Summer Research Forum Awards
2006 Summer Research Forum Winners
Dr. Leo Towle, Dr. Vinny Arora
and 2006 Summer Research Forum Award Winners
Seventy-three Pritzker students participated in this year's Summer Research Program.
On August 24th, the most outstanding research presentations received awards at a ceremony attended by faculty mentors, Pritzker school staff, and Dr. Joseph Kirsner, who personally presented the Joseph B. Kirsner Research Award for Excellence to second year student Matthew Cable.
Below is a list of all the students who received research awards:
The Joseph B. Kirsner Research Award for Excellence
- Matthew Cable, MS 2
- Research topic: Effects of the Mevalonate Pathway on Airway Smooth Muscle Expression in Asthma Models
- Mentor: Blanca Camoretti-Mercado, PhD
The Brain Research Foundation Award for Best Neuroscience Project
- Yang Shen, MS 2
- Research topic: Protein Kinases, Mitochondrial kATP Channel and Retinal Ischemic Preconditioning
- Mentor: Steven Roth, MD
The Sigma Xi Award for Best Science Project
- Thejasvi Thirvoipati, MS 2
- Research topic: Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Diabetes Health Disparities Collaborative from the Perspective of Medicare and Medicaid
- Mentor: Elbert Huang, MD, MPH
Overall Excellence in Scientific Quality, Content and Ability to Respond to Questions in the Performance of Research in Basic Science
- Nan Sethakorn, MS 2
- Research topic: Telomere-Based DNA Damage Responses: A New Approach to Colon Cancer Therapy
- Mentor: Neelu Puri, PhD
- Christian Skong, MS 2
- Research topic: In Vivo Growth Factor Expression in Rat Achilles Tendon After Laceration
- Mentor: Daniel P. Mass, MD
- Kelly Snider, MS 2
- Research topic: The Effect of High Molecular Weight Polyethylene Glycol on the Development of Necrotizing Enterocolitis in Rats
- Mentor: Loretto Glynn, MD
Overall Excellence in Scientific Quality, Content and Ability to Respond to Questions in the Performance of Research in Clinical Science
- Erica Aronson, MS 2
- Research topic: Does Gender Influence Time to Diagnosis in Crohn's Ileitis?
- Mentor: Sunanda V. Kane, MD, MSPH, FACG
- Vanitha Johnson, MS 2
- Research topic: Diabetic Retinopathy's Impact on Vision-Related Quality of Health
- Mentor: Seenu Hariprasad, MD
- Marc Ward, MS 2
- Research topic: The Impact of Bariatric Surgery on Obesity-Related Comorbidities in Super-Obese Patients
- Mentor: Vivek N. Prachand, MD
