| Participant | Project title | Mentor | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |