Cao, M.D. PhD, Tufts U Post-doctorate Fellow, Cancer Inst., NJ

 

2005-08 Michael Tagen, BS PhD, Tufts U Senior Research Investigator,Bristol-Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ

 

2007-08 Virginia Karapanou, DMD. MSc, Tufts University Associate Professor of Endodontics, Tufts School of Dental Medicine

 

2008-11 Bodi Zhang, MPH PhD candidate, Tufts U Strategy Consultant, Thorne Res

 

2009-11 Evangelos Papathanasiou, DMD MS, Tufts University  Asst. Prof. Periodontologist, Tufts University, MA

 

2008-13  Zuyi Weng, BA  PhD, Tufts University

 

2006-10 Magdalini Vasiadi, DSc, Athens U

 

2009-13 Magdalini Vasiadi, BA   PhD Tufts University            

 

2011- Anilia Taliou, MD DSc candidate, Athens U

 

2011- Anastasia Therianou, MD DSc candidate, Athens U

 

2011-15 Alexandra Miniati, MD DSc candidate, Athens U

 

2014- Ania Petra, MD DSc candidate, Athens U Dermatology, Al. Syggros Hospital, GR

2012-16 Arti Patel, MS PhD, Tufts U Postdoc, Novartis, Cambridge, MA

 

2012-17 Alexandra Taracanova PhD, Tufts U

 

2015-17 Pinelopi Pani, DMD Masters, Tufts Dental BU staff

 

2013- Iro Palaska, DM, MS DSc candidate, Athens U Queens College, London

 

2014-18 Amanda Gross, BS PhD candidate, Tufts U

 

2015-19 Mona Bawazeer, PharmD, MS PhD candidate, Tufts U Asst Prof, Riyad Sch of Pharmacy

 

2018-19 Khlood Almehmadi. Pharm D Master's, Tufts U PhD Oklahoma Stae Univ

 

 

 

 

 

Graduate Student Rotations

1984 Charles Vecoli
1985 Karen J. Kotkow
1986 Jennifer Hartigan
1986 Barbara LeDuc
1989 Ivan Correia
1989 Michael Polymenis
1993 Leena Kudchadker
1994 Monette M. Cotreau-Bibbo
1997 Beverly Harrington
1998 Pamela Esposito
1998 Leah Hesse
1998 Kerry Culm
1999 Kristiana Kandere
2000 Jill Berry
2001 Sarah Poplawski
2002 Abdu Alrohaimi
2003 Lu Gan
2003 Anna Markowska
2004 Man Chun
2004 Lauren Oleson
2005 Brigham B. Hyde
2005 Michael Tagen
2005 Brenda Stoller
2006 Kathryn Heard
2008 Bodi Zhang
2009 Erin Fields
2010 Katie Weng

2011 Tuiy Vien

2011 Arti Patel
2018 Khlood Almehmadi

 

 

 

 

Medical & Dental Student Research Training

1985 Alicia Cartagena M '88
1985-86 Aviva Lee-Parritz M '88
1985-86 John Savala M '90
1989-90 John Malcynski M '91
1989-90 Jonathan Gorbach M '93
1990 Todd Leventhal M '92
1992 Ali Habibi M '94
1992 Shahram Hoghaddam D '94
1999 George Chiang M '00
2004 Matthew Christian M '05
2004 Craig Weikauf M’ 08
2005 Kristen Farwell M’08
2007-10 Dean Papaliodis M’ 11
2010-11 John Stratigis M’ 14

2016 Linh Dang M' 18
2017 Ashley Medeiros M'20

 

 

Masters in Biomedical Sciences Thesis

2010-11 Petel Milonas
2011-12 Steven Punzell
2013 Lauren Arbetman
2014 Thomas Soussou
2015 Amal Ashgar
2016 Jacob Blitstein
2017 Alejandro Delgado
2018 Ablam Bogis
2018 Aarane M. Ratnaseelan
2018 Annie Won
2018 Alejandro Delgado
2018 Zachary Dai
2019 Rebecca S. Park

 

 

 

College Student Research Training

1990-91 John Solomonides Tufts '91
1990 Helen Delihatsiou MIT '91
1992 Patti Siri Tufts '92
1993 Jessica Greenwood Tufts '93
1993-94 Tania Mangones BU '95
1994 Eric Evans Tufts '94
1995 Lisa Alferes Tufts '95
1995 Nicholas Varelas BunkerHill '99
1995 Konstantinos Ligris BU '98
1995-99 Nicholas Alexakos Tufts '97
1995 Dana Wald Tufts '96
1996 Jose Betances Amherst '98 (NIH - Minority Trainee)
1997 Panagiotis Theofilopoulos U. Athens '98
1997 Tracye D. Kyles Southern U. '98 (NIH - Minority Trainee)
1998 Kim Bates, R.N. Tufts '99
1998-99 Marlon Green U.Mass. Boston '01 (NIH-Minority Trainee)
1998 Kathleen Spear Curry College '99
1999-00 Antone Alfonso Curry College '00
2000 Sheila Jeudy Tufts '03 (NIH-Minority Trainee)
2000 Athena-Eleni Mavroudhes BU '00
2000 Gregory Patakos Tufts '02
2006 Rachel Singh Tufts ’06
2006 E.J. Isoba Tufts ’06
2006 Lauren Hess U. Texas at Austin ‘08
2006-07 Nivine Baba Am. U. Beirut ’06
2007 Vasilios Kotsiopoulos, BS BU ‘07
2009 Jennifer Eng Tufts ‘11
2009 Vangelis Papadimas Cornell ‘09

2011 Maria Deligiannides Olivet Nazarene University ‚12
2018 Jaanvi Sant Tufts '19

 

 

 

 

Post-Baccalaureate Student Research Training

2005-07 Anthony Clemons NIH PREP Fellow

 

 

 

 

High School Student Summer Research Training

1985 Tracy Desmond Museum of Science Internship
1986 Diane Pfaelzer Museum of Science Internship
1992 Ruth Dorcelus NIH Minority Trainee
1993 Novella Brady Boston Latin Academy , NIH Minority Trainee
1993 Nicholas Karatzas Woburn High, went to Boston U.
1993 Anastasia Condos Windsor High, went to Harvard U.
1993 Konstantinos Ligris Newton South High, now attends Suffolk Law School
1994 Jason Goler Walpole High, NIH Minority Trainee
1995 Monica David Newton North, NIH Minority Trainee
1996 Marlon Green Madison Park, NIH Minority Trainee
1997 Paki Philips Pinkerton Academy , NIH Minority Trainee
1998 Cynthia Mompoint Montrose School, NIH Minority Trainee, went to Georgetown U.
1998 Daphne Duvalsaint Stoughton High School , Stoughton , MA
1999 Sheila Jeudy Fontbonne Academy, Milton , MA , now attends Tufts University
2001 Amma Asane Milton Academy , NIH Minority Trainee
2001 David Tutor Newton South High School
2002 Joshna Hicks Devotion School , Brookline , NIH Minority Trainee
2003 Rayna Briceno Newton County Day, Newton , MA , NIH Minority Trainee, will attend Tufts U.
2004 Kathleen Solage Boston Latin, NIH Minority Trainee
2004 Tayrickia Adams Arlington High, NIH Minority Trainee
2005 Harrison Barnes Brimmer & Mary School, Chestnut Hill, MA, NIH Minority Trainee
2005 Linwood Jackson Archbishop Williams High, Braintree, MA, NIH Minority Trainee
2007 Cedric S. White St. Sebastian’s School, MA, NIH Minority Trainee
2009 Kwaku Acheampong
2009 Trisha Barungi
2009 H. Kalogeromitros Psychico Athens Prep School, Athens, Greece
2010 Jodaelle Racine Prospect Hill Academy Charter School, Cambridge, MA

2011 Rose Fountotos  Marianopolis College, Montreal, Canada
2013 Mariana Athanasiou  Sadbury High school, MA

 

 

 

Graduate Student Doctoral Committee Chair

2011 Daniel O'Connell Biochemistry
2011 Katherine Heard Biochemistry
2012 Brendan H. Oakes Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
2012 Michael J Hanley Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
2013 Malek Najjar Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
2013 Fiaturi Najla Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
2013 Lei Cao Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
2016 Bina Julian Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
2017 Michael Holloway Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
2018 Smaro Panagiotidou Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

 

Courses taught
• Medical Pharmacolog-Medical students
• Medical Pharmacology-Masters in Biomedical Sciences students
•  Translational pharmacology-Graduate students
• How to be an Intern-Medical students
•  Pharm 218: Immunopharmacology-Advances and Failures in Drug Discovery (Director)

 

 

Trainee Distinctions (on work performed in our laboratory)

 

1985 Alicia Cartagena , MD (M'88) Dean's Research Fellowship; First Prize, Mennheim-Ingelheim National Student Pharmacology Assay Competition; 1988 Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation National Medical Fellowship Merit Award, Tufts U.

 

1985 Mona Lambracht-Hall, PhD ('89) Berlex Laboratory Graduate Fellowship

 

1985 Aviva Lee-Parritz, MD (M'88) Dean's Research Fellowship; 1988 William Dameshek Research Award; 1988 Harry H. Brenner Memorial Award, Tufts University

 

1986 John H. Savala, MD (‘90) American Heart Association Student Stroke Scholarship

 

1988 Leticia Acquah, MD (M'88) Kos Pharmaceuticals Student Fellowship

 

1990 Todd Leventhal, MD (M'92) American Foundation for Urologic Disease Fellowship

 

1990 Mohamed G. Haggag, DDS American Peace Fellowship

 

1991 John Solomonides, MD (T'90) New England Hellenic Medical & Dental Society Award

 

1992 Shahram Hoghaddam (D'93) Provost and NIH Student Summer Research Fellowship

 

1999 George Chiang (M'00) American Urologic Association Student

Summer Research Fellowship

 

1999 Marlon Green (UMass'00) New England Biomedical Science Careers Award

 

2001 George Chiang (M'00) William Dameshek Research Award, Tufts University

 

2001 Man Huang, M.D. Christian Herter Fund Travel Award

 

2002 Man Huang, M.D. Norris Cotton Cancer Graduate Student Award

 

2002 Natha Chandler, M.D. William Dameshek Research Award

 

2005 Jill Donellan, Ph.D. Sackler 2004, Experimental Biology 2005 Travel awards

 

2005 Kristen Farwell, M’08 Harold Williams Tufts Medical Student Research Fellowship

 

2006 Jill Donelan, B.S., Ph.D. ‘06 First Louis Lasagna Translational Research Award, Commencement speaker 2006, Tufts University

 

2008 Michael Tagen, B.S., Ph.D. ‘08 Experimental Biology 2008 Travel Award New England Pharmacologists 2008 Award
Sackler 2008 Travel Award

 

2010 Bodi Zhang, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D. ’11 Sackler Earl Charton 2010 Award

 

2014   Alexandra Taracanova, B.S.   Deran's Fellowship