Doug Grossman

Doug received his undergraduate education at Duke University, and his M.D. and Ph.D. degrees from Baylor College of Medicine. After completing a medical internship and dermatology residency at Yale-New Haven Hospital, and a research fellowship at Yale University School of Medicine, he was recruited to the University of Utah by the Department of Dermatology and the Huntsman Cancer Institute in January 2001. Doug also has an adjunct appointment in the Department of Oncological Sciences. His email is doug.grossman@hci.utah.edu

Tong Liu

Tong received a medical degree from Capital University of Medical Sciences in Beijing and was formerly an endocrinologist in China. She obtained a M.S. degree in Oncological Sciences from the University of Utah. She was recruited to the lab as a Senior Lab Specialist in October 2001. Tong's work is primarily focused on dysregulation of apoptosis in melanoma cells. Her email is tong.liu@hci.utah.edu

Kyle Robinette (2006-2008)

Kyle is an undergraduate at the University of Utah, and worked in the lab part-time, preparing epidermal cells for the lab and assisting with other studies. His email is kyle.robinette@hci.utah.edu

Deepak Raj (2004-2007)

Deepak received medical training in India and was a practicing physician there before coming to the U.S. He entered our laboratory as a graduate student through the Molecular Biology Program. He studied transcriptional control of the survivin gene in melanocytes and melanoma cells. He is currently pursuing postdoctoral training, and can be reached by email: Deepak_Raj@brown.edu

Murray Cotter (2006-2007)

Murray received his M.D. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Michigan, and entered the laboratory following his second year of Dermatology residency at the University of Utah. He was a recipient of the HCI Cancer Training Grant Award. His work dealt with the role of oxidative stress in melanoma development. He is currently pursuing fellowship training in Mohs surgery, and can be reached by email: murray.cotter@gmail.com

Joshua Thomas (2004-2006)

Josh completed his undergraduate education at the University of Utah while working part-time in the lab. He contributed to multiple projects, including mouse carcinogenesis experiments. He left the lab to enter medical school at the University of Utah, and can be contacted at thomaswolves2@hotmail.com

Terry Tandeski (2004-2006)

Terry received a Ph.D. in reproductive physiology from Colorado State University, and prior to joining the lab as a Senior Lab Specialist had been working on gene therapy in the skin. His work involved developing lentiviral vectors for gene transduction and proteomics, as well as assisting in other lab projects. He has taken advantage of other opportunities at the University of Utah.

Hui Yan (2002-2005)

Hui received medical training in China and was an infectious disease specialist in Hengyang. He then completed a Ph.D. at Zhejiang Medical University in Hangzhou on vaccinia virus. Hui joined the lab as a postdoctoral fellow. His projects involved developing apoptosis-based therapies for use in animal models of melanoma, and preparing mutant Livin constructs. He returned to China for a faculty position and can be contacted at yanh98@hotmail.com

Diana (Dee) Biddle Thomas (2002-2004)

Dee received a B.S. degree in biology from Purdue University. She joined the lab in April 2002 as a Lab Specialist. Dee isolated melanocytes and keratinocytes for the lab, and her primary research focus was apoptosis regulation in normal melanocytes and keratinocytes. She can be contacted at thomas2030@sbcglobal.net

Brook Brouha (2002-2003)

After completing his PhD, Brook took a year off from medical school at the University of Pennsylvania to work in our lab and learn more about dermatology at the University of Utah. He contributed to multiple projects, with a focus on characterization of proteolytic events in melanoma cells undergoing apoptosis. He can be contacted at bbrouha@gmail.com

Adrianne Hanks (2001-2003)

Adrianne was a Lab Technician who contributed to multiple projects, and performed many of the immunohistochemical assays and mouse carcinogenesis experiments. She is currently traveling abroad, and plans to pursue either medical or graduate school. She can be contacted at hanksan2000@yahoo.com

Anneli Bowen (2001-2002)

Anneli completed a fellowship year in the lab following her dermatology residency. Her work involved characterizing the expression of apoptotic regulators in melanocytes, keratinocytes and a variety of cutaneous neoplasms. She is currently on the Dermatology faculty at the University of Utah and after completing a dermatopathology fellowship. She can be contacted at abow@derm.med.utah.edu

• 2007: Jodi Mckenzie (graduate student), Carson Holt (graduate student)
• 2006: Maria Gomez (undergraduate), Noah Jenkins (graduate student)
• 2005: Kin-Hoe Chow (graduate student), Nyall London (MD/PhD student), Jared Pelo (medical student)
• 2004: Megan Freestone (medical student), Deepak Raj (graduate student)
• 2002: Jon Tlachac (medical student)
• 2001: April Alexander (medical student)