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Past Winners of Student Research Days at Georgetown University

Twenty-First Annual (2007)
Twentieth Annual (2006)
Nineteenth Annual (2005)
Eighteenth Annual (2004)
Seventeenth Annual (2003)
Sixteenth Annual (2002)
Fifteenth Annual (2001)
Fourteenth Annual (2000)
Thirteenth Annual (1999)
Twelfth Annual (1998) *
Eleventh Annual (1996)
Tenth Annual (1995)
Ninth Annual (1994)
Eighth Annual (1993)
Seventh Annual (1992)
Sixth Annual (1991) *
Fifth Annual (1989)
Fourth Annual (1988)
Third Annual (1987)
Second Annual (1986)
First Annual (1985)


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* NOTE: Prior to 1998, Student Research Days was customarily held in the Autumn. Following the Eleventh Annual Competition and Exposition held in October of 1996, it was recommended and endorsed by the Graduate Advisory Committee (GAC) that Student Research Days be moved to the Spring, effective 1998. As a result, the event was not held during the 1997 calendar year. The Student Research Days Competition and Exposition Event was not held in 1990.

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Twenty-First Annual (2007) 

NOTE: Effective with the 2007 Competition & Exposition, the event was limited to graduate students enrolled in a masters (M.S.) or doctoral (Ph.D., M.D., or M.D./Ph.D.) degree-granting program at Georgetown University.  Also, each group of judges selected one winner from the group of posters they reviewed.  No "finalist" competition was held.

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Twentieth Annual (2006) 


Student Division

Predoctoral Division

Postdoctoral Division

 

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Nineteenth Annual (2005)


Student Division

Predoctoral Division

Postdoctoral Division

See a photo of the 2005 winners!

 

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Eighteenth Annual (2004)


Student Division

Predoctoral Division

Postdoctoral Division

See a photo of the 2004 winners!

 

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Seventeenth Annual (2003)

NOTE: Effective with the 2003 Competition & Exposition, the "Student Division" was separated into a "Student Division" for master's and undergraduate students, and a "Predoctoral Division" for doctoral (Ph.D. and M.D./Ph.D.) level students.

Student Division

Clinical Division

Predoctoral Division

Postdoctoral Division

See a photo of the 2003 winners!

 

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Sixteenth Annual (2002)

NOTE: Effective with the 2001 Competition & Exposition, the ?Predoctoral Division? was renamed ?Student Division? to allow for the participation of master?s and undergraduate level students

Student Division (includes undergraduate and predoctoral students)

Postdoctoral Division

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Fifteenth Annual (2001)

NOTE: Effective with the 2001 Competition & Exposition, the ?Predoctoral Division? was renamed ?Student Division? to allow for the participation of master?s and undergraduate level students.

Student Division

Postdoctoral Division

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Fourteenth Annual (2000)

Predoctoral Division

  • First Place: Dianne M. Snow, Ph.D. Student, Interdisciplinary Program in Tumor Biology
    CEPS Alter CDC42-Induced Filopodia Formation

  • Second Place: Kerrie B. Bouker, Ph.D. Student, Interdisciplinary Program in Tumor Biology
    Interferon Regulatory Factor-1: A Putative Mediator of Antiestrogen Responsiveness in Breast Cancer

  • Third Place: Meggan Czapiga, Ph.D. Student, Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience
    APOE Isoform Specific Modulation of Arginine Transport

Postdoctoral Division

  • First Place: Danica Ramljak, Lombardi Cancer Center
    AKT and Cell Survival in C-Myc Overexpressing Mouse Mammary Cells

  • Second Place: Ryder Gwinn, Department of Neurosurgery
    Western Blot Detection of BFGF Protein in Rat Brain After Brief Repetitive Seizures

  • Third Place: Sharon Walter, Lombardi Cancer Center
    Fibroblast Growth Factor Binding Protein (FGF-BP1) is Selectively Expressed by Injured Rat Spinal Cord Neurons and Significantly Augments FGF-Induced Neurite Outgrowth and Survival of Cultured PC12 Cells

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Thirteenth Annual (1999)

Predoctoral Division

  • First Place: Dianne Thomas-Snow, Ph.D. Student, Interdisciplinary Program in Tumor Biology
    A New Family of CDC42 Effector Proteins (CEPS) Induce Cell Shape Changes

  • Second Place: Xiaohong (Rose) Yang, Ph.D. Student, Department of Physiology & Biophysics
    KAI1, A Metastasis Suppressor Gene in Human Breast Cancer

  • Third Place: Melissa Wilson, Ph.D. Student, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
    Negative Regultion of EGFR Gene Expression in Hormone Dependent Breast Cancer Cells

Postdoctoral Division

  • First Place: Emma Bowden, Lombardi Cancer Center
    Activated c-SRC Induces Increased Matrix Degradation at Invadopodia Mediated by an Association Between MMP-9 and A3B1 Integrin

  • Second Place: Kevin McDonnell, Department of Physiology & Biophysics
    Hypothalamic Paraventricular Nuclear (PVN) Administration of HIV GP120 INduces Multisystem PHysiologic Dysfunction, In Vivo: Reversal by INterleukin Receptor Antagonist Protein (IRAP)

  • Third Place: Zaki A. Sherif, Lombardi Cancer Center
    Down-Modulatioin of the Expression of an Angiogenic Factor, BFGF-Binding Protein Following P53 Gene Therapy in Vitro and in Vivo

Clinical Division

  • First Place: Brett Levine, Department of Orthopaedics
    The Utility of Blood Culture Vial Speciments in Intraoperative Detection of Infection

  • Second Place: Sandra L. Deming, Lombardi Cancer Center
    c-MYC Amplification in Breast Cancer: A Meta-Analysis of its Frequency and Associations with Risk Factors and Prognosis

  • Third Place: Shani Missner, Department of Dermatology
    Ridd Syndrome: Retinal Degeneration, Ichthyosis, Deafness and Developmental Delay Associated with an Abnormality of Chromosome 15Q

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Twelfth Annual (1998)

NOTE: Prior to 1998, Student Research Days was customarily held in the Autumn. Following the Eleventh Annual Competition and Exposition in held in October of 1996, it was recommended and endorsed by the Graduate Advisory Committee (GAC) that Student Research Days be moved to the Spring, effective 1998. As a result, the event was not held during the 1997 calendar year.

Predoctoral Division

  • First-Place: Lisa Edsall, Ph.D. Student, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
    Role of Sphingolipid Metabolites in NGF-Mediated Survival and Death

  • Runner-Up: Christina Messineo, M.D./Ph.D. Student, Department of Pathology
    TRAF3 Is Degraded After CD40 Ligation

  • Runner-Up: Ka-Yin Mok, Ph.D. Student, Department of Physiology & Biophysics
    Gender Differences in Renal AngII AT1a Receptor Regulation After Uninephrectomy: GH-Dependence in the Male Rat

Postdoctoral Division

  • First Place: Charles R. Cappadona, Department of Surgery
    Pulsatile Flow-Mediated Regultion of Smooth Muscle Cell Mitogen Activated Protein Kinase Activity and Expression

  • Runner-Up: Murat Oz, Department of Pharmacology
    Functional Coupling of Human L-Type Ca2+ Channel and Angiotensin AT1A Receptor Co-Expressed in Xenopusoocytes

  • Runner-Up: C. Max Schmidt, Department of Surgery
    Inhibitory Guanine Nuycleotide Proteins Regulate Human Hepatocellular Carcinoma Growth Via a MAPK Pathway


Clinical Division

  • First Place: George A. Mashour, M.D./Ph.D. Student, Department of Neurosurgery and Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience
    Aberrant Expression of the Angiogenic Factor Midkine is Associated with Neurofibromatosis Type 1: Implications for Pathogenesis and Molecular Diagnosis

  • Runner-Up: Eric D. Anderson, Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine and Department of Microbiology & Immunology
    Invasice Aspergillosis: Diagnosis by Double Sandwich Elisa

  • Runner-Up: Linda M. Forsyth, Department of Pediatrics, Immunology Center
    Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide (NADH) as a New Therapeutic Approach in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

 

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Eleventh Annual (1996)


Predoctoral Division

  • First Place: S. J. Rabin, Ph.D. Student, Department of Cell Biology and Department of Neurology
    TRKA Expression Attenuates C6-2B Glioma Growth: in Vitro and in Vivo

  • Runner-Up: S. Paul Lee, Ph.D. Student, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
    Elucidating The Role of ZN2+ Coordination of the Activities of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type-1 Integrase in Vitro

  • Runner-Up: Laura L. Sharkey, Ph.D. Student, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
    A PUtative Cell Surface Protein Mediating Contact-Dependent Differentiation of Candida Albicans

Postdoctoral Division

  • First Place: Burkhard Kleuser, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
    Vitamin D3 Inhibits Programmed Cell Death of HL-60 Cells by Stimulation of Sphingosine Kinase

  • Runner-Up: A. M. Colangelo, Department of Cell Biology and ABL-BRP, NCI-FCRDC
    Transcription Factors Involved in the Regulation of Nerve Growth Factor Expression in Glial Cells

  • Runner-Up: G. Stocca, Department of Physiology & Biophysics
    Increased Contribution to Synaptic NMDA Receptors of NR2A Subunit in Developing Visual Cortical Neurons

Clinical Division

  • First Place: Navin Kapur, Department of Surgery and Department of Physiology & Biophysics
    Direct Visodilation of Thoracic Aorta by Heparin: Potential Role of Endothelial Derived Relaxing Factor (EDRF) and Endothelium Derived Hyperpolarizing Factor (EDHF)

  • Runner-Up: Hakima Amri, Department of Cell Biology and Institute Henri Beaufort-IPSEN
    Mechanism Underlying Stress Control: Effect of Ginkgo Biloba Extract EGB 761 and Role of the Peripheral Benzodiazeprine Receptor

  • Runner-Up: George Mashour, M.D./Ph.D. Student, Department of Neurosurgery and Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience
    Investigating the Role of Nitric Oxide in Human Cerebral Autoregulation

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Tenth Annual (1995)

Predoctoral Division

  • First Place: Stuart Rabin, Ph.D. Student, Department of Cell Biology and Department of Neurology

  • Second Place: Xiangqun Zheng, Ph.D. Student, Department of Biology

  • Third Place: Kenneth McGaffin, M.D./Ph.D. Student, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Postdoctoral Division

  • First Place: Todd Skaar, Department of Physiology & Biophysics, Lombardi Cancer Center

  • Second Place: Margarita Raygada, Department of Psychiatry, Lombardi Cancer Center

  • Third Place: Vaneet Nirula, Department of Medicine

Clinical Division

  • First Place: Brenda Brankin, Department of Physiology & Biophysics, Lombardi Cancer Center

  • Second Place: Kathleen Ward, Department of Radiology and Department of Physiology & Biophysics

  • Third Place: Alf Hutter, Department of Radiology

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Ninth Annual (1994)

Predoctoral Division

  • First Place: Robert Kruklitis, M.D./Ph.D. Student, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

  • Second Place: Kevin McDonnell, M.D./Ph.D. Student, Department of Physiology & Biophysics

  • Third Place: Judith Peisen, Ph.D. Student, Department of Physiology & Biophysics

Postdoctoral Division

  • First Place: Martine Garnier, Department of Cell Biology

  • Second Place: Anna Maria Colangelo, Department of Cell Biology

  • Third Place: Alvin Berger, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Clinical Division

  • First Place: Frederick Albrecht, Department of Pediatrics and Department of Physiology & Biophysics

  • Second Place: Michael Kelly, Department of Medicine and Department of Pharmacology

  • Third Place: Mark Proctor, Department of Neurosurgery and Department of Pharmacology

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Eighth Annual (1993)

Predoctoral Division

  • First Place: Kent New, M.D./Ph.D. Student, Department of Microbiology & Immunology and Department of Neurosurgery

  • Second Place: Isabel Martinez-Lacaci, Ph.D. Student, Department of Cell Biology, Lombardi Cancer Center

  • Third Place: Jane Murphey, Ph.D. Student, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology , Lombardi Cancer Center

  • Runner-Up: Bakthavatsulu Radhakrishnan, Ph.D. Student, Department of Cell Biology

Postdoctoral Division

  • First Place: Careen Tang, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Lombardi Cancer Center

  • Second Place: Ichiro Koshiishi, Department of Cell Biology

  • Third Place: Anna Maria Colangelo, Department of Cell Biology

  • Runner-Up: Gongwei Jiang, Department of Physiology & Biophysics

Clinical Division

  • First Place: Javed Gondal, Department of Medicine

  • Second Place: Robert Benton, Department of Clinical Pharmacology

  • Third Place: Michael Sack, Department of Medicine

  • Runner-Up: Abdul Wahab

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Seventh Annual (1992)

Predoctoral Division

  • First Place: David Miller, Ph.D. Student, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

  • Second Place: Hala Azzam, Ph.D. Student, Department of Cell Biology

  • Third Place: Mark Mattie, M.D./Ph.D. Student, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Postdoctoral Division

  • First Place: Karen Zinkewich-Peotti, Department of Pharmacology

    Second Place: Ana Olivera, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

  • Third Place: John Ojeifo, Department of Medicine

Clinical Division

  • First Place: John Ojeifo, Department of Medicine

  • Second Place: Patrick Domkowski, M.D./Ph.D. Student, Department of Surgery and Department of Physiology & Biophysics

  • Third Place: Javed Gondal, Department of Medicine
    AND
    Robert Messier, Department of Surgery and Department of Physiology & Biophysics

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Sixth Annual (1991)

NOTE: The Student Research Days Competition & Exposition Event was not held in 1990.

Predoctoral Division

  • First Place: Brent Harris, M.D./Ph.D. Student, Department of Pharmacology

  • Second Place: Paul Corn, M.D./Ph.D. Student, Department of Microbiology & Immunology

  • Third Place: Wayne Monsky, M.D./Ph.D. Student, Department of Cell Biology

Postdoctoral Division

  • First Place: Susan Mulroney, Department of Physiology & Biophysics

  • Second Place: C. El-Ashry, Lombardi Cancer Center

  • Third Place: Hector Zepeda, Department of Pathology

Clinical Division

  • First Place: Jonathan Kil, Department of Otolaryngology

  • Second Place: Mary Ann D?Elio, Department of Family Medicine

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Fifth Annual (1989)

Predoctoral Division

  • First Place: Joel Schachter, Ph.D. Student, Department of Pharmacology

  • Second Place: Kym-Wha Lee, Ph.D. Student, Department of Microbiology & Immunology

  • Third Place: Aloke Mandal, M.D./Ph.D. Student, Department of Pharmacology


Postdoctoral Division

  • First Place: Iverson, Department of Pediatrics

  • Second Place: Michel Farhat, Department of Physiology & Biophysics

  • Third Place: Rodolfo Meloni, Department of Pharmacology


Clinical Division

  • First Place: Chung Yun, Department of Medicine

  • Second Place: Iverson, Department of Pediatrics

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Fourth Annual (1988)

Predoctoral Division

  • First Place: Susan Mulroney, Ph.D. Student, Department of Physiology & Biophysics

  • Second Place: Aloke Mandal, M.D./Ph.D. Student, Department of Pharmacology

  • Third Place: Massoudi, Ph.D. Student, Department of Cell Biology

Postdoctoral Division

  • First Place: Haque, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

  • Second Place: Emanuela Fadda, FGIN

  • Third Place: Hali Hartmann, Department of Pharmacolgoy

Clinical Division

  • First Place: Charles English, Department of Pathology

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Third Annual (1987)

Predoctoral Division

  • First Place: Walter Golschmidts, Ph.D. Student, Department of Microbiology & Immunology

  • Second Place: Kent, Ph.D. Student, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

  • Third Place: Robert Olson, Ph.D. Student, Department of Pathology

Postdoctoral Division

  • First Place: Pamela Hornby, Department of Pharmacology

  • Second Place: Barry Cherney, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

  • Third Place: Anna Maria Szekely, FGIN

Clinical Division

  • First Place: Department of Ophthalmology

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Second Annual (1986)

Predoctoral Division

  • First Place: Alice Grier, Ph.D. Student, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

  • Second Place: Paul Banick, Ph.D. Student, Department of Cell Biology

  • Third Place: Smuda, Ph.D. Student, Department of Chemistry

Postdoctoral Division

  • First Place: Carlo Ferrarese, FGIN

  • Second Place: Panneerselvan, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

  • Third Place: Chung Yun, Department of Medicine

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First Annual (1985)

Predoctoral Division

  • First Place: Brian Lacey, Ph.D. Student, Department of Cell Biology

  • Second Place: Mark Hadley, Ph.D. Student, Department of Cell Biology

  • Third Place: O?Keefe, Ph.D. Student, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Postdoctoral Division

  • First Place: Ann Thurn, Department of Cell Biology

  • Second Place: Craig Stockmeier, Department of Pharmacolgoy

  • Third Place: Panneerselvan, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

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