MSPStudent EnrollmentForTheAcademicYear

Medical Scholars Program Univeristy of Illinois College of Medicine/Graduate College at Urbana-Champaign MSP Student Enrollment for the Academic Year10/11 Agricultural Economics Alexander Slade (2008) B.S., Human Biology, Health, and Society, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 2007 M.S., Health Administration, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 2008 Anthropology Jennifer L Baldwin (2006) M.A., Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh, 2005 B.S., Biology, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA, 2002 Biochemistry David H Aggen (2005) B.A., Chemistry, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL, 2005 THESIS: Engineering T Cell Receptors for Cancer Immunotherapy Neal D Andruska (2009) B.S., Biochemistry, Benedictine University, Lisle, IL, 2007 THESIS: Targeting Breast Cancer with Small Molecule Inhibitors of Estrogen Receptor Adrienne K Barry (2009) B.S., Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 2007 Emilia C Calvaresi (2009) B.A., English, Rice University, Houston, TX, 2009 B.S., Biochemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX, 2009 Sharon H Choi (2006) B.S., Biology and Cognitive Sciences, University of California at San Diego, 2003 M.S., Biology, University of California at San Diego, 2005 Acacia C Lamb (2006) B.S., Chemistry, Emory & Henry College, Emory, VA, 2006 Aidas J Mattis (2004) B.A., Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California at Berkeley, 2003 THESIS: A Study of how the photosynthetic reaction center tunes the midpoint potential of quinones in Rhodobacter sphaeroides http://www.med.uiuc.edu/msp MSP Student Enrollment for the Academic Year10/11 Daiva M Mattis (2007) B.A., Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California at Berkeley, 2005 THESIS: Engineering of a High Affinity T Cell Receptor Antagonist for Staphylococcal enterotoxin C3 Raymond Morales (2005) B.S., Electrical Science and Engineering, Masachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 2002 Kim-phung T Nguyen (2004) B.S., Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2001 THESIS: Antibiotic Alternatives Lan T Nguyen (2001) B.S., Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1997 THESIS: Differential Reactivities of Tissue-type Plasminogen Activator (t-PA) Snehalkumar B Patel (2002) B.S., Biomedical Engineering & Mathematics, Vanderbilt University, 2001 THESIS: Splicing Independent Recruitment of Splicing snRNPs to Active Transcriptional Units Thomas H Yun (2003) B.A., Integrative Biology, University of California at Berkeley, 1997 THESIS: Tissue Factor Dimerization, Alternatively Spliced Tissue Factor Activity Bioengineering Morgan K Boes (2010) B.S., Mechanical Engineering, F.W Olin College of Engineering, Needham, MA, 2010 THESIS: unknown Gregory L Damhorst (2010) B.S., Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2009 Monica M Forbes (2004) B.S., Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2003 M.S., Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2004 Ph.D., Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2009 THESIS: Evaluation of Inertial Cavitation's Role in Sonoporation Sarah E Holton (2008) B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 2008 THESIS: Development and characterization of three-dimensional cell co-culture models to study the progression of breast cancer http://www.med.uiuc.edu/msp MSP Student Enrollment for the Academic Year10/11 Helen Hwang (2008) B.S., Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, CA, 2005 B.A., Psychology, University of California, San Diego, CA, 2005 THESIS: Characterization of single molecule Protein Induced Fluorescence Enhancement (PIFE) as an alternative to FRET Mark E Hwang (2007) B.S., Biomedical Engineering, Rutgers State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, 2007 B.S., Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Rutgers State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, 2007 M.S., Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2009 Chenara A Johnson (2005) B.S., Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 2005 M.S., Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2009 THESIS: Ultrasound and Contrast Agent-Induced Angiogenesis Erich A Lidstone (2008) B.S., Biochemistry, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA, 2005 Aaron J Maki (2007) B.S., Biomedical Engineering, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, 2007 M.S., Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2010 THESIS: Bone tissue engineering utilizing adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells, hydroxyapatite scaffolds, and bone morphogenic protein-eluting gelatin microspheres Patrick C Mathias (2006) B.S., Electrical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC, 2004 M.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2006 THESIS: Photonic Crystal Enhanced Fluorescence for Improved Microarray Performance Molly R Melhem (2009) B.S., Biological and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 2007 Samantha J Polak (2007) B.S., Biochemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 2007 Jonathan Sun (2009) B.S., Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2009 Biophysics Mark J Arcario (2009) B.S., Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, 2009 Francisco M Guerra (2007) B.S., Bioengineering, University of California at San Diego, 2002 http://www.med.uiuc.edu/msp MSP Student Enrollment for the Academic Year10/11 Shwayta Kukreti (2003) B.S., Honors Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2003 B.S., Biochemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2003 Ph.D., Biophysics and Computational Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2007 THESIS: INTRINSIC SPECTROSCOPIC TUMOR MARKERS REVEALED BY DOUBLE-DIFFERENTIAL ANALYSIS OF NEAR-INFRARED ABSORPTION SPECTRA Eric H Lee (2003) B.S., Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, University of California at Davis, 2002 Ph.D., Biophysics and Computational Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2009 THESIS: Computational Studies on the Mechanical Properties of Blood Clot and Muscle Proteins Leonid Zamdborg (2005) B.S., Computer Science, Biochemistry, SUNY at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY, 2005 Cell & Developmental Biology Daniel H Barnett (2001) B.A., Biology, The Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO, 1995 Ph.D., Cell & Developmental Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2010 THESIS: Identification and Characterization of Estrogen Receptor-Regulated Gene Expression Programs Sara L Cook (2006) B.S., Biochemistry, Microbiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 2005 Lisa Fukui (2006) B.S., Computer Science, California Institute of Technology, 2005 THESIS: FGF Signalling in Xenopus Lens Regeneration Linda Hasadsri (2001) B.A., Biological Anthropology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 1999 Ph.D., Cell & Developmental Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2008 THESIS: Nanoparticulate Protein Delivery for Inhibition of Synuclein Aggregation in Cells: A Novel Therapeutic Approach to Parkinson's and Other Neurodegenerative Disease Seth B Kinast (2009) B.S., Microbiology, Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma, Norman, 2009 Jonathan Rhine (2001) B.S., Cell and Structural Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2000 THESIS: Identifying and Characterizing pat-12, an Atypical Post Gene Vitaly Stepensky (2001) B.S., Biological Sciences and Physiology and Neurobiology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 2000 THESIS: Modulation of Innate Repsonse by Toll-Like Receptor Signaling http://www.med.uiuc.edu/msp MSP Student Enrollment for the Academic Year10/11 Alvin Thomas (2009) B.S., Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2009 Jason M Wever (2006) B.A., International Relations, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 2006 THESIS: Identifying Similarities and Differences in the Mechanisms of Eye Regeneration of Xenopus laevis and Schmidtea mediterranea Chemical Engineering Ashley Yeager (2010) B.S., Chemical Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 2010 Chemistry Thomas M Anderson (2005) B.S., Chemistry, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, 2005 THESIS: Nuclear magnetic resonance as an enabling tool facilitating analysis of amphotericin B structure and function Jillian R Gunther (2004) B.S., Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2004 Ph.D., Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2009 THESIS: Coactivator Binding Inhibitors: Non-traditional Interruption of the Estrogen Receptor α/Steroid Receptor Coactivator Interaction Hannah E Ihms (2006) B.S., Chemistry, Indiana Wesleyan University, Marion, IN, 2006 THESIS: In Vitro Selection of an Iron(II)-Specific RNA-Cleaving Deoxyribozyme Cyril Jacquot (2002) B.S., Chemistry, Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA, 2002 Ph.D., Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2008 THESIS: Mechanistic and Structural Studies of Soybean and Human Lipoxygenases Lindsey A Johnstone (2009) B.S., Chemistry, Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA, 2007 THESIS: TBD Adam D Langenfeld (2006) B.A., Chemistry, Gustavus Adolphus College, St Peter, MN, 2006 Freddy T Nguyen (2003) B.S., Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX, 2002 B.A., Mathematics, Rice Univesity, Houston, TX, 2002 http://www.med.uiuc.edu/msp MSP Student Enrollment for the Academic Year10/11 Alexander A Parent (2005) B.S., Chemistry, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, 2005 Abraham J Qavi (2007) B.S., Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Chemistry, University of California at Irvine, 2007 THESIS: Ultrasensitive Detection of microRNAs Using Arrays of Silicon Photonic Microring Resonators Community Health Smita Das (2005) B.S., Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 2004 M.S., Public Health, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH, 2005 Ph.D., Community Health, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2010 THESIS: Stimulating healthcare organizational improvement through public reporting of smoking cessation advice rates Laura L Hickman (2006) B.A., Psychology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 2002 THESIS: HIV Prevention Communication in Families Affected by HIV Maribeth S Ruiz (2005) B.S., Biochemistry and Cell Biology, University of California, San Diego, CA, 2004 B.A., Ethnic Studies, University of California, San Diego, CA, 2004 Ph.D., Community Health, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2010 THESIS: Cultural Competency Medical Education Jason B Slade (2003) B.A., Near Eastern Studies, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, 2003 THESIS: Implementation and sustainability issues of selected USAID health system development programs in the Kingdom of Jordan Computer Science Nicholas J Riley (1999) B.A., Computer Science, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, 1999 Ph.D., Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2009 THESIS: Hardware Support for Dynamic Language Runtimes East Asian Languages and Cultures Donald E Mclawhorn (2009) B.A., Philosophy, Universith of South Florida, 2003 M.A., Sociology, University of South Florida, 2008 http://www.med.uiuc.edu/msp MSP Student Enrollment for the Academic Year10/11 Electrical & Computer Engineering David B Khatami (2004) B.S., Electrical Engineering, Norwich University, Northfield, VT, 2000 M.S., Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2002 Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2008 THESIS: Design, implementation and analysis of functional activity and connectivity in patterned neuronal networks Fellow Lindsey A Burnett (2010) B.S., Biology, Arizona State University Barrett Honors College, Tempe, AZ, 2001 Ph.D., Molecular and Cellular Biology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 2007 Cynthia C Ginsberg (2008) B.S., Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 2001 M.A., Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 2003 Ph.D., Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 2008 Mark Wahrenbrock (2006) B.S., Molecular Biology, University of California at San Diego, 2006 Ph.D., Molecular Pathology/Glycobiology, University of California at San Diego, 2004 History Kristen A Ehrenberger (2004) B.A., History, Washington University, St Louis, MO, 2004 M.A., History, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2007 THESIS: The Politics of the Table: Nutrition and the _Volkskörper_ in Saxon Germany, 1900-1933 Human & Community Development Jonathan W Chiao (2006) M.P.H., Environmental and Occupational Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, 2006 B.A., Mathematics, Chemistry, New York University, New York, NY, 2003 Matthew Ong (2010) B.S., Biology, University of California at Los Angeles, 2007 M.S., Public Health, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, 2009 THESIS: The Prevalence of Intimate Partner Violence: An Evaluation on the Effectiveness of WISE Service Coverage in New Hampshire and Vermont Emilia M Poppe (2008) B.S., Chemistry, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL, 2004 THESIS: Somatization, Perceived Stress, and the Buffering Role of Perceived Social Support http://www.med.uiuc.edu/msp MSP Student Enrollment for the Academic Year10/11 Kinesiology Tracy L Flood (2008) B.S., Human Biology, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK, 2004 THESIS: Obesity and Diabetes in Children Law Eric Cheung (2009) B.B.A., Accountancy, CUNY Baruch College, New York, NY, 2005 Robert B Lurvey (2005) B.A., Biological Sciences, University of Chicago, 2005 Karen E Shafer (2007) B.A., History, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2006 B.A., Speech Communication, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2006 J.D., Law, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2009 Xavier R Stacey (2009) B.S., Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, 1999 M.S., Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, 2002 Nathaniel D Uchtmann (2005) B.A., Biological Sciences, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, 2003 J.D., Law, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2008 Law/MBA Kurtis A Mayz (2004) B.S., Biology and Political Science, American University, Washington, DC, 2004 J.D., Law, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2006 Materials Science & Engineering Chan J Park (2003) A.B., Biochemical Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 2001 Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2008 THESIS: Development of chitosan scaffolds for the treatment of chronic cutaneous ulcers MBA Mikin V Patel (2007) B.A., Economics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 2007 http://www.med.uiuc.edu/msp MSP Student Enrollment for the Academic Year10/11 Microbiology Luciana Amado (2003) B.A., Chemistry, Florida International University, Miami, FL, 2003 M.S., Microbiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2005 THESIS: E-coli Discontinuous Leading Strand DNA Synthesis Jennifer A Cash (2003) B.S., Chemistry/Biology, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN, 2000 M.S., Microbiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2005 Dylan Dodd (2005) B.S., Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of California, Davis, CA, 2005 M.S., Microbiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2007 Ph.D., Microbiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2010 THESIS: Functional analysis of glycosyl hydrolases from the rumen bacterium, Prevotella ruminicola Asa Flanigan (1997) B.A., Biology, Washington University, St Louis, MO, 1997 M.S., Microbiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2002 Ph.D., Microbiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2008 THESIS: Characterization of the Gifsy-1 Phage Excisionase Protein Carleigh F Hebbard (2009) B.A., Spanish, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, 2009 B.S., Cell and Molecular Biology, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, 2009 Song Jiang (2007) B.S., Molecular and Cellular Biology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 2007 M.S., Microbiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2009 Christopher M Johnson (2003) B.S., Cell and Structural Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2003 M.S., Microbiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2005 THESIS: Regulation of Expression Within The TLR1/2/6 Gene Family Katherine A Karberg (2001) A.B., Biology, Washington University, St Louis, MO, 1998 M.S., Microbiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2003 THESIS: Evolutionary Genomics of Salmonella Enterica Serovars Jennifer L Laprise (2005) B.S., Biochemistry, California State University, Long Beach, CA, 2004 M.S., Microbiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2008 THESIS: Mechanistic studies of the Bacteroides conjugative transposon CTnDOT integrase - IntDOT http://www.med.uiuc.edu/msp MSP Student Enrollment for the Academic Year10/11 Stefani M Martin (2004) B.S., Biology, Union University, Jackson, TN, 2004 M.S., Microbiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2006 Koh Eun Narm (2009) B.S., Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California at Berkeley, 2006 Michael L Reno (2007) B.S., Biology, Flordia State University, Tallahassee, FL, 2007 M.S., Microbiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2009 Tana L Repella (2003) B.S., English and Biology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 2003 M.S., Microbiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2005 THESIS: Interaction of Pasteurella multocida toxin (PMT) with Gaq Michael J Tencati (2008) B.S., Biochemsitry, University of California, San Diego, CA, 2000 Molecular & Cellular Biology Luke A Fenlon (2010) B.S., Microbiology, University of Wisconsin at Madison, 2010 Samuel J Irving (2010) B.S., Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of California at Los Angeles, 2010 Itamar Livnat (2010) B.S., Biological Sciences, University of California at Irvine, 2008 Lily Mahapatra (2010) B.A., Sociology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 2007 Isabel I Neacato (2010) B.S., Biochemistry, University of California at Los Angeles, 2008 Rachel J Waldemer (2010) B.S., Biology, Chemistry, Spanish, University of Missouri at Kansas City, 2010 Molecular & Integrative Physiology Jennifer M Arnold (2005) B.S., Biology, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO, 2005 M.S., Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2007 http://www.med.uiuc.edu/msp MSP Student Enrollment for the Academic Year10/11 Victor E Campos (2000) B.S., General Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2000 M.S., Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2003 THESIS: Increased Seizure Susceptibilitiy in Fragile X Knockout mice David G Cervantes (2006) B.S., Biology-Neuroscience, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 2006 M.S., Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2008 Mathew M Cherian (2009) B.S., Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2002 B.A., Biological Sciences, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2005 M.S., Biomedical Sciences, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, 2008 Megan R France (2009) B.S., Biological Sciences, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, 2009 THESIS: Optimization of Adoptive Cell Transfer for Treatment of Established Brain Tumors Tyler B Moran (2005) B.S., Neuroscience, Bates College, Lewston, ME, 2002 M.S., Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2007 Kieran P Normoyle (2006) M.S., Biochemistry, Loyola University, Chicago, IL, 2006 B.S., Chemistry/Biochemistry, Loyola University, Chicago, IL, 2005 B.A., History, Loyola University, Chicago, IL, 2005 M.S., Molecular & Integrative Physiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2009 THESIS: The Physiologic Mechanism of Actin Depolymerization Lasun Oladeji (2009) B.S., Biology/Pharmacology, Duke University, Durham, NC, 2009 Harry J Rosenberg (2008) B.S., The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2008 Zachary M Sellers (2005) B.S., Animal Physiology and Neuroscience, University of California, San Diego, CA, 2002 B.A., Japanese Studies, University of California, San Diego, CA, 2002 M.S., Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2007 Ph.D., Molecular & Integrative Physiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2010 THESIS: Defining a Physiological Role for CFTR in the Heart http://www.med.uiuc.edu/msp MSP Student Enrollment for the Academic Year10/11 Zachary J Shipp (2003) B.S., Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2002 B.S., Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2002 M.S., Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2006 THESIS: The Effects of Neonatal Hypothyroidism on Central Nervous System Development in Rats Zachary J Smith (2009) B.S., Biology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 2008 Neuroscience Georgina M Aldridge (2004) B.S., Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 2004 THESIS: Development of Dendritic Spine Dysmorphogenesis in Fragile X Syndrome Maritza Alvarado (2003) B.A., Neurobiology and Psychology, University of California at Berkeley, 2002 Ph.D., Neuroscience, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2009 THESIS: The Effects of Fitness Differences and Fitness Training on Dual-Task Performance and the Brain Processes of Older Adults Paven K Aujla (2009) B.S., Bio-Psychology, Tufts University, Medford, MA, 2005 M.S., Biomedical Sciences, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, 2009 Margaret S Blattner (2007) B.A., Neuroscience, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA, 2007 Jake R Carpenter-Thompson (2010) B.A., Biomedical Sciences, Grand Valley State College, Allendale, MI, 2010 THESIS: I am unsure about my thesis at this time Neuroinmaging of the brain to locate origin of tinnitus Matthew S Conrad (2009) B.S., Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2008 Margaret S Ferris (2004) B.S., Biology, Cornell University, Itthaca, NY, 2004 THESIS: Neurogenomics of Vocal Plasticity Mark A Fletcher (2009) B.S., Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, 2008 Miri Kim (2008) B.S., Biochemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2007 http://www.med.uiuc.edu/msp MSP Student Enrollment for the Academic Year10/11 Shawn J Kohler (2003) B.A., Cell and Molecular Biology, Utah State University, Logan, UT, 2000 THESIS: Exercise related changes in cell proliferation with age James V Lee (2003) B.A., Psychology and Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California at Berkeley, 1998 THESIS: Application of Diffusive Optical Imaging to the study of Song Recognition in the songbird, Zebra Finch Siyuan C Liu (2010) B.S., Chemical Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 2010 Agatha E Luszpak (2007) B.A., Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, 2007 THESIS: Analysis of Neuropeptide Release in Fragile X Syndrome Amy P Maduram (2009) B.A., Biology, University of Illinois - Chicago, 2008 THESIS: Elucidating Neuron-to-Neuron Signaling in Mammalian Sensory Neurons using Microfludic Platforms Claire M Miller (2005) B.A., Psychology, Reed College, Portland, OR, 2003 THESIS: Insulin in the planarian: regulation of stem cells, germ cells, and regeneration Ken A Morris (2006) B.S., Biology and Biochemistry, Univ of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, 2000 THESIS: Glucose, Memory, and Aging Martina L Mustroph (2009) B.S., Psychology, Davidson College, Davidson, NC, 2008 David J Papke (2008) B.S., Nuclear Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2007 Samantha L Pisani (2008) B.A., Biology, University of San Diego, San Diego, CA, 2007 Franklyn Rocha Cabrero (2010) B.S., Biology, Industrial Microbiology, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, PR, 2009 THESIS: I am on rotation, will be determined sometime before the end of this year Samit M Shah (2005) B.S., Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 2005 THESIS: The Biomolecular Cochlear Implant http://www.med.uiuc.edu/msp MSP Student Enrollment for the Academic Year10/11 Carolina Soto (2005) B.S., Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2005 THESIS: Brain Tumor Immunotherapy: Application of Superparamagnetic LaAgMnO Nanoparticles for Heat Immunotherapy as Cancer Treatment Joel M Stary (2003) B.A., Biology/Pre-Medicine, St John's University, Collegeville, MN, 1997 THESIS: Functional genomics of planarian regeneration Diana L Thomas (2002) B.S., Honors Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2001 Ph.D., Neuroscience, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2010 THESIS: Evaluation of adoptive T cell therapy and oncolytic virotherapy for treatment of brain tumors Victor C Wang (2001) B.S., Neuroscience, University of California at San Diego, 1996 B.A., Psychology, University of California at San Diego, 1996 Ph.D., Neuroscience, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2008 THESIS: Role of dietary phytoestrogens on learning and memory in aging Patricia A Weisner (2010) B.A., Neuroscience and Theatre, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 2009 THESIS: Undetermined Claudia Winograd (2005) B.A., Biology, Spanish, Tufts University, Medford, MA, 2003 Chelsea N Wong (2009) B.S., Biology, University of Portland, Portland, OR, 2008 Nuclear, Plasma and Radiological Engineering Patrick E Sloan (2008) B.S., Nuclear, Plasma and Radiological Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2005 M.S., Nuclear, Plasma and Radiological Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2006 Nutritional Sciences Jennifer A Croix (2004) B.S., Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2003 THESIS: CLINICAL AND MOLECULAR ANALYSES OF INTESTINAL GOBLET CELL ACIDOMUCINS AND CYSTEINE METABOLISM http://www.med.uiuc.edu/msp MSP Student Enrollment for the Academic Year10/11 Christopher B Guest (2004) B.S., Biochemistry, California Polytechnic, San Luis Obispo, CA, 2001 B.S., Biology/Chemistry, Marycrest College, Davenport, IA, 1997 Ph.D., Nutritional Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2007 THESIS: Innate Immune System Tristan F Kraft (2004) B.S., Biology, Miami University, Oxford, OH, 2004 M.S., Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2003 Ph.D., Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2010 THESIS: Influence of berry compound interactions on biological activity Morgan L Moon (2009) B.S., Biology, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, 2005 THESIS: Hypoxia and hypoglycemia Vanessa A Peters (2008) B.S., Biology, Elmira College, Elmira, NY, 2008 Matthew P Thorpe (2006) B.S., Marriage, Family and Human Development and Nutritional Science, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, 2006 Ph.D., Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2010 THESIS: Dietary protein and bone health Pathobiology Michael D Okura (1999) B.S., Microbiology, University of Hawaii-Manoa, 1994 M.S., Microbiology, University of Hawaii-Manoa, 1999 Ph.D., Veterinary Pathobiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2004 THESIS: Role of the phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C gene (TcPI-PLC) in stress-related responses and differentiation of the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi Physics Paul D Simonson (2003) B.S., Physics, Utah State University, Logan, UT, 2003 THESIS: Using stochastic fluorophore photobleaching, blinking, and labeling to quantify binding sites and create super-resolution images in biological applications Sociology Bryanna Mantilla (2010) B.A., Health Arts and Sciences, Goddard College, Plainfield, VT, 2005 M.A., Public Health, Nova Southeastern University, Ft Lauderdale, FL, 2010 http://www.med.uiuc.edu/msp MSP Student Enrollment for the Academic Year10/11 Stephanie M Rieder (2009) B.A., Anthropology and Spanish, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 2002 M.A., Medical Anthropology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 2002 THESIS: Physician Identity, Power, and Citizenship in Medical Humanitarian Aid Organizations Rachel A Smith (2009) B.S., International Studies, University of Oregon, Eugene, 2008 Speech & Hearing Science Albert O Jarvi (2008) B.A., Linguistics, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, 2004 M.A., Linguistics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 2008 Theoretical & Applied Mechanics Adam M Willis (2004) B.S., Physics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, 2004 M.S., Theortical and Applied Mechanics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2005 THESIS: Stochastic Dynamics of Thin Liquid Films Friday, December 10, 2010 http://www.med.uiuc.edu/msp