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Dr. Marazita's Past and Current Trainees

Summary of Past and Current Trainees for whom Dr. Marazita served as mentor (there an additional 25 trainees for whom Dr. Marazita served as a committee member)

 

Trainee Trainee type Training Period Previous Institution, Degree, and Year Awarded Title of Research Project Current Position or Source of Support
Abigail Byrnes Pre-doc 1999-2001 B.S., M.S., Univ. of Pittsburgh, 1999 Parental evaluation of the experience of being informed that a child has a cleft lip and/or palate Genetic Counselor, Magee Women’s Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA
Margaret Cooper Pre-doc 1994-1996 M.S.I.S., M.S., Univ. of Pittsburgh Characteristics associated with cleft lip with or without cleft palate in a Chinese population Research Instructor, School of Dental Medicine, Univ. of Pittsburgh
Abdelhakim El-Gherianai, D.M.D. Post-doc 2000-2003 D.D.S., England, M.S., Univ. of Pittsburgh Genetics of mandibular hyperplasia Currently in orthodontics residency program
Manika Govil, Ph.D. Post-doc 2005-2008 Ph.D., Univ. of Iowa, 2005 Developing Bayesian methods for analysis of complex traits Research Asstant Professor, School of Dental Medicine, Univ. of Pittsburgh
Shane Holmes, D.M.D. Post-doc 1998-2000 D.M.D., WVU, 1998; M.S., Univ. of Pittsburgh Asymmetry measurements in cleft lip with or without cleft palate in China Clinical practice of orthodontics
Thomas Hart, D.D.S. Pre-doc 1986-1991 D.D.S., 1986; Ph.D. VCU Genetics of early onset periodontitis Director of Clinical Research, NIDCR
Elizabeth Jenkins Pre-doc 2004-2006 B.S.; M.S. Univ. of Pittsburg Twin studies of behavior Genetic Counselor
Brion Maher, Ph.D. Pre- and Post-doc 1996-2002 B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Univ. of Pittsburgh Genetic analyses of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and its underlying dimensions Assistant Professor (tenure-stream), VCU
Rachel Malinowski (now Nussbaum) Pre-doc 2002-2005 B.S., James Madison Univ.., 2002 ; MS Univ. of Pittsburgh Assessing the impact of prenatal diagnosis of clefting on the maternal/paternal birth experience Research Genetic Counselor, Georgetown University
Dawn Nicotra Pre-doc 2002-2005 B.S., Univ. of Pittsburgh, 2002; M.S., Univ. of Pittsburgh A meta-analysis of the prevalence of common clinical characteristics in Velocardiofacial syndrome Genetic Counselor, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Supakit Peanchit-lertkajorn, D.D.S. Post-doc 1998-2000 D.D.S., Thailand; M.S., Univ. of Pittsburgh Genetic linkage analysis of cleft lip with or without cleft palate Fellowship in craniofacial surgery, Univ. of Texas
Katherine Peters Pre-doc 1998-2000 B.S., Univ. of Pittsburgh, 1998; M.S., Univ. of Pittsburgh Heritability of temperament: a twin study Genetics Counselor, Univ. of California, Irvine
Lynn Ploughman Ph.D. Post-doc 1990-1992 Ph.D., Univ. of Michigan, 1990 Epidemiology of birth defects in Virginia, statistical methods Bio-statistician, Dupont
Bonnie Salbert, D.O. Post-doc 1991-1992 D.O, Michigan State Univ. Genetics of cleft lip and palate Private practice (D.O.)
Jessica Sank Pre-doc 1998-2000 B.S.; M.S., Univ. of Pittsburgh Psychosocial aspects related to orofacial clefting Research Genetic Counselor, Univ. of Florida
Deitrich Stephan, Ph.D. Post-doc 1994-1996 Ph.D., Univ. of Pittsburgh, 1994 Trinucleatide repeats in orofacial cleft genes Director, Neuro-genomics Division, TGen, Phoenix, Arizona
Seth Weinberg, Ph.D. Pre-doc 1998-2007 B.S., Temple Univ.; M.S., Ph.D. Univ. of Pittsburgh Analysis of 3-D facial images Post-doctoral Fellow, Univ. of Iowa
Kimberly Wentzlaff Pre-doc 1994-1988 B.S., Univ. of Minnesota; M.S., Univ. of Pittsburgh Handedness and non-syndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate in Shanghai, China Research Genetic Counselor, Mayo Clinic

 

Sample publications of some of Dr. Marazita trainee’s (Trainee names in bold):

  1. Byrnes AL, Berk NW, Cooper ME, Marazita ML.  Parental evaluation of informing interviews for cleft lip and/or palate.  Pediatrics 112(2):308-313, 2003.
  2. Cooper ME, Stone RA, Liu Y-e, Hu D-n, Melnick M,  Marazita ML. Descriptive epidemiology of nonsyndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate in Shanghai, China, 1980-1989. Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal,37(3):274-280, 2000.
  3. Cooper ME, Sank J, Marazita ML.  Birth prevalence of cleft lip and cleft palate in Asia.  In press, Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal, 2006
  4. El-Gheriani AA, Maher BS, El-Gheriani AS, Sciote JJ, Abu-shahba FA, Al-Azemi R, Marazita ML. Segregation analysis of mandibular prognathism in Libya.  J of Dental R, 82:523-527, 2003
  5. Hart TC, Marazita ML, Wright JT.  The impact of molecular genetics on oral health paradigms.  Critical Reviews in Oral Biology,11(1):26-56, 2000.
  6. Hart TC, Hart PS, Michalec MD, Zhang Y, Marazita ML, Cooper ME, Yassin OM, Nusser M, Walker S.  Localisation of a gene for prepubertal periodontitis to chromosome 11q14 and identification of a cathepsin C gene mutation.  Journal of Medical Genetics, 37:95-101, 2000.
  7. Maher BS, Marazita ML, Zubenko WN, Spiker DG, Giles DE, Kaplan BB, Zubenko GS. Genetic Segregation Analysis of Recurrent, Early-Onset Major Depression:  Evidence for Single Major Locus Transmission.  American Journal of Medical Genetics (Neuropsychiatric Genetics), 114(2):214-221, 2002.
  8. Peanchitlertkajorn S, Cooper ME, Liu Y-E, Field LL, Marazita ML.  Chromosome 17: Gene mapping studies of cleft lip with or without cleft palate in Chinese families.  Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal, 40(1):71-79, 2003
  9. Sank JR, Berk NW, Cooper ME, Marazita ML.  Perceived social support of mothers of children with clefts. Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal, 40(2):165-171, 2003.
  10. Weinberg SM, Neiswanger K, Martin RA, Mooney MP, Kane AA, Wenger SL, Losee J, Deleyiannis F, Ma L, de Salamanca JE, Czeizel AE, Marazita ML.  The Pittsburgh Oral-Facial Cleft (POFC) Study: Expanding the Cleft Phenotype. Background and Justification.  Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal, Cleft Palate Craniofac J 43:7-20, 2006.
  11. Wentzlaff K, Cooper ME, Yang P, Aston P, Liu Y-e, Melnick M, Marazita ML.  Association between non-right-handedness and cleft lip with or without cleft palate in a Chinese population.  Journal of Craniofacial Genetics and Developmental Biology, 17:141-147, 1997.

 

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