Combined Degree and Physician Scholar Programs
2009 RESEARCH DAY AWARD RECIPIENTS
Short term - Clinical / Health Services
Elana Tykocinski - 1st place
Identification of the EGFRvIII mutation in glioblastoma by magnetic resonance perfusion-weighted imaging (MR-PWI) and VEGF expression
Mentor: Dr. Donald M. O’Rourke
Michelle Kim - 2nd place
The effect of multidisciplinary care teams on intensive care unit mortality
Mentor: Dr. Jeremy Kahn
Short term - Basic Science
Maximilian Smith - 1st place
Isolation and characterization of early outgrowth rat endothelial progenitor cells
Mentor: Dr. Y. Joseph Woo
Tina Franklin-Dumont - 2nd place
Is decreased acetylation of histone H3 part of a common pathway for preterm and term parturition?
Mentor: Dr. Michal Elovitz
Year out - Clinical / Health Services
Amit Khera - 1st place
On-statin Cholesteryl Ester Transfer Protein Mass and Risk of Recurrent Coronary Events: Results from the PROVE IT-TIMI 22 Study
Mentor: Dr. Daniel J. Rader
Allison Loh - 2nd place
Predictors of clinical outcomes for fungal keratitis
Mentor: Dr. Nisha Acharya
Year out - Basic Science
Laura Chang - 1st place
The molecular basis for increased dermal content of hyaluronic acid and chondroitin sulfate in cutaneous lupus erythematosus
Mentor: Dr. Victoria P. Werth
Laura DiNardo - 2nd place
PI-103 and rapamycin synergism abrogate resistance to mTOR inhibition in pre-B ALL
Mentor: Dr. Valerie I. Brown and Dr. Stephan A. Grupp
Scholarly Pursuit - Clinical / Health Services
Lori Kestenbaum - 1st place
Defining normal cerebrospinal fluid white blood cell counts in young infants and neonates
Mentor:
Dr. Samir S. Shah
Lauren Marlowe - 2nd place
Blood culture contamination rates following skin antisepsis with Chlorascrub™ versus povidone-iodine in a pediatric emergency department
Mentor: Dr. Theoklis Zaoutis
Scholarly Pursuit - Basic Science
Jeffrey Cohen - 1st place
Cripto stimulates myocardial proliferation, attenuates hypertrophy, and enhances ventricular function in ischemic cardiomyopathy
Mentor: Dr. Y. Joseph Woo
Luke Janik - 2nd place
The role of volatile anesthetics and surgery in the progression of Alzheimer’s disease
Mentor: Dr. Roderic Eckenhoff
MD-PhD Rotation
Patrick Ward - 1st place
Cytosolic isoforms of Krebs cycle enzymes constitute an important pathway for cell proliferation and glioma progression
Mentor: Dr. Craig Thompson
David Combs - 2nd place
A novel arrhythmic timeless allele reveals the importance of post-translational regulation of circadian rhythms in D. melanogaster
Mentor: Dr. Amita Sehgal
MD-PhD Thesis
Niraj Shanbhag - 1st place
ATM kinase-dependent transcriptional silencing at DNA double strand breaks
Mentor: Dr. Roger Greenberg
Karla Leavens - 2nd place
Hepatic insulin signaling through Akt2 causes fatty liver in insulin-resistant ob/ob and high fat diet mouse models
Mentor: Dr. Morrie J. Birnbaum