Former Ph.D. Students of the Bodnar Laboratory

1. Dr. Diana Badillo-Martinez, 1984:
Dissertation: Neonatal monosodium glutamate: behavioral characterization of nociceptive and stress response alterations in the rat.
Present Position: Staff Neuropsychologist, Danbury Hospital, Danbury, CT.

2. Dr. Jeffrey Kordower, 1984:
Dissertation: Vasopressin analgesia: specificity of action and nonopioid effects.
Present Position: Professor and Head, Center for Brain Repair, Jean Armour-Schweppe Endowed Chair, Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Rush-Presbyterian Medical Center, Chicago, IL.

3. Dr. Donald Simone, 1985:
Dissertation: Naloxonazine, a high-affinity opiate receptor antagonist: effects upon nociceptive and ingestive processes.
Present Position: Professor, Acting Chairman of Department of Oral Science, University of Minnesota Sch. of Med. Minneapolis, MN.

4. Dr. Elisse Kramer, 1985:
Dissertation: Age-related changes in stress and opiate responses in rats.
Present Position: Associate Director of Research, Department of Psychiatry, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New York, NY.

5. Dr. Ellen Sperber, 1986:
Dissertation: Cholinergic involvement in pain inhibition.
Present Position: Assistant Professor, Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, NY.

6. Dr. Pamela Butler, 1986:
Dissertation: Neuromodulatory actions of thyrotropin releasing hormone upon stress-induced analgesia.
Present Position: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry, New York University Medical Center and Research Scientist, Nathan Kline Psychiatric Institute, NY.

7. Dr. Phyllis Mann, 1987:
Dissertation: Opioid receptor involvement in food intake and body weight maintenance: role of the mu1 binding site.
Present Position: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Worcester, MA.

8. Dr. Maria-Teresa Romero, 1987:
Dissertation: Gender differences in analgesic processes in rats: influence of gonadal and hormonal factors.
Present Position: Associate Professor, Dept. of Psychology, State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, NY.

9. Dr. Edward Lubin, 1991:
Dissertation Topic: Central alloxan treatment: characterization of effects upon opioid and nonopioid analgesia.
Present Position: Neurosurgery and Pain management, Gessler Pain Clinic, Florida.

10. Dr. Karen Kepler, 1991:
Dissertation Topic: Gender differences in central opiate and opioid analgesia.
Present Position: Osteopathic Medical Student, NJ.

11. Dr. Benjamin Kest, 1991:
Dissertation Topic: Endopeptidase 24.15 and antinociception: characterization and specificity of action.
Present Position: Associate Professor, College of Staten Island, CUNY, Staten Island, NY.

12. Dr. Dulmanie Arjune, 1992:
Dissertation Topic: Free feeding and intake following regulatory challenges in rats: roles of selective opioid receptor subtype antagonists.
Present Position: Staff Neuropsychologist, Behavioral Health Associates, Forest Hills, NY.

13. Dr. Iwona Beczkowska, 1993:
Dissertation Topic: Differential effects of opioid receptor subtype antagonists upon fluid intake of sucrose, saccharin and maltose dextrin solutions in rats.
Present Position: Clinical Associate, Purdue Pharmaceutical Company, Norwalk, CT.

14. Dr. Grace Rossi, 1993:
Dissertation Topic: Supraspinal opiate antinociception: synergy between mesencephalic, pontine and medullary sites in the rat.
Present Position: Associate Professor, C.W. Post College, Long Island University and Research Associate, Department of Neurology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York NY.

15. Dr. Judith Robertson, 1993:
Dissertation Topic: Site-specific modulation of morphine and swim-induced antinociception following thyrotropin-releasing hormone administration in the rat periaqueductal gray.
Present Position: Staff Neuropsychologist, Institute for Cognitive Development (ICD), New York, NY.

16. Dr. Jacqueline Kiefel, 1994:
Dissertation Topic: Mesencephalic morphine antinociception: antagonism by serotonergic and opioid antagonists in the rostral ventral medulla in rats.
Present Position: Chief Neuropsychologist, Atlanta, GA.

17. Dr. Anita Islam, 1994:
Dissertation Topic: Interactive effects of gender, gonadectomy and aging upon opioid analgesia and ingestive behavior in rats.
Present Position: Clinical Research Coordinator, Target Health Inc., NY, NY

18. Dr. Zoran Wolf Pavlovic, 1997:
Dissertation Topic: Functional relationship between the amygdala and periaqueductal gray in the processes of pain and analgesia.
Last Known Position: Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Pharmacology, Cornell University College of Medicine, New York, NY.

19. Dr. Liza Leventhal, 1998:
Dissertation Topic: Antisense mapping of opioid receptor clones: role in ingestive behavior in rats.
Present Position: Research Scientist, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Neuroscience Institute, Princeton, NJ.

20. Dr. Marcello Spinella, 1999:
Dissertation Topic: The role of medullary cholinergic and excitatory amino acid receptors modulating mesencephalic opioid antinociception.
Present Position: Associate Professor, Richard Stockton State College of New Jersey, Pomona, NJ.

21. Dr. André Ragnauth, 2000:
Dissertation Topic: Role of the nucleus accumbens in the mediation of opioid-induced feeding in rats.
Present Position: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Pharmacology, Sophie Davis Medical School, City College of New York, New York, NY.

22. Dr. Wei-Zhen Yu, 2001:
Dissertation Topic: Pharmacology of conditioned flavor preferences in sham-feeding rats: effects of opioid and dopaminergic antagonists.
Present Position: Clinical Neuropsychologist, Kingsbrook Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY.

23. Dr. Eliza Krzanowska: 2001:
Dissertation Topic: The periaqueductal gray: a site eliciting gender differentiated responses in opioid analgesia.
Present Position: Clinical Neuropsychologist, Queens Hospital Medical Center, Kew Gardens, NY.

24. Dr. Joyce Echo: 2001:
Dissertation Topic: The role of excitatory and inhibitory neurotransmitters upon opioid-induced feeding in the nucleus accumbens and ventral tegmental area in rats.
Present Position: Post-Doctoral Fellow in Clinical Neuropsychology, JFK Rehabilitation Institute, Edison, NJ.

25. Dr. Robert Silva: 2001:
Dissertation Topic: Pharmacological and molecular characterization of endogenous opioid peptide-induced feeding responses in rats.
Present Position: Senior Manager, Clinical Development, Dainippon-Sumitomo Pharma.

26. Dr. Randi Shane: 2002:
Dissertation Topic: Pharmacological and behavioral analysis of nociceptive modulation of rat pre-pro-Orphanin FQ/nociceptin fragments in the amygdala of rats.
Present Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Social Sciences, Bronx Community College, Bronx, NY.

27. Dr. Maria Hadjimarkou: 2004:
Dissertation Topic: Pharmacological, molecular and neuroanatomical analysis of the role of opioid receptor subtypes and genes in regulatory challenges.
Present Position: Post-Doctoral Fellow, Laboratory of Functional Neuroanatomy, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD.

28. Dr. Robert Baker: 2004:
Dissertation Topic: Pharmacology of the acquisition and expression of flavor preference conditioning to fructose: roles of dopamine and opioid receptors in rats.
Present Position: Assistant Professor, Touro College, New York, NY.

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