Past Student Research Fellows

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* indicates first place winner(s).
** indicates second or third place winners.
ο indicates honerable mention
(1997-2002: * indicates first or second place winners.)

2000 Medical Student Research Fellows (back to top)

STUDENT MENTOR PROJECT TITLE
Timothy J. BRENNAN Alan B. Storrow Comparison of resting nuclear imaging and cardiac markers for the prognosis of patients at risk for acute coronary syndromes
Chad EL-ZAYATY* G. Khurana Hershey  Generation of Transgenic Mice Overexpressing IL-13 Receptor Alpha 2 (IL-13Ra2)
Wilson KING James E. Heubi  Prevalence of reduced bone mass in non-ambulatory institutionalized children and adults
Nikkya M. KOVAL Steven Boyce  Kinetic assessment of vascular ingrowth during engraftment of cultured skin substitutes
Ross J. KUHNER Suzanne Greenberg  The effect of tumor necrosis factor-a (TNF-a) on endothelin-1 (ET-1) and platelet activating factor (PAF) production in isolated renal tissues from pregnant and non-pregnant rats
Alex NEE Frank Sharp  Chromium mesoporphyrin induced heme oxygenase-1 gene expression as a protective mechanism against stroke.
S. Renee NIERMAN* J. Howard James  Role of epinephrine in carbohydrate metabolism during subacute sepsis
John A. OCCHINO William Chance  Effects of neuropeptide Y antagonists on induced and scheduled feeding in rats
Kim PHILLIPI Daniel Kantor  Design and assembly of prototype transcranial ultrasound thrombolysis system
Mark A. SCHROEDER G. Khurana Hershey  Structure/Function Analysis of the IL-13 Receptor (IL-4Ra/IL-13Ra1)
Peter J. SISKA Eric Gruenstein  Effect of calcium oscillations on neuronal gene expression
Ryan E. WILL* Eric Gruenstein  Calcium/calmodulin-modulated protein kinase-II as a decoder of neuronal oscillations
Jason WILSON Raymond Boissy  Studies of the morphology of lymphangioleiomyomatosis cells, their expression of melanocyte receptors for known mitogenic factors, and their expression of MART-1
Lisa ZIEMNIK Robert Albright
Joseph Palascak 
A retrospective study of Lovenox in the treatment of deep vein thrombophlebitis in patients with primary malignant brain tumors
Andrew ZURICK Fred A. Luchette  Evaluation of unfractionated heparin, low molecular weight heparin, and warfarin for deep vein thrombosis prophylaxis in high risk trauma patients

1999 Medical Student Research Fellows (back to top)

STUDENT MENTOR PROJECT TITLE
Brandon J. BELL Alan B. Storrow Comparison of  protocols containing graded exercise testing and SPECT for evaluation of moderate to low risk chest pain patients in an emergency department chest pain center
Lesley M. BURRELL* G. Khurana Hershey  The role of interleukin (IL)-4 receptor alpha allelic variants in asthma
Christopher A. EPPLEY William Lewis  Cardiac structural and functional changes in AIDS and cocaine
Jason M. EVANS Fred A. Luchette  Adrenergic blockade increases intracellular Na+/K+ ratio and decreases lactic acid in skeletal muscle during hemorrhage
Michael GEORGE* J. Howard James  Does only the a-2 isoform of the Na+, K+-ATPase in skeletal muscle response to stimulation by epinephrine?
Steven HATCH* Ranjan Deka  Confirmation of the NIDDM susceptibility loci on chromosome 2 in the Samoan population
Roderick Matthew HUFF Per-Olof Hasselgren  Effect of the stress response on muscle protein breakdown during sepsis
Michael C. KREEGER Edward C. Jauch  Determination of the pharmacokineticsof serum cleaved tau protein in spinal cord injury patients
David KRUSLING Bellamkonda Kishore  Molecular basis of resistance of renal medulla to vasopressin in potassium depletion
Stephanie A. LOCAPUTO Jorge A. Bezerra  Urokinase regulation of liver regeneration
Lori Jenine MAXAM Kenneth R. Wagner  Early oxidative stress and heme oxygenase-1 induction in edematous white matter following intracerebral hemorrhage
Sara PINNEY* Leslie Myatt  Effects of VEGF and CRH on expression of endothelial nitric oxide synthase
Alexander TOWBIN John Cuppoletti  Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs activation of epithelial chloride channels
Randall James WARREN Michael D. Privitera  Postictal language assessment as a prognostic tool for complex partial seizures
Karen WILLIS* Keith A. Crutcher  ApolipoproteinE and b-amyloid in Alzheimer's patients

1998 Medical Student Research Fellows (back to top)

STUDENT MENTOR PROJECT TITLE
Neal AQUINO Edward V.A. Lim  Long term functional outcomes study of bimalleolar fractures
Peggy BRAUN* Brad W. Warner  Enhanced salivary epidermal growth factor is a nonessential aspect of intestinal adaptation in female mice
Rachael A. CALLCUT William Lewis  Cardiac and aortic function and ultrastructure in AZT treated FBV/n mice
Craig CARPENTER Joanna Groden  Examination of protein partner interactions with DNA-DNA helicase BLM
Alexander S. DONATH Lyon L. Gleich  Gene therapy for head and neck cancer:  A murine model
James DUNN Z. Abdel-Malek  Role of the melanocortin 1 receptor in the response of normal human melanocytes to ultraviolet rays
Alon FRANK Raymond E. Boissy  Studies on tyrosinase related protein-1
Michael GILBERT Peter Walzer  Expression of a cloned human-specific MSG protein from Pneumocystis carinii
Tracy JONES* Jeffrey Whittset  Pulmonary emphysema in SP-D gene-targeted mice
Kevin J. MALONE Alan B. Storrow  Comparison of a nine and six-hour emergency department based chest pain center treatment strategies for patients at low to moderate risk for acute coronary syndrome
Bryce R.H. ROBINSON* Fred A. Luchette  Adrenergic blockade reduces lacticacidosis during hemorrhagic shock
Sarah RONAN* Robert W. Wilmott  Evaluation of MEG as an anti-inflammatory therapy in chronic Pseudomonas infection
Steven D. SCHROCK Evelyn V. Hess  Knowledge and usage of United States Pharmacopeia reviewed botanical products in the family physician-patient relationship

1997 Medical Student Research Fellows (back to top)

STUDENT MENTOR PROJECT TITLE
Richard Shane BROWN Ming Xu  Identification of D3 dopamine receptor interacting proteins using the yeast two hybrid system
Carey C. BROWN Fred A. Luchette  Effect of hemorrhagic shock on skeletal muscle metabolism
Haleem CHAUDHARY J. Howard James  Stimulation of Na+ K+-AtPase and glycolysis by elevated intracellular Na+ in sepsis
John FUESTON Raymond E. Boissy  Assessment for presence of tyrosinase related protein-1 (TRP-1) in patients with congenital nystagmus and determination of the function of TRP-1 in genetically defined mice
Nathan C. HALL Kenneth R. Wagner  Loss of enzyme activity due to cell disruption following experimental intracerebral hemorrhage in the pig
Melanie HARRIS Clinton Joiner  Survival rate of sickle cells dependson HbF content
Robin Scott HORRELL* Nancy Ratner  Testing a novel model for myelination
Julia Minjung KIM* Robert J. Arceci  Chromosomal mapping of a new helicase gene
Christopher M. PERRY P.O. Hasselgren  The role of NF-kappa b in sepsis-induced muscle proteolysis
James SHMALO William Lewis 
& Randy Morris 
Transgenic models of heart disease in AIDS:  effectsof HIV-1 and AZT on cardiac ultrastructure
Jonathan P. SMEREK Edward H. Miller  Fifteen-year survivorship studyof the uncemented ceramic-on-ceramic bearing autophor® total hip prosthesis
Marshall STEPANIAN Carol A. Caperelli  Solution structure of glycinamide ribonucleotide transformylase by NMR