2006 - 2007 Scholars
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2007 Graduation
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Christelle Akati, MD Candidate University of Nebraska Medical Center Intensive Program Mentor: Alexis Elward, MD, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Research Project: to study triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-1's (TREM-1) expression in neonates, and determine the correlation between TREM-1 soluble levels and bacterial infection among preterm infants in the ICU.
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Ellen Bailey, MD Candidate Washington University Summer Program Mentor: Rebecca Aft, MD, PhD, Surgery Research Project: to evaluate quality of life data collected from women with breast cancer regarding child and elder care responsibilities.
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Tiger Bee, PhD Candidate - Biomedical Engineering Purdue University Summer Program Mentor: Keith Woeltje, MD, PhD, Medicine - Infectious Diseases Research Project: to examine the use of medical informatics data for surveillance of bloodstream infections.
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Meg Cooley, MD Candidate Washington University Intensive Program (Medical University of South Carolina - MUSC) Mentor: Kristin Highland, MD, Rheumatology - MUSC Research Project: to evaluate the six-minute walk test in patients with scleroderma-associated pulmonary hypertension.
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Michael Dobson, MD Candidate Washington University Summer Program Mentor: John Clohisy, MD, Orthopaedic Surgery Research Project: to look at hip function over time in patients whose other hip was operated on; to assess radiologic measurements from patient x-rays over time.
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Joe Freeman, PharmD Candidate University of Illinois - Chicago Summer Program Mentor: Turner Overton, MD, Medicine - Infectious Diseases Research Project: to evaluate the use of psychiatric meds in the clinic, evaluate factors related to renal dysfunction, and look at specific drug interactions.
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Eugina Garvin, MD Candidate Washington University Intensive Program Mentor: Linda Cottler, PhD, MPH, Psychiatry Research Project: to evalute health services used for a high risk, underserved, female population with substance abuse problems.
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Rebecca Hoodecheck, MD Candidate Washington University Summer Program Mentor: Rachel Orscheln, MD, Pediatrics - Infectious Diseases Research Project: eradicating community-acquired staphylococcus aureus colonization in patients with recurrent infections.
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David Kiamanesh, MD Candidate Washington University Summer Program Mentor: Desiree White, PhD, Psychology Research Project: to examine the hypothesis that prefrontal white matter integrity is poorer in children with Phenylketonuria compared with typically developing children. To examine the correlation of poorer white matter integrity with poorer intelligence and adacemic achievement.
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Michelle Kinney, DPT Candidate Washington University Summer Program Mentor: Linda Van Dillen, PT, PhD, Physical Therapy Research Project: to examine the relative contributions of lumbar movement and trunk/limb recruitment patterns in symptom reduction seen in patients with lower back pain following the modification of clinical tests.
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Lindsay Kuroki, MD Candidate Brown University Summer Program Mentor: Jeff Peipert, MD, OBGYN Research Project: to elucidate risk factors for unplanned pregnancy by performing a longitudinal analysis of women enrolled in the clinical trial, Project PROTECT.
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Larry Morton, PhD Candidate - Social Work Washington University Summer Program Mentor: David Pollio, PhD, Social Work Research Project: to evaluate risk factors associated with STDs in the homeless: post traumatic stress disorder, detainment, prostitution, and sexual assaults.
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Simha Reddy, MD Candidate Washington University Summer Program Mentor: Jay Piccirillo, MD, Otolaryngology Research Project: to combine comorbidity data from a Washington University dataset with data from the national cancer registry to make cancer prognoses.
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Amanda Rohn, MD Candidate Washington University Summer Program Mentor: Bradley Evanoff, MD, MPH, Medicine - General Medical Sciences Research Project: occupational medicine - looking at workers using hand tools in the manufacturing industry.
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Neil Sachanandani, MD Candidate Washington University Summer Program Mentor: Jay Piccirillo, MD, Otolaryngology Research Project: to understand the effect of nasally administered Budesonide Respules on adrenal cortex function in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis.
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Tara Scherer, MD Candidate Washington University Summer Program Mentor: Larry Lewis, MD, Emergency Medicine Research Project: records-based study examining data related to referrals to the Grace Hill Clinic from the emergency department (ED) and comparing hemoglobin A1C levels in ED users with a usual versus without a usual source of care.
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Ajay Shalwala, MD Candidate Washington University Summer Program Mentor: Lynn Cornelius, MD, Medicine - Dermatology Research Project: to investigate the reporting of melanoma in St. Louis, primarily patients seen at Barnes Jewish Hospital and by Washington University physicians.
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Lester Smith, PhD Candidate - Biomedical Engineering Purdue University Summer Program Mentor: Martin Boyer, MD, Orthopaedic Surgery Research Project: a prospective, controlled, randomized, double blinded study to assess the efficacy of intra-articular corticosteroid injections followed by thumb immobilization for the treatment of osteoarthritis.
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Tim Wolf, OTD Candidate Washington University Intensive Program Mentors: Carolyn Baum, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA, Occupational Therapy; John Csernansky, MD, Psychiatry and Anatomy and Neurobiology Research Project: to explore the occupational performance deficits of individuals with schizophrenia and their full siblings compared to community control subjects and their siblings, using the Executive Function Performance Test (EFPT).
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Mandy Wong, DPT Candidate Washington University Summer Program Mentor: Gammon Earhart, PT, PhD, Physical Therapy Research Project: to determine the role of distal lower extremity somatosensory inputs on locomotor trajectory control.
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Nicole Yamada, MD Candidate Washington University Summer Program Mentor: DeWitte Cross, MD, Radiology Research Project: to determine the effect of anti-platelet therapy on the thromboembolic complication rate of endovascular treatment of cerebral aneurysms.
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Clinical Research Training Center
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