Representative Alumni


More than 100 scientists have received their graduate or postdoctoral training in toxicology at the University of Arizona since 1973. These scientists have found rewarding careers in industry, academia and government. Together, they form a network of supportive colleagues and lifelong friends.


Click here to read success stories of the alumni

Deanna G. Adams Felix Ayala-Fierro Antonio Baines Ellen Cannady Michael Cunningham Tarrah Dilley Kenneth Hastings
Neil C. Hoglen Steven B. Hooser Donald Kirkpatrick Maralee McVean Mark A. Nelson Alan Parrish
Marjorie Peraza Jay Petrick Victoria Richards Nancy Sachs Rick Schnellmann Paul Silber
Peter Smith Dan Stammer Jeff Stevens Kim Stickland Victoria C. Tu Grushenka Wolfgang Wei Zheng

Student Name
Position at Training
Year of Graduation
Current Position
Michael Cunningham
Ph.D. student
1981
Section Leader, Environmental Toxicology Program, National Center for Toxicogenomics
Rick Schnellmann
Ph.D. student
1984
Chair and Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina
Peter Smith
Ph.D. student
1985
Vice President, Millennium Pharmaceuticals
Paul Silber
Ph.D. student
1986
President and CEO, In Vitro Technologies
Grushenka Wolfgang
Ph.D. student  
1988
Vice President, Gilead Sciences
Kenneth Hastings
Post-doc  
1989
Division Director, Office of New Drugs, FDA
Steven B. Hooser
Post-doc  
1991
Associate Professor of Veterinary Pathobiology, Chief of the Toxicology Section, Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, Purdue University
Larry Vernetti
Ph.D. student
1991
Senior Research Scientist, Toxicology Division, Abbott Laboratories
Mark A. Nelson
Post-doc 
1993
Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, University of Arizona
Gilbert John
Post-doc
1995
Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Oklahoma State University
Alden Henderson
Ph.D. student
1993
Senior Investigator, Health Investigations Branch, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease, Registry Department of Health and Human Services
Gregory J. Stevens
Ph.D. student
1995
Senior Director, World Wide Safety Sciences, Pfizer Inc.
Dwayne Hill
Ph.D. student
1994
Associate Professor, Morgan State University
Dan Stammer
Ph.D. student
1996
Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Arizona
Carlotta Groves
Post-doc
1996
Research Faculty, Department of Physiological Sciences, University of Arizona
David S. Barber
Ph.D. student
1997
Assistant Professor of Toxicology, Department of Physiological Sciences, University of Florida
Neil C. Hoglen
 Post-doc
 1998
Senior Research Scientist,
Group Leader, Idun Pharmaceuticals
Alan Parrish
 Post-doc
 1999
Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology,
Texas A & M University
Judd Rice
Ph.D. student
 1999
Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern California
Susan M. Fontaine
 Ph.D. student
 2000
Staff Scientist, In Vitro Technologies (Baltimore)
Jonathan E. Dodge
 Ph.D. student
 2000
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Antonio Baines
Ph.D. student
2001
SPIRE Postdoctoral Fellow, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Ellen Cannady
Ph.D. student
2002
Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Eli Lilly Co.
Victoria C. Tu
Ph.D. student
2002
Research Toxicologist, Director of Clinical Toxicology, Avon Products
Eric Thompson
Ph.D. student
2002
Postdoctoral Fellow, Mayo Clinic Scottsdale
Donald Kirkpatrick
Ph.D. student
2003
Postdoctoral Fellow, Proteomics Laboratory of Dr. Steve Gygi, Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School
Elizabeth Casarez
Ph.D. student
2003
High School Teacher, El Paso, Texas
Brandon D. Jeffy
Ph.D. student
2003

Scientist, Chemogenomics and Toxicology division, Iconix Pharmaceuticals Inc. Mountain View, Californa.

Marjorie Peraza
Ph.D. student
2003
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Pennsylvania State University
Nancy Sachs
Ph.D. student
2003
Postdoctoral Fellow, Johns Hopkins University
Darrin Smith
Post-doc
2004
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Eastern Kentucky University
Victoria Richards
Ph.D. student
2004

Research Associate, Alzheimer's disease project, School of Pharmacy
University of Wisconsin, Madison

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