Summer Research Forum
In the summer following their first year, many students at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine engage in summer research experiences through two NIH-funded programs that are directed by Drs. Eugene Chang, Leo Towle and William McDade. This year, sixty-seven students participated in the program and presented their work over the two-day Summer Research Forum on August 24th and 25th. The following students received awards for their research:
The Joseph B. Kirsner Research Award for Excellence
Cadman LegettRecipient: Cadman Legett
Title: Trial Validation Study of Giemsa, Wright and Leishman Blood Strains for the Diagnosis of Acute Phase Bartonellosis
Mentor: David Pitrak, MD
Professor of Medicine & Section Chief of Infectious Diseases
Department of Medicine
Brain Research Foundation Award
Shanti ShenoyRecipient: Shanti Shenoy
Title: The Roles of PKC Delta and PKC Epsilon in Retinal Ischemic Preconditioning
Mentor: Steven Roth, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Sigma Xi Award
Shaun OdellRecipient: Shaun Odell
Title: Religion and Psychiatry: Findings From a National Physician Survey
Mentor: Farr Curlin, MD
Assistant Professor
General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine
Overall Excellence in Scientific Quality, Content and Ability to Respond to Questions in the Performance of Research in Basic Science
Adam KernRecipient: Adam Kern
Title: Exodus of Claudin: Visualization of Clostridium Perfringens Enterotoxin-
Mediated Tight Junction Down Regulation
Mentor: Jerrold Turner, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Pathology
Erwin BennettRecipient: Erwin Bennett
Title: Metastatic Resistance Following Tranfection of Metastasis Suppressor Genefor Raf Kinase Protein Inhibitor in Osteosarcoma Cell Line 143B
Mentor : Tong-Chuan He, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopedic Surgery & Rehabilitation Medicine
James BullockRecipient: James Bullock
Title: Chondrogenic Inducing Activity of Bone Morphogenetic Proteins
Mentor : Tong-Chuan He, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Orthopedic Surgery & Rehabilitation Medicine
Overall Excellence in Scientific Quality, Content and Ability to Respond to Questions in the Performance of Research in Clinical Research
Amanda PostonRecipient: Amanda Poston
Title: Real Time Pain Assessment: Using the Experience Sampling Method as aNovel Tool for Measuring Pain and Satisfaction with Pain Management
Mentors: David Meltzer, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Departments of Medicine & Economics; Harris School for Public Policy Studies
Chad Whelan, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, General Internal Medicine
Department of Medicine
Audrey BrewerRecipient: Audrey Brewer
Title: A Community-Based and Family- Oriented Nutrition and Exercise Intervention Program Designed to Prevent Type II Diabetes Mellitus in Overweight African American Youth
Mentor : Deborah Burnet, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, & Section Chief
General Medicine
Russell StewartRecipient: Russell Stewart
Title: Estimation of Radiation Dose and Noise in Gated and Non-Gated 16, 40 and 64 Multi-Detector Computer Tomography (MDCT) Scans; Designing Scan Protocols for Cardiac Exams in Children, a Phantom Study
Mentor : Dianna Bardo, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Radio
