Postgraduates

Postdoctoral Research Associates

FIRST PLACE - Fabian Crespo (Mentor:  Dr. Rafael Fernandez-Botran, Dept. of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine), Gangliosides modulate the differentiation of help T cells.

SECOND PLACE - Vijay Gorantla (Mentor:  Dr. John Barker, Dept. of Surgery), A clinically feasible protocol to induce tolerance to limb allograts using mixed allogeneic chimerism.

HONORABLE MENTION - Sharon L. Ripp (Mentor:  Dr. Russell A. Prough, Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology), Dehydroepiandrosterone (Dhea) targets multiple nuclear receptors to modulate cytochrome P450  gene expression.

Clinical Fellows and Residents

FIRST PLACE - Jeffrey S. Sosnowski (Mentor:  Dr. Mukunda Ray, Dept. of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine), A histopathological comparison between traditional and microwavetissue processing.

SECOND PLACE - Lorri Cobbins (Mentor:  Dr. Toni Ganzel, Dept. of Surgery), Histopathologic analysis of tonsils in pediatric tonsillectomies: A systems based approach to changing standard of care.

HONORABLE MENTION - Sonia Nair (Mentor:  Dr. Julio Ramirez, Dept of Medicine), The clinical outcome of hospitalized patients with community-acquired pneumonia: clinical improvement, clinical failure, and non-resolving pneumonia.