| Participant | Project title | Mentor | Location |
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2001 |
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| Alyssa Dalton | Complimentary & alternative medicine research project-Bloomington | Sharon Hull, M.D. | SIU-SOM, Springfield |
| Janda Forristall | Cross cultural healing in the Lakota tradition | Sharon Hull, M.D. | South Dakota |
| Scott Gilmore | Effects of immune enhancing formula on infection | Elamin Elamin, M.D. | SIU-SOM, Springfield |
| Lilla Gyires | Patient compliance in southern Illinois | Sharon Smaga, M.D. | SIU-SOM, Carbondale |
| Matthew Hagemeyer | Effects of genistein and estrogen | Michael Shanahan, Ph.D. | SIU-SOM, Carbondale |
| Ben Katholi | Studies of viral replication | Susan Baker | Loyola University, Chicago, IL |
| Tom Kelly | The role of nitric oxide ... in cisplatin ototoxicity | Leonard Rybak, M.D., Ph.D. | SIU-SOM, Springfield |
| David Kluge | Macrophage expression of interferon-alpha... | Mark Francis, M.D. | SIU-SOM, Springfield |
| Kristine Mace | Cross cultural healing in the Lakota tradition | Sharon Hull, M.D. | South Dakota |
| Paul Mann | Effects of dietary soy isoflavones... | Timothy O'Connor, M.D. | SIU-SOM, Springfield |
| Marcia McCann | Vestibular and ocular motor function in children with ADD | Marian Girardi | SIU-SOM, Springfield |
| Diana Mitchell | Impact of neonatal and social risks on cognition... | Kimberly Espy, Ph.D. | SIU-SOM, Carbondale |
| Cathy Moewe | Cross cultural healing in the Lakota tradition | Sharon Hull, M.D. | South Dakota |
| Rachel Reutter | Statewide study of the uninsured | Paul Sarvela, Ph.D. | SIUC, Carbondale, IL |
| Loretta Scism | Neurological development of infants... | Kimberly Espy, Ph.D. | SIU-SOM, Carbondale |
| Christy Shanks | Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy, Paget disease and Alzheimer's disease | Virginia Kimonis, M.D. | SIU-SOM, Springfield |
| Michael Sherrow | Estrogen's possible protective effect... | Robert Struble, M.D. | SIU-SOM, Springfield |
| Joshua Smith | Cortical development in the preterm infant | Kim Espy, Ph.D. | SIU-SOM, Carbondale |
| Benjamin Stevens | NexGen complete knee device outcome study | D. Gordon Allan, M.D. | SIU-SOM, Springfield |
| Claudine Truong | Cross cultural healing in the Lakota tradition | Sharon Hull, M.D. | South Dakota |
| Jillian Tyler | Effects of maternal breast milk in preterm infants | Kimberly Espy, Ph.D. | SIU-SOM, Carbondale |
| Laurie Wager | Engineering of new bacterial expression vector... | Jianjun Wang, Ph.D. | SIU-SOM, Carbondale |
| Brian Wheatley | Creating a behavioral model of chronic tinnitus in lab animals | Carol Bauer, M.D. | SIU-SOM, Springfield |
| Eric Williams | Centrosome hyper-expression in acute leukemia | Wilkelman/Dorsey, M.D. | University of Cincinnati |
2002 |
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| Ketan Amin | The dorsal cochlear nucleus and its relationship with tinnitus | Carol Bauer, M.D | SIU-SOM, Springfield |
| Ashraf Darwish | Mortality and adverse events in congenital heart disease patients | Emile Bacha, M.D. | University of Chicago, Chicago, IL |
| Ryan Gobble | Heart rate variability as a marker of mental workload during simulation-based training in neonatal resuscitation | Louis Halamek, M.D. | Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA |
| Ryan Lakin | Serum titanium levels in patients with nonmodular versus modular hip prosthesis | Gordon Allan, M.D. Rita Trammell, M.D. |
SIU-SOM, Springfield |
| Christopher Lee | A functional MRI study of subjects recovered from hemiparetic stroke | Steven Cramer, M.D. | University of Washington, Seattle, WA |
| Jeffrey Link | The genomics of intimal hyperplasia in vein grafts | William Quist, M.D., Ph.D. | Harvard Institutes of Medicine, Boston, MA |
| Cecelia Powless | Occurrence and treatment of travel-related diarrhea in a cohort of travelers | Janak Koirala, M.D. | SIU-SOM, Springfield |
| Cozumel Southern | Neuropsychological profiles after brain surgery: a comparison of children with epileptogenic lesions or nonepileptogenic tumors | Douglas Nordli, Jr., M.D. Maxime Kuroda, Ph.D. |
Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL |
| Ericka Stone | Breaking down the barriers to healthcare: a latino perspective | Jaime Estavillo, Ph.D. | Guatemala |
2003 |
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| Thomas Butler | Multiple acute stroke syndrome: marker of embolic disease? | Alison E. Baird, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H. | National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD |
| Lindsay M. Jackson | Examining the role of estrogen in Alzheimer's diease and other neurological disorders: an assessment of the expression of estrogen receptors in specific regions of the brain in female mice | Mary McAsey, Ph.D. | SIU-SOM, Springfield |
| Raymond W. Pryor, III | Exploring alternative risk factors in cases of cholecystitis and cholelithiasis that required laproscopic cholecystectomy | Marsha Ryan, M.D., J.D., F.A.C.S. | Carbondale, IL |
2004 |
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| Nicole Collins | Effects of N-acetylcysteine on ischemia/reperfusion injury in renal transplantation | Timothy O'Connor, M.D. | SIU-SOM, Springfield |
| John Frisbee | Artificial vision for macular degeneration | Harvey Fishman, M.D., Ph.D. | Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA |
| Todd Gerberi | Does oral D-methionine provide otoprotection from cisplatin as effectively as intraperitoneal D-methionine? | Kathleen Campbell, Ph.D. | SIU-SOM, Springfield |
| Lisa Harris | The effects of radiation on the rat bone | Ted Bateman, Ph.D. | Clemson University, Clemson, SC |
| Brent Jones | Clinical predictors of mild traumatic brain injury | Demetrios Kyriacou, M.D. | Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL |
| Karla Kossler | Prenatal tobacco exposure: perinatal risks | Kimberly Espy, Ph.D. | SIU-SOM, Carbondale |
| Michael Morris | The prevalence of chloroquine-resistant malaria in The Gambia, West Africa | Ruth Woods, P.A.C. Sandra Shea, Ph.D. |
The Gambia, West Africa |
| Jeremiah Smith | The role of A20 in diabetic vaculopathy | Gautum Shrikhande, M.D. | Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA |
| Gregg Sydow | Estrogen modulation of apolipoprotein E (ApoE): cell-specific expression of apoE in vitro | Mary McAsey, Ph.D. | SIU-SOM, Springfield |
2005 |
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| Naurin Ahmad | Assessment of vitiligo characteristics among populations with and without autoimmune disorders: an epidemiologic study | Amy Paller, M.D. | Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL |
| Katie Guignon | The effect of curcumin on cisplatin ototoxicity | Leonard Rybak, M.D. | SIU-SOM, Springfield |
| Rebecca Hook | The effect of estrogen on neuroglial activation following long term estrogen deprivation | Mary McAsey, Ph.D. | SIU-SOM, Springfield |
| Susie Ireland | Carrier frequency for the IVS14+1 G>A mutation among unaffected individuals of Puertorican ancestry | Michael Schneider, M.D. | SIU-SOM, Springfield |
| Josh Knolhoff | The changing pediatric healthcare system of South Africa | Geoff Moller, M.D. | Somerset Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa |
| Sarah Linn | Standardized technique for wound measurement of the diabetic foot using ultrasound | Peter Cavanagh, Ph.D. | The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH |
| Sapa Pham | Evaluation of inflammatory cytokine profiles in the tears of patients with ocular surface disease | Stephen Pflugfelder, M.D. | Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX |
| Gwen Redwood | Visibility of malignant thyroid incidentalomas on computed tomography scans | Kevin Coakley, M.D. | SIU-SOM, Springfield |
| Susie Rhee | Buttock tissue response to sitting load interpreted by a 3D finite-element model with true anatomical structure | John Kim, M.D. | Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL |
| Jonathan Roberts | A genetic analysis of polymorphisms in the Fc receptor of monocytes and its correlation to clinical presentations of immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) in children | Michael Tarantino, M.D. | University of Illinois College of Medicine, Peoria, IL |
| James Rybak | The role of egr-1 in ischemia reperfusion | Michael Neumeister, M.D. | SIU-SOM, Springfield |
2006 |
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| Junaia Carter | Can genotype predict T-wave alternans in patients
at risk for fatal ventricular arrhythmias? |
Shawn Robinson, M.D. and Stephen Gottlieb, M.D. | University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD |
| Nicole Dunlap | Delineation of phenotypes and genetic markers in young overweight children using a family based association study | Katherine Christoffel, M.D., M.P.H. | Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL |
| John Hornick | The role of beta-catenin in esophageal cancer | Richard Battafarano, M.D., Ph.D. | Washington University St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO |
| Tony Jeanmenne | The development, testing, and implementation of a Web-based prediction model for distinguishing benign from malignant vertebral fractures by magnetic resonance imaging feature analysis | John Carrino, M.D., M.P.H. | Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA |
| Whitney Luke | Kids heart advantage: efficacy and correlation of health education | Karen Baur, M.D. and Yvonne Pellerin, R.N. | Memorial Medical Center, Springfield, IL |
| Matthew Minn | Driving and dementia: a review of Missouri House Bill-1536 | Thomas Meuser, Ph.D. and David Carr, M.D. | Washington University St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO |
| Sania Raza | IRF-5 genetic expression and microarray analysis in inflammatory bowel disease | Judy Cho, M.D. and Laura Harell, M.D. | University of Chicago Hospital, Chicago, IL |
| Melissa Schleeper | An aqueous-venous bypass in a rabbit model for the
treatment of primary open angle glaucoma: a pilot study |
Steven Shields, M.D. | Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO |
| Sarah Starnes | Functional status comparison of nursing home residents: United States and Germany | Sherry Robinson, Ph.D., R.N.C.S. | SIU-SOM, Springfield and Stuttgart, Germany |
| Trent Steidinger | Elucidating the pathogenesis of Devic's disease | Doug Kerr, M.D., Ph.D. | Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD |
| Holly Steiner | Dissecting the biology of tissue regeneration using the zebrafish, Danio rerio, as a model system | Matthew Goldsmith, M.D. | Washington University St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO |
| Lacey Ufkes | The impact of parents' health literacy on communication of the medication history in the ED setting | Stephen Porter, M.D., M.P.H., M.Sc. | Children's Hospital, Boston, MA |
| Adree Venatta | In vitro transdifferentiation of mesenchymal stem cells into dopaminergic neurons | Craig Cady, Ph.D. | Bradley University, Peoria, IL |
2007 |
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| Rachel Ade | The extraction of ions from a solution using a novel material: an animal study | Bradley Schwartz, D.O. | SIU SOM, Springfield |
| Tyler Allison | The effect of rituximab on CSF B- and T-cells in pediatric opsoclonus myoclonus | Michael Pranzatelli, M.D. | SIU-SOM, Springfield |
| Katherine Avery | Do T regulatory cells isolated from TB-infected mice proliferate when they are stimulated by dendritic cells infected with M. tuberculosis? | Kevin Urdahl, M.D., Ph.D. | University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA |
| John Hulsen | Bicycles and tricycles: comparing new preconditioning parameters on the attenuation of flap ischemia-reperfusion injury in the rate model | Michael Neumeister, M.D. | SIU-SOM, Springfield |
| Christopher Lawrance | The role of epidermal growth factor in pneumonia-induced sepsis | Craig Coopersmith, M.D. | Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO |
| Valerie Mazzocco | The use of rapamycin to reduce the severity of breast capsular contracture formation after augmentation mammaplasty | Michael Neumeister, M.D. | SIU-SOM, Springfield |
2008 |
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| Nadia Ali | Cross border HIV/AIDS program among Nepali migrants and their families in Mumbai, Thane, and Navi Mumbai | Hemal Shroff, Ph.D. and Sandra Shea, Ph.D. | Mumbai, India |
| Adam Andruska | Improving network analysis and post-stimulus time histogram calculation of patterned neural networks to understand information coding | Gregory Brewer, Ph.D. | SIU-SOM, Springfield |
| Jennifer Bunch | Prevention of cisplatin ototoxicity by transplatin | Leonard Rybak, M.D., Ph.D. | SIU-SOM, Springfield |
| Melinda Carter | Postmortem detection of abused drugs in bone | John Murphy, M.D. | SIU-SOM, Springfield |
| Benjamin Chia | Anatomic relationship of dorsal K-wire pins to extensor tendons in closed reduction percutaneous pinning of distal radius fractures and of K-wires to the anterior interosseous nerve in olecranon tension-band wiring of olecranon fractures | Steven Glickel, M.D. | St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY |
| Deena Chihade | Development of a novel Matrigel-based assay for assessment of lymphangiogenic potential inflammatory mediators, growth factors, and cytokines | Sophia Ran, Ph.D. | SIU-SOM, Springfield |
| Samantha Dial | Diffusion perfusion mismatch in acute ischemic stroke | Jin-Moo, Lee, M.D. | Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO |
| Kimberly Dubois | Immunology of preeclampsia: effect of type-1 pro-inflammatory cytokines on expression of the transcription factor GCM1 and placenta growth factor in human trophoblast | Donald Torry, Ph.D. | SIU-SOM, Springfield |
| Bethany Kearns | Expression of Ubc9 enzyme in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma | Sophia Ran, Ph.D. | SIU-SOM, Springfield |
| Laura McEnerney | Production of tolerance in hindlimb transplantation in rats | Michael Neumeister, M.D. | SIU-SOM, Springfield |
| Richard Meyerholz | Development of a prototype system to control acoustic stimulus presentation and assembly of a tinnitus-like acoustic stimuli bank | Jeremy Turner, Ph.D. | SIU-SOM, Springfield |
| Lisa Shah | The effects of cimetidine and P450 inhibition on endothelin actions in closure and dilation of the ductus arteriosus | Jeff Reese, M.D. | Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN |
| Katherine Thompson | Longitudinal assessment of treatment efficacy for Travelers' diarrhea | Janak Koirala, M.D. | SIU-SOM, Springfield |
2009 |
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| Alexander Claussen | An investigation into how long D-methionine delivery can be delayed post noise exposure and still provide protection from permanent noise induced hearing loss | Kathleen Campbell Ph.D. | SIU-SOM, Springfield |
| Shannon Curry | Mechanism of tumor recurrence and enhancement of metastatic spread due to low-dose regimen of chemotherapy | Sophia Ran, Ph.D. | SIU-SOM, Springfield |
| Eliza Davis | Interplay of child's personality and parental personality as moderators of peer victimization | Lisabeth DiLalla, Ph.D. | SIU-SOM, Carbondale |
| Luke Freiburg | The use of four biomarkers: IL2ra, TNFr1, IL-8, and HGF in the analysis of dermal biopsies of acute graft versus host disease | Marna Ericson, Ph.D. | University of Minnesota Academic Health Center, Minneapolis, MN |
| David Houser | The role of vascular endothelial growth factor in the migration of umbilical cord blood stem cells toward ovarian cancer cells | Craig Cady, Ph.D. | Bradley University, Peoria, IL |
| Kristina Lynch | Clinical presentation of peer victimization: a discussion of symptoms that should lead to psychiatric referrals in a patient's treatment plan | Lisabeth DiLalla, Ph.D. | SIU-SOM, Carbondale |
| Reem Nubani | Multicenter review of outcomes and risk factors for infants requiring mechanical circulatory support following heart transplantation | Elfriede Pahl, M.D. | Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL |
| Matthew Rutz | GPR30 mediation of estrogen stimulated triple negative breast cancer tumors | Elizabeth Peralta, M.D. | SIU-SOM, Springfield |
| Jessica Sampias | Characterization of the cytotoxic effect of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSC) transduced with reporter and/or therapeutic genes | Mary McAsey, Ph.D. | SIU-SOM, Springfield |
| Stephanie Shinn | Weight-based peer victimization: coping behaviors that contribute to eating and weight disorders | Lisabeth DiLalla, Ph.D. | SIU-SOM, Carbondale |
| Chris Stephenson | A searchable, hyperlinked, dynamic, metalloprotein clinical database | Eric Niederhoffer, Ph.D. | SIU-SOM, Carbondale |
| Nate Wetter Taylor | Convergent signaling in neuronal networks | Gregory Brewer, Ph.D. | SIU-SOM, Springfield |
2010 |
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| Timothy Ade | Examine the benefits of vascularized skin substitutes using Stro-1+ adipocyte-derived adult stem cells and keratinocytes seeded onto MTF acellular dermal membrane | Michael W. Neumeister, M.D. | SIU-SOM, Springfield |
| Shalini Bhattacharya | Sleep disturbance during the menopausal transition in a multi-ethnic community sample of women | Howard M. Kravitz, D.O., M.P.H | Rush University Medical Center; Chicago, IL |
| Bryan Glaenzer | Primum non nocere: an investigation into the cytoprotective effects of D-methionine on kidney cells treated with iodinated contrast agents | Bradley F. Schwartz, M.D. | SIU-SOM, Springfield |
| Michael Guignon | The association of electrocardiogram low voltage myocardial infarctions with heart failure and poor prognosis | Stuart Frank, M.D. | SIU-SOM, Springfield |
| Anand Haryani | The survivors taking action and responsibility (STAR) research project | Aarati D. Didwania, M.D. | Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation, Chicago, IL |
| Jeff Hassenflug | Residential assessment instrument/minimum data set analysis of nursing homes in England | John Gladman, M.D. Don Scott, M.D. |
Nottingham, England SIU-SOM, Springfield |
| Kara McCoy | Physical activity and psychosocial outcomes for breast cancer survivors: factors influencing long term adherence to physical activity | Laura Q. Rogers, M.D., M.P.H. | SIU-SOM, Springfield |
| Rosemary Owusu | Effects of DEAF-1 on cell cycle and apoptosis in prostate cancer cells | Jodi I. Huggenvik, Ph.D. | SIU-SOM, Carbondale |
| Aisha Pitts | The effects of genotypes on the brain, specifically child behavior | Lisabeth DiLalla, Ph.D. | SIU-SOM, Carbondale |
| Michael Ruebhausen | A quantitative cComparative analysis of auditory brainstem response electrode arrays in Rattus norvegicus | Carol Bauer, M.D. | SIU-SOM, Springfield |
| Emily Tignor | Apoptotic potential of peritonealcarcinomatosis
after hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC). Impact of hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) on PPARgamma and apoptosis of colon cancer cells, potential peritoneal metastasis |
Wolfgang Dubiel, M.D. Beate Rau, M.D. Sandra Shea, Ph.D. |
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany SIU-SOM, Carbondale |
| Amanda Velazquez | Promoting nutrition education of medical students | Reed Berger, M.D. | University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago, Chicago, IL |
2011 |
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| Cathy Feller | Pupil dilation as an endophenotype and its relation with prosocial and externalizing behaviors | Lisabeth DiLalla, Ph.D. | SIU-SOM, Carbondale |
| Aisha Franklin | Role of the median preoptic nucleus in hemodynamic responses to cocaine | Mark Knuepfer, Ph.D. | Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO |
| Benjamin Henkle | Hypertension in southeastern Ghana: an investigation of prevalence, awareness, treatment, control, and risk factors | Edem Agamah, M.D. | SIU-SOM, Springfield (data collection - Agbozume, Ghana) |
| Jonathan Ken | Improving transition to independence in adolescents with PKU through increased Phe monitoring | Jerry Vockley, M.D., Ph.D. | Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA |
| Deborah Kerrigan | The effects of culturing both CD 138 positive and negative cells in fibroblasts derived from a patient with multiple myeloma and the genetic changes within the fibroblasts of that patient | Michael Tomasson, M.D. |
Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO |
| Jeremy Kulacz | Effect of hyperthermia on matrix metalloproteinase activity in the ischemic injured brain | Chen Xu Wang, Ph.D. | Illinois State University, Normal, IL |
| Katherine McKenna | Patient outcomes after hand fractures: comparing conservative management and operative treatment | Michael Neumeister, M.D. | SIU-SOM, Springfield |
| Alex Michael | Changes in cortical thickness in moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury | P. Tyler Roskos, Ph.D. | Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO |
| Amanda Rabideau | Do mice expressing an activating mutation in the luteinizing hormone receptor develop ovarian carcinomas? | Prema Narayan, Ph.D. | SIU-SOM, Carbondale |
| Taylor Reid | An investigation of vulnerability to bone disease in the institutionalized intellectually disabled | Jeffrey I. Bennett, M.D. |
SIU-SOM, Springfield |
| Michael Swong | Factors influencing procedure selection and surgical outcomes of systemic lupus erythematosus patients undergoing mitral valve corrective operations | Christina Vassileva, M.D. | SIU-SOM, Springfield |
| Robert Tennill | The effect of intellectual disability on stress levels: a study of allostatic load | Jeffrey I. Bennett, M.D. | SIU-SOM, Springfield |
| Kirk Thompson | Long-term consequences of single and multiple exposure concussive brain injury (CBI) in mice predisposed to Alzheimer disease pathology | Rich Clough, Ph.D. | SIU-SOM, Carbondale |
| Laura Wardwell | Impact of glycemic control on clinical outcomes for diabetic patients admitted to non-critical care internal medicine and family practice hospital services | Michael Jakoby, M.D. | SIU-SOM, Springfield |
| Susan Yanick | Involvement of the subthalamic nucleus in motivational processes | Christelle Baunez, Ph.D. Rich Clough, Ph.D. |
Universite de Provence, Marseille, France |
| Kristopher Yoon | Exploring measures of metabolic activity in growth hormone receptor knockout versus wild type mice, specifically in liver and skeletal muscle tissues, to confirm the results of calorimetry | Robert Struble, Ph.D. | SIU-SOM, Springfield |
| Cathy Yu | Determining efficacy of pre-loading D-Met to prevent permanent noise induced hearing loss | Kathleen C.M. Campbell, Ph.D. | SIU-SOM, Springfield |
2012 |
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| Michael Halyko | Preclinical evaluation of SPARC in combination with chemotherapy for treatment of neuroblastoma (NB) using subcutaneous NB xenografted mice | Susan Cohn, M.D. | University of Chicago, Chicago, IL |
| Brittney Hanerhoff | Economic impact of AlloDerm® on prosthetic breast reconstruction/ The use of 3D imaging in cosmetic and reconstructive breast surgery | Terence Myckatyn, M.D. | Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO |
| Breck Jones | Factors influencing satisfaction of patients presenting to the emergency department with abdominal pain | Jonathan dela Cruz, M.D. | SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
| GaToya Jones | Patients’ knowledge of their medication regimens in the SIU Memory and Aging Clinic | Tom Ala, M.D. | SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
| Megan Logsdon | Bone marrow-derived multipotent mesenchymal stem cells (BMSC) in cell-based therapies for epithelial ovarian cancer | Mary McAsey, Ph.D. |
SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
| Katie Lowry | Changes in core body temperature, brown adipose tissue activity and leptin due to weight loss in obesity | Lisa Neff, M.D. | Northwestern University Comprehensive Center on Obesity, Chicago, IL |
| Ryan McCarty | Inflammation and primary open-angle glaucoma: an investigative look into low molecular weight hyaluronic acid induced expression of cytokines | Paul Knepper, M.D., Ph.D. | University of Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary, Chicago, IL |
| Christian McNeely | Using the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services database to compare long term survival benefit of mitral valve repair versus mitral valve replacement | Christina Vassileva, M.D. | SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
| Andrew Mitchelson | Patient demographics and risk factors in pediatric distal humeral supracondylar fractures | Khaled J. Saleh, M.D. and Brooke Robinson, MPH | SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
| Rachel Wang | Correlation of the scratch collapse test (SCT) with electromyography (EMG) and nerve conduction study (NCS) in evaluation of upper extremity nerve compression syndrome | Michael Neumeister, M.D. |
SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
| Arianna Welch | Multispectral image processing of localized scleroderma using the dermatology morphea registry | Heidi Jacobe, M.D. | University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX |
| Craig Wilson | Patient and hospital demographics in pediatric distal humerus supracondylar fractures: data from the KID | Khaled J. Saleh, M.D. and Brooke Robinson, MPH | SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
| Clare Zimmerman | Collection of umbilical cord blood for the isolation, banking, and use of stem cells in research | Mary McAsey, Ph.D. | SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |