| 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 |