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Faculty Member Past and Current Trainees	Pre or Post	Training Period	Prior Academic Degree(s)	Prior Academic Degree Year(s)	Prior Academic Degree Institutions(s)	Title of Research Project	Current Position (past trainees) Source of Support (current trainees)

Past Trainees: Leonard, A Soren	Post	2001-2003	PhD	2001	U Wisconsin	Regulation of neuronal ASIC channels by phosphorylation	Res Assoc, Senior Staff, Neurobiology, Duke U
Askwith, Candic	Post	1998-2003	PhD	1998	U Utah	FMRFamide and ASIC channels	Asst Prof, Neuroscience, Ohio State U
Hruska-Hageman, Alesia	Post	1998-2003	PhD	1998	Iowa State U	Proteins that bind to DEG/ENaC Channels	Staff, Mount Mercy C
Drapkin, Paola Vermeer	Post	1998-2003	PhD	1998	Columbia U	Novel methods of gene transfer for cystic fibrosis	Assoc Res Scientist, Sanford Medical Center
Berger, Allan	Post	1998-2003	PhD, DVM	1998	Cornell U	Structure and function of CFTR	Private Veterinarian, Iowa
**Wemmie, John	Post	1997-2002	MD, PhD	1996	U Iowa	Function of DEG/ENaC channels in the CNS	Asst Prof, Psychiatry, U Iowa
Ikuma, Mutsuhiro	Post	1998-2001	PhD	Unk	Hamamatsu U	Regulation of CFTR Cl channel gating	Medicine, Hamamatsu U, Japan
Baldursson, Olafur	Post	1997-2000	MD	1997	U Iceland	Regulation of CFTR by the R domain	Specialist, Pulmonary Medicine, Landspitali U Hospital, Reykjavik
Prince, Lawrence	Post	1996-2003	MD, PhD	1996	U Alabama	Molecular Mechanism of Liddle’s Syndrome	Asst Prof, Pediatrics, Vanderbilt U
Drummond, Heather	Post	1996-2000	MD, PhD	1999	Medical C Wisconsin	Cloning and Sequencing of the Mechanosensitive Ion Channels in Putative Baroreceptor Neurons in Nodose Ganglion Neurons	Asst Prof, U Mississippi Medical School
Singh, Pradeep	Post	1996-1999	MD	1989	Unk	Pathogenesis of cystic fibrosis	Assoc Prof, Microbiology, U Washington
**Motto, David	Post	1996-1998	MD, PhD	1994	U Iowa	Function of Drosophila DEG/ENaC Na+ channels	Asst Prof, Internal Medicine, U Iowa
Lee, John	Post	1996-1998	MD	1996	U Iowa	Mechanisms to enhance gene transfer to airway epithelia	Otolaryngology, Sanford Medical Center
Rogers, John	Post	1996-1998	PhD	1995	U Washington	Structure of the FANaCh Na+ channel	Res Assoc, Parke-Davis Pharmacy Co.
Rogers, Christopher	Post	2003-2008	PhD	2002	Vanderbilt	New animal models for CF	Exemplar Genetics, Sioux Center, Iowa
Ben-Shahar, Yehuda	Post	2003-2008	PhD	1996	UIllinois	Neurobiology of the DEG/ASIC-like sodium channels in Drosophila	Asst Prof, Washington U
Schnizler, Mikael	Post	2002-2008	PhD	1998	Germany	Drosophila DEG/ENaC channels	Staff, Germany
Randak, Christoph	Post	2001-2008	PhD	1994	Germany	Structure and Function of the CFTR Cl Channel	Assoc, Pediatrics, U Iowa
Itani, Omar	Post	2005-2007	PhD	2005	U Iowa	Control of airway surface liquid production	Postdoc
**Farmen, Sara	Pre	2001-2005	BS	2001	U Nebraska	Cell biology of human airway epithelia and the interaction with pathogens	Resident, U Michigan
**Walters, Robert	Pre	1997-1993	BS	1997	U Iowa	AAV-medicated gene transfer of airway epithelia	Resident, Duke U Medical Center
Xie, Jing	Pre	2000-2002	BS	2000	U Iowa	Function of DEG/ENaC channels	Postdoc Fellow, Harvard
Chung, Chen	Pre	97-00	BS	1997	U Iowa	Structure of DEG/ENaC channels	Rosetta Informatics/Merck
**Adams, Christopher	Pre	94-98	BS	1994	U Kansas	Structure and function of DEG/ENaC Na+ channels	Asst Prof, U Iowa
**Cotten, Joseph	Pre	94-98	BS	1994	U Iowa	ATP-dependent regulation of CFTR	Instructor, Anesthesia, Mass General
Liu, Lei	Pre Post	98-08	BS, PhD	1989	U Iowa	Drosophila DEG/ENaC Channels	Research Investigator, U Beigjing, China
Flynn, Andrea	Pre	2003-2008	BS	2003	U Florida	Gene transfer to airway epithelia	Postdoc, Columbia U, NY
Current Trainees: Jeng-Haur Chen	Post	2006-	PhD	2005	Bristol U	Regulation of CFTR by the R Domain	Postdocl Assoc - HHMI
Wang, Runping	Post	2006-	PhD	2005	Georgia State	Physiologic function of ASIC channels	Postdocl Assoc - HHMI
Zha, Xiangming	Post	2004-	PhD	2000	U Iowa	Extracellular interactions of ASIC channels	Postdocl Assoc - HHMI
Dong, Qian	Post	2004-	PhD	2001	Shangdong U, China	Adenylate kinase regulation of the CFTR Cl- Channel	Postdocl Assoc - HHMI
Leah Reznikov	Post	2008-	PhD	2008	U South Carolina	Extracellular interactions of ASIC channels	HHMI
Shah, Alok	Pre	2005-	BS	2005	Grinnell	Genetic defects in cilia function	Graduate Student
Sun, Yishan	Pre	2005-	BS	2005	Zhejiang U	Function of DEG/ENaC channels in Drosophila	Graduate Student
**(Espie-) Ziemann, Adam	Pre	2004-	BS	2004	St. Olaf C	ASIC channel function in the CNS	Pain T32
Costa, Vivian	Pre	2003-	BS	2001	Rutgers	ASIC channel function in the peripheral nervous system	Graduate Student
Gregory Albert	Post	2007-	MD	2003	Tufts	Acid sending ion channels and their role in the pathophysiology of brain injury	Postdoctoral Fellow
P Mark Rogan	Post	2007	MD	1996	Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland	Develop understanding of the pulmonary phenotype of a CFTR-/- pig	Postdoctoral Fellow