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Andre Plair
"Utilizing Chemokines to Augment the Efficacy of HIV-1 Vaccines"
Preceptor: Mark Poznansky, MD, PhD - Infectious Disease
University: Harvard College
Plans: He plans on working in Dr. Poznansky's lab into the year
and most likely for both terms. After graduation, He plans to take
the MCATs and apply for medical school. |
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Anna Cruz
"BLT1 Contributes to the Frequency and Size of Abdominal Aortic
Aneurysms in Mice"
Preceptor: Robert Gerszten, MD
- Cardiology Division / CIID
University: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Plans: Next year, she plans on completing her final year as an undergraduate
at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a B.S. in Biology
and Exercise and Sport Science. After graduation, she is planning
to take a year off to engage in research and apply to medical schools. |
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Brian Howard
"Vitamin D Deficiency and Left Ventricular Hypertrophy"
Preceptor: Thomas Wang, MD - Cardiology Division
University: Harvard University.
Med School: Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Plans: He is entering his 2nd year at Robert Wood Johnson Medical
School in New Brunswick, NJ. |
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Horacio Duarte
"Emergency Department Patient Survey On Diabetes"
Preceptor: Carlos Camargo, MD
Emergency Medicine
University: Harvard College
Plans: He is entering his 1st year of medical school. |
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Kiana Bradley
"The Effects of Notch and Delta Signaling on Atrioventricular
Ring Formation"
Preceptors: Calum MacRae, MD; David Milan, MD - Cardiovascular Research
Center
University: Troy University
Med. School: South Alabama College of Medicine
Plans: She will be entering her second year of medical at the University
of South Alabama College of Medicine. |
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Kwame Atsina
"T-Cell Regulation During HIV-1 Infection"
Preceptors: Bruce Walker, MD; Mark Brockman, PhD; Sylvie Legall,
PhD
- AIDS Research Center
University: Lehigh University
Plans: He is studying to take the MCAT on the 19th, and applying
to med schools for next year. He'll be continuing his senior year
at Lehigh this fall. |
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Louis Fouche
"Developing a Tool to Assess Organizational Contributions to
Cultural Competence"
Preceptor: Robin Weinick, MD
- Institute for Health Policy
University: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Plans: He will be finishing his last year of MIT and playing the
alto saxophone in a U.S. Tour. After graduating, he will play music
professionally for at least a year and prepare to go back to graduate
school. |
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Nadia Villarroel
"Exploring the APP Gene Family in Alzheimer's Disease:
APP/APLP1/APLP2 Interactions In Transgenic Mice"
Preceptors: Wilma Wasco, PhD; Michael Myre, PhD
Neurology
University: UMASS-Amherst.
Plans: She is planning on applying to med schools and going abroad
to volunteer in a medical clinic in either Central or South America.
This fall she'll be captain of the UMASS soccer team and will be
busy researching her senior thesis on The effects of DNA Analysis
in law crime and society |
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Robert Reyes
"Amygdalo-Cortical Interactions in Human Fear Conditioning
and Extinction"
Preceptors: Scott Rauch, MD; Mohammed Milad, PhD
Psychiatric Neuroscience
University: Columbia University.
Med. School: Post-bac at University of Texas at Arlington
Plans: He will return to Dallas, Texas and prepare to take the MCAT
in January of next year. He would like to continue in medical research
before hopefully attending medical school |
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Shandon Collins
"The Role of the Retinoic Acid Pathway in Vertebrate Heart
Patterning"
Preceptor: Randall Peterson, MD - Cardiovascular Research Center
University: Minnesota State University Moorhead
Plans: Plan to conduct two of her own research projects next year
at Minnesota State University Moorhead as a 4th year student about
the role of mitochondria in cardiomyopathy and the communication
between medical students/residents/attendings in medical school
- relating it to how it affects communication with patients later
on. |
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Theodore Nyame
"Development of a New Murine Skin Flap Model"
Preceptor: Jay Austen Jr., MD - Plastic Surgery
University: Cornell University
Med. School: HMS
Plans: Next June he will be taking step one of the national board
exams and preparing to start his clinical rotations at one the three
Harvard Hospitals. |
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Travis Goode
"Effect of Fluid Resuscitation on Limb Ischemia-Reperfusion
Injury"
Preceptor: Michael Watkins, PhD - Vascular Surgery
University: Morehouse College.
Med School: HMS
Plans: He is entering his 1st year at Harvard Medical School. |
