Professional/Clinical Students

First Year Medical Student

Winner: Alex Belshoff, "An Investigation of Regulatory Glycosylation in Prostate Cancer Metabolism".  Mentor:  Andrew Lane, M.D., Structural Biology

Second – Fourth Year Medical Students

First Place: Ishan Mehta, "Aldose Reductase Deficiency Enhances High Fat Diet-Induced Hyperinsulinemia and Endothelial Dysfunction".  Mentor:  Daniel Conklin, Ph.D., Institute of Molecular Cardiology.

Second Place: Francesca Rinaldo, "Development of a Human Model for Ineffective Hematopoiesis in Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome".  Mentor:  Steven R. Ellis, Ph.D., Biochemistry

Third Place: Patricia Madjani, "Effects of SPOO2P, a Botanical Nutriceutical, on Agonist-Induced Contractions of Rat Aorta In Vitro". Mentor:  Irving Joshua, Ph.D., Physiology

Nursing Graduate Students 

Winner: Pamela Combs, "Use of the LIterary Analysis of the Pit and the Pendulum to Explore Patients Lived Experiences".  Mentor: Cheryl Zambroski, Ph.D., Nursing

Public Health Graduate Students 

First Place: Nandita Das, "Home-based Telemonitoring With or Without Disease Management: Impact on Quality of Life and Self Efficacy in Patients with Heart Failure".  Mentor: Carlton Hornung, Ph.D., Epidemiology

Second Place: Bill Fell, "Optimization of Interventions for the Reduction of Morbidity and Mortality from Malaria in Children Under Five in Ghana".  Mentor:  John Heinbokel, Ph.D., Environmental and Occupational Health

Third Place (tie):  Dauod Dajini, "Genetic and Clinical Characteristics of Indeterminate Colitis". Mentor:  Susan Galandiuk, M.D., Surgery

Third Place (tie):  Adell Mendes, "Prevention of Lower Extremity Morbidity and Amputation by Peripheral Nerve Decompression in Diabetics".  Mentor:  Steven McCabe, M.D., Bioinformatics and Biostatistics

Dental Students

First Place:  Dipti Goyal, "Direct Binding of Affinity-Purified PSP with Phosphatidylinositol Phosphates".  Mentor:   Douglas Darling, Ph.D., Department of Periodontics, Endodonitics and Dental Hygiene

Second Place:  Caleb Bastian, "Altered Developmental Programming of the Mouse Mammary Gland in Female Offspring Following Perinatal Dietary Exposures".  Mentor:  Thomas Knudsen, School of Dentistry

Third Place:  Anuradha Shelar, "Biological Activity and Toxicity of Rationally Designed Antibiotic Peptides".  Mentor:  Sven Gorr, Ph.D., Oral Health and Systemic Diseases Research Group