Basic Science Trainees
The Iowa Wellstone Center originated with a collaboration among the Center investigators, which pre-dates NIH funding. In 1997, Drs. Campbell, Moore and Mathews began regular meetings to review biopsies. Basic science trainees in the Campbell Laboratory joined these meetings, with discussions about biopsy findings and unusual clinical cases often sparking new research directions. With Dr. Campbell’s mentorship, research conducted by graduate student and postdoctoral trainees is making a significant contribution to our understanding of the molecular pathogenesis of diverse muscular dystrophies.
Prospective applicants should send a letter of application, curriculum vitae, and names of three references to Dr. Kevin Campbell.
Kevin P. Campbell, PhD
Title/Position
Director, Senator Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Specialized Research Center
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Professor and Chair, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
Roy J. Carver Biomedical Research Chair in Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
Professor of Neurology
Graduate Student Trainees
Current
Emma Luhmann
Title/Position
Graduate Student Trainee (2024-)
Former
Ameya Walimbe, MD, PhD
Title/Position
Graduate Student Trainee (2012-2020)
Child Neurology Fellow, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Jakob Satz, PhD
Title/Position
Graduate Student Trainee (1999-2007)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Susan L. Ackerman Lab, HHMI, The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME
Dimple Bansal, PhD
Title/Position
Graduate Student Trainee (1998-2003)
Independent Entrepreneur, Drug Discovery Oncology & DMD, Pre-clinical drug development Oncology, Marketing & Business Development, McLean, Virginia
Myoung-Goo Kang, PhD
Title/Position
Graduate Student Trainee (1998-2003)
Staff Scientist, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Jyothi Arikkath, PhD
Title/Position
Graduate Student Trainee (1997-2002)
Scientific Review Officer, Division of Neuroscience, Development and Aging, Center for Scientific Review, NIH, Bethesda, MD
Leland Lim, MD, PhD
Title/Position
Graduate Student Trainee (1993-1999)
Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
Christina (Chris) Gurnett, MD, PhD
Title/Position
Graduate Student Trainee (1992-1997)
A. Ernest and Jane G. Stein Professor of Neurology and Director, Division of Pediatric and Developmental Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
Postdoctoral Trainees
Current
Miguel F. Gonzales, PhD
Title/Position
Postdoctoral Scholar (2022-Present)
Divya Rathi, PhD
Title/Position
Postdoctoral Scholar (2022-Present)
Ishita Chandel, PhD
Title/Position
Postdoctoral Scholar (2021-Present)
Former
Hidehiko Okuma, MD, PhD
Title/Position
Postdoctoral Scholar (2016-2021)
Anesthesiologist, Kameda Medical Center, Kamogawa City, Japan
Tiandi Yang, PhD
Title/Position
Postdoctoral Scholar (2017-2020)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Immunology, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA
Toru Egashira, MD, PhD
Title/Position
Postdoctoral Scholar (2014-2019)
Chief Physician, Department of Cardiology, Tachikawa Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
Takahiro Yonekawa, MD, PhD
Title/Position
Postdoctoral Scholar (2014-2018)
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Mie, Japan
Tianqing Zheng, PhD
Title/Position
Postdoctoral Scholar (2014-2015)
Postdoctoral Researcher, Lerner Lab, The Scripps Research Institute, San Diego, CA
Jessica de Greef, PhD
Title/Position
Postdoctoral Scholar (2010-2015)
Assistant Professor, Department of Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands
Jennifer Levy, PhD
Title/Position
Postdoctoral Scholar (2008-2016)
Scientific Director, Coalition to Cure Calpain 3 (C3), Bryn Mawr, PA
Matthew Goddeeris, PhD
Title/Position
Postdoctoral Scholar (2007-2014)
Vice President of Biology, Cellarity, Cambridge, MA
Kei-ichiro Inamori, PhD
Title/Position
Postdoctoral Scholar (2006-2013)
Associate Professor, Institute of Molecular Biomembrane and Glycobiology, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Sendai, Japan
Erik Rader, PhD
Title/Position
Postdoctoral Scholar (2006-2012)
Senior Service Fellow, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Morgantown, WV
Rolf Turk, PhD
Title/Position
Postdoctoral Scholar (2005-2015)
Research Scientist, Integrated DNA Technologies, Coralville, IA
Yuji Hara, PhD
Title/Position
Postdoctoral Scholar (2005-2012)
Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Japan
Tobias Willer, PhD
Title/Position
Postdoctoral Scholar (2004-2009)
Director, Discovery Research and Gene Therapy Science, Amicus Therapeutics - Gene Therapy Center of Excellence
Daniel Beltran, PhD
Title/Position
Postdoctoral Scholar (2004-2008)
Lead of Metabolic Operations, Clinical Genomics, Invitae, San Francisco, CA
Renzhi Han, PhD
Title/Position
Postdoctoral Scholar (2003-2009)
Professor of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
Kazuhiro Kobuke, MD, PhD
Title/Position
Postdoctoral Scholar (2003-2009)
Manager, Division of Cardiology, Shimada Municipal Hospital, Shimada City, Shizuoka, Japan
Aaron Beedle, PhD
Title/Position
Postdoctoral Scholar (2003-2008)
Department Chair and Associate Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, SUNY Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY
Takako Yoshida-Moriguchi, PhD
Title/Position
Postdoctoral Scholar (2003-2008)
Director, Metabolic Diseases, Sigilon Therapeutics, Inc., Cambridge, MA
Yoshiaki Saito, MD, PhD
Title/Position
Postdoctoral Scholar (2003-2004)
Chief of Inpatient Ward, Department of Child Neurology, National Center Hospital of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan
Motoi Kanagawa, PhD
Title/Position
Postdoctoral Scholar (2001-2005)
Professor, Department of Molecular Cardiovascular Biology and Pharmacology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Ehime, Japan
Severine Groh, PhD
Title/Position
Postdoctoral Scholar (2001-2008)
Associate Professor, Division of Biological and Physical Sciences, Delta State University, Cleveland, MS
Yvonne Kobayashi, PhD
Title/Position
Postdoctoral Scholar (2000-2008)
Senior Director, Project Management and Partner Relationships, Prevail Therapeutics, New York, NY
Hajime Kusano, PhD
Title/Position
Postdoctoral Scholar (2000-2005)
Manager, Business Development & Licensing, Tokyo, Japan
Fumiaki Saito, PhD
Title/Position
Postdoctoral Scholar (1999-2002)
Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Rita Barresi, PhD
Title/Position
Postdoctoral Scholar (1998-2006)
Head of Neurobiology Lab, San Camillo IRCCS SRL, Venice, Italy
Chien-Chang Chen, PhD
Title/Position
Postdoctoral Scholar (1998-2004)
Research Fellow, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
Federica Piccolo, PhD
Title/Position
Postdoctoral Scholar (1998-2002)
Funding Programme Manager, Guido Berlucchi Foundation, Brescia, Italy
Ronald Cohn, MD, PhD
Title/Position
Postdoctoral Scholar (1998-2001)
President & CEO, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Connie Lebakken, PhD
Title/Position
Postdoctoral Scholar (1997-2001)
President and Chief Operating Officer, Stem Pharm, Inc., Madison, WI
Ramon Coral-Vazquez, PhD
Title/Position
Postdoctoral Scholar (1996-1999)
Senior Researcher, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico City, Mexico
Hiroki Yamada, MD, PhD
Title/Position
Postdoctoral Scholar (1996-1999)
Division Chief, Division of Neurology, Tokyo Metropolitan Hiroo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
Kathleen Holt
Title/Position
Postdoctoral Scholar (1995-2000)
Senior Director, Eukaryotic Research, Locus Biosciences, Inc., Morrisville, NC
Rachelle Crosbie-Watson, PhD
Title/Position
Postdoctoral Scholar (1995-1999)
Professor and Chair, Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Michael Henry, PhD
Title/Position
Postdoctoral Scholar (1995-1999)
Interim Director, Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center and Professor, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Ricardo Felix, PhD
Title/Position
Postdoctoral Scholar (1995-1998)
Professor, Department of Cell Biology, Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute (Cinvestav-IPN), Mexico City, Mexico
Volker Straub, MD, PhD
Title/Position
Postdoctoral Scholar (1995-1998)
Harold Macmillan Professor of Medicine, Institute of Human Genetics, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Franck Duclos, PhD
Title/Position
Postdoctoral Scholar (1994-1999)
Senior Principal Scientist, Cardiovascular & Fibrosis Discovery Biology, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Pennington, NJ