Almudena Veiga-Lopez, DVM, PhD

Associate Professor
veiga@uic.edu

Natalia M. Pascuali, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

nataliap@uic.edu

Zinat Sharmin, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

zinat@uic.edu

Newsletter Editor, Postdoctoral Association, University of Illinois at Chicago

Anita Waye

GEMS Graduate Student

awaye3@uic.edu

Sarrah Moosabhoy

Undergraduate student

smoosa5@uic.edu

Graduate Student Leadership Committee (communications subcommittee), Society of Toxicology

Student Executive Committee Member, Michigan Research Council, Society of Toxicology

Former Lab Members

Dr. Elvis Ticiani – Postdoctoral Fellow (2019-2023)

Awards:

  • 2023 Sheldon D. Murphy Postdoctoral Endowment Award, Mechanisms Specialty Section, Society of Toxicology
  • 2023 Midwest Regional Chapter Postdoctoral Travel Award, Society of Toxicology.
  • 2023 Postdoctoral Travel Award, College of Medicine, UIC
  • 2020 & 2021 Finalist, Mechanisms SS Gabriel L. Plaa Education Award, Society of Toxicology.

Positions:

  • Postdoctoral Representative, Out Toxicologists and Allies Society of Toxicology

Current Position: Study Director of Toxicology, Frontage Labs

Dr. Yong Pu – Assistant Research Professor (2021-2023); Postdoctoral Fellow (2006-2020)

Awards:

  • 2020 Second Price, AACT and InnoStar Best Abstract Awards, Society of Toxicology.
  • 2018 Poster Award, Michigan Society of Toxicology

Current Position: Study Director of Toxicology, Frontage Labs

Dr. Jeremy Gingrich, Graduate Student, Pharmacology and Toxicology Program, Michigan State University (2017 – 2020)

Awards:

  • 2020 Travel Award, Society of Toxicology
  • 2019 Food Safety Specialty Section Frank Lu Graduate Student of the Year Award, Society of Toxicology
  • 2019 Best Poster Award, Annual Research Day, Reproductive Sciences & Developmental Program, MSU
  • 2018-2019 T32 NICHD Fellowship
  • 2018 Travel Award, Future Tox IV Annual Meeting

Current position: Toxicologist, Office of Food Additive Safety, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food Drug Administration