Jason W Ashley, PhD
Education and Training:
2006 – Bachelor of Science – Cellular and Molecular Biology; Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
2011 – Doctor of Philosophy – Molecular and Cellular Pathology; University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
2011-2013 – Postdoctoral Fellow – Cell, Developmental, and Integrative Biology; University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
2013-2016 – PENN-PORT Fellow – Orthopaedic Surgery; University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Areas of expertise: cell biology, molecular biology, physiology, orthopaedic research
Current Graduate Students
Maxwell Boruff
Undergraduate Degree: Biology, Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA
Colton Quinn
Undergraduate Degree: Biology, Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA
Stephen Purdue
Undergraduate Degree: Biology, Whitworth University, Spokane, WA
Past Graduate Students
Abigail Keever, MS
Undergraduate degree: Biology, Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA
Graduation date: June, 2019
Master thesis title: “Sex-Specific Gene Expression and its Effect on Osteoclast Differentiation”
Current position: Faculty Associate in Clinical Research, Washington State University
Amber Framstad, MS, DVM
Undergraduate degree: Biology, Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA
Graduation date: December, 2020
Master thesis title: “Kinetics of Notch Signaling During Osteoclastogenesis”
Current position: Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Small Animal General Practice and Reproductive Medicine, Apple Valley, CA
Christopher Harding, MS
Undergraduate degree: Biology, Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA
Graduation date: June, 2022
Master thesis title: “The Significance of Cell-Surface alpha2,3-Linked Sialic Acid In Osteoclasts”
Current position: PhD student, Pharmaceutical Science and Molecular Medicine, Washington State University College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Lilijanna Cummings, MS
Undergraduate degree: Biology, George Fox University, Newberg, OR
Graduation date: December, 2023
Master thesis title: “Sexually-divergent Differentiation and Inflammatory Response of Osteoclasts”
Eric Beulaurier, MS
Undergraduate degree: Biology, Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA
Graduation date: June, 2024
Master thesis title: “Sialylation as a Mechanism for Preferential Ligand Binding in CFS1R”
Current position: PhD student, Pharmaceutical Science and Molecular Medicine, Washington State University College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Justin Roosma, MS
Undergraduate degree: Biology, Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA
Graduation date: June, 2025
Master thesis title: “Myeloma-osteoclast interactions as a therapeutic target for multiple myeloma bone disease”
Current position: MD/PhD student, Medical Scientist Training Program University of Arizona College of Medicine Tucson
Hammed Gafar, MS
Undergraduate degree: Biochemistry, Lagos State University, Nigeria
Graduation date: June, 2025
Master thesis title: “Identifying Notch-Regulated Genes using a Specific Notch Signaling Inhibitor”
