Endowment Grant Recipients 2007-08

Kim Boggess, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
"Validation of Self-report Tool to Screen for Periodontal Disease Among Pregnant Women"

William B Coleman, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
"Increased Chemotherapeutic Efficacy after Demethylating Treatment in Breast Cancers in the Hypermethylator Phenotype"

Matthew Ewend, MD, Associate Professor, Division of Neurology, Department of Surgery
"Silent Corticotrophic Adenomas: Incidence, Prognosis, and Outcomes of Endoscopic Pituitary Surgery"

Royce L Montgomery, PhD; Kurt Gilland, PhD; and Edward T Kernick, DPM, Faculty, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology
"A Cutting Edge Book for a Dissection Course"

Arthur Baker, MD, PGY 3, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
"Paraoxonase Activity in Preeclampsia and Preterm Delivery"

Sasha Finn, MD, PhD, PGY 1, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
"Origin and progression of an "epithelial-like" melanoma"

Paula Harmon, MD, PGY 1, Department of Otolaryngology (Head and Neck Medicine)
"Viral Response to Chemotherapy in Endemic Burkitt Lymphoma"

Amanda L Horton, MD, Fellow, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Maternal and Fetal Medicine)
"Effect of PUFA Supplementation on Maternal Lipid Levels and Infant Weight Among Obese Women"

Louise Carlisle-Tomm, MS 4, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (advising)
"Primary Prevention for Preterm Birth: a pilot for a cholesterol lowering diet as a strategy"

Natalie Muth, MS 4, Department of Medicine - Cardiology (advising)
"Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Subclassification of Lipoproteins and Risk of Coronary Heart Diseases"

Ryan Phillips, MS 2, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics (advising)
"Target discovery in platelets by in situ proteome reactivity profiling"

Richard Thompson, MS 2, Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology (advising)
"Integrin Associated Protein (IAP) and Atherosclerosis in Diabetic Patients"