Distinguished Graduates

About the Graduates of Distinction

Graduates of the Psychobiology Program and the Program in Neuroscience who have been invited to return as special speakers in our colloquium series are listed below. The year of the award and the name of the honoree’s major professor are shown.

Graduates of Distinction

Adam Smith

2023

Z. Wang
University of Kansas, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology

Sergio Iniguez

2022

Hull
University of Texas at El Paso, Department of Psychology

Christie Fowler

2021

Z. Wang
University of California, Irvine, School of Biological Sciences

Eric Krause

2019

Contreras
Georgia State University, Neuroscience Institute

David Dietz

2018

Kabbaj
University at Buffalo, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

Greg Cole

2017

Elam
North Carolina Central University, Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Charles Hubscher

2015

K. Berkley
University of Louisville School of Medicine, Department of Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology

David Pittman

2013

Contreras
Wofford College, Department of Psychology

John Boughter

2012

Whitney
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology

Brandon Aragona

2011

Z. Wang
University of Michigan, Department of Psychology

Gwen Fewell

2009

Meredith
SynVivo, Inc., Chief Commercial Officer

Joel Greenspan

2005

Kenshalo
University of Maryland School of Dentistry, Department of Neural and Pain Sciences

Ann Robbins

2004

Stephan
President, Ann Robbins LLC - Regulatory Affairs Consulting Services​

Scott Herness

2001

Beidler
The Ohio State University, Wexner Medical Center, Department of Neuroscience

Randolph Nudo

2000

Masterton
The University of Kansas Medical Center, Landon Center on Aging

Joel White

1999

Meredith
Tufts University School of Medicine, Department of Neuroscience

Alan Spector

1998

Smith
Florida State University, Department of Psychology

Clint Makino

1997

T. Williams
Boston University School of Medicine, Department of Physiology and Biophysics

Cheryl Sisk

1996

Stephan
Michigan State University, Department of Psychology

Wayne Silver

1995

Beidler
Wake Forest University, Department of Biology

Judy Brunso-Bechtold

1994

Masterton
Retired, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy

Rickye Heffner

1991

Masterton
The University of Toledo, Department of Psychology

John Penn

1990

T. Williams
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Vanderbilt Eye Institute

Antonio Nunez

1989

Stephan
Michigan State University, Department of Psychology

Peter Santi

1988

Graziadei
University of Minnesota Medical School, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

Charles Wysocki

1987

Whitney
Monell Chemical Senses Center

Inglis Miller

1986

Beidler
Retired, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy

Marilyn Carroll

1985

Smith
University of Minnesota Medical School, Department of Psychiatry

Robert Bradley

1984

Beidler
University of Michigan School of Dentistry, Biologic and Materials Sciences and Division of Prosthodontics

Henry Heffner

1983

Masterton
The University of Toledo, Department of Psychology

John Caprio

1982

Beidler
Louisiana State University, Department of Biological Sciences

Michael Loop

1981

M. Berkley
University of Alabama Birmingham School of Optometry, Department of Vision Sciences

Charlotte Mistretta

1980

Beidler
University of Michigan School of Dentistry, Biologic and Materials Sciences and Division of Prosthodontics