Previous MPEE Participants
Participant | Project title | Mentor | Location |
Alyssa Dalton | Complimentary & alternative medicine research project-Bloomington | Sharon Hull, MD | SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
Janda Forristall | Cross cultural healing in the Lakota tradition | Sharon Hull, MD | South Dakota |
Scott Gilmore | Effects of immune enhancing formula on infection | Elamin Elamin, MD | SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
Lilla Gyires | Patient compliance in southern Illinois | Sharon Smaga, MD | SIU-SOM, Carbondale, IL |
Matthew Hagemeyer | Effects of genistein and estrogen | Michael Shanahan, PhD | SIU-SOM, Carbondale, IL |
Ben Katholi | Studies of viral replication | Susan Baker | Loyola University, Chicago, IL |
Tom Kelly | The role of nitric oxide ... in cisplatin ototoxicity | Leonard Rybak, MD, PhD | SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
David Kluge | Macrophage expression of interferon-alpha... | Mark Francis, MD | SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
Kristine Mace | Cross cultural healing in the Lakota tradition | Sharon Hull, MD | South Dakota |
Paul Mann | Effects of dietary soy isoflavones... | Timothy O'Connor, MD | SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
Marcia McCann | Vestibular and ocular motor function in children with ADD | Marian Girardi | SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
Diana Mitchell | Impact of neonatal and social risks on cognition... | Kimberly Espy, PhD | SIU-SOM, Carbondale, IL |
Cathy Moewe | Cross cultural healing in the Lakota tradition | Sharon Hull, MD | South Dakota |
Rachel Reutter | Statewide study of the uninsured | Paul Sarvela, PhD | SIUC, Carbondale, IL |
Loretta Scism | Neurological development of infants... | Kimberly Espy, PhD | SIU-SOM, Carbondale, IL |
Christy Shanks | Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy, Paget disease and Alzheimer's disease | Virginia Kimonis, MD | SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
Michael Sherrow | Estrogen's possible protective effect... | Robert Struble, MD | SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
Joshua Smith | Cortical development in the preterm infant | Kim Espy, PhD | SIU-SOM, Carbondale, IL |
Benjamin Stevens | NexGen complete knee device outcome study | D. Gordon Allan, MD | SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
Claudine Truong | Cross cultural healing in the Lakota tradition | Sharon Hull, MD | South Dakota |
Jillian Tyler | Effects of maternal breast milk in preterm infants | Kimberly Espy, PhD | SIU-SOM, Carbondale, IL |
Laurie Wager | Engineering of new bacterial expression vector... | Jianjun Wang, PhD | SIU-SOM, Carbondale, IL |
Brian Wheatley | Creating a behavioral model of chronic tinnitus in lab animals | Carol Bauer, MD | SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
Eric Williams | Centrosome hyper-expression in acute leukemia | Wilkelman/Dorsey, MD | University of Cincinnati |
Participant | Project title | Mentor | Location |
Ketan Amin | The dorsal cochlear nucleus and its relationship with tinnitus | Carol Bauer, MD | SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
Ashraf Darwish | Mortality and adverse events in congenital heart disease patients | Emile Bacha, MD | 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, MD | Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA |
Ryan Lakin | Serum titanium levels in patients with nonmodular versus modular hip prosthesis | Gordon Allan, MD/Rita Trammell, MD | SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
Christopher Lee | A functional MRI study of subjects recovered from hemiparetic stroke | Steven Cramer, MD | University of Washington, Seattle, WA |
Jeffrey Link | The genomics of intimal hyperplasia in vein grafts | William Quist, MD, PhD | Harvard Institutes of Medicine, Boston, MA |
Cecelia Powless | Occurrence and treatment of travel-related diarrhea in a cohort of travelers | Janak Koirala, MD | SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
Cozumel Southern | Neuropsychological profiles after brain surgery: a comparison of children with epileptogenic lesions or nonepileptogenic tumors | Douglas Nordli, Jr., MD/Maxime Kuroda, PhD | Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL |
Ericka Stone | Breaking down the barriers to healthcare: a latino perspective | Jaime Estavillo, PhD | Guatemala |
Participant | Project title | Mentor | Location |
Thomas Butler | Multiple acute stroke syndrome: marker of embolic disease? | Alison E. Baird, MD, PhD., MPH | 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, PhD | SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
Raymond W. Pryor, III | Exploring alternative risk factors in cases of cholecystitis and cholelithiasis that required laproscopic cholecystectomy | Marsha Ryan, MD, JD, FACS | Carbondale, IL |
Participant | Project title | Mentor | Location |
Nicole Collins | Effects of N-acetylcysteine on ischemia/reperfusion injury in renal transplantation | Timothy O'Connor, MD | SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
John Frisbee | Artificial vision for macular degeneration | Harvey Fishman, MD, PhD | 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, PhD | SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
Lisa Harris | The effects of radiation on the rat bone | Ted Bateman, PhD | Clemson University, Clemson, SC |
Brent Jones | Clinical predictors of mild traumatic brain injury | Demetrios Kyriacou, MD | Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL |
Karla Kossler | Prenatal tobacco exposure: perinatal risks | Kimberly Espy, PhD | SIU-SOM, Carbondale, IL |
Michael Morris | The prevalence of chloroquine-resistant malaria in The Gambia, West Africa | Ruth Woods, PAC./Sandra Shea, PhD | The Gambia, West Africa |
Jeremiah Smith | The role of A20 in diabetic vaculopathy | Gautum Shrikhande, MD | Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA |
Gregg Sydow | Estrogen modulation of apolipoprotein E (ApoE): cell-specific expression of apoE in vitro | Mary McAsey, PhD | SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
Participant | Project title | Mentor | Location |
Naurin Ahmad | Assessment of vitiligo characteristics among populations with and without autoimmune disorders: an epidemiologic study | Amy Paller, MD | Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL |
Katie Guignon | The effect of curcumin on cisplatin ototoxicity | Leonard Rybak, MD | SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
Rebecca Hook | The effect of estrogen on neuroglial activation following long term estrogen deprivation | Mary McAsey, PhD | SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
Susie Ireland | Carrier frequency for the IVS14+1 G>A mutation among unaffected individuals of Puertorican ancestry | Michael Schneider, MD | SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
Josh Knolhoff | The changing pediatric healthcare system of South Africa | Geoff Moller, MD | Somerset Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa |
Sarah Linn | Standardized technique for wound measurement of the diabetic foot using ultrasound | Peter Cavanagh, PhD | The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH |
Sapa Pham | Evaluation of inflammatory cytokine profiles in the tears of patients with ocular surface disease | Stephen Pflugfelder, MD | Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX |
Gwen Redwood | Visibility of malignant thyroid incidentalomas on computed tomography scans | Kevin Coakley, MD | SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
Susie Rhee | Buttock tissue response to sitting load interpreted by a 3D finite-element model with true anatomical structure | John Kim, MD | 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, MD | University of Illinois College of Medicine, Peoria, IL |
James Rybak | The role of egr-1 in ischemia reperfusion | Michael Neumeister, MD | SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
Participant | Project title | Mentor | Location |
Junaia Carter | Can genotype predict T-wave alternans in patients at risk for fatal ventricular arrhythmias? |
Shawn Robinson, MD/Stephen Gottlieb, MD | 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, MD, MPH | Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL |
John Hornick | The role of beta-catenin in esophageal cancer | Richard Battafarano, MD, PhD | 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, MD, MPH | Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA |
Whitney Luke | Kids heart advantage: efficacy and correlation of health education | Karen Baur, MD/Yvonne Pellerin, RN | Memorial Medical Center, Springfield, IL |
Matthew Minn | Driving and dementia: a review of Missouri House Bill-1536 | Thomas Meuser, PhD/David Carr, MD | 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./Laura Harell, MD | 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, MD | Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO |
Sarah Starnes | Functional status comparison of nursing home residents: United States and Germany | Sherry Robinson, PhD, RNCS. | SIU-SOM, Springfield/Stuttgart, Germany |
Trent Steidinger | Elucidating the pathogenesis of Devic's disease | Doug Kerr, MD, PhD | 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, MD | 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, MD, MPH, MSc | Children's Hospital, Boston, MA |
Adree Venatta | In vitro transdifferentiation of mesenchymal stem cells into dopaminergic neurons | Craig Cady, PhD | Bradley University, Peoria, IL |
Participant | Project title | Mentor | Location |
Rachel Ade | The extraction of ions from a solution using a novel material: an animal study | Bradley Schwartz, DO | SIU SOM, Springfield, IL |
Tyler Allison | The effect of rituximab on CSF B- and T-cells in pediatric opsoclonus myoclonus | Michael Pranzatelli, MD | SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
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, MD, PhD | 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, MD | SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
Christopher Lawrance | The role of epidermal growth factor in pneumonia-induced sepsis | Craig Coopersmith, MD | 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, MD | SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
Participant | Project title | Mentor | Location |
Nadia Ali | Cross border HIV/AIDS program among Nepali migrants and their families in Mumbai, Thane, and Navi Mumbai | Hemal Shroff, PhD/Sandra Shea, PhD | Mumbai, India |
Adam Andruska | Improving network analysis and post-stimulus time histogram calculation of patterned neural networks to understand information coding | Gregory Brewer, PhD | SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
Jennifer Bunch | Prevention of cisplatin ototoxicity by transplatin | Leonard Rybak, MD, PhD | SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
Melinda Carter | Postmortem detection of abused drugs in bone | John Murphy, MD | SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
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, MD | 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, PhD | SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
Samantha Dial | Diffusion perfusion mismatch in acute ischemic stroke | Jin-Moo, Lee, MD | 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, PhD | SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
Bethany Kearns | Expression of Ubc9 enzyme in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma | Sophia Ran, PhD | SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
Laura McEnerney | Production of tolerance in hindlimb transplantation in rats | Michael Neumeister, MD | SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
Richard Meyerholz | Development of a prototype system to control acoustic stimulus presentation and assembly of a tinnitus-like acoustic stimuli bank | Jeremy Turner, PhD | SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
Lisa Shah | The effects of cimetidine and P450 inhibition on endothelin actions in closure and dilation of the ductus arteriosus | Jeff Reese, MD | Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN |
Katherine Thompson | Longitudinal assessment of treatment efficacy for Travelers' diarrhea | Janak Koirala, MD | SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
Participant | Project title | Mentor | Location |
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 PhD | SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
Shannon Curry | Mechanism of tumor recurrence and enhancement of metastatic spread due to low-dose regimen of chemotherapy | Sophia Ran, PhD | SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
Eliza Davis | Interplay of child's personality and parental personality as moderators of peer victimization | Lisabeth DiLalla, PhD | SIU-SOM, Carbondale, IL |
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, PhD | 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, PhD | 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, PhD | SIU-SOM, Carbondale, IL |
Reem Nubani | Multicenter review of outcomes and risk factors for infants requiring mechanical circulatory support following heart transplantation | Elfriede Pahl, MD | Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL |
Matthew Rutz | GPR30 mediation of estrogen stimulated triple negative breast cancer tumors | Elizabeth Peralta, MD | SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
Jessica Sampias | Characterization of the cytotoxic effect of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSC) transduced with reporter and/or therapeutic genes | Mary McAsey, PhD | SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
Stephanie Shinn | Weight-based peer victimization: coping behaviors that contribute to eating and weight disorders | Lisabeth DiLalla, PhD | SIU-SOM, Carbondale, IL |
Chris Stephenson | A searchable, hyperlinked, dynamic, metalloprotein clinical database | Eric Niederhoffer, PhD | SIU-SOM, Carbondale, IL |
Nate Wetter Taylor | Convergent signaling in neuronal networks | Gregory Brewer, PhD | SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
Participant | Project title | Mentor | Location |
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, MD | SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
Shalini Bhattacharya | Sleep disturbance during the menopausal transition in a multi-ethnic community sample of women | Howard M. Kravitz, DO, MPH | 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, MD | SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
Michael Guignon | The association of electrocardiogram low voltage myocardial infarctions with heart failure and poor prognosis | Stuart Frank, MD | SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
Anand Haryani | The survivors taking action and responsibility (STAR) research project | Aarati D. Didwania, MD | Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation, Chicago, IL |
Jeff Hassenflug |
Residential assessment instrument/minimum data set analysis of nursing homes in England |
John Gladman, MD/Don Scott, MD |
Nottingham, England/SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
Kara McCoy | Physical activity and psychosocial outcomes for breast cancer survivors: factors influencing long term adherence to physical activity | Laura Q. Rogers, MD, MPH | SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
Rosemary Owusu | Effects of DEAF-1 on cell cycle and apoptosis in prostate cancer cells | Jodi I. Huggenvik, PhD | SIU-SOM, Carbondale, IL |
Aisha Pitts | The effects of genotypes on the brain, specifically child behavior | Lisabeth DiLalla, PhD | SIU-SOM, Carbondale, IL |
Michael Ruebhausen | A quantitative cComparative analysis of auditory brainstem response electrode arrays in Rattus norvegicus | Carol Bauer, MD | SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
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, MD/Beate Rau, MD/Sandra Shea, PhD |
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany/SIU-SOM, Carbondale, IL |
Amanda Velazquez | Promoting nutrition education of medical students | Reed Berger, MD | University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago, Chicago, IL |
Participant | Project title | Mentor | Location |
Cathy Feller | Pupil dilation as an endophenotype and its relation with prosocial and externalizing behaviors | Lisabeth DiLalla, PhD | SIU-SOM, Carbondale, IL |
Aisha Franklin | Role of the median preoptic nucleus in hemodynamic responses to cocaine | Mark Knuepfer, PhD | 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, MD | SIU-SOM, Springfield (data collection - Agbozume, Ghana) |
Jonathan Ken | Improving transition to independence in adolescents with PKU through increased Phe monitoring | Jerry Vockley, MD, PhD | 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, MD | 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, PhD | Illinois State University, Normal, IL |
Katherine McKenna | Patient outcomes after hand fractures: comparing conservative management and operative treatment | Michael Neumeister, MD | SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
Alex Michael | Changes in cortical thickness in moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury | P. Tyler Roskos, PhD | 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, PhD | SIU-SOM, Carbondale, IL |
Taylor Reid |
An investigation of vulnerability to bone disease in the institutionalized intellectually disabled | Jeffrey I. Bennett, MD | SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
Michael Swong | Factors influencing procedure selection and surgical outcomes of systemic lupus erythematosus patients undergoing mitral valve corrective operations | Christina Vassileva, MD | SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
Robert Tennill | The effect of intellectual disability on stress levels: a study of allostatic load | Jeffrey I. Bennett, MD | SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
Kirk Thompson | Long-term consequences of single and multiple exposure concussive brain injury (CBI) in mice predisposed to Alzheimer disease pathology | Rich Clough, PhD | SIU-SOM, Carbondale, IL |
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, MD | SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
Susan Yanick |
Involvement of the subthalamic nucleus in motivational processes |
Christelle Baunez, PhD/Rich Clough, PhD |
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, PhD | SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
Cathy Yu | Determining efficacy of pre-loading D-Met to prevent permanent noise induced hearing loss | Kathleen Campbell, PhD | SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
Participant | Project title | Mentor | Location |
Michael Halyko | Preclinical evaluation of SPARC in combination with chemotherapy for treatment of neuroblastoma (NB) using subcutaneous NB xenografted mice | Susan Cohn, MD | 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, MD | 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, MD | SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
GaToya Jones | Patients’ knowledge of their medication regimens in the SIU Memory and Aging Clinic | Tom Ala, MD | SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
Megan Logsdon |
Bone marrow-derived multipotent mesenchymal stem cells (BMSC) in cell-based therapies for epithelial ovarian cancer | Mary McAsey, PhD | 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, MD | 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, MD, PhD | 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, MD | SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
Andrew Mitchelson | Patient demographics and risk factors in pediatric distal humeral supracondylar fractures | Khaled J. Saleh, MD/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, MD | SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
Arianna Welch | Multispectral image processing of localized scleroderma using the dermatology morphea registry | Heidi Jacobe, MD | 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, MD/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, PhD | SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
Participant | Project title | Mentor | Location |
Kate Blanquart | The effect of pre-operative characteristics and intra-operative findings on untoward events and outcomes in cataract surgery | David Vollman, MD | VA St. Louis Health Care System, St. Louis, MO |
Adam Cross | Use of thymidine-induced bone marrow-derived multipotent mesenchymal stem cells (BMSC) in cell-based cytotoxic therapies for epithelial ovarian cancer | Mary McAsey, PhD | SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
Scott Geiger | A molecular analysis of the fibrotic response in ovarian cancer | Karen Hales, PhD | SIU-SOM, Carbondale, IL |
Tyler Griebel | Incidence of thrombosis in children following cardio-thoracic surgery with chylothorax: Analysis of the Nationwide Inpatient Sample Database (NIS) | Michael Tarantino, MD | Illinois Bleeding and Clotting Disorders Institute, Peoria, IL |
Anna Grindy |
Patient and hospital demographics in pediatric slipped capital femoral epiphysis: data from the National Inpatient Sample | Khaled J. Saleh, MD | SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
Samantha Nguyen | An epidemiological study of pediatric knee arthroplasty | Khaled J. Saleh, MD | SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
Ashley Norton | The effects of ultrasound directed delivery of encapsulated chemotoxins and siRNA on metastatic melanoma cell lines | Kenneth Watkin, PhD | Beckman Institute, Urbana, IL |
Justine Nuguid | The effects of Tcf3/Tcf4 on tumor growth in squamous cell carcinoma | Hoang Nguyen, PhD | Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX |
Kate Swaggerty | An epidemiological study of pediatric total hip arthroplasty | Khaled J. Saleh, MD | SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
Brian Tillis |
Extreme users of the ED and the circumstances behind the year after year overuse | Jonathan dela Cruz, MD | SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
Lacey Wood | Beeting diabetes: A deeper look into nitrate supplementation for decreasing symptoms of prediabetes | Chirstopher Bell, PhD | Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO |
Tian Zhang | Effects of hypoxia and the activation of the NFkB pathway on fms-like tyrosine kinase 1, transcription factor GCM1, and placental growth factor in human trophoblast | Donald Torry, PhD | SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
Participant | Project title | Mentor | Location |
Austin Beason | Analyze intraobserver and interobserver MRI assessments of shoulder labral injuries | Charlie L. Cox, MD | Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN |
Patrick Fitzgerald | Potassium-evoked glutamate release in the hippocampus and hypothalamus of GHRKO mice | Erin Hascup, PhD | SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
Michael Ginnetti | Risk of early revision of primary TJA in patients with metabolic syndrome | Khaled J. Saleh, MD/Sonia Vasdev, MD | SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
Grace Hile |
Does increased serum undercarboxylated osteocalcin induced in rats by excess vitamin D reflect impaired vitamin K status and decreased bone mineralization? | Christopher Masterjohn, PhD/Duncan Ferguson PhD | University of Illinios at Urbana-Champaign, IL |
Alexander Kurdi | Thirty day re-admission rates and socio-economic status: support network, and discharge planning for orthopedic surgeries conducted at Memorial Hospital | Khaled J. Saleh, MD/Tony Tzeng | SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
Brittany Koch | Decision making in the NICU | Beau Batton, MD | SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
Kyle McCullough | Oncologic efficacy and disease-free survival for video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy and thoracotomic lobectomy in non-small cell lung cancer: a retrospective study | Stephen R. Hazelrigg, MD/Theresa M. Boley, RN | SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
Kyle Morgenstern | Analyzing cognitive data to develop a predictive model for at-risk schools – a project within the Springfield Collaborative for Active Child Health (Collaborative) | Tracey Smith, PHCNS-BC | SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
Benjamin Voss | Investigation of the effects of ASA score, cognitive function measurement, and different post-operative medications on thirty-day readmission rates | Khaled J. Saleh, MD/Sonia Vasdev, MD | SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
Erik Wright | A study to assess primary outcomes on consecutive hip fracture patients who underwent surgery within 48 hours compared to >48 hours after implementation of hip fracture protocol | Khaled J. Saleh, M./Sonia Vasdev, MD | SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
Participant | Project title | Mentor | Location |
Alexandra Barger | Validation of an eastern equine encephalitis virus protocol on the Applied Biosystems 7500 FAST PCR system | Christopher Harmon, MS | Rhode Island Department of Health Laboratories, Providence, RI |
Brian Cacioppo | Mechanism of action for transcranial magnetic stimulation in patients with treatment resistant depression | Jeffrey I. Bennett, MD | SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
Atif Cheema | Gastric secretions causing ureteral dilation: a murine model | Bradley Schwartz, DO | SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
Allen Ghareeb |
Validation of a parent questionnaire on nutrition and physical education | Tracey Smith, DNP | SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
Christina Goehl | Assessing nuclear pyruvate metabolism using MRS and NMR spectroscopy of [2-13C]-pyruvate | Owen Carmichael, PhD/Ping He, PhD | Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA |
Rae Leonor Gumayan | Enhancing health care access for at-risk newborns in Springfield | Beau Batton, MD | SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
Matthew Kresca | Does short-term exposure to growth hormone early in life induce immediate and lasting changes in fat composition and gene expression? | Andrzej Bartke, PhD | SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
Gordon Ruan | Comparing the quality of life of patients with palmar hyperhidrosis before and after thoracic sympathectomy based on the level removed: a retrospective study | Stephen Hazelrigg, MD | SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
Participant | Project title | Mentor | Location |
Matthew Cleveland | Investigation of circadian rhythm and metabolic changes in Alzheimer’s disease mice | Erin Hascup, PhD | SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
James Collins | Identifying common failure modes in central venous catheter placement | James Duncan, MD, PhD | Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO |
Jeffrey Gross | Exploration of the human kinome helps to identify biomarkers and new therapeutic targets for rhabdoid tumors | Simone Sredni, MD, PhD | Children’s Research Institute, Chicago, IL |
Ha Hatley |
Cellular and molecular basis of herpes simplex virus (HSV) latency after initial infection: the role of HSV-1 immediate early (IE) protein, ICP-27, in restricting productive HSV-1 infection in primary sensory neurons, thus leading to latent infection | Todd Margolis, MD, PhD | Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO |
Aileen Portugal | What effect does progesterone have on gene expression in the arcuate nucleus of female rats? | Lydia Arbogast, PhD | SIU-SOM, Carbondale, IL |
Kelly Roth | Tinnitus severity and gray matter: a characterization of subgroups | Fatima Husain, PhD | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL |
Aaron Sul | Type 2 diabetes mellitus involvement in glutamate neurotransmission, cognitive decline, and early presentation of Alzheimer’s disease pathology | Erin Hascup, PhD | SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |
Seena Tabibi | The relationship of LCN2 and squamous cell carcinoma: tumorigenic or non-tumorigenic | Hoang Nguyen, PhD | Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX |
Matthew Weber | Evaluating volume of salvageable penumbra through computerized tomography perfusion imaging in acute stroke | Augusto Elias, MD, DDS | SIU-SOM, Springfield, IL |