College within The College
Class
CWIC: Clinical Translational Research Class
| Student | Mentor | Research Advisor | Project |
| Nidhi Agrawal | Nancy Lewis, MD | Harish Lavu, MD | Duration of Hospitalization Following Pancreatic Surgery |
| Alex Arnouk | David Whellan, MD, MHS | Michael Holinstat, MD | Role of 12-Lipoxygenagtse on Rap-1 in Platelet Aggregation |
| Corey Cheresnick | Timothy Showalter, MD | James Harrop, MD | Factors Contributing to Mortality, Length of Stay and Cost of Care of Burn Patients |
| Nishi Dedania | Bernard Lopez, MD | Harish Lavu, MD | Complications of Distal Pancreatectomy |
| Ankit Gandhi | Bernard Lopez, MD | Hwyda Arafat, MD, PhD | Rose of Angiotensin II Type 2 Receptor in Pancreatic Cancer |
| Anne Hutchinson | Adam Berger, MD, FACS | Carol Shields, MD | Optimizing Treatment of Ocular Melanoma |
| Sarah Kamel | David Whellan, MD, MHS | Ethan Halpern, MD | The Effect of Ultrasound Contrast Studies on the Early Detection and Monitoring of Prostate Cancer |
| Christine Kansky | David Whellan, MD, MHS | Michael Sperling, MD | Treatment response in Idiopathic Generalized Epilepsy: a clinical review of IGE patients on Anticonvulsant medications |
| Nathan Lent | Bernard Lopez, MD | Katherine Nathanson, MD | Follow-up to a genome-wide association study for testicular cancer susceptibility alleles |
| Sharon Li | Nancy Lewis, MD | Edith Mitchell, MD | A Phase 2, Multicenter, Two-Tier Study of IMC-A12 in Combination with Depot Octreotide in Patients with Metastatic, Well- or Moderately-Differentiated Carcinoid or Islet Cell Carcinoma |
| Nona Lu | Timothy Showalter, MD | Walter Kraft, MD | Genetic Determinates of the Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome |
| Jenny Mao | Bernard Lopez, MD | Qiujie Jiang, MD | Discovering the Cure to PXE (pseduoxanthoma elasticum) |
| Caitlin McIntyre | Adam Berger, MD, FACS | Jonathan Brody, MD | The Role of miR-519's and Other MicroRNAs Regulation of HuR in Pancreatic Cancer |
| Lea Moukarzel | Adam Berger, MD, FACS | Renato V. Iozzo, MD | The Molecular Interactions of Endorepellin and BEGFR2, and its Signaling Consequences |
| Nora Rahmani | David Whellan, MD, MHS | Jeffrey Joseph, MD | Hyperglycemia in the Artificial Pancreas System |
| Kathleen Regan | Bernard Lopez, MD | Angelo Lepore, MD | Induced Pluripotent Stem (iPS) Cell Transplantation of Treatment of Spinal Cord Injury |
| Bethany Rommel | Timothy Showalter, MD | James Schwaber, MD | Circadian Biology: Single Cell Analysis of the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus |
| Shivam Saxena | Timothy Showalter, MD | Hwyda Arafat, MD, PhD | RAN GTPase Expression in Pancreatic Cancer |
| Zachary Senders | Adam Berger, MD, FACS | James Harrop, MD | Predictors of Venous Thromboembolic Disease in Spine Patients |
| Jesse Sinanan | Nancy Lewis, MD | Ray Reagan, MD | Models of Intracerebral Bleeding |
| Joanna Skora | Nancy Lewis, MD | Jason Baxter, MD | The Effect of Vaginal Progesterone Gel on the Rate of Preterm Birth in Women with a History of Previous Preterm Birth and a Sonographically Short Cervix |
| Thana Theofanis | Hwyada Arafat, MD, PhD | Stavropoula Tjoumakaris, MD | Endovascular Thrombolysis and Stenting for Proximal ICA Occlusion in the Setting of Acute Ischemic Stroke |
| Benjamin Zmistowski | Hwyada Arafat, MD, PhD | Javad Parvizi, MD | Natural History of Non-Fatal Pulmonary Embolism Following Total Joint Arthroplasty |
CWIC: Population Health
| Student | Mentor | Project Advisor | Project |
| Grace Banner | Esther Chung, MD, MPH | Carl Backer, MD | Pediatric CV surgery in Chicago – Congenital Abnormalities and socio-economic status |
| Evan Bilheimer | Patrick McManus, MD | Rickie Brawer, PhD, MPH | Youth Violence in Philadelphia |
| Jillian Brown | Nancy Brisbon, MD, MPH | Rickie Brawer, PhD, MPH | Center for Urban Health – Career Sense Network – Obesity and Diabetes Prevention in a Workforce Development Program |
| Michael Cafarchio | Marc Altshuler, MD | Marc Altshuler, MD | Language Access Barriers in the Healthcare Setting for Refugees in Philadelphia |
| David Casper | James Plumb, MD, MPH | James Plumb, MD, MPH | Poverty and Genocide in Cambodia and Rwanda |
| Daniel Cheng | Michelle Zwora, MD | George Su, MD | San Francisco Community Primary Care Spirometry Project |
| Elisabeth Collins | Rickie Brawer, PhD, MPH | James Plumb, MD, MPH | Childhood Malnutrition in Rwanda |
| Christina Costantino | Francis Barchi, MS | Lon Dubey, MD Lucia Tuffanelli, MD |
Himalayan Health Exchange |
| Tara Devaraj | Lara Weinstein, MD, MPH | Jason Baxter, MD | Refugee Families and Philadelphia |
| Matthew Enriquez | Rob Simmons, DrPH, MPH, CHES, CPH | Patrick McManus, MD | Youth Emergency Services |
| Daniel Esslinger | Fred Markham, MD | Brooke Salzman, MD | Evaluation of Chronic Care Curriculum |
| Sarah Green | Esther Chung, MD, MPH | James Plumb, MD, MPH | A problem Solving Paradigm for Health Education in the Dominican Republic – Community Workers and Hypertension Compliance |
| Victoria Greenberg | Stacy Milan, MD | Brett Worley, MD | Female Sexual dysfunction: demographics and public policy |
| Morgan Greenfield | James Plumb, MD, MPH | James Plumb, MD, MPH | HIC/AIDS in Rwanda and the Role of Jeff HEALTH in Mitigating its Effects |
| Sriharsha Gummadi | Stacy Milan, MD | Maurtis Boon, MD | Protein Analysis in Risk Stratification of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma |
| David Harris | Marc Altshuler, MD | Rickie Brawer, PhD, MPH | Urban Tree Connection – Health and Nutrition Education |
| Heather Hartman | Randa Sifri, MD | Heather Farley, MD | Management of Incidental Radiological Findings in and Emergency Room Setting |
| Liana Horner | Gary Emmett, MD | Louis Bartoshesky, MD | Delaware Newborn Screening – Quality Assurance: Bioinidase Deficiency |
| Ross Kalman | Patrick McManus, MD | Rickie Brawer, PhD, MPH | Urban Tree Connection – Health and Nutrition Education – Healthy Food Insecurity |
| Christie Mulholland | Francis Barchi, MS | Rickie Brawer, PhD,MPH Ellen Plumb, MD |
Refugee Mental Health Assessment< |
| Meha Patel | Rickie Brawer, PhD, MPH | James Plumb, MD, MPH | Substance Abuse in Female Populations |
| Kaela Pearce | Mona Sarfaty, MD, MPH | James Plumb, MD, MPH | The Role of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development Veterans Affairs Supporting Housing Vouchers Program in Eliminating Veteran's Homelessness |
| Ashlyn Sakona | James Plumb, MD, MPH | James Plumb, MD, MPH | Jeff Health Rwanda – Assessment of Anti-Helminths Educational Program |
| Gregory Snyder | Rob Simmons, DrPH, MPH, CHES, CPH | Rob Simmons, DrPH, MPH, CHES, CPH | Educational Infrastructure in Rural Nicaragua |
| Ashly Un | Rickie Brawer, PhD, MPH | Community Benefit Analysis | |
| Jay Yarlagada | David Nash, MD, MBA | Costa Rica |
Application Process
Application deadline:
January 7, 2013
Acceptance letters distributed:
January 28, 2013
Student confirmation /refusal deadline:
February 4, 2013
REQUIREMENTS
>> Students must be in good academic standing.
>> Completion of web- based application by January 7, 2013
Students may apply to only one CWIC program track.
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