Membership of the NYU PSTP Committee
Steven Abramson, M.D.
Dafna Bar-Sagi, Ph.D., M.S.
Nina Bhardwaj, M.D., Ph.D.
Martin J. Blaser, M.D.
William Carroll, M.D.
Bruce Cronstein, M.D.
Gordon Fishell, Ph.D.
Glenn Fishman, M.D.
Stuart Katz, M.D. (Co-Chair)
Ruth Lehmann, Ph.D.
Dan Littman, M.D., Ph.D.
Catherine Manno, M.D.
John S. Munger, M.D. (Co-Chair)
Ralph Nixon, M.D., Ph.D.
H. Leon Pachter, M.D.
Michael Pillinger, M.D.
Daniel Rifkin, Ph.D.
James Salzer, M.D., Ph.D.
Mark Schwartz, M.D.
Scott Sherman, M.D.
Edward Skolnik, M.D.
List of current and recent PSTP trainees
2013-2014
Matthias Kugler (Pulmonary)
Mentors: William Rom, John Munger
Project: Hedgehog signaling in lung fibrosis and postnatal lung development
Thomas Norton
Mentor: Nathaniel Landau, Drs. Joel Ernst and Nina Bhardwaj
Project: Dendritic cell-targeted lentiviral vectors for HIV vaccine development
Johannes Nowatsky (Rheumatology)
Mentor: Nina Bhardwaj
Project: Tolerogenic monocyte-derived dendritic cells as potential therapy in Behcet’s disease
Cynthia Portal-Celhay
Mentor: Jennifer Philips, Dr. Joel Ernst, Dr. Edward Skolnik and Dr. Adrian Erlebacher
Project: Characterization of the Role of ESCRT and EsxH in Trafficking and Antigen
Presentation in IFN Activated Macrophages
John-Ross Rizzo (Rehabilitaiton Medicine)
Mentors: Michael Landy and Preety Raghavan
Project: Visuomotor integration and eye-hand coordination for functional vision rehabilitation
Lucas Sjulson (Psychiatry)
Mentor: Gord Fishell
Project: Preclinical validation of a reverse pharmacogenetic strategy for addiction
Andrew Varga (Pulmonary; Sleep Medicine)
Mentors: David Rapaport, Eric Klann
Project: Influence of REM sleep on spatial memory
2012-2013
Matthias Kugler (Pulmonary)
Mentors: William Rom, John Munger
Project: Hedgehog signaling in lung fibrosis and postnatal lung development
Johannes Nowatsky (Rheumatology)
Mentor: Nina Bhardwaj
Project: Tolerogenic monocyte-derived dendritic cells as potential therapy in Behcet’s disease
John-Ross Rizzo (Rehabilitaiton Medicine)
Mentors: Michael Landy and Preety Raghavan
Project: Visuomotor integration and eye-hand coordination for functional vision rehabilitation
Lucas Sjulson (Psychiatry)
Mentor: Gord Fishell
Project: Preclinical validation of a reverse pharmacogenetic strategy for addiction
Andrew Varga (Pulmonary; Sleep Medicine)
Mentors: David Rapaport, Eric Klann
Project: Influence of REM sleep on spatial memory
2011-2012
Linda Dultz (Surgery)
Mentors: Dafna Bar-Sagi, Kepal Patel
Project: Role of Spry2 in thyroid cancer
Adam Mor (Rheumatology)
Mentor: Mark Phillips
Project: Rap1 function in lymphocytes
Kathryn O’Reilly (Dermatology)
Mentors: Iman Osman, Eva Hernando
Project: Hedgehog signaling in melanoma
Marty Wolff (Gastroenterology)
Mentors: Michael Poles, Png Loke
Project: Effect of helminth infection on inflammatory bowel disease