Endowment Grant Recipients 2008-09

Mauricio G Cohen, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine (Cardiology)
"The Impact of Migration on Cardiovascular Risk Factors among Rural Mexicans"

Chris Dekaney, PhD, Assistant Professor, Deptartment of Surgery (Pediatric Surgery)
"A Proteomic Approach to Identify Constituents of Paneth Cell Secretions"

Zheng (Jane) Fan, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics (Genetics and Metabolism)
"MR Imaging of the Limb of Patients with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy"

Seigo Hatada, PhD, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
"Gene correction of β-globin gene using gutless adenovirus"

Jessica E Pittman, MD, Fellow (PGY 4), Department of Pediatrics (Pediatric Pulmonology)
"Spirometry in Biracial Children: Assessing the adequacy of current NHANES III reference equations"

Beth Plante, MD, Fellow, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility)
"Maternal Antimullerian Hormone and Fetal Aneuploidy"

Jonathan C Samuel, MD, MPH, PGY 4, Department of Surgery
"Validation of a trauma registry at Kamuzu Central Hospital, Lilongwe, Malawi"

Sarah Bass, MS 2, Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology (advising)
"Mechanisms of Thrombosis in Patients with Sickle Cell Trait"

Sumreen Hussain, MS 2, Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology (advising)
"Sociodemographic and Medical Variables as Potential Predictors of Transition Outcome in Adolescents with CKD"

Josip Vukina, MS 2, Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (advising)
"Impact of Rotavirus Vaccine on Diarrhea in Nicaragua"