Information for Students:

COM Research Track

Summer Research Fellowship Stipends

Research Day

Graduation with Honors in Research

External Grants & Training Opportunities

MD/PhD Program

College of Medicine

2006 Honorees

Christopher Barker:  Radiosensitization induced by the ribonucleotide reductase inhibitor Triapine.  Mentor: Kevin Camphausen, M.D., National Cancer Institute.

Angela Prevatt Black:  Inhibition of matrix metalloproteinase in the gerbil model of cholesteatoma.  Mentor: Greg Schultz, Ph.D.

Joanne Byars:  Naltrexone augments the effects of nicotine replacement therapy in female smokers.  Mentor: Mark Gold, M.D.

Cooper Dean:  Optic neuropathy secondary to cat scratch disease.  Mentor: Chris Sistrom, M.D.

Katie Gres:  Drug and Alcohol-impaired physicians.  Mentors: Mark Gold, M.D. and Kimberley Frost Pineda, MPH.

Joseph Hartwich:  Artificial rearing of mouse pups: Development of a mouse pup in a cup model.  Mentor: E. Beierle, M.D.

Melissa Jackson:  Finger Agnosia in Alzheimer’s Disease.  Mentor: Kenneth Heilman, M.D.

Katie Kleiner:  Body Mass Index and alcohol use.  Mentor: Mark Gold, M.D.

Michelle McGarry:  Isolation of stem cells from umbilical cord blood: differentiation into endocrine pancreatic cells.  Mentor: Desmond Schatz, M.D.

Carmen Peden:  Methylphenidate and cognitive function in healthy sleep-deprived adults.  Mentor: Peter Stacpoole, Ph.D., M.D.

Siva Radhakrishnan:  Effect of connective tissue growth factor on protein kinase expression and activity in human corneal fibroblasts.  Mentor: Greg Schultz, Ph.D.

Timothy Sheperd:  Structural insights from high-resolution diffusion tensor imaging and tractography of the isolated rat hippocampus.  Mentor: Stephen Blackband, Ph.D..

Kristy Breuhl Smith:  Outcomes in management of isolated local-regional recurrence following mastectomy.  Mentor: Nancy P. Mendenhall, M.D.

Baligh Yehia:  Quantitative analysis of intrahepatic biliary tree microarchitecture.  Mentor: James Crawford, M.D., Ph.D.

Hillary Zalaznick:  Prediction of papillary thyroid carcinoma bilaterality via ultrasound and clinical data.  Mentor: Nicole Massoll, M.D.