BioSTEP Students, Mentors & Research

Yale BioSTEP Students, Mentors & Research Topics

Year	Student	College	Mentor	Research
1992	Jude J. Ade	Southern Connecticut State University	Lynn Cooley, PhD Genetics	Molecular Analysis of Quail, A Gene Involved in Drosophila Oogenesis
1992	Eric D. Brown	Morehouse College	Jeffrey Bender, MD Molecular Medicine	The Biology of Human Endothelial Cells
1992	Dirk Johnson	Morehouse College	Michael Brines, MD/PhD Internal Medicine	Sodium Pump Activity - Potential Protective Mechanism for Excitotoxicity
1992	Reginald Marable	Morehouse College	James Anderson, MD/PhD Internal Medicine	The Molecular Biology of Epithelial Cell Tight Junctions
1992	Elena M. Martinez Stoffel	Yale University	Carl Hashimoto, PhD Cell Biology	The Molecular Biology of Drosophila Embryogenesis
1992	Scott Porter	Morehouse College	Michael Stern, PhD Genetics	The Post-translational Processing of PTHrP
1992	Tanya R. Ruff Gure	Yale University	Carrie Redlich, MD Internal Medicine	Anti Cancer and Immunomodulatory Effects of Vitamin A in Asbestos Exposed Workers
1992	Scott V. Simms	Yale University	M. Stephen Meyn, PhD Genetics	Genetic Recombination in the Transgenic Mouse
1992	Toni Tildon	Yale University	Bennett Shaywitz, MD Pediatrics	Learning and Attention Disorders
1992	Debra M. Townsend	Tougaloo College	Lisa Matovcik, PhD Cell Biology	The Molecular Biology of Drosophila Embryogenesis
1992	Zsakeba Watkins Henderson	Oakwood College	Robert Riley, MD Internal Medicine	The Molecular Biology of Calcium Channels in Renal Epithelial
1992	Reginald Williams	Savannah State University	Albert Sinusas, MD Internal Medicine	The Determination of Coronary Artery Disease with Arbutamine-Thalium-201 Scintigraphy
1992	Jacqueline Williams-Olango	Oakwood College	David Coleman, MD Internal Medicine	The Regulation of EGR-1, An Early Growth Response Gene
1993	Rodney K. Alan	Morehouse College	Heino Velazquez, PhD Internal Medicine	Electrolyte Transport in the Distal Tubule
1993	Andrea D. Brown	Morgan State University	Nancy Berliner, MD Internal Medicine	Control of Differential Expression of Human Neutrophil Gelatinase
1993	Kathy J. Carmichael	Temple University	Michael Stern, PhD Genetics	Parathyroid Hormone Related-Protein Secretion in Breast Cancer Cells; Interaction with Bone Secretion
1993	Albert George Jr.	Savannah State University	John Forrest, MD Internal Medicine	Immunological Screening of B. Burgdorferi
1993	Quentin A. Guinn	Yale University	M. Stephen Meyn, PhD Genetics	Fanconi Anemia: cDNA Complementation Study
1993	Tyehimba A. Hunt-Harrison	Winston-Salem State University	Frank Richards, MD Internal Medicine	Studies on the Laminin Receptor Gene and Beta-Gluoan Synthase Gene of Pneumocystis Carinii
1993	Stacey Irizarry	Princeton University	Priscilla Dannies, PhD Pharmacology	Trafficking of Proteins in GH4C1 Cells
1993	Trenton L. James	Clark Atlanta University	Eric Fearon, PhD Molecular Medicine	Expression of Spliced DCC Messenger RNAs in Xenopus Development
1993	Dirk Johnson	Morehouse College	Mahboubeh Eghbali-Webb, PhD Anesthesiology	Fragmentation of Collagen Promoter for Thyroid Hormone Binding Assay
1993	Kimberly J. McIntosh	Yale University	Peter Cresswell, PhD Immunobiology	Identifying the Phenotype of the T Cell Most Conducive for Tumor Suppression
1993	Mariluz Rivera Hernandez	University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez	Ira Mellman, PhD Cell Biology	Distribution of Rab Proteins in B Lymphocytes: Possible Role in Antigen Processing
1993	Nicole Simpson	Trinity College (CT)	Linda Bartoshuk, PhD Surgery	Genetic Variation in Ability to Perceive PROP (6-n-Propylthiouracil). - I. Is there a difference between sexes? II. Does PROP status influence the response to sweeteners
1993	Jomila C. Smith	Prairie View A&M University	Maritza Perez, MD Dermatology	Phenotypes of the T Cell Involved in Tumor Suppression
1993	Utasha N. Watkins	Winston-Salem State University	Linda Bockenstedt, MD Internal Medicine	The Outer Surface Protein C (Osp C) in Lyme Disease
1993	Bobby A. Wrights	Morehouse College	George Miller, MD Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry	Detection of Epstein Barr Virus
1994	Jamy M. Albo McGee	University of Hawaii at Manoa	David Gonda, PhD Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry	Isolation of Conditional Mutations in Yeast CDC34 (UBC3) Ubiquitin-Conjugating (E2) Enzyme
1994	Regina Bailey	Hampton University	Jill Lacy, MD Internal Medicine	Mutational Analysis of an EBV-responsive Enhancer Element of CD23
1994	Melanie M. Belt	Xavier University of Louisiana	Mahboubeh Eghbali-Webb, PhD Anesthesiology	Identification of Thyroid Hormone Responsive Elements on the Collagen Type 1 Promoter
1994	Ako D. Bradford	Tougaloo College	Joel Rosebaum, PhD Cell Biology	Cloning of Myosin-1 Genes in Chiamydomonas
1994	Erika N. Brown	Prairie View A&M University	Karen Anderson, PhD Pharmacology	Purification of Wild Type and AZT-Resistant HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase
1994	Minerva Carrasquillo	Trinity College (CT)	James Jamieson, MD/PhD Cell Biology	The Biology of Human Neutrophil Gelatinase
1994	Sonya D. Coaxum	Benedict College	James Howe, PhD Pharmacology	Studies of Edited and Unedited Forms of Glutamate-receptor Subunits
1994	Aaron R. Davis	Rust College	Michael Stern, PhD Genetics	Isolation and Purification of a Mid Region Fragment of PTHrP Secreted by a Transfected Rat Insulinoma Cell Line
1994	Alicia M. Dodson	Yale University	Gary Rudnick, PhD Pharmacology	Construction of a Chimeric Neurotransmitter Transporter
1994	Wanda L. Henderson Wells	Yale University	Paula Kavathas, PhD Laboratory Medicine	Search for Regulatory Elements Involved in the Production of the CD8 Cell Surface Protein
1994	Anne B. Horne	Norfolk State University	John Pawelek, PhD Dermatology	Investigation of the Effects of Melanocyte Stimulating Hormone and 3-Isobutyl-1-Methyl-Xanthine on Human Melanoma Cells
1994	Robert L. Moore	Jackson State University	Nancy Ruddle, PhD Epidemiology and Public Health	Screening and Maintenance of HTLV-1 LTR-tax Mice Colony
1994	Zuri Murrell	Morehouse College	Heino Velazquez, PhD Internal Medicine	The Effect of Temperature on a Transformed Mouse Renal Distal Tubule Cell Line
1994	Bridget Rideau	Jackson State University	Anuradha Ray, PhD Internal Medicine	Synergistic Activation of the Interleukin 6 Promoter by Transcription Factors NF-IL6 and NF-KB
1994	Carlos R. Rodriguez	Haverford College	Oscar Rosales, MD Internal Medicine	Role of Protein Kinase C Beta-1 in Endothelial Cells
1994	Strutha C. Rouse II	Clark Atlanta University	Michael Lerner, MD/PhD Internal Medicine	Molecular Biology of G-protein Coupled Receptors
1994	Robert M. Turner, Jr.	Morehouse College	Elias Lolis, PhD Pharmacology	Interactions of the Erythropoietin Receptor
1994	Ivonne Vidal Pizarro	Florida International University	Robert Heimer, PhD Epidemiology and Public Health	Establishing a System for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection of T-Cells in Culture
1995	Kimberly M. Anderson	Xavier University of Louisiana	Gary Rudnick, PhD Pharmacology	Characterizing GABA Transporters in Transfected Cell Lines
1995	Wiston K. Carhee	Morehouse College	Brian Smith, PhD Laboratory Medicine	The Immunobiology of Immune Thrombocytopenia
1995	Neva A. Daley	Yale University	Dieter Soll, PhD Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry	Increasing Transfer RNA Specificity of Glutaminyl-TRNA Synthetase
1995	Cynthia M. Gary	Shaw University	Frederick Sigworth, PhD Cellular and Molecular Physiology	Measuring the Modulation of Calcium Channels Using PKA and PKC Activating Agents
1995	De Shawndranique D. Gray	Xavier University of Louisiana	Oscar Rosales, MD Internal Medicine	Function of Protein Kinase C in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells
1995	Djana F. Harp	Spelman College	M. Stephen Meyn, PhD Genetics	Studying Genetic Recombination In Vivo
1995	Beverly A. Harrington	Delaware State University	Priscilla Dannies, PhD Pharmacology	Determination of Prolactin Action on Nb2 Rat Lymphoma Cells as a Function of It's Ability to be Phosphorylated
1995	Hasan A. Hobbs	Morehouse College	Albert Sinusas, MD Internal Medicine	Evaluation of Dobutamine Stress for Detection of Ischemia
1995	Fayestina Lopez	Howard University	Frank Richards, MD Internal Medicine	Controlling Disease via Recombinant Genes in Symbiotic Bacteria
1995	Terri Moore	Bennett College	David Ward, PhD Genetics	Identification of Yeast Article Chromosomes that Span a Translocation Break Point in a Patient with Spina Bifida
1995	Adrienne B. Perkins	Bennett College	Sherman Weissman, MD/PhD Genetics	Identification of Yeast Article Chromosomes that Span a Translocation Break Point in a Patient with Spina Bifida
1995	Francisco Ruiz	University of Puerto Rico - Humacao University College	David Ellison, MD Internal Medicine	Tentative Identification and Expression of the Human Thiazide Co-Transporter
1995	Toni A. Williams	Morgan State University	Lynn Cooley, PhD Genetics	Analysis of Mutations of the Drosophila Cytoskeletal Gene, K
1996	Atoya M. Adams	Yale University	Linda Bockenstedt, MD Internal Medicine	Effect of Outer Surface Protein-Specific Antibodies on Borrelia burgdorferi Protein Expression in Vivo
1996	Lisa N. Blair	Amherst College	Grace Lee, MD Obstetrics and Gynecology	Studies in reproductive endocrinology and infertility
1996	April Brooks	Xavier University of Louisiana	Mahboubeh Eghbali-Webb, PhD Anesthesiology	Hypoxia Regulates Human Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Proliferation
1996	Tanjala T. Gipson	Xavier University of Louisiana	Ruth Wood, PhD Obstetrics and Gynecology	Galanin Immunoreactivity in the Limbic System of the Syrian Hamster
1996	Edmund Ho	University of California, Berkeley	Sankar Ghosh, PhD Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry	IkB- Degradation is Dependent Upon its N-Terminal Domain and PEST Sequence
1996	Azul Jaffer	Union College	Heino Velazquez, PhD Internal Medicine	Mechanisms of renal transcellular ion transport
1996	Nwanneka Okolo	Syracuse University	Margaret Riley, PhD Biology	The Evolution of Colicin Resistance
1996	Nathan C. Rowland	Morehouse College	Albert Sinusas, MD Internal Medicine	Calculation of Regional Myocardial Deformation Utilizing Implanted sonomicrometers: Validation and Application
1996	Detra Tisdale	Spelman College	Robert Heimer, PhD Epidemiology and Public Health	The Propagation of Ehrlichia chaffensis in Terminally Differentiated HL-60 Cells
1996	Anuli Umeojiako	Delaware State University	Henrick Dohlman, PhD Pharmacology	Use of Chimeras to Identify Sites of G protein Subunit Interaction
1997	Eric Ackah	Delaware State University	Mahboubeh Eghbali-Webb, PhD Anesthesiology	Hypoxia Regulated TGF-beta-induced DNA Synthesis in Human Cardiac Fibroblasts: Role of the Mitogen-Activated/Stress- Activated Protein Kinases
1997	Siddeeqah D. Bilal	Tougaloo College	Cecilia Canessa, PhD Cellular and Molecular Physiology	Protein Expression and Localization of ENaC Subunits of Rat Tissues
1997	Samira L. Brown	Xavier University of Louisiana	Spyridon Artavanis-Tsakonas, PhD Cell Biology	Notch Protein in Drosophila
1997	Kelly D. Darby	Oakwood College	Bita Moghaddam, PhD Psychiatry	Regulation of Striatal Dopamine Release by Group II Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors
1997	Nicole M. DiFonzo	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Ronald Breaker, PhD Biology	Selection for a Self Cleaving DNA Enzyme with the Co-factor Histamine
1997	Ma Katrina Dy	Dartmouth College	Priscilla Dannies, PhD Pharmacology	Regulation of Neuroendocrine Proteins When Secretory Granule Accumulation Is Induced
1997	Jeanette Forsberg	Alabama State University	Charles Radding, PhD Genetics	Purification and Characterization of Human Rad51 Protein
1997	Kimberly T. Fowler	Tennessee State University	Thomas Brown, PhD Cellular and Molecular Physiology	Morphology of Neurons In Perirhinal Cortex Following Whole- Cell Recording Using Direct Visualization
1997	Keisha V. Gibson	Stillman College	Gary Desir, MD Internal Medicine	Autosomal Polycystic Kidney Disease and Site Determination of Rabbit PKD2
1997	Christopher A. Gilmore	Morehouse College	Michael Ezekowitz, MD/PhD Internal Medicine	Combination Hemotherapy and Mortality Prevention
1997	Khary Harmon	Yale University	Craig Crews, PhD Biology	Ascertaining the Mode of Action of the Anti-Angiogenic Compound Fumagillin and its Derivatives
1997	Timothy J. Harris	Morehouse College	Emile Boulpaep, PhD Cellular and Molecular Physiology	Immunochemical Attributes of NBC (Sodium Bicarbonate Cotransport)
1997	Maria R. Hernandez Mendez	Wiley College	Henrick Dohlman, PhD Pharmacology	Subcloning of GPA1 Mutant
1997	Deborah J. Lee	California State University, Los Angeles	Ira Mellman, PhD Cell Biology	Potential Upstream Interactions with CDC42
1997	Nadine A. Lettman	Cornell University	Fred Gorelick, MD/PhD Internal Medicine	Effect of Ethanol on Cholecystokinin Induced Cellular Injury
1997	Brandy D. Lloyd	Dillard University	Paula Kavathas, PhD Laboratory Medicine	Analysis of Enhancer Activity in Select Hypersensitive Sites Downstream of the CD8b Gene
1997	Amy L. Marks	Davidson College	John Leventhal, MD Pediatrics	A Comparison of Differences in Serious Injuries in Maltreated Children in the 1980's and 1990's
1997	Myesha R. Mooney Green	Hampton University	Joann Sweasy, PhD Genetics	Engineering and Characterizing the Threonine 176 to Aspartic Acid Mutation of DNA Polymerase
1997	Eyiuche Okeke	York College	Gabriel Haddad, MD Pediatrics	Effects of Chronic Hypoxia on Neocortical Cells of Rat In Vitro
1997	Darinel Ortiz Padilla	University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras	Heino Velazquez, PhD Internal Medicine	ENaC Along the Rabbit Nephron
1997	Jackie K. Outley	William Carey College	Gary Mack, PhD Epidemiology and Public Health	Renal Function Following High Intensity Exercise in Humans
1997	Kavita Parikh	Brown University	Marina Picciotto, PhD Pharmacology	Regulation of Galanin Receptors in the Brain by Morphine
1997	Jo Reed	Xavier University of Louisiana	Nigel Grindley, PhD Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry	Isolation of a Peptide Heptamer Targeted for HIV Integrase Using a Phage Display Library
1997	Tyler K. Smith	Hampton University	Robert Malison, MD Psychiatry	The Effect of Mazindol on Serotonin Uptake in Cocaine Addicts
1997	Akilah F. Weber	Xavier University of Louisiana	Elias Lolis, PhD Pharmacology	Expression and Purification of Macrophage Inflammatory Protein-2
1997	Lisa J. Wong	Princeton University	Gary Rudnick, PhD Pharmacology	The Impaired Transport Ability of Serotonin-Norepinephrine Transporter Chimeras in the Second External Loop Is Not Due To Low Expression at the Cell Surface
1998	Llilda Barata	Trinity College (DC)	Bita Moghaddam, PhD Psychiatry	Isolation and characterization of Photostem II from Synechocyctis
1998	Timothy L. Barnes	Georgia Institute of Technology	Heino Velazquez, PhD Internal Medicine	Cloning Nedd4 and investigating cDNA expression along the rabbit nephron
1998	Christina Bertao	Yale University	Lawrence Young, MD Internal Medicine	Assessment if sarcolemma Glut4 by cell surface biotinylation
1998	Kevin Bugg	Morehouse College	Albert Sinusas, MD Internal Medicine	Regional myocardial strain using implanted MRI markers
1998	Kimberly Bush	Xavier University of Louisiana	Lynn Cooley, PhD Genetics	Restriction mapping genomic DNA surrounding the Midway gene in Drosophila Melanogaster
1998	Thomas Cantey	Yale University	Henrick Dohlman, PhD Pharmacology	Supersensitivity in the G-a subunit in yeast Saccharomyces Cerevisiae
1998	Angela Darko	Howard University	Spyridon Artavanis-Tsakonas, PhD Cell Biology	Detection of Delta, a transmembrane ligand of Notch, in Drosophila Melanogaster
1998	Kimberly R. Gray	Virginia Union University	John Pawelek, PhD Dermatology	Induction of antibody production by transgenic E. Coli
1998	Khary Harmon	Yale University	Craig Crews, PhD Biology	Elucidating the mechanism of action of the anti-angiogenic compound fumagillin
1998	Helen V. Huarca	Mount Holyoke College	Priscilla Dannies, PhD Pharmacology	Investigation of degradation pathway for wild-type HGH destabilized by Del32-71 mutant in GH4C1 cells
1998	Charnicia E. Huggins	Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus	Prasad Devarajan, PhD Pediatrics	Interactions between Ankyrin and CFTR
1998	Gunjan Kamdar	University of Pennsylvania	Gary Rudnick, PhD Pharmacology	Connection between transmembrane 7 and external cysteine in the serotonin transporter
1998	Kendra Marsh	Yale University	Gary Brudvig, PhD Chemistry	Isolation and characterization of Photosystem II from Synechocyctis
1998	Erica Odom	Florida A&M University	Ruth Wood, PhD Obstetrics and Gynecology	Intracerebral Tamioxifen in male hamster behavior circuitry
1998	Oyinkansola Ogunrinde	North Carolina Central University	Emile Boulpaep, PhD Cellular and Molecular Physiology	Immunodetection of CFTR in proximal tubule cells
1998	Nikkisha Prentice McCrae	Xavier University of Louisiana	Carrie Redlich, MD Internal Medicine	Is Isocyanate asthma mediated by TH1 type T-cells?
1998	Gina Radney	Alabama State University	Karen Anderson, PhD Pharmacology	Structural studies of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase and the cytidine analog 2',3'-Dideoxy-5-Fluoro-3'-ThiaCytidine (FTC)
1998	Rina Reyes	Amherst College	Robert Heimer, PhD Epidemiology and Public Health	Survival of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 in injection syringes subjected to conditions that simulate natural variation in ambient temperature
1998	Frederick A. Richardson	Grambling State University	Cecilia Canessa, PhD Cellular and Molecular Physiology	The possibility of TRAM as the limiting factor in ENAC translocation across the ER membrane
1998	Natane A. Singleton	Harvard University	Joann Sweasy, PhD Genetics	Characterization of DNA polymerase B Cancer-associated mutants
1998	Princess R. Skyers	Wesleyan University	Marina Picciotto, PhD Pharmacology	Controlling expression of the B2 subunit of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor in vitro and in vivo
1998	Cassandre Victor-Vega	Amherst College	Martina Brueckner, MD Pediatrics	Kinesin and vertebrate left-right asymmetry
1998	C. Renee Williams	Yale University	Robert Macnab, PhD Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry	The localization of the protein FliM
1998	Pla Xoua Xiong	Yale University	Iona Black, PhD Chemistry	Novel Synthesis of an Organopeptide
1999	Georgia Anyatonwu	City University of New York, City College	Gary Desir, MD Internal Medicine	KCNA10 A Novel Human Voltage-Gated Channel is also Inhibited by Pimozide, an Inhibitor of Cyclic Nucleotide Gated Cation Channel
1999	Nikisha Bolden	University of Maryland Eastern Shore	Robert Heimer, PhD Epidemiology and Public Health	Growth of Hepatitis C Virus in Daudi Cells
1999	Louvonia Boone	Yale University	Paula Kavathas, PhD Laboratory Medicine	Production of Soluble CD8b Protein
1999	Sadiqa Edmonds	Spelman College	Margaret Riley, PhD Biology	Bacteriosins - Weapons of Microbial War: How Effective are Bacteriosins on Enteric Bacteria?
1999	Triwanna Fisher	Xavier University of Louisiana	Gary Mack, PhD Epidemiology and Public Health	The Rugrats Project: Exercise-Induced Plasma Volume Expansion in Rats: Roles of Increased Albumin Gene Expression
1999	S. Elena Gimenez	University of Michigan - Ann Arbor	Carrie Redlich, MD Internal Medicine	Immunologic Response to Isocyanates in Auto Body Shop Workers
1999	Adesuwa R. Ighodaro	Yale University	Priscilla Dannies, PhD Pharmacology	Effects of Antiestrogen on Ovarian Cancer Cells
1999	Jesse James	Florida A&M University	Frank Giordano, MD Internal Medicine	Does Transduction of the Survivin Gene Render H9c2 Cells Resistant to Simulated Ischemia?
1999	Khadeja Johnson	Spelman College	Flora Vaccarino, PhD Neurobiology	Role of FGFR-I during Cortical Neurogenesis
1999	Emily Hyun Young Lee	Yale University	Gary Rudnick, PhD Pharmacology	Determining the External Accessibility of Cysteine Residues Introduced in the Serotonin Transporter
1999	Mayseng Lee	Yale University	Xing-Wang Deng, PhD Biology	Characterization of Arabidopsis Thaliana HYS Protein
1999	Mario Leyba	New Mexico Highlands University	Michael Ezekowitz, MD/PhD Internal Medicine	The Acute Effects of Oral Tobacco on Human Central and Regional Blood Flows in Chronic Users
1999	Andre Matthews	Morehouse College	Elias Lolis, PhD Pharmacology	vMIP-II Mutagenesis: Locating the Binding Site of a Novel Viral Protein Associated with HHV-8
1999	Okeoma Mmeje	University of California, Los Angeles	Ray Bahado-Singh, MD Obstetrics and Gynecology	Maternal Urinary HCG Metabolites for the Prediction of Subsequent Pre-Eclampsia (PE)
1999	Tinika A. Montgomery	Yale University	Joann Sweasy, PhD Genetics	Biochemical Characterization of the H285D Variant of DNA Polymerase Beta
1999	David Myles	Morehouse College	Lawrence Young, MD Internal Medicine	The Role of AMP-Activated Kinase (AMPK) in Glucose Transport During Ischemia in the Heart
1999	Adelrita Nartey	University of Minnesota - Twin Cities	Marina Picciotto, PhD Pharmacology	Behavioral Effects of Nicotine Learned Helplessness
1999	Richard Newton	California State University, Long Beach	Heino Velazquez, PhD Internal Medicine	Is Paracellin-1 Involved in Magnesium Absorption by the Neonatal Renal Proximal Tubule
1999	Christiana Nwofor	Oberlin College	Karen Anderson, PhD Pharmacology	Mechanistic Studies Comparing the Incorporation of dGTP and DXGTP by HIV-1 reverse transcriptase
1999	Adesua Okupa	Texas Christian University	Nancy Berliner, MD Internal Medicine	Isolation of CCATT Displacement Protein (CDP) Isoforms from the Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML) Library
1999	Uyi E. Osaseri	University of California, Los Angeles	Vahid Mohsenin, MD Internal Medicine	Analysis of Gender Differences in Upper Airway Size in Sleep Disordered Breathing
1999	Juanita C. Ramirez	University of California, Irvine	Robert Malison, MD Psychiatry	(123I) B-CIT Spect Imaging of SERT Occupancy by Paroxetine in Depression
1999	Bernice Rumala	City University of New York, City College	Pamela Perry, MD Emergency Medicine	Racial Bias in Health Care: A Comparative Study
2000	Taniqua N. Alexander	Yale University	Gil Mor, PhD Obstetrics and Gynecology	Estrogen and its Regulatory Effects on the Immune System
2000	Ferleine Bautista	University of Washington	Anthony Koleske, PhD Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry	Do Abl and Arg phosphorylate Raf-1?
2000	Kenny B. Carter	University of Texas at Austin	Albert Sinusas, MD Internal Medicine	Normal Vasculature of the Rat Myocardium in Relation to Myofibril Architecture
2000	Joyce H. Chen	Yale University	John Wood, PhD Chemistry	Large-Scale Preparation of Advanced Intermediates in the Synthesis of Epoxysorbicillinol
2000	Robert J. Drummond	Morehouse College	Roland Baron, DDS/PhD Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation	In-vitro Mineralization of Metatarsal Cartilage Rudiment from col2-bcl2 Mice
2000	Jose M. Esquilin	Drew University	Ying Xia, PhD Pediatrics	Protein Kinases and Neuronal Injury During Hypoxia
2000	Mia S. Everett	Spelman College	Cecilia Canessa, PhD Cellular and Molecular Physiology	Construction of Cell Lines Expressing the Alpha and Gamma Subunits of the Epithelial Sodium Channel
2000	Lauren Farash	Yale University	Sara Rockwell, PhD Therapeutic Radiology	Expression of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor by Breast Carcinoma Cells: Effect of the Cellular Environment
2000	Clifford E. Georges	New York University	Todd Constable, PhD Diagnostic Radiology	A Study of Verbal and Nonverbal Memory Processing: Encoding, Retrieval and Storage
2000	Abram J. Gorena	Baylor University	Fred Gorelick, MD/PhD Internal Medicine	Mechanisms of Alcoholic Pancreatitis
2000	Dayle V. Houston-Cohen	Delta State University	Bita Moghaddam, PhD Psychiatry	NMDA Receotir Modulation Influences Performance of an Attentional Set-Shift Task in the Rat
2000	Joshua B. Hvidding	University of Hawaii at Manoa	Heino Velazquez, PhD Internal Medicine	Cloning of a K-Cl Cotransporter
2000	Alexander Iribarne	Yale University	Anton Bennett, PhD Pharmacology	Cell Signaling by Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases
2000	Dominique A. Jean	Pennsylvania State University	Rebecca Wells, PhD Internal Medicine	Investigating the Possible Functions of the Betaglycan (TGF-b III) Cytoplasmic Domain
2000	Lakshmi Lattimer-Nelson	Yale University	Stefan Somlo, MD Internal Medicine	The Protein Associated with Polycystin-2 NH2 Terminus Involved in Protein Intracellular Trafficking
2000	Jacquelin Montgomery	Beloit College	Amy Freidman, MD Surgery	Variation of Post Transplant Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Skin by Skin Type and Sun Exposure
2000	Ifeoma F. Okafor	Yale University	Hilary Blumberg, MD Psychiatry	Emotional Activation Paradigm and fMRI analysis
2000	Arike D. Price	Brown University	Marina Picciotto, PhD Pharmacology	Nicotine Preference is Gender Specific in Mice
2000	Andres Splenser	University of Texas - Pan American	Nina Stachenfeld, PhD Epidemiology and Public Health	Sex Differences in Body Fluid Regulation
2000	Hansel Tookes	Yale University	Charles Greer, PhD Neurosurgery	Developmental Expression of ICAM-5 (Telencephalin) in Mouse Olfactory Bulb
2000	Christopher Vendryes	Morehouse College	Erol Fikrig, MD Internal Medicine	Identification of the tick receptor for Lyme disease Spirochete
2001	Dodie L. Arnold	Xavier University of Louisiana	Lee Denson, PhD Pediatrics	TNF-Alpha Inhibition of Growth Hormone Signaling In Mice
2001	Donnie L. Bell	Morehouse College	Maria Donoghue, PhD Neurobiology	The Role of Eph Receptor A4 in Thalamocortical Axon Targeting
2001	Ella M. Berroya	Mount Holyoke College	Todd Constable, PhD Diagnostic Radiology	A Study of Language Processing: Factors Influencing Cortical Activation Patterns in fMRI
2001	Dowin H. Boatright	Morehouse College	Jon Reuter, PhD Comparative Medicine	GFP Sensitity to Mouse Cytomegalovirus
2001	Jim F. Byrd	Prairie View A&M University	Albert Sinusas, MD Internal Medicine	Echocardiograpic Assessment of Cardiac Function in Mice
2001	Claudia P. Castiblanco	Iona College	Lynn Cooley, PhD Genetics	Sequencing of Myosin V Allele in Drosophila Melanogaster
2001	Michelle S. Chevalier	Harvard University	Kimberly Yonkers, MD Psychiatry	Screening of Prenatal and Postpartum Women For Major Or Minor Depressive Disorder
2001	Kavan T. Clifford	Morehouse College	Ronald Duman, PhD Psychiatry and Pharmacology	Neurogenesis in the Hippocampus of the Adult Rat and Mouse Brain
2001	Tyesha L. Farmer	Alabama A&M University	Rebecca Wells, PhD Internal Medicine	Determining the Mediated Effects of Bile Acids on the Activation of Hepatic Stellate Cells
2001	Antonia J. Henry	University of Michigan - Ann Arbor	Stephanie O'Malley, PhD Psychiatry	Smoking Cessation and Withdrawal Across Gender and Reproductive Status
2001	Felicia L. King	Prairie View A&M University	Michael Stern, PhD Genetics	Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptors and Ligands
2001	Ryan A. Makar	Yale University	Jacek Cholewicki, PhD Orthopaedics and Mechanical Engineering	Effect of Abdominal Belts on Motor Control of the Lumbar Spine
2001	Terri M. McMillan Moncrief	Washington University in St. Louis	Hilary Blumberg, MD Psychiatry	Susceptibility Genes Associated With Catecholaminergic Transmission in Bipolar Disorder
2001	Kimberly G. Montez	Yale University	Peter Bowers, MD Pediatrics	Cardiac Ion Channel Mutations in Drug-Induced Long QT and SIDS
2001	Garry T. Ng	Yale University	Ronald Breaker, PhD Biology	Photosensitive Ribozymes
2001	Aurora A. Quaye	Wesleyan University	Marina Picciotto, PhD Pharmacology	The Effects of Chronic Nicotine Exposure and Its Withdrawal on the Map Pathway and Synthesis of Tyrosine Hydroxylase.
2001	Flor A. Rivera	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	Megan Stephan, PhD Pharmacology	Investigation of A Possible Ion Pair on the Serotonin Transporter
2001	Felix M. Santiago	University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras	Erol Fikrig, MD Internal Medicine	Differential Gene Expression of Borrelia Burgderfori in Neuroborreliosis
2001	John P. Sullivan	University of Texas at Austin	Robert Heimer, PhD Epidemiology and Public Health	Studies of HIV Infectivity
2001	Hansel Tookes	Yale University	Charles Greer, PhD Neurosurgery	Telencephalin: Expression in Mouse Olfactory Bulb
2001	Matthew T. Torres	Yale University	Nancy Ruddle, PhD Epidemiology and Public Health	Studies on Recombinant Rat and Human MOG Protein
2001	Shariece M. Vallejo	California State University, Long Beach	Carrie Redlich, MD Internal Medicine	A Demographic and Socioeconomic Perspective on Building-Related Illness
2001	Suzana M. Zorca	Yale University	Karen Anderson, PhD Pharmacology	Pre-Steady State Kinetic Studies of HIV-1 RT Inhibitors: (+)FTC and (-)FTC
2002	Diana Ackah	Delaware State University	Raymond Russell, MD/PhD Internal Medicine	Down Regulation of the Normal Cardiac Glut-1 and Glut-4 Glucose Transporters and Upregulation of the Neuronal Glucose Transporter Glut-3 in the Failing Heart
2002	Luciana Amado	Florida International University	William Konigsberg, PhD Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry	RB69 DNA Polymerase structure and function relationship
2002	Oladapo M. Babatunde	Yale University	William Jorgenson, PhD Chemistry	Investigation of Binding Affinities of Celebrex Analogues Using Extended Linear Response
2002	Brenda Banks	Spelman College	Marina Picciotto, PhD Pharmacology	Effects of Stress on Nicotine Preference in Mice
2002	Carla Berdejo-Izquierdo	Yale University	Marc Potenza, MD/PhD Psychiatry	Health Associations of Recreational Gambling in Low and Moderate-To-High Income Groups
2002	Shanique P. Brown	Bowdoin College	Joann Sweasy, PhD Genetics	Investigation of the Interaction Between DNA Polymerase 4 and Histone H3 in S.cerevisiae
2002	Shanique P. Brown	Bowdoin College	Joann Sweasy, PhD Genetics	Characterizing the Fidelity of DNA Polymerase B after Mutating Residue Threonine 196 in vivo
2002	Yessenia Castro	Loyola University, Chicago	Sharen McKay, PhD Pharmacology	Effects of Transient Transfection with Receptor Tyrosine Kinases on PC12 Cells
2002	Kevin L. Chandler	Morehouse College	Gary Rudnick, PhD Pharmacology	Assessing Bacterial Homologues of Neurotransmitter Transporters for Tryptophan Transport
2002	Kavan T. Clifford	Morehouse College	Ronald Duman, PhD Psychiatry and Pharmacology	Growth Factors and Neurogenesis in the Hippocampus of Adult Rat Brains
2002	Wilfredo Cosme-Blanco	University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez	Lee Denson, PhD Pediatrics	Regulation of Growth Hormone Receptor Expression by Inflammatory Cytokines
2002	Jose R. Fernandez	University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez	Anton Bennett, PhD Pharmacology	Regulation of Insulin-like growth factor receptor-1 (IGFR-1) signaling by the SH2 domain-containing protein tyrosine phosphatase 2 (SHP-2) in cell growth signaling
2002	Monique M. Jones	Florida A&M University	Hilary Blumberg, MD Psychiatry	A Steady state fMRI Study of Ventral Prefrontal Cortex and Amygdala Connectivity
2002	Jason B. Neal	Hampton University	Caroline Zeiss, PhD Comparative Medicine	The Role of Caspase-3 in Retinal Development and Degeneration
2002	Zakiya O. Nicks	Alcorn State University	Suchitra Krishnan-Sarin, PhD Psychiatry	Early Tobacco Abstinence in High Risk Smokers
2002	Omoruyi O. Osula	Morehouse College	Albert Sinusas, MD Internal Medicine	Quantification of Changes in Regional Wall Motion in Rats using Echocardiography and the Center Line Method
2002	Elaine M. Pages	University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez	Lynn Cooley, PhD Genetics	Analysis of GFP fusion protein expression in Drosophila oogenesis
2002	Gregory A. Payne	Yale University	Nashaat Boutros, MD Psychiatry	Sensory Gating and Psychosis Proneness in Cocaine-Addicted Individuals
2002	Hilda E. Ramon	Florida International University	Heino Velazquez, PhD Internal Medicine	Expression of Potassium Chloride Cotransporter Gene Along the Rabbit Nephron
2002	Billina R. Shaw	Yale University	Kimberly Yonkers, MD Psychiatry	Attitudes, Perceptions, and Experiences of Women with PMS
2002	Crystal A. Smith Maxwell	Spelman College	Megan Stephan, PhD Pharmacology	Identification of Exposed Residues on Predicted Extracellular Loop 4 of the Rat Brain Serotonin Transporter
2002	Ken Sutha	Yale University	Michael Caplan, MD/PhD Cellular and Molecular Physiology	The Role of Tetraspan Proteins in the Targeting of the Aquaporin 2 Water Channel
2002	Jason P. Torrey	Morehouse College	Robert Roth, PhD Pharmacology	Gamma-Butyrolactone Induced Changes in Cortical Acetylcholine Levels
2002	Gregory O. Vaughn	Jackson State University	Gary Brudvig, PhD Chemistry	Utilizatation of Prochlorococcus Carotenoid in Nanotechnology
2002	Doris D. Wang	Yale University	Angelique Bordey, PhD Neurosurgery	GABA(A) receptors in Neuronal Progenitors of the Subventrricular Zone
2002	Michelle D. Wilson	Harvard University	Kerry Russell, MD/PhD Internal Medicine	Unraveling the cellular mechanism of heart failure: ErbB2-ErbB4 cell receptors and their possible relation to cardiac cell death
2002	Samuel P. Wyche	Morehouse College	Todd Constable, PhD Diagnostic Radiology	An fMRI analysis of Covert Selective Spatial Attention
2003	Ribka A. Ayana	Villanova University	Detlef Bockenhauer, PhD Pediatrics	Physiologic Characterization of Potassium Leak Channels KCNK5 and KCNK1
2003	Alejandro C. Bribriesco	Yale University	George Porter, MD/PhD Pediatrics	Novel Regulation of the Cardiac Transcription Factor Nkx 2.5 by CREB
2003	Kevin L. Chandler	Morehouse College	Gary Rudnick, PhD Pharmacology	Threonine-276, A Potential Residue for Serotonin Transporter Activity Regulation
2003	Rashele P. Cross	Howard University	Akiko Iwasaki, PhD Epidemiology and Public Health	Immnue Induction to Adenoviral Infection within the Vaginal Mucosa
2003	Cesar Cruz	Occidental College	Daniel Goldstein, MD Internal Medicine	Innate Immunity and Transplantation in the Elderly
2003	Fayola Edwards	Harvard University	Cheryl Lee Garganta, MD Genetics	Quantification of Y-Amino-n-Butyric Acid, Glumatine, and Glutamate in Cerebrospinal Fluid by Liquid Chromotagraphy/MassSpectrometry
2003	Jose R. Fernandez	University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez	Anton Bennett, PhD Pharmacology	Generation and Characterization of Noonan Syndrome Mutations in the Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase SHP-2
2003	Saroj A. Fleming	Wellesley College	Angelique Bordey, PhD Neurosurgery	GABA Potentiates Spontaneous Calcium Fluctuations in Neuronal Progenitors of the Postnatal Subventricular Zone
2003	Mayra L. Garcia	California State University, Long Beach	Megan Stephan, PhD Pharmacology	Identifying the Boundary between Extracellular Loop IV and Transmembrane Span VIII of the Serotonin Transporter
2003	Alem Haile	Amherst College	Paula Kavathas, PhD Laboratory Medicine	The Role of Hypothalamic DII on Thyroid Hormone Feedback
2003	Mark E. Henry	Yale University	Craig Crews, PhD Biology	Characterization of Yeast Methionine Aminopeptidase-2 in EMS Mutagenized Fumagillin-Resistant delta MAP1 Yeast
2003	Nelmary Hernandez-Alvarado	University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez	Cecilia Canessa, PhD Cellular and Molecular Physiology	Regulation of EnaC Subunits Expression in the Rat Distal Colon
2003	Jeniter E. Hughes	Delaware State University	Sabrina Diano-Horvath, PhD Obstetrics and Gynecology	The Role of Hypothalamic DII on Thyroid Hormone Feedback
2003	Jose A. Munoz	Swarthmore College	Marina Picciotto, PhD Pharmacology	Role of P21 in Neurogenesis and Cellular Differentiation in Adult Olfactory Bulb
2003	Linh T. Nguyen	Newman University	Melinda Pettigrew, PhD Epidemiology and Public Health	Screening of Streptococcus Pneumoniae Isolates for Associations Between Neuraminidase Genes and Otitis Media
2003	Moromoke O. Odina	Cornell University	Suchitra Krishnan-Sarin, PhD Psychiatry	Pain Tolerance During Tobacco Abstinence in Adult Smokers
2003	Gregory A. Payne	Yale University	Andrew Hamilton, PhD Chemistry	Development of a BcI-XL Antagonist Based on Alpha-Helix Mimicry
2003	Hilda E. Ramon	Florida International University	Mark Shlomchik, PhD Immunobiology	Rescue of B Cells from Apoptosis by CpG
2003	Joseph M. Robateau	Simon's Rock College of Bard	Reiko Fitzsimonds, PhD Neurobiology	Do Mitochondria Influence Variability in Presynaptic Function?
2003	Reiesha D. Robbins	University of Maryland Eastern Shore	Stefan Somlo, MD Internal Medicine	The Atltered Intracellular Ca2+ Dynamics in Cells Overexpressing Mutated Polycystin-2
2003	Farrah D. Sajan	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Kimberly Yonkers, MD Psychiatry	The Relationship between Depression and Preeclampsia in Pregnant Women in New Haven and Bridgeport, CT
2003	Luis A. Tarrats	University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez	Peter Aronson, MD Internal Medicine	PDZK1 Interaction with CFEX in PT Cells
2003	Fernando C. Teque	Occidental College	Mark Horowitz, PhD Orthopaedics	The Role of Irradiated Guinea Pig Bone Marrow Cells in the Differentiation of Osteoblast Precursors
2003	Jason P. Torrey	Morehouse College	Robert Roth, PhD Pharmacology	Effects of Haloperidol and Clozapine on Acetylchline Release and Dopamine Turnover in the Prefrontal Cortex and Thalamus of the Rat
2003	David K. Woods	Morehouse College	Lawrence Young, MD Internal Medicine	AMPK Regulation of Cellular Metabolism
2003	Michael C. Woods	Morehouse College	Nashaat Boutros, MD Psychiatry	Morphological Characterization of Delayed P50 Complexes
2003	Damaris D. Yeh Nou	Yale University	Ronald Duman, PhD Psychiatry and Pharmacology	B-Catenin and Cell Proliferation in the Adult Rodent Hippocampus
2004	Komli-Kofi Atsina	Yale University	Nigel Grindley, PhD Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry	Preparation of Constructs for the Polymerase Domain and Klenow Fragment With Unique Tryptophans
2004	Andria R. Balogh Ashmore	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Dan DiMaio, PhD Genetics	Optimizing Chimeric Nuclease Cleavage of Papillomavirus Genome
2004	Xueying Chen	Yale University	Joann Sweasy, PhD Genetics	Characterization of Cancer Associated DNA Polymerase Beta Mutants
2004	Janeen Daniels	Spelman College	Melinda Pettigrew, PhD Epidemiology and Public Health	Prevalence of Neuraminidase B and Neuraminidase C Among Clinical Diseases Caused by Streptococcus Pneumoniae
2004	Martin H. Dominguez	Yale University	Lloyd Cantley, MD Internal Medicine	The Role of Paxillin As a Scaffold for the Raf/MEK/ERK Pathway
2004	Fayola Edwards	Harvard University	David Russell, MD/PhD Psychiatry	Characterization of Nonreceptor Tyrosine Kinase Pyk2
2004	Odinakachukwu A. Ehie	Xavier University of Louisiana	Ann Valentine, PhD Chemistry	Progress Toward the Production of the Polypetide Synthase Mutant Enzyme Activ-D166C Involved in the Synthesis of Actinorhodin
2004	Gregory A. Fonzo	University of Georgia	Todd Constable, PhD Diagnostic Radiology	Configural vs. Elemental Associations: An Electroencephalographic Investigation of the Transverse Patterning Task
2004	Pamela J.. Gaddi	Saint John's University	Jason Kim, PhD Internal Medicine	The Role of Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors in Cardiac Glucose Metabolism
2004	Jason W. Gilleylen	Morehouse College	Anton Bennett, PhD Pharmacology	Co-crystallization of Mus Musculus Mitogen Activated Protein Kinase Phosphatase-1 With P38 and ERK-1
2004	Stephanie N. Ishack	Cornell University	Marina Picciotto, PhD Pharmacology	Behavioral Sensitization Induced by Repeated Cocaine Administration and Cocaine- and Amphetamine-Regulated Transcript Protein Levels in C57Bl/6 Mice
2004	Stephanie A. Lee-Felker	Yale University	Carol Berger, PhD Dermatology	The Incidence of Myocardial Infarction in Patients Receiving Extracorporeal Photopheresis
2004	Monica P. Lopez	Estrella Mountain Avondale	Christopher Breuer, MD Pediatrics	Investigating the Growth Potential of Tissue-Engineered Venous Conduits in a Juvenile Lamb Model. Do Tissue Engineered Vascular Grafts Grow?
2004	Joseph M. Luna	Yale University	Thomas Biederer, PhD Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry	Building the Synapse: Scaffold Proteins
2004	Oni M. Mapp	University of Maryland Baltimore County	Tamas Horvath, PhD Obstetrics and Gynecology	Determining the Effects of Leptin and Corticosterone on Deiodinase Type II Activity
2004	Tameka L. Noel	Xavier University of Louisiana	Stefan Somlo, MD Internal Medicine	Construction and Expression of Mutant PKD1
2004	Olutoyin J. Okanlawon	Wake Forest University	Jaakko Lappalainen, MD/PhD Pharmacology	Association Study of Early Onset Depression with a Functional Promoter Polymorphism in the Serotonin Transporter Gene
2004	Daniel J. Ortiz	University of Wisconsin - Madison	Lawrence Young, MD Internal Medicine	Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor Impacts Myocardial Metabolism
2004	Angela T. Prescott	Florida International University	Herbert Yu, PhD Epidemiology and Public Health	Promoter Methylation of IGF-II and Ovarian Cancer Survival
2004	Ivelisse Rivera	University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez	Kimberly Yonkers, MD Psychiatry	The effects of post traumatic stress disorder on birth outcomes
2004	Damaris S. Sheffield	Georgia Southern University	Jane Taylor, PhD Psychiatry	A New Model for Studying Attentional Function
2004	Thu-Trang N. Thach	University of Houston	Albert Sinusas, MD Internal Medicine	The Imaging of Angiogenesis in Rat Models of Myocardial Infarction
2004	Odette Williams	Rutgers University - Rutgers College	David Zenisek, PhD Molecular and Cellular Physiology	RIBEYE - A Component of Synaptic Ribbons: Role in Exocytosis
2004	Meraf A. Wolle	Yale University	Priscilla Dannies, PhD Pharmacology	The Role of Growth Hormone in Epithelial Ovarian Cancer
2004	Jan R. Wong	Rochester Institute of Technology	Albert Shaw, MD/PhD Internal Medicine	Analysis of Presenilin M146V Expressing Chimeric Mice
2005	Oyinade M. Aderibigbe	Harvard University	Hilary Blumberg, MD Psychiatry	Relationship of Age of Onset in Bipolar Disorder to Family History and Phenotypes
2005	Christian Arroyo	University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras	Daniel Goldstein, MD Internal Medicine	The Effect of Neonatal B cells on TLR-mediated Immune Function
2005	Komli-Kofi Atsina	Yale University	Nigel Grindley, PhD Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry	A Fidelity Mutant of DNA polymerase I
2005	Arleen Ayala-Crespo	University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez	Cecilia Canessa, PhD Cellular and Molecular Physiology	Genotyping and Phenotyping of an SGK Transgenic Mouse Model
2005	Nateya D. Carrington	Hampton University	Kimberly Yonkers, MD Psychiatry	Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) and Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD): Differences Among Races
2005	Catherine Chen	The Johns Hopkins University	Elias Lolis, PhD Pharmacology	An Inside Look at Cancer Metastasis: Protein Interactions with CXCR4 via SDF-1 Mediated Signaling
2005	Vanessa Crevecoeur	City University of New York, York College	Christopher Colangelo, PhD Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry	Exploring Myeloid Differentiation of Leukemic Promyelocytic Cells Through Comparative Proteomics Analysis
2005	Jose F. Figueroa	University of Houston	Jeffrey Bender, MD Molecular Medicine	The Role of HuR in Leukocyte Integrin-Dependent Angiogenic Expression
2005	Jason W. Gilleylen	Morehouse College	Anton Bennett, PhD Pharmacology	Crystallization of Mitogen Activated Protein Kinase Phosphatase 1 (MKP-1)
2005	Sairy G. Hernandez	St. Mary's University	Joann Sweasy, PhD Genetics	Do DNA Polymerase Beta Variants Participate in Base Excision Repair or Inaccurate DNA Synthesis?
2005	Dennis Jones	Morehouse College	Nancy Ruddle, PhD Epidemiology and Public Health	Streptozotocin-Induced Tertiary Lymphoid Organs
2005	Lauren S. Minor	Spelman College	Melinda Pettigrew, PhD Epidemiology and Public Health	Association of Surfactant Protein D Polymorphisms with Otitis Media in Infants During Their First Year of Life
2005	Jovan N. Mitchell	Howard University	Donna Neale, MD Obstetrics and Gynecology	Disruption of Fas Ligand Containing Microvesicles Isolated from Ovarian Cancer Ascites
2005	Lupita C. Ontiveros	University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee	Gary Desir, MD Internal Medicine	Voltage Gated Potassium Channel Kv1.3 Regulates Mitochondrial Function
2005	Yvonne Thanh-Nga D. Pham	University of California, Berkeley	Marina Picciotto, PhD Pharmacology	Regulation of Nucleus Accumbens CREB As A Potential Mechanism For Nicotine Reinforcement But Not Locomotor-activating Effects of Nicotine
2005	Christine K. Rauscher	Amherst College	Lawrence Young, MD Internal Medicine	AMP-activated Protein Kinase (AMPK) Determines Baseline Cardiac Glycogen Content But Does Not Contribute to Ischemic Glycogen Utilization
2005	Jesus Rubio	Stanford University	Suchitra Krishnan-Sarin, PhD Psychiatry	Impulsivity, Tobacco Use, and Smoking Cessation in Adolescents
2005	Jayodita C. Sanghvi	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Sabrina Diano-Horvath, PhD Obstetrics and Gynecology	TRH Levels Decline When Deiodinase Type II Activity is Suppressed During Fasting
2005	Charla S. Taylor	Howard University	Michael Caplan, MD/PhD Cellular and Molecular Physiology	The Association of Na,K-ATPase with Beta-COP and its Role in Cell Surface Expression
2005	William D. Ulmer	Morehouse College	Albert Sinusas, MD Internal Medicine	Targeted Imaging of Post-MI Angiogenesis Using a Tc-99m Labeled NC100692 Compound in a Canine Model
2005	Michelle E. Vines	Spelman College	George Porter, MD/PhD Pediatrics	The Effects of Ethanol on Calcium Transients in Embryonic Cardiac Myocytes
2005	Meraf A. Wolle	Yale University	Michael Cappello, MD Pediatrics	Molecular Characterization of Ancylostoma Ceylanicum Anticoagulant Peptide 1
2006	Jose A. Alvarez	University of Virginia	Cecilia Canessa, PhD Cellular and Molecular Physiology	The Role of Different Isoforms of Sgk1 in the Activation of the Epithelial Sodium Channel in A6 Cells
2006	Annie M. Bailey	Howard University	George Porter, MD/PhD Pediatrics	Anterior Heart Field Growth, Migration, and Differentiation Depends on Calcium Signaling
2006	Kitty Chen	Cornell University	David Schatz, PhD Immunobiology	[123I] beta-CIT SPECT Imaging of Dopamine and Serotonin Transporters in Alcoholic Smokers and Nonsmokers
2006	Carlos A. Diaz-Balzac	University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras	Alexander Neumeister, MD Psychiatry	Genetic Influences on Neurophysiological and Behavioral Responses to Yohimbine in Postraumatic Stress Disorder
2006	Devin D. Downing	University of Maryland Baltimore County	Xenophon Papadmetris, PhD Diagnostic Radiology	BioImageSuite as a Novel Instrument in Biomedical Imaging Analysis and Subsequent Data Extraction
2006	Samuel S. Franks	Louisiana State University and A&M College	Albert Shaw, MD/PhD Internal Medicine	The Construction of Topoisomerase III Conditional Targeting Vector
2006	John R. Gonzales	University of Arizona	Chuhan Chung, MD Internal Medicine	Pigment Epithelium-Derived Factor (PEDF) Delivery in an Orthotopic Model of Hepatocellular Carcinoma
2006	Reem M. Hanna	University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Campus	Joann Sweasy, PhD Genetics	Protein-Protein Interaction and its Role in DNA Repair Mechanisms
2006	Camille A. Hardiman	University of Pennsylvania	Diane Krause, MD/PhD Laboratory Medicine	Liver Irradiation Increaes Lethality of CC14 Liver Injury But Fails to Promote Bone Marrow-To-Hepatocyte "Stem Cell Plasticity"
2006	Norissa A. Haynes	Yale University	Lawrence Young, MD Internal Medicine	IL-13 Plays a Role in Activation of AMP-Activated Protein Kinase During Ischemia/Reperfusion
2006	Tendeukai Hungwe	Michigan Technological University	Jane Taylor, PhD Psychiatry	Heightened Motivation in bdnf+/- Mice: Involvement of Cortico-Limbic ERK and Related Factors
2006	Naomi N. Kariuki	Claflin University	Marina Picciotto, PhD Pharmacology	Galanin Modulates Morphine Mediated Biochemical Changes Through Galanin Receptor-1
2006	Christina M. Mireles	Ripon College	Tian Chi, PhD Immunobiology	Mapping the Chromatin Structure of the CD4 Enhancer During T Cell Development
2006	Leonard J. Moore	Columbus State University	Melinda Pettigrew, PhD Epidemiology and Public Health	CSP-induced Transformation of Streptococcus Pneumoniae: The Effects of Component Variance on Transformation Efficiency
2006	Nneoma Nwachuku	Yale University	Elisabetta Ullu, PhD Internal Medicine & Cell Biology	Identification of the Mitochondrial Targeting Sequence of the Trypanosoma brucei Piwi-solo Protein
2006	Roosevelt U. Offoha	Rutgers University - Rutgers College	Michael Carrithers, MD/PhD Neurology	Regulation of Rho-Dependent Macrophage Podosome Formation by Intracellular Expression of the Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel, Nav1.6
2006	Adalme Pena	Cornell University	Daniel Goldstein, MD Internal Medicine	Neonatal B Cell Media Affects the Expression of Notch Ligands Jagged and Delta on Dendritic Cells
2006	Mariela Perez Lane	Rice University	Sabrina Diano-Horvath, PhD Obstetrics and Gynecology	Ghrelin Regulates Kainic Acid Induced Seizures: Implications for Epilepsy
2006	Odayme Quesada	University of Florida	Kimberly Yonkers, MD Psychiatry	Depression in Pregnancy: Differences Among Races
2006	Christine K. Rauscher	Amherst College	Julie Sosa, MD Surgical Oncology	Neurocognitive Symptoms Associated With Primary Hyperparathyroidism
2006	Branden D. Taylor	Prairie View A&M University	Michael Hodsdon, MD/PhD Laboratory Medicine	Variation in Aqueous pH Alters the Structural Stability and Receptor-Binding Kinetics of Human Prolactin But Not Growth Hormone
2006	Shanah S. Tirado	Yale University	Archibald Perkins, MD/PhD Pathology	Cre/LoxP-mediated Translocation in the MDS-1 Gene on Chromosomes 3 and 21 Using a Mouse Model
2006	Obinna C. Umunakwe	Howard University	Jon Dranoff, PhD Internal Medicine	P2Y Receptors May Regulate Mz-ChA-1 Human Cholangiocarcinoma Cell Proliferation
2007	Damien Abreu	Yale University	Yorgo Modis, PhD Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry	Structural Basis of Toll-Like Receptor Signaling Through Toll Interleukin
2007	Towhid Ali	City University of New York, City College	Albert Shaw, MD/PhD Internal Medicine	Creating a Conditional Knockout Mouse of Topoisomerase III alpha
2007	Giselle Barreto	Haverford College	Michael Caplan, MD/PhD Cellular and Molecular Physiology	Tetraspanin Proteins and their Role in the Wnt Signaling Pathway
2007	Derrick D. Beasley	Johns Hopkins University	Jeffrey Batias, PhD Psychiatry	SPECT imaging using [123I]5-IA-85380 ([123I]5-IA), a radioligand to determine Beta2-Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor availability in African Americans vs. Caucasian
2007	Norissa A. Haynes	Yale University	Lawrence Young, MD Internal Medicine	Cardiac Toll-Like Receptor 4 Deficiency Limits Ischemic Injury Via the Up-Regulation of AMP-Activated Protein Kinase and the Down-Regulation of p38 During Ischemia
2007	Tendeukai R. Hungwe	Michigan Technological University	Deane Aikins, PhD Psychiatry	Higher Order Conditioning Among Vietnam Veterans With and Without PTSD
2007	Lissette Jimenez	Washington State University	Marina Picciotto, PhD Pharmacology	Nicotinic Effects on ERK Signaling in C57BL/6 Mice and Beta 2 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Subunit Knockout Mice
2007	Charissa N. Kahue	Chaminade University of Honolulu	Patrick Sung, PhD Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry	14-3-3 Proteins Interact With Homologous Recombination Protein Rad54
2007	Charisse L. Mandimika	Denison University	Jill Reiter, PhD Psychiatry	Cell Surface Localization of Soluble EGF Receptor Isoforms
2007	Nicole L. Mayard	Yale University	Carol Weitzman, MD Pediatrics	Screening For Maternal Depression in Urban Pediatric Care Clinic
2007	Frances R. Morales	University of Texas - Pan American	Michael Hodsdon, MD/PhD Laboratory Medicine	Fluorescence-Detected Binding of Human Prolactin to the Extracellular Domain of its Receptor
2007	Michal-Ann M. Newman	Howard University	James Swain, PhD Child Study Center	The Effect of Early Experience on Mental Health and Parental Sensitivity During Early Postpartum
2007	Shenia L. Patterson	Spelman College	Min Wang, PhD Pathology	Identifying the Function of Bone Marrow Kinase in Macrophages
2007	Daniel S. Pearson	Willamette University	Pramod Mistry, MD/PhD Pediatrics	Gaucher Disease Patients in Egypt: Genotype-Phenotype Correlations
2007	Ellegant S. Pearson	Xavier University of Louisiana	Daniel Goldstein, MD Internal Medicine	The Effect of Aging on the Innate Immune Response of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells
2007	Melissa A. Redwood	Columbus State University	Melinda Pettigrew, PhD Epidemiology and Public Health	Potential of Optical Coherence Tomography as an Outcome Measure for Multiple Sclerosis & Behavioral and Molecular Epidemiology of Repeat Chlamydia Infections: Preliminary Analyses
2008	Sonia Afroz	City University of New York, Brooklyn College	Deane Aikins, PhD Psychiatry	Emotional Regulation Biases in Major Depression
2008	Olawale O. Amubieya	Yale University	Albert Shaw, MD/PhD Internal Medicine	Effects of a Common Single Nucleotide Polymorphism on Surface Expression of TLR1
2008	Christine E. Boone	Yale University	Mark Yeckel, PhD Neurobiology	Intracellular Calcium Waves in Hippocampal Pyramidal Neurons
2008	Linette Bosques	University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez	Lynn Cooley, PhD Genetics	Protein-protein interactions among ring canal proteins
2008	Charis N. Chambers	Spelman College	Jill Reiter, PhD Psychiatry	The biological role of p110-sEGFR and its effects on EGFR expression and activity
2008	Rachel Chaoran R. Chen	Yale University	Hilary Blumberg, MD Psychiatry	Amygdala and Ventral Prefrontal Cortex Abnormalities in Adolescents with Bipolar Disorder: A Multimodal MRI Study
2008	Christina M. Cloke	Rutgers University - Camden College of Arts and Sciences	Gordon Shepherd, MD/PhD Neurobiology	An Extensive Intrabulbar Axon Collateral Network Shown by Modified Transsynaptic Tracing Viruses in the Rat Olfactory Bulb
2008	Wilky Coutard	Yale University	Susan Baserga, MD/PhD Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry	Tandem-affinity Purification of Yeast PINc Domain Nucleases and DEAD/ H Box Helicases by HTB and HBH Tagging
2008	Alaina Y. Elrington	Wesleyan College	Arya Mani, MD Internal Medicine	Sequencing LRP6 for Mutations That Correlate To Coronary Artery Disease in Humans
2008	Ahmad Eltejaye	California State University, Stanislaus	Joann Sweasy, PhD Genetics	Polymorphisms (G199S, V367M) and a Splicing Variant in Thymine DNA Glycosylase
2008	Christopher A. Guidry	Morehouse College	Josephine Hoh, PhD Epidemiology & Public Health	Preliminary phenotyping of the HTRA1 mutant zebrafish
2008	Luella Jones	Alcorn State University	Lyndsay Harris, MD Internal Medicine	Effect of Combining HDACi TSA with Herceptin on Cell Proliferation, Survival, & Programmed Death in SKBR3 Breast Cancer Cell Lines
2008	Charisse L. Mandimika	Denison University	Carrie Redlich, MD/MPH Cellular & Molecular Physiology	IgG Immunoassays as a Marker of Workplace Isocyanate Exposure
2008	Alexandria E. Melendez	University of Texas at El Paso	Cecilia Canessa, PhD Cellular and Molecular Physiology	The effect of ISG15 on Nedd4-2 regulation of epithelial Na+ channels
2008	Thuyet X. Nguyen	University of California, Berkeley	Yun Zhong, PhD Therapeutic Radiology	Identification of DLK1(Delta-Like 1 Homolog)-Interacting Proteins
2008	Kayla E. Nixon	Xavier University of Louisiana	Marsha Guess, MD Obstetrics & Gynecology	Discovering differences in cellular mechanisms of women with pelvic organ prolapse
2008	Ajala Osagie	Rutgers University - Rutgers College	Elias Lolis, PhD Pharmacology	Mapping of CXCR4 N-terminus residues critical for ligand binding and activation
2008	Kevin D. Ouma	Rust College	Xenophon Papadmetris, PhD Diagnostic Radiology	An Image Analysis Tool for Quantification of MRI-Based Cell Tracking
2008	Whitney A. Reid	Haverford College	Michael Caplan, MD/PhD Cellular and Molecular Physiology	The Role of CD82 on Wnt Signaling
2008	Ramon A. Robertson	Emory University	Marina Picciotto, PhD Pharmacology	Examining the Consequences of Perinatal Nicotine Exposure in Mice Using an Auditory GO/NOGO Task
2008	Christopher M. Valdez	University of Texas at San Antonio	Anthony Koleske, PhD Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry	Identification of integrin ligands in the mouse hippocampal synapse that may modulate the Arg/p190RhoGAP mediated Rho inhibitory pathway
2008	Christopher F. Vejil	University of Texas at El Paso	Alexander Neumeister, MD Psychiatry	Measures of fluid intelligence in trauma survivors versus healthy controls
2008	Christina Y. Wong	University of Rochester	Michael Cappello, MD Pediatrics	Functional characterization of redox pathway enzymes from the human hookworm, Ancylostoma ceylanicum
2008	Sarah S. Xie	University of California, Irvine	Marc Potenza, MD/PhD Psychiatry	White Matter Microstructure Differences in Cocaine Dependent Patients: A Pilot Diffusion Tensor Study
2009	Rolake O. Alabi	Yale University	Anton Bennett, PhD Pharmacology	Lectin Concanavalin A Activates NFAT in Potential Adhesion Signaling Pathway
2009	Joseph A. Anaya	Princeton University	Hal Blumenfeld, MD/PhD Neurology	Video Games and The Responsiveness in Epilepsy Scale (RES): Tools For Prospectively Measuring the Mechanisms and Consequences of Impaired Consciousness in Epilepsy
2009	Amber M. Anders	Washington University in St. Louis	Qin Yan, PhD Pathology	Analysis of Demethylase Mutations Associated with Breast Cancer
2009	Bertrand Bwashi	Drury College	Chao Ma, MD Anesthesiology	Functional Expression of FcɣRI in Rat Dorsal Root Ganglion Neurons
2009	Crystal C. Carter	Jackson State University	Marsha Guess, MD Obstetrics & Gynecology	Vaginal Smooth Muscle in Pelvic Organ Prolapse
2009	Mae M. Castillo	Haverford College	Catherine Yeckel, PhD Epidemiology & Public Health	Studies of insulin resistance and diabetes
2009	Godefroy Chery	Johns Hopkins University	David Calderwood, PhD Pharmacology	Kindlin-Integrin âtail Interaction
2009	Quiana M. Childress	University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff	Helen Treloar, PhD Neurosurgery	Expression of GalNAcPTase, a GPI-linked Neurocan receptor, in the developing mouse olfactory system
2009	Fernando F. Cuadrado	Ball State University	Marina Picciotto, PhD Pharmacology	The effects of calcineurin inhibition in the nucleus accumbens on cocaine self-administration in mice
2009	Regina A. De Luna	Yale University	Elke Stein, PhD Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology	Investigating the interaction between the axon guidance receptor DSCAM-L1 and Sorting Nexin 5
2009	Jessica M. Duran	Rollins College	Daniel Goldstein, MD Internal Medicine	Investigating the Ratio Between Immunostimulatory and Neutralizing CpG Oligodeoxynucleotides and the Effect on the Innate Immune Response
2009	Aisha C. Hilliard	Winston-Salem State University	Gary Desir, MD Internal Medicine	Mechanism of Renalase Secretion
2009	Nicole M. Jackson	Yale University	Barbara Kazmierczak, MD/PhD Internal Medicine Infectious Diseases	Investigating the role of Toll-like receptor signaling in the nasal colonization of Staphylococcus aureus
2009	Portia N. Mason	North Carolina A&T State University	Robert Beech, MD/PhD Psychiatry	Comparison of different “housekeeping” genes for normalization of RT-PCR data from RNA isolated using the PAXgene blood RNA system
2009	Steve A. Morgan, Jr.	Xavier University of Louisiana	Tian Chi, PhD Immunobiology	Epigenetic Mechanism of CD4 Regulation in T-Lymphocytes
2009	Kevin O. Olusola	Yale University	Mark Yeckel, PhD Neurobiology	Proteins in the ER during stress and their ability to affect activity in the cortex
2009	Marcus C. Parrish	Yale University	Themis Kyriakides, PhD Pathology	Double TSP2/eNOS-null mice display improved wound healing in comparison to eNOS-null mice
2009	Jennifer N. Rosin	University of San Diego	Albert Shaw, MD/PhD Internal Medicine	Impact on calcium signaling and development in B cells lacking presenilin proteins
2009	Makendra L. Umstead	North Carolina Central University	Meenakshi Alreja, PhD Psychiatry	Nicotine Activates GABAergic Interneurons of the Prefrontal Cortex: Implications for Schizophrenia
2009	Edward T. Washington	Morehouse College	Albert Sinusas, MD Internal Medicine	Endurance Exercise Induced Angiogenesis Modulates Fiber Transitions in Hindlimb Ischemia
2009	Jamar Whaley	Queens College	Alexander Neumeister, MD Psychiatry	Quantitative Measures of a Qualitative Disease: Imaging Research and its Implications in Posttrumatic Stress Disorder
2009	Jonathan C. Yeh	Yale University	Michael Crair, PhD Neurobiology	Spontaneous Correlated Retinal Activity is Required for Refinement and Maturation of Murine Retinal Ganglion Cell Arbors in the Superior Colliculus
2010	Opeyemi O. Alabi	Harvard University	Sreeganga Chandra, PhD Neurology	Are Synucleins Curvature Sensors?
2010	Joseph A. Anaya	Princeton University	Hal Blumenfeld, MD/PhD Neurology	Tools to prospectively measure impaired consciousness during epileptic seizures: Video Games and the Responsiveness in Epilepsy Scale
2010	Abimbola Ayangbesan	Vanderbilt University	Richard Carson, PhD Diagnostic Radiology	Development of a High-Resolution Non-Human Primate Brain Template for Neuroreceptor Studies
2010	Lindsay C. Boven	Oberlin College	Amy Arnsten, PhD Neurobiology	Role of DISC1 in stress-induced prefrontal cognitive dysfunction
2010	Sofija V. Canavan	Yale University	Linda Mayes , MD Neurosurgery	Maternal behavior and gene expression in the olfactory system
2010	Kelly M. Chacon	Yale University	Dan DiMaio, PhD Genetics	Construction of Artificial Transmembrane Proteins that Target Specific Membrane Domains
2010	Asmaou Diallo	Fordham University	YuShin Ding, PhD Diagnostic Radiology	Synthesis of F-18-FP-DTBZ for PET Imaging Studies in Diabetes
2010	Arianne E. Eason	Yale University	Alexander Vortmeyer, MD/PhD Pathology & Neuropathology	Molecular Quality Assessment of Human Biospecimens via Proteomic Analysis
2010	Monique S. Haynes	Yale University	Carol Weitzman, MD Pediatrics	Functional significance of the protein motifs in the Human CD8ƒÒ isoform M-4 cytoplasmic tail
2010	Rubi E. Luna	Johns Hopkins University	Elias Lolis, PhD Pharmacology	Real-time cellular studies of the MIF-CXCR2 interaction and the effect of MIF tautomerase inhibitors
2010	Camille J. McCallister	Howard University	Albert Sinusas, MD Internal Medicine	Targeting the Angiogenic Process in Type-I Diabetes Mellitus
2010	Gloriya Nedler	Brandeis University	Marina Picciotto, PhD Pharmacology	Investigating the Role of Calcineurin (Protein Phosphatase 2B) Activity in the Amygdala Increases Anxiety-and Depression-Like Behaviors in Mice
2010	Nicole Negbenebor	Yale University	Nadia Ameen, PhD Pediatrics	Identification of CFTR Binding Sites in the Endocytic Adaptor Protein a-AP2
2010	Charles S. Nguyen	University of Puget Sound	Fred Gorelick, MD/PhD Internal Medicine	Role of Sodium Hydrogen Exchangers in Cerulein-Induced Pancreatitis Responses
2010	Hector T. Nunez	University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez	Cenk Tek, MD Psychiatry	Observing Food Reward Sensitivity in Overweight and Normal Weight Individuals
2010	Abiola O. Odejimi	Rice University	Albert Shaw, MD/PhD Internal Medicine	Pilot studies of TLR function in HIV infection
2010	Joseph E. Papin	University of Florida	Lynn Cooley, PhD Genetics	Investigating the Role of SOD in Polarized Transport
2010	Gabriella C. Puente	Yale University	Thomas Melia, PhD Cell Biology	Physical Factors that influence in vitro Mammalian ATG8 Coupling to Physiologic Lipid Models
2010	Jennifer E. Reardon	Rochester Institute of Technology	Joerg Bewersdorf, PhD Cell Biology	Super Resolution Microscopy Techniques for Cell Biology
2010	Betsy L. Rojas	Rutgers University - Rutgers College	Deane Aikins, PhD Psychiatry	Hippocampal Volume in PTSD Patients
2010	Angelica Sanchez	Swarthmore College	John MacMicking, PhD Microbial Pathogenesis	Interactions between GBP5 and the NLR family for immunity to infection: Probing the breadth and specificity of this relationship
2010	Isabel Sanchez	Swarthmore College	Kevan Herold, MD Immunobiology	The Effects of Glucose on CD8 T-cell Effector Phenotype
2010	Lizamarie Valle	Albertus Magnus College	Marsha Guess, MD Obstetrics & Gynecology	Evaluating changes in smooth muscle after vaginal stretch injury in mice
2010	Diana P. Valverde	Brigham Young University	Scott Strobel, PhD Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry	Messenger RNA Cleavage by the RelE Toxin on the 70S Ribosome
2010	Simone S. Williams	Xavier University of Louisiana	Smita Sampath, PhD Diagnostic Radiology	Use of gadolinium (III) oxide as a MRI contrast agent
2010	Sierra Wright	Bowdoin College	Erol Fikrig, MD Internal Medicine	Identification of a mosquito protein that interacts with Malaria surface protein TRAP
2011	Shahed A. Abdullah	University of Maryland Eastern Shore	Rajita Sinha, PhD Psychiatry & Child Study Center	Guanfacine Effects on Serum Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) in Cocaine-Dependent Individuals
2011	Antoniette A. Allen	Columbia University - Columbia College	Sohail Husain, MD Pediatrics	Purifying Ryanodine Receptor Using a FKBP Fusion Protein
2011	Amber M. Anders	Washington University in St. Louis	Harvey Kliman, MD/PhD Obstetrics & Gynecology	VScan Portable Ultrasound Scanner Accurately Measures Estimated Placental Volume (EPV)
2011	Erick A. Argueta	Connecticut College	Stefan Somlo, MD Internal Medicine	Analysis of the Function Role of PC-2 Phosphorylation in vivo
2011	Laura Cheng	Yale University	Jesse Rinehart, PhD Molecular & Cellular Physiology	Exploring a Switch Mechanism in WNK4 via Phosphoprotein Synthesis and Protein-Protein Interactions
2011	Lexsy Davy	City University of New York, Lehman College	Albert Shaw, MD/PhD Internal Medicine	TLR Signaling in Murine-Derived Dendritic Cells Lacking Presenilin Proteins
2011	Tara A . Holder	University of Chicago	Elizabeth Rhoades, PhD Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry	Curvature Sensing Properties of the Lipid-Binding of α-Synuclein
2011	Kassandra Infante	University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College	Sandra Springer, MD Internal Medicine	An evaluation of DSM-IV Mental Illness Among a Cohort of HIV+ Prisoners Transitioning to the Community
2011	Alexis Jaramillo	Amherst College	Andrew Miranker, PhD Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry	Mapping Protein's Folding Landscapes at Equilibrium in Near-Physiological Conditions Using Hydrogen Exchange Mass Spectrometry
2011	Albert Lee	Occidental College	Choukri Ben Mamoun, PhD Internal Medicine	Screening of a Library of Active Anti-Malarials for Transmission-Blocking Activity
2011	Renee T. McDonald-Fleming	City University of New York, Medgar Evers College	Carrie Redlich, MD Internal Medicine	Injury Assessment of Workers in a Connecticut Factory
2011	JeanHeyd Meneide	Morehouse College	Chris Cotsapas, PhD Neurology	Effect of ABL-1 on C. Elegans through RNASeq
2011	Gloriya Nedler	Brandeis University	Marina Picciotto, PhD Pharmacology	Examination of Nicotinic Receptor Subtypes Using High Affinity Epibatidine Ligand-Binding Assay
2011	Charles S. Nguyen	University of Puget Sound	Fred Gorelick, MD/PhD Internal Medicine	Hyperthyroidism Changes Pancreatic Acinar Cell Identity
2011	Alejandra Perez	Baylor University	Daniel Colon-Ramos, PhD Cell Biology	Identifying Genes Affecting Synaptic Specificity and Maintenance in C. elegans
2011	Jennifer E. Reardon	Rochester Institute of Technology	Joerg Bewersdorf, PhD Cell Biology	Imaging Clathrin-mediated Endocytosis Using Super-resolution Microscopy
2011	Jennifer M. Rodriguez	Harvard University	Lloyd Cantley, MD Internal Medicine	The Role of P204 in Epithelialization
2011	Leticia Rojas	Harvard University	Hal Blumenfeld, MD/PhD Neurology	Objectively Assessing Consciousness in Complex Partial and Generalized Tonic-clonic Seizures Using the RES exam
2011	Jessica L. Ruiz	Rice University	Stuart Weinzimer, MD Pediatrics	Effect of Insulin Feedback Algorithm on Closed Loop Blood Glucose Control
2011	Angelica Sanchez	Swarthmore College	John MacMicking, PhD Microbial Pathogenesis	Interactions Between GBP5 and the NLR Family for Immunity to Infection: Probing the Breadth and Specificity of this Relationship
2011	Isabel Sanchez	Swarthmore College	Vineet Bhandari, PhD Pediatrics	Screening for MicroRNA (miRNA) in Hyperoxia-induced Injury in the Developing Murine Lung
2011	Duaa H. Sharfi	University of Illinois at Chicago	Elena Grigorenko, PhD Epidemiology, Public Health & Psychology	Whole Blood vs. Cell Lines: Evaluating the Utility of Cell Lines Based on Changing Methylation Patterns
2011	Lizamarie Valle	Albertus Magnus College	Marsha Guess, MD Obstetrics & Gynecology	Evaluating Changes in Smooth Muscle after Vaginal Stretch injury in Mice