Hemby Lab Personnel

Scott E. Hemby, PhD Associate Professor Department of Physiology and Pharmacology shemby@wakehealth.edu Faculty Profile & Publications Positions Available. Contact: Dr. Scott E. Hemby, 336-716-8620

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Research Assistants

Nilesh Tannu, MBBS, MS  Research Assistant  ntannu@wakehealth.edu

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Lab Technicians

Brian Horman, BS Supervisor bhorman@wakehealth.edu

Glen Acosta gacosta@wakehealth.edu

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Graduate Students

Eric Backes, BS Neuroscience Program Emory University ebackes@yahoo.com	David Burmeister Physiology & Pharmacology Graduate Program Wake Forest University dburmeis@wakehealth.edu
Kim Fisher Molecular Medicine Graduate Program Wake Forest University ebackes@yahoo.com

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Students Matriculated

1. Wendy Hasenkamp, PhD
   Neuroscience, Emory University 2005
   Dissertation: NMDA Receptors in the Entorhinal Cortex in Schizophrenia
2. Joann O’Connor, PhD
   Molecular and Systems Pharmacology, Emory University, 2006
   Dissertation: AMPA receptor subunit alterations in the schizophrenia dorsolateral prefrontal cortex

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Past Lab Members

1. Sufian Al-Khaldi, PhD (1999-2000)
   Current: Supervisor, Food and Drug Administration Array Facility, Washington, DC
2. Yuhua Li, MD (2000-2002)
   Current: Microarray Core Facility Director, Emory Health Sciences Microarray Facility 
3. Wenxue Tang, MD (2001-2004)
   Current: Research Associate, Department of Otolaryngology, Emory University School of Medicine
4. Jose Morales, PhD (2003-2004)
   Current: Post doctoral Fellow, Yerkes Research Center, Emory University School of Medicine 
5. Willard Freeman, PhD (2003-2004)
   Current: Research Assistant Professor, Penn State University School of Medicine