Education and Training

Fellows, residents and students interested in studying the neural control of breathing muscles to develop new approaches to counter the effects of neuromuscular disease, critical illness, aging and spinal cord injury, should contact Dr. Sieck for information about training and career opportunities in the Cell and Regenerative Physiology Laboratory at Mayo Clinic.

Student trainees in Dr. Sieck's laboratory include:

  • Alyssa D. Brown, supervised doctoral student
  • Philippe Delmotte, Ph.D.
  • Matthew J. Fogarty, Ph.D.
  • Young S. Han, Ph.D., supervised doctoral student
  • Anthony G. Jay, Ph.D.
  • Miguel Pareja Cajiao, M.D.
  • Casey R. Whitney, supervised doctoral student

Alumni of Dr. Sieck's laboratory include:

  • Theodore Abraham, M.D.
  • Filippo Agnesi, Ph.D., supervised doctoral student
  • Heather Argadine (Gransee), Ph.D., supervised doctoral student
  • Juliana Alvarez-Argote, M.D.
  • Santiago Alvarez-Argote
  • Catalina Maria Alvarez-Ruiz, M.D.
  • Bharathi Aravamudan, Ph.D.
  • Mona Austrup, M.D.
  • Betul Ayetikin, M.D.
  • Roland van Balkom, M.D., Ph.D.
  • Brent Berry, M.D., Ph.D., supervised doctoral student
  • Cesar E. Blanco, Ph.D., supervised doctoral student
  • Xujiao Chen, M.D.
  • Murat Dogan, M.D., Ph.D.
  • Douglas Dow, Ph.D.
  • Jonathan E. Elliott, Ph.D.
  • Leonid Ermilov, Ph.D.
  • Guitti Eghbali Fatourechi, M.D.
  • Alexis M. Fenton, M.D.
  • Mario Fournier, Ph.D., supervised doctoral student
  • Svein-Erik Gausta, Ph.D.
  • Paige Geiger, Ph.D., supervised doctoral student
  • Luther C. Gill, D.P.T., Ph.D.
  • Maria A. Gonzalez-Porras, Ph.D., supervised doctoral student
  • Luc E. Gosselin, Ph.D.
  • Sarah M. Greising, Ph.D.
  • Brage Haaheim, M.D., Ph.D.
  • Erik van der Heijden, M.D., Ph.D., supervised doctoral student
  • Vivian Hernandez-Torres, M.D.
  • Leo M. A. Heunks, M.D., Ph.D., supervised doctoral student
  • Sandra Hrometz, Ph.D.
  • Gijs Ijpma, Ph.D., supervised doctoral student
  • Olcay Isbir, M.D.
  • Amine Issa, Ph.D., supervised doctoral student
  • Yemi Iyanoye, M.D.
  • Li Jia, Ph.D.
  • Federico Jimenez-Ruiz, M.D.
  • Bruce D. Johnson, Ph.D.
  • Keith Anthony Jones, M.D.
  • Varekan Keishing, Ph.D.
  • Obaid Khurram, Ph.D., supervised doctoral student
  • Sertac Kip, M.D., Ph.D.
  • Joseph H. Kuei, M.D.
  • Michael I. Lewis, M.D.
  • Li Li, M.D., Ph.D.
  • Panyota Liopyris, M.D.
  • Herwin Machiels, M.D.
  • Carlos Mantilla, M.D., Ph.D., supervised doctoral student
  • David B. Masters, Ph.D.
  • Asher Mazar, M.D.
  • Matthew B. McCullough, Ph.D.
  • Hirofumi Miyata, Ph.D.
  • Christina Pabelick, M.D.
  • Y.S. Prakash, M.D., Ph.D., supervised doctoral student
  • Sabhya Rana, Ph.D.
  • Abdul Raqeeb, Ph.D.
  • Michael Regnier, Ph.D.
  • Miguel Bernal Restrepo, Ph.D.
  • Katharine L. Rowley (Grant), Ph.D., supervised doctoral student
  • Tiffany Sarrafian, DVM, Ph.D.
  • Niccole S. Schaible, Ph.D., supervised doctoral student
  • Inanc Seckin, M.D.
  • Yasin Baris Seven, Ph.D., supervised doctoral student
  • Kenneth Smithson, D.O., Ph.D.
  • Sandra Soares, M.D.
  • Anel A. Togaibayeva, M.D.
  • Rene Vandenboom, Ph.D.
  • David R. Vandersteen, M.D.
  • Ann Vantrappen, M.D.
  • Sathish Venkatachalem, Ph.D.
  • A. J. Verheul, M.D., Ph.D.
  • Xi Wang, M.D.
  • Yao Wang, M.D., Ph.D.
  • Thomas A. White, Ph.D.
  • Louise E. Wilson, M.B., Ch.B.
  • Ailing Xue, M.D.
  • David A. Zacharias, Ph.D.
  • Vanessa Zaveletta, M.D., Ph.D.
  • Wen-Zhi Zhan, M.D.