Research at UMMC

2009
Mentor Abstracts

 Mentor applications for the Dean's Summer Student Research Program must be submitted no later than January 5, 2009; student applications no later than February 6, 2009.
However, please note that faculty who would like to have their application available to students before the winter holiday must submit their application no later than December 15, 2008 .

Interested faculty are encouraged to complete an application to grant students broader knowledge of available mentors as well as mentor research project interests, experience and background. Applications may be found on the Research website:

Please feel free to contact the Office of Research at 815-5000 or email Leslie Skelton at LSkelton@dor.umsmed.edu with any questions. We look forward to seeing your application!

Mentors for 2009

David E. Stec, Ph.D
Assistant Professor, Dept.of Physiology & Biophysics

DStec@physiology.umsmed.edu

Role of elevated vascular 20-Hydoxyeciosatetrenoic acid (20-HETE) in hypertension

Xiu Liu, Ph.D
Associate Professor, Dept.of Psychiatry
XLiu@psychiatry.umsmed.edu
Effect of Galantamine on food reinforcement in rats

Michael J. Nowicki, M.D.
Professor, Dept.of Medicine,Pediatrics
mnowicki@ped.umsmed.edu

1. Age related differences in granulomatous gastritis-a retrospective, clinicopathological analysis


2. Hematemesis in children – risk factors, etiologies, and outcome: a 10-year retrospective analysis

Christopher A. Friedrich, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Pediatrics/Medical Genetics
cfriedrich@prevmed.umsmed.edu

Genotype-Phenotype Correlation in Women with Turner Syndrome

Michael Hebert, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry
mhebert@biochem.umsmed.edu

The role of coilin phosphorylation in CB formation and composition

Ujjwal K. Rout, Ph.D
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Surgery
urout@surgery.umsmed.edu

Application of siRNA technology to examine roles of Phospholipase C isoforms in the migration of HCT-15 cells

Application of siRNA technology to examine the involvement of GATA-3 in the differentiation of PC12 cells

Dr. John Jenkins, M.D.
Associate Professor, Dept. of Medicine
jjenkins@medicine.umsmed.edu

Regulation of IL-1Ra in Inflammatory Cells

Dr. Rick Lin, Ph.D.
Professor, Dept. of Anatomy
rlin@anatomy.umsmed.edu

Serotonin, Corpus Callosum, and Autism

Dr. Thomas Abell, M.D.
Professor, Dept. of Medicine
tabell@medicine.umsmed.edu

Clinical Research Outcomes with GI Motility Disorders

Dr. Olga McDaniel, Ph.D.
Professor, Dept. of Surgery
omcdaniel@surgery.umsmed.edu

Role of immune parameters in cardiac allograft rejection & coronary vasculopathy

Immune system parameters associated with trauma/injury induced clinical complications