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Postdoctoral Fellow Accepts Faculty Position
in Sweden
Dr. Kuria Ndung’u has accepted a tenure
track faculty position at Stockholm University in Sweden. There
he will continue his research
on the environmental cycles of toxic metals, using new skills he
acquired during his postgraduate studies at the University
of California Santa Cruz (UCSC). Those studies were supported
with a Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation Post Doctoral Fellowship
in Environmental Chemistry, from a grant that was jointly awarded
to Ken
Bruland (Ocean Sciences) and Russ
Flegal (Environmental Toxicology).
The Dreyfus fellowships are designed to foster interdisciplinary
research by training new Ph.D.’s in analytical chemistry to
adapt their skills to environmental research. Kuria certainly met
those criteria with a B.Sc. in Chemistry from Kenyatta University
in Kenya, M.Sc. in Analytical Chemistry from the University of Botswana
in Botswana, and a Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from Lund University
in Sweden... [Full Story]
Former ETOX Graduate Student Continues Success
in Medical School
In his senior year, as a pre-med student,
Josh Sheridan volunteered in the
lab
of Professor
Donald
Smith in the
Environmental
Toxicology Department and took part in a study aimed at understanding
the exacerbating effects of Manganese exposure on Parkisonism.
He made a significant contribution to all stages of the study, earning
co-authorship on a resultant publication in NeuroToxicology.
After
receiving his bachelors degree in Molecular and Cellular Biology
at UC Santa Cruz and inspired by his experience with the Smith
group,
he entered the Environmental Toxicology Masters program and in
less than two years produced an outstanding thesis that evaluated
the
potential efficacy of the novel lead (Pb) chelating efficacy
Pyrrroloquinoline Quinone (PQQ), as a possible alternative to existing
therapeutic agents.
Throughout this period, Josh's interest
in laboratory and clinical medicine continued to grow, leading
him to medical school at the Thomas Jefferson Medical School
in Philadelphia
where he is at the top of his class of 2nd year med students.
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