The Johns Hopkins Gazette: March 6, 2000
March 6, 2000
VOL. 29, NO. 26

  

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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