Training2006 Summer Research Program Highlights
The 2006 Indiana University Cancer Center Summer Research Program ended their program on August 4th by presenting their research projects at a poster session attended by faculty, students and family.
Eighteen students participated in the program, representing five different Indianapolis high schools and five different universities around the country, from as nearby as Purdue University and as far away as Yale University. Participating students were matched with an appropriate mentor in one of the four IU Cancer Center research programs. Research projects represented a mix of basic, behavioral and clinical topics, ranging from exploring “Novel PET Breast Cancer Imaging Agents ” to researching “TeleCare Management of Pain and Depression in Cancer.”
Participating students, mentors, project titles and photos from the 2006 poster session are below:
Kareem Agunbiade
Ben Davis High School
Mentor: Gordon McLennan, MD
Project Title: Benzamide Riboside, the future in chemotherapeutic agents
David Bond
Purdue University
Mentor: David Flockhart, MD, PhD
Project Title: A Retrospective Analysis of Association Between Polymorphisms in Angiogenesis Genes and Incidence of Hot Flashes
Robert Branch
Purdue University
Mentor: Joseph Dynlacht, PhD
Project Title:The Evaluation of an Enediyene as a Heat or Radiation Sensitizing Agent
Rachel Chhiba
Indiana University
Mentor: Richard Thielen, PhD
Project Title: The Effects of Environmental Differences and the Amounts of Ethanol Intake of Single-Housed and Pair-Housed Alcohol Preferring (P) Rats
Christian Coleman
Indiana University
Mentor: Christine Orschell, PhD
Project Title: Long Term Donor Chimerism After Transplantation of a Rare Population of Quiescent Bone Marrow-Homed Cells That is Enriched for Primitive Hematopoietic Potential
Brentney Davis
Northwest High School
Mentor: Debra Burns, PhD, MT-BC
Project Title: The Influence of Music on Emotion: A Review of the Neuroscience Literature
Maya Espada
North Central High School
Mentor: Laura Haneline, MD
William Hughes
Yale University
Mentor: Todd Skaar, PhD
Project Title: A Comparative Study of the QIAamp Midi and PAXgene DNA Extraction Kit
Imade Imasuen
Pike High School
Mentor: Marc Mendonca, MD
Project Title: Reduction of Bcl-2 BY siRNA Increases the Radiation Sensitivity of Radioresistant Tumorigenic Hybrid Cervical Cancer Cells
Geda Jones
Spelman College
Mentor: Betsy Fife, PhD, MSN
Project Title: A Comparison of the Impact of Bone Marrow Transplantation and the Diagnosis and Treatment of Breast Cancer on the Partner Relationship: A Proposed Study
Gabrielle Lacy
Warren Central High School
Mentor: Qi-Huang Zheng, PhD
Project Title: Novel PET Breast Cancer Imaging Agents
John Lawrence
Warren Central High School
Mentor: Hiremagalur Jayaram, PhD
Project Title: Selective Anti-cancer Treatment with Folate-tethered Liposome Encapsulated Tiazofur
James Martin
Arsenal Technical High School
Mentor: Jian-Ting Zhang, PhD
Project Title: Interaction Between Prostate Tumor Over-Expressed Protein 1 (PTOV 1) and 14- 3- 3 sigma
Ayotunde Ositelu
Vanderbilt University
Mentor: Xin Zang, PhD
Project Title: Glypican’s Role in the Development of the Eye in Mouse Embryos
Darrin Overby
North Central High School
Mentor: Kurt Kroenke, MD
Project Title: TeleCare Management of Pain and Depression in Cancer
Julius Terrell
Ben Davis High School
Mentor: Chinghair Kao, PhD
Project Title: Examination of LIGHT and Interferon-α Expressing Plasmids and Their Potential as a Treatment for Prostate Cancer
Gregory Willoughby
Warren Central High School
Mentor: Navin Bansal, PhD
Project Title: The Basic Principles of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and the Application of MRI in Atherosclerosis and Cancer Research
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