Basic Science/Engineering Graduate Students

Masters Basic-Science Student Division

First Place: Ntube Ngalame, Pharmacology and Toxicology, "Transplacental Exposure to Arsenic Induces Hepatic Changes in ApoE-/-Mice".  Mentor:  J. Christopher States, Ph.D., Pharmacology and Toxicology

Second Place: Sai Vikas Yalla, Industrial Engineering, "How Critical is Frequency During Manual Material Handling Tasks?"  Mentor:  Seyed Naira Campbell Kyureghyan, Ph.D., Industrial Engineering

Third Place (tie):  Janet Hundley, School of Nursing, "Optimizing Enteral Tube Feeding in the ICU".  Mentor:  Diane Chlebowy, Ph.D., School of Nursing

Third Place (tie):  Stephanie Mathews, Pharmacology and Toxicology, "Epigenetic Modifications of Histones Play a Cricial Role in Regulating INFα Mediated Anti-HCV Gene Expression".  Mentor:  Shirish Barve, Ph.D., Department of Medicine

Doctoral Basic-Science Student Division 

First Place:  Krista Caudle, Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology, "Wheelchair Restriced Rats and Functional Recovery Following Contusive Spinal Cord Injury".  Mentor:  David Magnuson, Ph.D., Neurological Surgery

Second Place: Sarah Andres, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, "Levels and Distribution of Gene Expression Within A Breast Cancer Prognostic Signature".  Mentor:  James Wittliff, Ph.D., Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 

Third Place (tie):  Traci Kruer, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, "Expression of Novel Estrogen-Response-Element Binding Proteins in Human Breast Carcinoma Predicts Clinical Behavior".  Mentor:  James Wittliff, Ph.D., Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Third Place (tie):  Daniela Terson de Paleville, Physiology, "Effects of Locomotor Training on Pulmonary Function in Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury".  Mentor:  Susan Harkema, M.D., Neurological Surgery

 
Student/Faculty Bioengineering Collaboration

First Place: Carlo Bartoli with Gregory Wilson, Guruprasad Giridharan, Ph.D., Mark Slaughter, M.D., Mike Sobieski, RN, Sumanth Prabhu, M.D., Paul Spence, M.D. and Steven Koenig, Ph.D.,  "A Novel Subcutaneous Counterpulsation Device Provides Cardiac Hemodynamic Support Over a Range of Physiological Conditions".

Second Place:  Bobby Gibbons, II with Mai-Dung Nguyen, Mohamed Ishamil, Sumanth Prabhu, M.D., Guruprasad Giridharan, Ph.D., Palaniappan Sethu, "Microfluidic Platform to Study Cardiomyocyte Mechanotransduction".