Alumni
Since the inception of the Graduate Program in Cancer Biology in September 1989, there have been 51 students who graduated with the Ph.D. degree. These graduates have been recruited by prestigious universities, institutes and commercial laboratories for postdoctoral training. Listed below are our alumni together with their initial postdoctoral position. Many of those who graduated over five years ago are now in career appointments. Assistant Professors are indicated by an asterisk.
| Name | Graduated | Initial Postdoctoral Position |
| Kristin Landis-Piwowar | 2007 | University of Michigan, Departments of Pathology and Internal Medicine |
| Sarah Krueger | 2007 | Beaumont Hospital, Radiation Oncology, Research Associate |
| Newton Hurst | 2007 | WSU, MD Student |
| Kara Sawarynski (Stark) | 2006 | Beaumont Hospital, Infectious Diseases, Research Associate |
| Aviva Fridman | 2006 | WSU/Karmanos Cancer Institute, Molecular Biology and Genetics |
| Sriram Krishnamoorthy | 2006 | Harvard Medical School, Department of Anesthesiology |
| Stefanie Roshy Mullins | 2005 | Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia |
| Pamela Osenkowski | 2005 | Harvard, Center for Neurological Disease |
| Sridhar Nimmagadda | 2005 | John Hopkins University, Department of Radiology and Pharmacology |
| Amy Parman (Bartrand) | 2004 | Promega Life Biosciences, Nashville, Tennessee |
| Lin Tang | 2004 | John Hopkins School of Medicine, Department of Biophysics & Biophysical Chemistry |
| *Michelle Castelli | 2004 | University of Detroit/Mercy, Assistant Professor, Biology Department |
| Dawn Hart | 2004 | Vanderbilt University, Department of Cell Biology |
| Farhana Feroze-Merzoug | 2003 | NIH National Cancer Institute, Laboratory of Cell & Molecular Biology |
| Haihao Sun | 2003 | NIH, National Cancer Institute, Washington D. C. |
| Edith Mensah-Osman | 2003 | University of Michigan, Department of Pharmacology |
| Natasha Antanaskova | 2002 | Accepted at Mayo Clinic for MD with full scholarship |
| Gang Chen | 2002 | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, University of Washington |
| Xiang Liu | 2002 | University of Michigan, Radiation Oncology |
| Joseph Krueger | 2002 | Scripps Research Institute, California |
| Amy Wesa | 2002 | University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute |
| Lisa Demchik | 2002 | WSU, Department of Pharmacology |
| Sonia Hernandez | 2001 | UCLA, California |
| Fei Yu | 2001 | WSU, Department of Pathology |
| Meng Guo | 2001 | WSU, Department of Dermatology |
| Joanne Davis | 2000 | University of Michigan, Department of Urology |
| Kristan Keyes | 2000 | Lilly Research Laboratories |
| *Nathan Wall | 2000 | Yale, Center of Molecular Medicine |
| Charlie Szekeres | 2000 | Harvard, Children's Hospital, Division of Nephrology |
| Catheryne Chen | 2000 | National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Aging |
| *Keqin Tang | 2000 | WSU, Department of Radiation Oncology |
| *Jennifer Koblinski | 1999 | NIH, National Institute of Health, Dental & Carniofacial Research |
| Guozhen Liu | 1999 | Doubletwist.com |
| Zhanquan He | 1999 | WSU, Department of Internal Medicine |
| *Mamoun Ahram | 1999 | National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute |
| Hua Chang Gong | 1999 | Pfizer, Molecular Science Department |
| Tracy Schwab | 1998 | University of Michigan, Department of Urology |
| *Nicholas Simpson | 1997 | Emory University, Department of Radiology |
| Ke Shen | 1997 | Parke-Davis, Pharmaceutical Research |
| Carol Jones | 1997 | University of California, Davis, Division of Toxicology |
| Xiang Gao | 1997 | Loyola University Medical Center |
| *Marie Piechocki | 1997 | Medical College of Ohio, Pathology Department |
| Yunjie Xie | 1996 | Henry Ford Hospital, Molecular Biology Dept. |
| Biao Wang | 1996 | Scripps Research Institute, California |
| Li Wang | 1995 | University of Indiana, Department of Medical Genetics |
| *Isabelle Berquin | 1995 | University of Michigan, Department of Radiation Oncology |
| Seema Kantac | 1995 | University of California San Francisco, Department of Anatomy |
| *Steven Silletti | 1995 | Scripps Research Institute, California |
| *D. G. Tang | 1994 | WSU, Department of Radiation Oncology |
| Bin Liu | 1994 | Duke University, Department of Medicine and Cell Biology |
*Present Assistant Professors are indicated by an asterisk.