Faculty
Scientific Importance
First Place – Dr. Paula Bates, NOVEL OLIGONUCLEOTIDES THAT INHIBIT CANCER CELL GROWTH. Paula J. Bates, Xiaohua Xu, Lavona Casson, Shelia D. Thomas, Virna Dapic, John O. Trent and Donald M. Miller. James Graham Brown Cancer Center, Department of Medicine.
Second Place – Dr. Glenn McGregor, DNA REPLICATION PROTEINS AS POTENTIAL THERAPEUTIC TARGETS. W.G. McGregor1, C.W. Lawrence2, and V.M. Maher3. 1Dept. of Pharmacology and Toxicology and J.G. Brown Cancer Center, Dept. of Medicine, 2Dept. of Biophysics, Univ. of Rochester, 3Dept. of Micro and Mol. Genetics, Michigan State Univ.
Third Place – Dr. Rafael Fernandez-Botran, AN INHIBITOR OF GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN-CYTOKINE INTERACTIONS DELAYS REJECTIONS OF ALLOGENEIC RAT SKIN GRAFTS. Vijay Gorantla, Xiao Ping Ren, Gustavo Perez-Abadia, Claudio Maldonado, Mukunda Ray, John Barker, and Rafael Fernandez-Botran. Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine.
Innovation in Biotechnology
First Place – Dr. Michael Voor, A NEW CIRCUMFERENTIAL BENDING TEST METHOD INDICATES POSSIBLE LOW BACK INJURY MECHANISM. M.J. Voor, K. An, A. Savides, R. Puno, Univeristy of Louisville, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery.
Second Place – Dr. Harvey Edmonds, NEAR-INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY (NIRS) DETECTS CEREBRAL ISCHEMIA. HL Edmonds Jr., A Sehic, J Villafane, I Singer Department of Anesthesiology, Pediatrics (Div. Cardiology) & Medicine (Div. Cardiology).
Third Place – Dr. Jacek Zurada, RESEARCH IN ULTRASOUND SPECKLE MODELING USING NEURAL NETWORKS. J.M. Zurada, M.P. Wachowiak, R. Smolikova and A.S. Elmaghraby. Computer Science and Engineering Program.
Innovation in Behavioral Sciences
First Place – Dr. Victoria Molfese, LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT, READING AND NARRATIVE SKILLS: A LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF INTERACTING SKILLS IN EARLY CHILDHOOD. V.J. Molfese, & D.L. Molfese. Center for Research In Early Childhood and Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences.
Second Place – Dr. Martin Weinrich, COMPARABLE COMPLIANCE FOR COMPARABLE PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES IN AMERICAN MEN AND WOMEN. Weinrich, M.C., Mundt, C.J., Hornung,C.A. & McKinney, W.P. Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine.
Third Place – Dr. Arthur Van Stewart, A STUDY OF ISSUES OF SPECIAL CONCERN FOR WOMEN IN DENTISTRY. A V Stewart, S Kennon, P J Panucci & J P Scheetz. Departments of Orthodontic, Pediatric & Geriatric Dentistry and Diagnostic Sciences, Prosthodontic & Restorative Dentistry.
Most Promising Basic Science Research
First Place – Dr. Mengsheng Qiu, CONTROL OF OLIGODENDROCYTE DIFFERENTIATION BY THE NKX-2.2 HOMEODOMAIN TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR. J Cai, X Xu, R Wu, H Fu, Y Qi, L Sussel*, J. Rubenstein* and M. Qiu. Dept. Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology, *Department of Psychiatry, University of California.
Second Place – Dr. Fred Roisen, MURINE AND HUMAN ADULT OLFACTORY NEUROEPITHELIAL STEM CELLS. F.J. Roisen* K.M. Klueber, C.L. Lu, L.M. Hatcher. Dept. of Anatomical Sciences & Neurobiology.
Third Place – Dr. David Clouthier, AN EARLY ROLE FOR ENDOTHELIN A (ETA) RECEPTOR SIGNALING DURING CREST CELL DEVELOPMENT ELUCIDATED USING AN ETA RECEPTOR-SPECIFIC ANTAGONIST. David E. Clouthier1. Tom A. Brock2, and Masashi Yanagisawa3. 1 Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Craniofacial Biology and Birth Defects Center, 2 Texas Biotechnology Corporation, Houston, TX, 3 Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the Department of Molecular Genetics, Univeristy of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.
Potential for Major Clinical Applications
First Place – Dr. Robert Aramant, RETINAL TRANSPLANTS REPAIR DEGENERATED RETINAS AND RESTORE VISUAL FUNCTION IN RATS. Aramant R.B.1,2, Seiler M.J. 1,3, McCall M.A. 1,3, Woch G.1, Sagdullawv B.1, Depts. of 1Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, 2Anatomical Sciences & Neurobiology, 3Psychological & Brain Sciences.
Second Place – Dr. James Kang, PREVENTIVE EFFECT OF METALLOTHIONEIN ON DIABETIC CARDIOMYOPATHY. L. Cai, J.B. Klein, and Y.J. Kang. Departments of Medicine, Pharmacology & Toxicology.
Third Place – Dr. David Hein, SLOW N-ACETYLTRANSFERASE-2 AND NULL GLUTATHIONE S-TRANSFERASE GENOTYPES AND PROSTATE CANCER RISK. David W. Hein, Matthew A. Leff, Naoko Ishibe, Rashmi Sinha, John Berlot, James Frame, Harold A. Frazier, Mark A. Doll, Martin C. Weinrich and Neil E. Caporaso. University of Louisville, National Cancer Institute, and National Navy Medical Center, Bethesda, MD.
Faculty Award for Extramural Funding
Dr. Jon Klein, Department of Medicine
