The alumni of the University of Minnesota pain research program represent the breadth and depth of expertise that a well-rounded pain curriculum can seed.
Cheryl Stucky: Ph.D. 1995 Neuroscience
Current Position: Professor and Director, Neuroscience Doctoral Program
Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, Medical College of Wisconsin
Major Advisor: Virginia Seybold
Lucy Vulchanova: Ph.D. 1998 Neuroscience
Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience, University of Minnesota
Major Advisor: Robert Elde
Carolyn Fairbanks: Ph.D. 1998 Pharmacology
Current Position: Associate Dean for Research and Professor, Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota
Major Advisor: George Wilcox
Laura Stone: Ph.D. 1999 Neuroscience
Current Position: Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Minnesota
Major Advisors: Robert Elde, George Wilcox
David Linden: Ph.D. 1999 Neuroscience
Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
Major Advisor: Virginia Seybold
Tinna M. (Laughlin) Ross: Ph.D. 1999 Pharmacology
Current Position: Faculty, Biology Department, North Hennepin Community College, Brooklyn Park, MN
Major Advisor: George Wilcox
Shannon Wright: Ph.D. 2002 Neuroscience
Current Position: MD, Senior Lecturer, Integrative Biology/Physiology, University of Minnesota
Major Advisor: Robert Elde
Heather Wenk Cushman: Ph.D. 2002 Neuroscience
Current Position: Professor, Biology Department, Tacoma Community College, Tacoma, WA
Major Advisor: Christopher Honda
Paul Wacnik: Ph.D. 2003 Pharmacology
Current Position: Research Project Lead, Digital Medicine at Pfizer, Inc., Cambridge, MA
Advisor: George Wilcox
Joseph Fullmer: Ph.D. 2004 Neuroscience, M.D. 2006
Current Position: Pathologist, Department of Anatomic Pathology, Beaumont Hospital, Roal Oak, MI
Major Advisor: Robert Elde
Kristin Schreiber: Ph.D. 2004 Neuroscience, M.D. 2007
Current Position: Clinical Regional Anesthesiologist, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Major Advisors: George Wilcox, David Brown
Lisa Johanek: Ph.D. 2004 Neuroscience
Current Position: Senior Principal Medical Affairs Specialist, Medtronic, Inc.
Major Advisors: Donald Simone
Laura (Eikmeier) Janke: DVM/Ph.D. 2004 Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
Current Position: Faculty member, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
Major Advisors: Al Beitz
Jill-Desiree Brederson: Ph.D. 2005 Pharmacology
Current Position: Manager, Global Medical Communications at Abbvie
Advisors: George Wilcox, Christopher Honda
Therissa Libby: Ph.D. 2005 Neuroscience
Current Position: Associate Professor, College of Community Studies and Public Affairs, Metropolitan State University, Saint Paul, MN
Major Advisor: Robert Elde
Rachel Groth: Ph.D. 2006 Neuroscience
Current Position: Director of Neuroscience, insitro Therapeutics
Major Advisor(s): Paul Mermelstein, Virginia Seybold
John C. Roberts: Ph.D. 2007 Pharmaceutics
Current Position: Director, Clinical Pharmacology & Pharmacometrics at CSL Behring
Major Advisor(s): Carolyn Fairbanks, Ph.D.
Cory Goracke-Postle: Ph.D. 2007 Neuroscience
Current Position: Research Director, Medtronic
Major Advisors: George Wilcox, Carolyn Fairbanks
Carl Potenzieri: Ph.D. 2009 Neuroscience
Current Position: Health Program Specialist, NINDS, NIH
Major Advisor: Donald Simone
Steve Davidson: Ph.D. 2009 Neuroscience
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Cinicinnati
Major Advisor: Glenn Giesler
Cicely Schramm: Ph.D. 2010 Neuroscience
Current Position: Principal Scientist, Essen BioScience
Major Advisor: Christopher Honda
Aaron Overland: Ph.D. 2010 Neuroscience
Current Position: Senior Application Scientist, Essen BioScience, Ann Arbor, MI.
Major Advisors: George Wilcox, Carolyn Fairbanks
Carrie Wade: Ph.D. 2010 Pharmacology
Current Position: Principal Scientist External Affairs, Juul Labs, Washington, DC
Advisor: George Wilcox
Tate N. Winter: Ph.D. 2011 Pharmaceutics
Current Position: Medical Science Liason at Sandoz
Major Advisor: Carolyn Fairbanks
Heather Leong Hulstein: Ph.D. 2011 Neuroscience
Current Position: Family Medicine Physician, Broadlawns Medical Center, Des Moines, IA
Major Advisor: Martin Wessendorf
Dan Schuster: Ph.D. 2013 Neuroscience
Current Position: Senior Clinical Research Specialist, Medtronic, Inc.
Major Advisor: George Wilcox & Carolyn Fairbanks
Caroline Churchill: Ph.D. 2015 Experimental & Clinical Pharmacology
Current Position: Program Manager Ostomy Care, Coloplast, Minneapolis, MN
Major Advisor: Carolyn Fairbanks
Cristina Peterson: Ph.D. 2017 Experimental & Clinical Pharmacology
Current Position: Research Associate, Dept of Neuroscience, University of MN
Major Advisor: Carolyn Fairbanks
Jen Cook: Ph.D. 2019 Neuroscience
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Syracuse University
Major Advisor: Lucy Vulchanova
Kelsey Pflepsen: Ph.D. 2019 Pharmaceutics
Current Position: Principal Formulation Scientist, InSitu Biologics, Inc., Woodbury, MN
Major Advisor: Carolyn Fairbanks
Rebecca Speltz Paiz: Ph.D. 2020 Neuroscience
Current Position: Medical Scientist Training Program (MD/PhD), University of MN
Major Advisor: Don Simone
Danny Bruce: Ph.D. 2020 Pharmacology
Current Position: Customs Study Director, WuXi AppTec, Saint Paul, MN
Major Advisor: George Wilcox & Carolyn Fairbanks
Reshma Gore: Ph.D. 2021 Neuroscience
Current Position: Technical Writer, Medtronic, Inc.
Major Advisor: Lucy Vulchanova
Christina Larson, DVM: Ph.D. 2021 Comparative & Molecular Biosciences
Current Position: Assistant Professor, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD
Major Advisor: Carolyn Fairbanks
Ben Clements: Ph.D. 2022 Pharmaceutics
Current Position: Post-doctoral Fellow, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Major Advisor: Carolyn Fairbanks