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Alumni Association - College of Medicine

Full Year Student Research Scholarship

Since 2002, the Alumni Fund of the Alumni Association-College of Medicine has been offering a scholarship to support full-time research for a medical student.

This scholarship provides $28,000 for a student to conduct full-time research for one academic year.

The following is a list of students who received this fellowship and a description of the research that they conducted:


Elizabeth Choe

Academic Year: 2002-2003

Research Title:

Identification of Genes Participating in the Entoxin Induced Impairment of Hypoxic Pulmonary Vasoconstriction Using Microarrays.

Faculty Sponsor:

Warren M. Zapol, MD

Department:

Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care

Medical Center:

Harvard Medical School, in the Cardiovascular Research Center at Massachusetts General Hospital

Matthew Callaghan

Academic Year: 2003-2004

Research Title:

Biologic Brachytherapy: Ex Vivo Gene Therapy of Microvascular Free Flaps for Locally Advanced Cancer.

Faculty Sponsor:

Edmond Bourke, MD (Chairman)

Department:

Department of Medicine

Medical Center:

Downstate Medical Center

Jeong Won Choi

Academic Year: 2005-2006

Research Title:

Role of the F11 Receptor in Platelet Activation.

Faculty Sponsor:

Jonathan Murmon, MD and Elizabeth Kornecki, PhD

Department:

Cardiovascular Medicine / Anatomy and Cell Biology

Medical Center:

Downstate Medical Center


Fatima Malik

Academic Year: 2006-2007

Research Title:

Identification of Novel Proteins Involved in Non-Classical Protein Secretion.

Faculty Sponsor:

William Chirico, PhD

Department:

Anatomy and Cell Biology

Medical Center:

Downstate Medical Center

Benjamin Lee

Academic Year: 2008-2009

Research Title:

Hippocampus-Dependent- out- of Content Activation of Memory in the Rat.

Faculty Sponsor:

Andre A. Fentin, PhD

Department:

Pharmacology and Physiology

Medical Center:

Downstate Medical Center

Aldo Rinaldi

Academic Year: 2009-2010

Research Title:

At the Molecular Interface of Genome, Development and Environment: Evaluating Epigenetic Biomarkers of Metabolic Programmin in Small for Gestational Age Infants Displaying Catch-Up Growth.

Faculty Sponsor:

John Kral, MD, PhD - Downstatte Faculty Advisor
Dr. Peter Gluckman - Liggins Institute, University of Auckland

Department:

Pharmacology and Physiology

Medical Center:

Liggins Institute, University of Auckland, New Zealand


Michael Ablavsky

Academic Year: 2010-2011

Research Title:

Gbetagamma isoform-specific participation in opioid tolerance mechanisms.

Faculty Sponsor:

Alan Gintzler, MD - Downstate Faculty Advisor

Department:

Biochemistry

Medical Center:

SUNY Downstate Medical Center/p>

Shunpei Okochi

Academic Year: 2011-2012

Research Title:

The role of Reg 1 in Colorectal Tumorigenesis caused by APC Gene Germline Mutation.

Faculty Sponsor:

Chongmin Huan, MD, PhD, Director of Surgery Research

Department:

SUNY Downstate Surgical Research Lab

Medical Center:

SUNY Downstate Medical Center/p>