Endowment Grant Recipients 2006-07

John T. Benjamin , M.D., Professor, Department of Pediatrics
"The Teaching Center "

Kimberly A. Brownley, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry
“Pilot Study of Menstrual Cycle Effects on Short-term Appetite Regulating Hormones ”

Mary Elizabeth Hartnett, M.D., Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology
“Dysfunctional Complement Factor H as a Predictive Assay for Individuals at Risk for Age Related Macular Degeneration”

Laurence M. Katz, M.D., Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine
“Regulation of Adult Stem Cells Transplanted in the Normal Brain"

Paul Bryson, M.D., Resident, Dept of Otolaryngology (Head and Neck Surgery)
"Genetic Profiling and Immunohistochemistry of Follicular Thyroid Lesions"

Michael Ruma, M.D., Fellow, Dept of Obstetrics and Gynecology
"A Prospective, Observational Assessment of the Effects of Fetal Heart Rate and Angle Correction on Middle Cerebral Artery"

Ruth Fulghum Waters, M.D., Resident, Dept of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
“Consumption of the epidermis: characterization of molecular alterations of the basement membrane and basal cell layer"

Daniel Zedek, M.D., Resident, Dept of Pathology
“Evaluation of biomarkers of DNA damage and response for discriminating between benign and malignant melanocytic lesions"

Karissa Gable, MS II, Dept of Psychiatry (advising)
"Synaptogenesis and synaptic elimination across development in mouse frontal cortex”

Reem Hasan, MS III, Dept of Obstetrics and Gynecology (advising)
“Detection of NSAID metabolites and functional changes in the pre-implantation endometrium”

Stefan Mlot, MS II, Dept of Surgery (advising)
“Innate immune system dysfunction after burn injury due to altered signaling by macrophages”

Taylor Stone, MS II, Dept of Orthopaedics (advising)
“Heparin and heparin-derived molecules as promoters of collagen fiber sliding of rat tail tendons in vitro”