Postdoctoral Research Associates

First Place Award:  Ezsebet Szatmari, Ph.D., “A positive feedback loop between glycogen synthase kinase 3beta and protein phosphatase 1 after stimulation of NR2B NMDA receptors in forebrain neurons”.  Mentor:   Michal Hetman, Ph.D., Department of Neurological Surgery

Second Place Award:  Neetu Tyagi, “Mitochondrial Mechanism of Microvascular Endothelial cells Apoptosis in Hyperhomocysteinemia”.  Mentor:   Suresh Tyagi, Ph.D., Department of Physiology & Biophysics

Honorable Mention:  Rajakumar Donthi, Ph.D., “Over-expression of Cardiac Specific 6-Phosphofructo-2-Kinase Offers Protection Against Anoxia”.  Mentor:   Paul Epstein, Ph.D., Department of Pediatrics 

Medical Residents

Winner:  Swapna Kartha, M.D., “Toxic Metabolic Encephalopathy after Parathyroidectomy with Methylene Blue Localization”.  Mentor:  Michael Flynn, M.D., Department of Surgery

Clinical Research Fellows

First Place Award:  Isabel Burckhardt, M.D., Green tea catechin polyphenols reduce susceptibility to intermittent hypoxia (IH)-induced spatial learning in the rat”.  Mentor:  David Gozal, M.D., Department of Pediatrics

Second Place Award:  Yusheng Zhu, “Simultaneous determination of seven N-acetyltransferase-2 polymorphisms by allele-specific primer extension assay”.  Mentor:   Mark W. Linder, Ph.D., Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine