62nd Annual Senior Scientific Awards
On May 8, 2008, thirty-seven fourth-year medical students participated in the 62nd annual Senior Scientific Session. The event was founded in 1946 by Dr. Leon Jacobson to provide senior medical students with a forum to present their research. The event was chaired by Joe G.N. "Skip" Garcia, MD, Lowell T. Coggeshall Professor of Medicine and Chairman of the Department of Medicine. The following students were honored for their exceptional scholarly work..
The Medical and Biological Sciences Alumni Association Prize for the Best Overall Presentation
Horace Rhee, PhD
Horace Rhee, PhD
Research topic: Origins and Maintenance of Hair Follicle Stem Cells
The Franklin McLean Medical Student Research Award given to the non-PhD student who has performed the most meritorious research in the medical field
Comfort Ibe
Comfort Ibe
Research topic: Uptake and Timing of Prophylactic Salpingo-oophorectomy Among BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutation Carriers
The Catherine Dobson Prize, given to a non-PhD student for the Best Clinical presentation
Alan Thong
Alan Thong
Research topic: Patients with a Single Microfocus (<5%) of Gleason 6 Prostate Cancer at Biopsy: Can We Predict Adverse Pathological Outcomes?
The Leon O.Jacobson Prize, given to a non-PhD student for the Best Basic Biological Sciences presentation
Colleen Doherty
Colleen Doherty
Research topic: Protein-Protein Interaction between Pax3 and a Groucho Co-Repressor of the Canonical Wnt Pathway, a Regulatory Pathway in Melanogenesis
The Leon O. Jacobson Basic Science Prize granted to the MD, PhD student whose basic science research is judged to be the most meritorious from among session participants
Sujit Janardhan, PhD
Sujit Janardhan, PhD
Research topic: CD28 Costimulation Can Be Functionally Replace by Active Ras in Normal CD4+ T Cells
The Award for the Best Clinical Research Poster
Rachel Sherman
Rachel Sherman
Research topic: Placebos in Clinical Practice, A National Survey of Family Physicians
The Award for the Best Basic Science Research Poster
Paul VanderLaan, PhD
Paul VanderLaan, PhD
Research topic: Plasma Lipid Parameters Predict Aortic Root Atherosclerosis Burden in Low Density Lipoprotein Receptor Deficient Mice
