First-year Medical Students

1st Place: David B. McConda / Role of Estrogen Receptor Αlpha Isoform hERα46 in Tamoxifen-Resistant Breast Cancer / Mentor: Carolyn M Klinge, Ph.D., Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

2nd Place: David Redinger / Elevated Lipid Peroxidation and IL-8 Production by Fatty Hepatocytes in an In-Vitro Model of Hepatic Steatosis / Mentor: Shirish Barve, Ph.D. Department of Medicine

Second to Fourth-year Medical Students

1st Place: Emily Wells / Effect of Vitreous Hemorrhage on Susceptibility to Staphylococcal Endophthalmitis / Mentor: Charles Barr, M.D. Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

2nd Place: Danielle Minnillo / The Effects of Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) Inhibition on Microvascular Function and Plasticity Following Experimental Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) / Mentor: Scott Whittemore, Ph.D., Department of Neurological Surgery

3rd Place: Chris Snowdy / The Effect of Smoking During Pregnancy on Speech Sound Discrimination In Newborn Infants: An Auditory ERP Study / Mentor: Dennis Molfese, Ph.D. Birth Defects Research Center

Honorable Mention: Andrew Crush / Fatigue Analysis in a Multiple Sclerosis Center Database: Relationship to Disease Modifying Therapy Stephen Kirzinger, MD, Department of Neurology

Honorable Mention: Mark Fairweather / Gentamicin and Anti-IL-10 Antibodies Significantly Prolong Survival in a Chronic Intraperitoneal Klebsiella Infection Model / Mentor: William G Cheadle, MD, Department of Surgery

Honorable Mention: Brady Harris / Enteral L-Glutamine Decreases Blood Flow In The Proximal Small / Intestine, Colon, Pancreas And Spleen In Rats / Mentor: Richard Garrison, MD, Department of Surgery

Honorable Mention: Michael Lynch / Potential Role of CNTF in the Development of Pain Following a Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury / Mentor: Theo Hagg, MD, PhD, Department of Neurological Surgery

Honorable Mention: Brandon Thacker / Interaction Among Carcinogen-Biotransformation Genes (N-Acetyltransferase 1 and 2) and Prostate Cancer Risk Using a Comprehensive Analytical Approach / Mentor: La Creis Kidd, PhD, MPH, Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology

Dental Students

1st Place Michael Courtright: "Comparison of a Coronally Positioned Superficial / Split Thickness Flap to a Conventional Split Thickness Flap for Root Coverage Surgery"

2nd Place Philip Slonkosky: "Associated Dental Anomalies Detected in 8-15 year Old Children"

3rd Place Brad Christensen: "Effects of Specific Viruses on Periapical Lesion Microflora"

Jewish Hospital Innovation in Nursing Research

Cheryl Hoyt Zambroski, RN, PhD