Postdoctoral Fellows and Research Associates

Pablo Brumovsky: Ph.D., Austral University (2003); Ph.D., Karolinska Inst. (2005); Research Associate, Anesthesiology (PCPR); Laboratory: Dr. Gerald Gebhart; Address: W1402 Biomedical Science Tower; Phone: 412-648-8123; Fax: 412-648-8123; Email: brumovskypr@upmc.edu; Focus: Mechanisms of visceral hyperalgesia
Peter L. Carras: Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1983); Research Associate, Neurobiology; Laboratory: Dr. Peter Strick; Address: 4074 Biomedical Science Tower-3; Phone: 412-648-3383; Fax: 412-383-9061; Email: pcarras@pitt.edu; Focus: Physiological properties and anatomical connections of the motor systems.
Alicia Celotto: Ph.D., University of Connecticut (2002); Research Instructor, Pharmacology & Chemical Biology; Laboratory: Dr. Michael Palladino; Address: 7042 Biomedical Science Tower-3; Phone: 412-383-5848; Fax:; Email: amc41@pitt.edu; Focus: Using Drosophila to study neurodegeneration and testing possible therapies to help improve quality of life of people with neurodegenerative diseases.
Julie Christianson: Ph.D., University of Kansas Medical Center (2003); Postdoctoral Scholar, Medicine; Laboratory: Dr. Brian Davis; Address: E1453 Biomedical Science Tower; Phone: 412-383-6913; Fax: 412-648-9731; Email: jcc26@pitt.edu; Focus: Study of long-lasting visceral hyperalgesia following neonatal colon irritation in mice.
Stephen M. Eggan: Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh (2007); Postdoctoral Associate, Psychiatry; Laboratory: Dr. David A. Lewis; Address: W1650 Biomedical Science Tower; Phone: 412-624-9909; Fax: 412-624-9910; Email: eggansm@upmc.edu; Focus: Investigations of the potential relationship between cannabinoid 1 receptor signaling and altered GABA neurotransmission in schizophrenia.
Susan Erickson: Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh (2003); Postdoctoral Fellow, Neuroscience; Laboratory: Dr. Susan Sesack; Address: 256 Langley Hall; Phone: 412-624-5229; Fax: 412-624-9198; Email: slest@pitt.edu; Focus: Effects of antidepressant treatment on stress response in norepinephrine neurons.
Elisabet Garcia Pino: Ph.D., University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain (2009); Postdoctoral Associate, Otolaryngology; Laboratory: Dr. Karl Kandler; Address: 100 Eye & Ear Institute; Phone: 412-605-3979; Fax: 412-647-0108; Email: elg47@pitt.edu; Focus: How neuronal circuits are established and modified during brain development using auditory brainstem as a model
Michael Jankowski: Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh (2006); Postdoctoral Associate, Neurobiology; Laboratory: Dr. H. Richard Koerber; Address: E1414 Biomedical Science Tower; Phone: 412-383-7080; Fax: 412-648-1441; Email: mpjst5@pitt.edu; Focus: Neurotrophic factor signaling and nerve injury induced plasticity in sensory neurons.
Yunbok Kim: Ph.D., Ajou University, Korea (2004); Research Associate, Neuroscience; Laboratory: Dr. Bita Moghaddam; Address: 301 Life Science Annex; Phone: 412-624-0132; Fax: 412-624-9198; Email: yuk19@pitt.edu; Focus: Responses of VTA dopamine neurons during classical conditioning.
F. Aura Kullmann: Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh (2003); Postdoctoral Associate, Pharmacology & Chemical Biology, Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology; Laboratory: Dr. W. C. de Groat; Address: E1303 Biomedical Science Tower; Phone: 412-648-9351; Fax:; Email: flnst2@pitt.edu; Focus: Neuronal mechanisms involved in visceral pain and other bladder dysfunctions.
Ernest K. Kwegyir-Afful: Ph.D., University of Maryland (2005); Postdoctoral Associate, Neurobiology; Laboratory: Dr. Daniel Simons; Address: E1407 Biomedical Science Tower; Phone: 412-648-9443; Fax: 412-648-1441; Email: ekk12@pitt.edu; Focus:
Harold T. Kyriazi: Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh (1984); Research Associate, Neurobiology; Laboratory: Dr. Daniel Simons; Address: E1407 Biomedical Science Tower; Phone: 412-648-9443; Fax: 412-648-1441; Email: htk+@pitt.edu; Focus: Computational modeling of somatosensory information processing in the rat whisker/barrel system, focused mostly on cortical layer 4.
Jun-Ho La: Ph.D., Seoul National University (2004); Postdoctoral Associate, Anesthesiology (PCPR); Laboratory: Dr. Gerald Gebhart; Address: W1402 Biomedical Science Tower; Phone: 412-648-8123; Fax: 412-648-8123; Email: laj@upmc.edu; Focus: Study the role of two-pore domain potassium channels in visceral nociception.
Mads Breum Larsen: Ph.D., University of Aarhus, Denmark (2003); Postdoctoral Associate, Neurobiology; Laboratory: Dr. Susan Amara; Address: 6068 Biomedical Science Tower-3; Phone: 412-648-9748; Fax: 412-383-5267; Email: mbl6@pitt.edu; Focus: The structure and trafficking of monoaminergic neurotransmitter transporters.
Sabrina McIlwrath: Ph.D., Freie Universitaet Berlin, Germany (2001); Research Associate, Anesthesiology (PCPR); Laboratory: Dr. Gerald Gebhart; Address: W1402 Biomedical Science Tower; Phone: 412-648-8123; Fax: 412-648-1441; Email: slm5@pitt.edu; Focus: Mechanisms of pancreatic hypersensitivity.
Tuan Nguyen: Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh (2005); Postdoctoral Associate, Otolaryngology; Laboratory: Dr. Karl Kandler; Address: 101 Eye & Ear Institute; Phone: 412-605-3979; Fax: 412-647-0108; Email: atn@pitt.edu; Focus: How neuronal circuits are established and modified during brain development.
Eiji Ohtsuka: Ph.D., Toyama Medical & Pharmaceutical University (2003); Postdoctoral Associate, Anesthesiology (PCPR); Laboratory: Dr. Gerald Gebhart; Address: W1402 Biomedical Science Tower; Phone: 412-648-8123; Fax: 412-648-8123; Email: otsukae@upmc.edu; Focus: Mechanisms of visceral pain.
Benjamin Pasquereau: Ph.D., University of Bordeaux (2007); Postdoctoral Associate, Systems Neuroscience Institute; Laboratory: Dr. Robert Turner; Address: 3501 Biomedical Science Tower-3; Phone: 412-383-9961; Fax: 412-383-9061; Email: benp@pitt.edu; Focus: Physiology and pathophysiology of the basal ganglia.
Stephanie Ratte: Ph.D., McGill University, Canada (1999); Research Associate, Neurobiology; Laboratory: Dr. Steven Prescott; Address: W1408 Biomedical Science Tower; Phone: 412-648-9311; Fax: 412-383-8663; Email: sratte@pitt.edu; Focus: Neuronal excitability and central mechanisms of neuropathic pain.
Kristofer Rau: Ph.D., University of Florida (2006); Postdoctoral Associate, Neurobiology; Laboratory: Dr. H. Richard Koerber; Address: E1414 Biomedical Science Tower; Phone: 412-383-7080; Fax: 412-648-1441; Email: krau@pitt.edu; Focus: Plasticity and pain processing in primary sensory neurons and the spinal dorsal horn.
David Robinson: Ph.D., Cambridge University, England (2004); Postdoctoral Associate, Anesthesiology (PCPR); Laboratory: Dr. Gerald Gebhart; Address: W1402 Biomedical Science Tower; Phone: 412-648-8123; Fax: 412-648-8123; Email: RobinsonDR@upmc.edu; Focus: Visceral pain: electrophysiological and immunohistochemical studies of primary afferent neurons, and behavioral assays.
Masamichi Shinoda: Ph.D., Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine (2003); Postdoctoral Associate, Anesthesiology (PCPR); Laboratory: Dr. Gerald Gebhart; Address: W1402 Biomedical Science Tower; Phone: 412-648-8123; Fax: 412-648-8123; Email: shinodam@upmc.edu; Focus: Visceral pain.
Suzanne Underhill: Ph.D., Washington University (2002); Postdoctoral Fellow, Neurobiology; Laboratory: Dr. Susan Amara; Address: 6068 bay 2b; Phone: 412-383-7431; Fax: 412-383-5267; Email: smunderhill@yahoo.com; Focus: glutamate transporters
Ornella Valenti: Ph.D., University of Catania, Italy and Emory University (2003); Research Associate, Neuroscience; Laboratory: Dr. Anthony Grace; Address: A210 Langley Hall; Phone: 412-624-7332; Fax: 412-624-9198; Email: valenti@pitt.edu; Focus: Role of medial prefrontal cortex - basolateral amygdala circuit in consolidation of fear extinction.
Alberto Vazquez: Ph.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (2005); Postdoctoral Scholar, Radiology; Laboratory: Dr. Seong-Gi Kim; Address: 3025 E. Carson St., McGowan Center BIRC, Rm 159; Phone: 412-383-6696; Fax: 412-383-6799; Email: alv15@pitt.edu; Focus: Brain function metabolism and blood flow dynamics.