March 6, 2000
VOL. 29, NO. 26
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Provost's Undergraduate Research Awards Summer 1999
Projects
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Charles A. Chaney, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.
junior, biomedical engineering
"Studies on the Effect of Fluoride-Treated Bovine Bone-Derived
Materials on Human Osteoblasts"
Sponsor: Carmelita Frondoza, assistant professor of
orthopaedic surgery and oncology, School of Medicine
Audrey Isabel Chen, Westerville, Ohio
senior, music performance/voice
"Explorations of the Abdomen and Thorax"
Sponsor: Phyllis Bryn-Julson, Conservatory instruction
faculty, Peabody Conservatory
Shooshan Danagoulian, Greensboro, N.C.
senior, international studies
"Economic Policy Convergence among Contemporary French Political
Parties"
Sponsor: Wilda Anderson, professor of Romance languages
and literatures, School of Arts and Sciences
Rozalin Davoodnia, Great Neck, N.Y.
senior, natural sciences/public health
"Disease Maintenance across Cultures"
Sponsor: Katrina B. McDonald, assistant professor of
sociology, School of Arts and Sciences
Michael J. Dorsi, Stirling, N.J.
senior, neuroscience
"The Effects of Chronic Dorsal Rhizotomy on the L5
Ligature-and-Cut Model of Mechanical Allodynia in the Rat"
Sponsor: Allan J. Belzberg, assistant professor of
neurosurgery, School of Medicine
Jeffrey Hanson, Wading River, N.Y.
senior, biomedical engineering
"Chondrocyte Seeded Chitosan Scaffolds for Cartilage Repair"
Sponsor: Carmelita G. Frondoza, assistant professor of
orthopaedic surgery and oncology, School of Medicine
Joseph Jamal, Brooklyn, N.Y.
senior, biology
"Identification of the Oculodentodigital Dysplasia Gene: A Lesson
in the Positional Cloning Approach"
Sponsor: Ethylin Wang Jabs, professor in the Institute of
Genetic Medicine, School of Medicine
Kanupriya Kumar, Boca Raton, Fla.
senior, natural sciences/public health
"A Comparison of Western-Trained (Allopathic) and Ayurvedic
Doctors with Regard to Depression in Urban India"
Sponsor: Sara Berry, professor of history, School of Arts
and Sciences
Steve Wah Leung
senior, biology
"Organic Solutes Cure Cystic Fibrosis Defect"
Sponsor: Sandra Guggino, associate professor of
gastroenterology and neurosurgery, School of Medicine
Amit Malhotra, Groton, Conn.
junior, biomedical engineering
"Significance of Cyclic Response Element Binding Protein and the
Subsequent Gene Expression on the Ischemic Apoptotic Pathway"
Sponsor: Nitish V. Thakor, professor of biomedical
engineering, School of Medicine
Arash Mostaghimi, Blacksburg, Va.
junior, biomedical engineering
"CCG Repeat Expansions in Psychiatric Diseases"
Sponsor: Russell L. Margolis, associate professor of
psychiatry, School of Medicine
Thomas Shawn Mullaney, Annapolis, Md.
senior, international studies
"Tiananmen Square and the Three Days of Freedom"
Sponsor: William Rowe, professor of history, School of
Arts and Sciences
Joshua Obstfeld, Jamaica, N.Y.
senior, political science
"Democratic Peace in Russia? What Anti-Semitism Can Tell Us"
Sponsor: Steven David, professor of political science and
director of the International Studies Program, School of Arts and
Sciences
Terry Prendiville, Miami, Fla.
senior, psychology
"Cognitive Functioning and Cerebral Lateralization in Gender
Dysphoric Men Undergoing Hormone Therapy"
Sponsor: Adrian S. Dobs, associate professor of
endocrinology, School of Medicine
Michelle B. Schmidt, Dell Rapids, S.D.
senior, biomedical engineering
"Significance of Cyclic Response Element Binding Protein and the
Subsequent Gene Expression on the Ischemic Apoptotic Pathway"
Sponsor: Nitish V. Thakor, professor of biomedical
engineering, School of Medicine
Pia Shah, Chatham, N.J.
senior, international studies
"Grassroots Healthcare and Feminism, Kutch, India"
Sponsor: Siba Grovogui, assistant professor of political
science, School of Arts and Sciences
Adam M. Siegel, Hartford, Conn.
senior, economics
"Stranded Cost in Electricity Deregulation: An Assessment and
Comparison of Public Utility Commission Decisions in Selected
Styles and the Impact on Post-Regulation Rates"
Sponsor: Joseph E. Harrington, professor of economics,
School of Arts and Sciences
Katharine E. Steece, Richmond, Vt.
senior, biology
"Biochemical and In Vivo Characterization of Carboxy-Terminal
Clathrin Binding Domain"
Sponsor: Beverly Wendland, assistant professor of
biology, School of Arts and Sciences
Sarmela Thevarajah, Miami, Fla.
senior, natural sciences/public health
"The Role of Contemporary Bharatha Natyam on the Formation and
Expression of Identity in Sri Lanka"
Sponsor: Gyanendra Pandey, professor of anthropology,
School of Arts and Sciences
Thach-Giao Truong, Simpsonville, S.C.
senior, anthropology
"Pho Bo as Symbol: Beef Noodle Soup and the People of
Vietnam"
Sponsor: Sonia Ryang, assistant professor of
anthropology, School of Arts and Sciences
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