Eppley Institute, Courtesy Appointments: Pathology and Microbiology, and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Angie Rizzino, Ph.D, Professor

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ACADEMIC DEGREES:
State University of New York at Stony Brook (Ph.D., 1974)
Post-doctoral training with Drs. McCarthy (UCSF) and Sato (UCSD).

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Contact Name: Angie Rizzino, Ph.D.
Phone Number: 402-559-6338
e-mail address: arizzino@unmc.edu

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• GRANT SUPPORT (partial list):

Source of Support: National Institutes of Health
Project Title: Regulation of Growth Factors and Mammalian Embryogenesis
Principal Investigator: A. Rizzino, Time/Percent of Effort: 35%
Annual Direct Costs Recommended: $200,000, Total Direct Costs Recommended: $1,025,000
Total Period of Support: 12/15/00 - 12/14/05

Source of Support: National Institutes of Health
Project Title: Regulation of the Type II TGF-ß-Receptor
Principal Investigator: Angie Rizzino, Time/Percent of Effort: 21% (A. Rizzino)
Annual Direct Costs: $131,800; Total Direct Costs: $537,000
Total Period of Support: 12/01/98 - 11/30/04

Source of Support: Nebraska Research Initiative
Project Title: Analysis of Differential Gene Expression During Differentiation and Carcinogenesis by DNA Chip Technology
Principal Investigator: A. Rizzino, Time/Percent of Effort: 15% (Co-Is include: Drs. Hollingsworth, Batra, Lin, Lewis and Shull)
Annual Direct Costs: $249,000 for 07/01/02-06/30/03
Total Period of Support: 07/01/98 - 06/30/03

Source of Support: US Army
Identifying Number: DAMD 17-01-2-0036
Project Title: Gene and Protein Therapy for Poisoning by Organophosphorus Agents
Principal Investigator: Oksana Lockridge
Time/Percent of Effort: 5% (A. Rizzino)
Annual Total Costs: $411,742; Total Costs: $1,300,650
Total Period of Support: 9/01/01 - 8/30/04

Source of Support: National Institutes of Health
Identifying Number: 2 RO1 CA78590
Project Title: Molecular Studies on MUC4 Mucin Gene
Principal Investigator: Surinder Batra, A. Rizzino, Co-I - 5% effect
Annual Total Costs: $220,500
Total Period of Support: 7/01/02-6/30/07 

Source of Support: National Institutes of Health
Identifying Number: 2 T32 CA09476
Project Title: Cancer Biology Training Program
Principal Investigator: Barry Gold
Time/Percent of Effort: 3% (A. Rizzino)

Source of Support: United States Army Breast Cancer Research Program
Project Title: Breast Cancer Training Program
Principal Investigator: Kenneth H. Cowan
Period of Support: 7-1-00 to 6-30-04
Time/Percent of Effort: 3% (A. Rizzino)

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• PUBLICATIONS (last 3-5 years):

http://www.unmc.edu/Eppley/faculty/f_rizz.html

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• PREVIOUS GRADUATE STUDENTS/POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWS (present location):

Previous Graduate Students:
Jay Tiesman, Ph.D., 1991 (Dr. Tiesman is currently a "Project Leader" at Procter and Gamble in Cincinnati, Ohio.)

Charles Kuszynski, Ph.D., 1992 (Dr. Kuszynski is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology at UNMC.)

David Kelly, Ph.D., 1994 (Currently a Research Assistant Professor in the Eppley Institute at UNMC)

Edward Rosfjord, Ph.D., 1995 (Project Director, Wyeth-Ayerst Research, Pearl River, NY)

Keith Miller, Ph.D. 1995, MD 1997 (MD/PhD program – Cardiac Fellowship, University of Chicago)

Beáta Scholtz, Ph.D. 1997 (Currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Debrecen in Hungary)

Kimberly Lamb, Ph.D. 1998 (Dr. Lamb is employed currently by the UniMed at UNMC)

Michelle Kingsley-Kallesen, Ph.D. 1999 (Currently a postdoctoral fellow with Dr. Rosen, Univ. Texas)

Lance Johnson, Ph.D. 2001 (Laboratory Manager, Nature Technology Corporation, Lincoln, NE)

Troy Luster (5^th year Ph.D. student in the laboratory)

Previous Post-Doctoral Fellows:
Wendy Campbell, Ph.D., (Dr. Campbell took a position as Scientific Product manager at Streck Laboratories, Omaha, NE, when she left Dr. Rizzino’s laboratory.)

Phillip Wilder, Ph.D., (Dr. Wilder is currently a Research Associate in Dr. Rizzino’s laboratory)

David Kelly, Ph.D. (Dr. Kelly is currently a Research Assistant Professor in the Eppley Institute)

Qing Sheng Gao, Ph.D. (Dr. Gao is currently an consultant for the Whitehead Institute, MA).

Jae-Hwan Kim, Ph.D. (Dr. Kim is currently an Assistant Professor in the College of Medicine at Pochon CHA University in South Korea )

Tammy Nowling, Ph.D. (She will become a Research Assistant Professor at the Medical University of South June 1, 2003)

Jingwen Hou, Ph.D. (Dr. Hou joined the laboratory in October 2001)

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• CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS:

http://www.unmc.edu/Eppley/faculty/f_rizz.html

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• SPECIALIZED LABORATORY/CLINICAL RESEARCH RESOURCES:

Molecular biology, biochemistry, cellular biology, structural biology, mouse embryonic stem cells, gene knockouts

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