Postdoctoral Research Associates

1st Place: Katarzyna Kalita / Role of MKL1 in ERK1/2-Dependent Stimulation of SRF-Driven Transcription in Response to BDNF or Increased Synaptic Activity / Mentor: Michal Hetman, PhD, Department of Neurological Surgery

2nd Place: Nalinie Wickramasinghe, PhD / Anacardic Acid Inhibits DNA Synthesis and Induces Apoptosis in MCF-7 Breast and NCI-H1944 Lung Cancer Cell Lines / Mentor: Carolyn Klinge, PhD, Department of Biochemistry and Biology

3rd Place: Lalitha Nayak, MD / Tumor Targeting Molecules Using SELEX / Mentor: Paula Bates, PhD, Brown Cancer Center

Honorable Mention: Jean Bendaly, Ph.D. / Significantly Higher 2-Amino-3,8-Dimethylimidazo-[4,5-f] Quinoxaline - Induced DNA Adducts and Mutagenesis in Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) Cells Expressing Human CYP1A1 and Rapid Versus Slow Acetylator N-acetyltransferase 2 / Mentor: David W. Hein, PhD, Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology

Honorable Mention: Leila Gobejishvili, PhD / Chronic Alcohol Consumption Increases Phosphodiesterase 4B (PDE 4B) Expression, Decreases Cellular cAMP Levels and Primes Monocytes Leading to Augmented LPS-Inducible TNF Expression: Relevance to Alcoholic Liver Disease / Mentor: Craig McClain, MD, Department of Medicine

Honorable Mention: Maricar Malinis, MD / Presence of HIV Infection does not Influence Outcomes of Hospitalized Patients with Bacterial Community-Acquired Pneumonia: Results from the Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAPO) Organization International Cohort Study / Mentor: Julio Ramirez, MD, Department of Medicine

Honorable Mention: Kara Sedoris, PhD / Glucose Regulates α-Enolase and c-myc Promoter Binding Protein (MBP-1) Expression and Cellular Proliferation. / Mentor: Donald Miller, MD, PhD, Brown Cancer Center

Honorable Mention: Chad Welsh, PhD / Identification of Oral Bacterial Protein Antigens Through the Use of a Whole Genome Protein Expression Library / Mentor: Douglas Darling, PhD, Oral Health and Systemic Disease

Honorable Mention: Ted Kalbfleisch, PhD, Center for Genetics and Molecular Medicine / Development of a Web Services Based System for Dissemination of Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Data

Medical Residents

1st Place: Julio Leey, MD / Effect of Hypoxia on Insulin Sensitivity and Gene Expression. / Mentor: Betty Villafuerte, MD, Department of Medicine

Clinical Research Fellows

1st Place: Stephanie Wagner, MD / Beta Glucan Enhances Hematopoietic Stem Cell Mobilization / Mentor: Jun Yan, MD,PhD, Department of Medicine