Ethnicity & Disease (ISSN: 1049-510X) is published quarterly. An annual subscription is included with ISHIB membership or available to individuals and institutions. To purchase an annual subscription or this particular issue click here.
|
RESEARCH FROM THE 2007 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT SUMMER RESEARCH PROGRAM OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH,NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES AND CHARLES R. DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE
|
| Foreword: Expanding the Minority Biomedical Pipeline-The Way Forward
Keith C. Norris, MD; Lawrence Y. Agodoa, MD |
Role of XPD, P53 and PTCH Genes Mutations in the Development of Early Onset Basal
Cell Carcinoma
View Abstract | Purchase Article | Student Researcher: Anayris Cruz, Deborah Va´zquez |
Serum from Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum Patients Alter the Structure of Elastic Fibers
View Abstract | Purchase Article | Student Researcher: Ailea Apana |
Detecting and Managing Metabolic Syndrome: A Feasibility Study in a General Medicine Clinic
View Abstract | Purchase Article | Student Researcher: Alexandra De la Rosa, Elgin High School |
Impact of an Information Retrieval and Management Curriculum on Medical Student Citations
View Abstract | Purchase Article | Student Researcher: Amy Li, Milpitas High School |
Chloroquine: The Role It Plays in Oxidation
View Abstract | Purchase Article | Student Researcher: Antonio K. Jakes, Bedford Academy |
| Racial and Ethnic Differences in Diabetes Characteristics: The VA PathwaysView Abstract | Purchase Article | Student Researcher: Awa Seck, Garfield High School |
A Poly (ADP-Ribose) Polymerase Inhibitor Ameliorates Inflammation Associated with
Diabetic Nephropathy
View Abstract | Purchase Article | Student Researcher: Boriss Losso, Catholic High School |
Can Ice-Binding Proteins Enhance Survival of Human Embryonic Kidney Cells after Freezing?
View Abstract | Purchase Article | Student Researcher: Brittany M. Brooks, Burke High School |
Enzyme Activity and High-fat Diet: Citrate Synthase Activity in Myostatin Propeptide Transgenic and Wild-Type Mice
View Abstract | Purchase Article | Student Researcher: Cady Ching, Punahou School |
Investigation of Protein Kinase C Activity in a Polycystic Kidney Disease Model
View Abstract | Purchase Article | Student Researchers: Calvin Simmons, Burke High School |
The Role of Cilia In Regulation of Apical Ion Channels Activities in Collecting Duct Cells
View Abstract | Purchase Article | Student Researcher: Carlin D. Nelson, Burke High School |
The Association Between Depression and Metabolic Control Among African Americans and Latino Men with Type 2 Diabetes
View Abstract | Purchase Article | Student Researcher: Caroline Farodolu, King/Drew Magnet High School of Medicine and Science |
Acanthosis Nigricans in Hawaiian Children vs Non-Hawaiian Children
View Abstract | Purchase Article | Student Researcher: Chloe Edinger, Kamehameha Schools; Jessica Song, Baldwin High School |
Classification of Cystic Fibrosis Isolates of P. aeruginosa Based on Temperature Sensitivity
View Abstract | Purchase Article | Student Researcher: Christine Z. Yu, Huntington High School |
Reduction of Oxidative DNA Damage with N-acetylcysteine
View Abstract | Purchase Article | Student Researcher: Coralis Rodrý ´guez, Thomas Armstrong Toro High School |
Seasonal Changes in Bone Mineral Density in the Northern Red-Backed Vole: A Potential Model Organism for Disuse Osteoporosis
View Abstract | Purchase Article | Student Researchers: Don Young Chon, East Anchorage High School |
How Roadway Pollutants Affect
View Abstract | Purchase Article | Student Researcher: Fabio Coartney, Lathrop High School |
Interphase FISH Analysis of Bone Marrow Cells in Aplastic Anemia Patients Following Immunosupression Therapy
View Abstract | Purchase Article | Student Researcher: Helen Goldfrank, McLean High School |
Endothelin-1 and Na+, K+ ATPase Gene Expression Is Upregulated in Adult Kidneys of a Novel Mouse Model of Heritable Renal Hypoplasia, Supporting Diagnosis of Chronic Renal
View Abstract | Purchase Article | Student Researcher: Jade Beerman-Kapoi, Kamehameha Schools Maui Campus |
Sexual Dysfunction in Hispanic and African American Women with Type 2 Diabetes
View Abstract | Purchase Article | Student Researcher: Jennifer Gutierrez, King/Drew Magnet High School of Medicine and Science |
Mitochondria Transfer into Fibroblasts: Liposome-Mediated Transfer of Labeled Mitochondria into Cultured Cells
View Abstract | Purchase Article | Student Researcher: J. Shi, Auburn High School |
Mentholated and Non-Mentholated Cigarettes Alter Transepithelial Electrical Resistance of Calu-3 Human Bronchial Epithelial Cells
View Abstract | Purchase Article | Student Researcher: Jorjana Alakayak, Mt. Edgecumbe High School |
Effects of Post-Weaning ICV IL-6 on Food Intake and Body Weight
View Abstract | Purchase Article | Student Researcher: Josette Pierre, Saint Vincent Academy |
Symptoms of Type 2 diabetes in the Urine of Rats that Regularly Drink Alcohol
View Abstract | Purchase Article | Student Researcher: Juan Aparicio, South Anchorage High School |
Expression of MRF4 in Cranial Regions of Xenopus Laevis Embryos
View Abstract | Purchase Article | Student Researcher: Kathelyn Larson, Mt. Edgecumbe High School |
Understanding the Role of Histone H2A Serine 122 in DNA Double Strand Break Repair
View Abstract | Purchase Article | Student Researcher: Kathleen Choi, Sitka, Alaska |
Patient Satisfaction in an Academic Internal Medicine Clinic Compared to a Federally Qualified Health Center
View Abstract | Purchase Article | Student Researcher: Lauren Wilson, Academy of Business and Technology |
Determining an Endogenous Control within Jurkat Cells for Evaluation of IMiD-1 Analogue
View Abstract | Purchase Article | Student Researcher: Lucas Ramcharran, Design and Architecture Senior High |
El Proyecto Bienestar or The Well-Being Project
View Abstract | Purchase Article | Student Researcher: Rubicelia Perez, Mabton High School; Mariana C. Katzfey, Wapato High School |
Calcium Signals in Rat Pancreatic INS-1 Beta Cells
View Abstract | Purchase Article | Student Researcher: Marifel Barbasa, James Campbell High School |
Antiretroviral Protein Binding in Blood and Seminal Plasmas
View Abstract | Purchase Article | Student Researcher: Norieliz De Jesus Velazquez, Ponce High School |
High Carbohydrate vs Low Carbohydrate: The Effect of Carbohydrates on the Glycemic Level of Persons with Type 2
View Abstract | Purchase Article | Student Researcher: Raul Castro, Martin High School |
Atrial Fibrillation: Multi-detector CT Evaluation of Left Atrial Morphology
View Abstract | Purchase Article | Student Researcher:Richard A. Chiang, Saratoga High School |
Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes Diet vs Atkins Diet for Efficacy of Cholesterol Lowering
View Abstract | Purchase Article | Student Researcher:Rose Bamfo, Greenhills School |
Effect of Flavor Variety on Alcohol Self-Administration in Long-Evans Rats
View Abstract | Purchase Article | Student Researcher:Sally May Enriquez, Juneau-Douglas High School |
X-Linked Deletion Analysis in Chronic Granulomatous Disease
View Abstract | Purchase Article | Student Researcher:Sana Dastgheyb, McLean High School |
Symptoms of Alcohol-Induced Liver and Heart Disease in Rats that Regularly Drink Alcohol
View Abstract | Purchase Article | Student Researcher:Sofia Infante, East Anchorage High School |
Ethnic Differences in Vasomotor Symptoms and Blood Pressure During Menopause
View Abstract | Purchase Article | Student Researcher:Stacey Torigoe, Waiakea High School |
Critical Factors in the Spread of Salmonellosis
View Abstract | Purchase Article | Student Researcher:Veronica Herrera, Martin High School |
Noncompliance in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Enrolled in Local Diabetes Education
View Abstract | Purchase Article | Student Researcher:Vidal Ramirez, Martin High School |
ABSTRACTS:
Research from The National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, and Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science 2007 High School Student Summer Research Program
View Abstract | Purchase Article |
EXERCISE TRAINING AMELIORATES CHRONIC ALCOHOL-INDUCED HYPERTENSION, ANGIOTENSIN II LEVELS AND RENAL OXIDATIVE STRESS IN RATS
|
Student Researcher: Abraham Torres, Padre Anibal Reyes Belen High School
Mentor: Kazim Husain, PhD, University of Puerto Rico, Ponce |
IMPACT OF CARPAL TUNNEL RELEASE ON PATIENTS WITH VS WITHOUT DIABETES
|
Student Researcher: Alex Hurst, Catholic High School
Mentors: Dr. Darryl Wayne Peterson; Dr. Shervondylnn Brown, Greater Baton Rouge Surgical Hospital; Dr. Charles J. Monlezun, Department of Experimental Statistics, Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| THE ASSOCIATION OF VITAMIN D RECEPTOR POLYMORPHISM AND THE RISK OF DIABETES IN AFRICAN AMERICAN AND HISPANIC AMERICAN FEMALES |
Student Researcher: Ashley Marie Terrell
Mentor: Jaydutt Vadgama, PhD, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, California |
| EVALUATION OF SHOTGUN-BASED GLOBAL PROTEOMIC PROFILING OF A SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE STRAIN LACKING THE F-BOX PROTEIN GRR1 REVEALS A NEW ROLE FOR GRR1 IN THE REGULATION OF INOSITOL METABOLISM |
Student Researcher: R.W. Magnabosco, Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School
Mentor: Joshua W. Heyen; Mark G. Goebl, Indiana University School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indianapolis, Indiana |
AWARENESS AND IMPLEMENTATION OF CLINICAL RESEARCH IN WEBB COUNTY
|
Student Researcher: Cesar Cardenas Jr., Martin High School
Mentors: Hector F. Gonzalez, MD, MPH, City of Laredo Health Department, Laredo, Texas |
DEVELOPMENT OF A MOLECULAR BASED APPROACH TO DETECTING PATHOGENIC LEPTOSPIRA IN ENVIRONMENTAL WATER SAMPLES
|
Student Researcher: Mei Yi Cheng, Punahou High School
Mentor: Mayee Wong, MS; Bruce Wilcox, PhD, University of Hawaii, Honolulu |
HEALTH RISKS FOR DIABETES IN HAWAIIAN SCHOOL CHILDREN
|
Student Researcher: CoraLee Michaud, Hilo High School
Mentor: Lincon Gotshalk, PhD, University of Hawaii at Hilo |
VARIATION IN BODY MASS INDEX AND Z-SCORES AND IN CHILDREN REGISTERED IN THE PEDIATRIC INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE CONSORTIUM
|
Student Researcher: Danna Padilla, El Camino High School
Mentor: Jose Folashade, MD, University of California, San Francisco |
| THE PREVENTIVE EFFECT OF BAMBOO EXTRACT ON OBESITY-INDUCED TYPE 2 DIABETES |
Student Researcher: Dawn Vess
Mentor: Wanyu Liu; Marla J. Berry; Jun Panee, Department of Cell & Molecular Biology, John A Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, Honolulu |
| A ROLE FOR B CELLS IN RENAL FIBROSIS? |
Student Researchers: Donovan Dewberry, Federal Way High School
Mentors: Allison Eddy, MD; Jesu ´s Lo´pez-Guisa, PhD, Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center and University of Washington, Seattle |
| IMPROVING DIAGNOSIS OF POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME (PCOS) THROUGH PROTEIN PROFILING |
Student Researchers: Eric Emilio Butter, James M. Johnston Center for Undergraduate Excellence, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Mentors: Craig Laramee, PhD, Innovative Technologies Complex, SUNY-Binghamton, New York; Olayinka Wilhelm, MD, Diabetes Education & Management Center, UHS Hospitals, Johnson City, New York |
| BACTERIAL INTERFERENCE FOR PREVENTION OF URINARY TRACT INFECTION IN SPINAL CORD INJURY PATIENTS |
Student Researcher: Ismail Lakhani, Dulles High School
Mentors: Barbara Trautner, MD, PhD, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas |
EGFP/MMP-9 NULL MICE AS A MODEL FOR GENERATING GREEN FLUORESCENT BONE MARROW DERIVED STEM CELLS LACKING MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE
|
Student Researcher: Jahkim Felder, Miami Northwestern Sr. High School, Miami Florida
Mentor: Jeffrey S. Austin; Ishmael Sharpe, III, MBA; M. Elizabeth Fini, PhD, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miami, Florida |
| THE ROLE OF PHOSPHOLIPASE D1 IN GLUT4 TRAFFICKING |
Student Researcher: Jenny Aguilar, Sleepy Hollow High School
Mentors: Eva Gonzalez, PhD; Tim McGraw, PhD, Cornell University, Tarrytown, New York |
| COMPARISON OF CT-ANGIOGRAPHY AND TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY FOR THE EVALUATION OF AORTIC ATHEROSCLEROSIS IN STROKE PATIENTS |
Student Researcher: Michael Rosario, Home Schooled/Mission College
Mentors: Max Wintermark, University of California, San Francisco |
| SOURCE OF SUPEROXIDE GENERATION IN RESPONSE TO HIGH GLUCOSE IN MOUSE PROXIMAL TUBULE CELLS |
Student Researcher: Nana Misa, Bethesda Chevy Chase
Mentor: S. Connors; W. Welch, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Georgetown University, Bethesda, Maryland |
DNA SEQUENCING OF PHAGE E34
|
Student Researcher: NataliedB. Rivera Suarez, Santa Maria High School
Mentor: Robert Villafane, PhD, Ponce School of Medicine, Ponce, Puerto Rico |
| POLYMORPHIC VARIANTS IN MC1R AS MARKER FOR RISK OF MALIGNANT MELANOMA |
Student Researcher: Quinton Smith, La Cueva High School
Mentors: Esther Erdei, PhD, MscHons; Kirsten A.M. White, MS, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Epidemiology & Biostatistics Molecular Epidemiology Laboratory, Albuquerque, New Mexico |
THE DEVELOPMENT AND BALANCE OF SULFATION METABOLISM IN THE PEDIATRIC LIVER
|
Student Researcher: Ron Arleigh C. Tamayo, Waipahu High School
Mentors: Abby C. Collier, PhD, John A. Burns School of Medicine, Honolulu, Hawaii |
| NUTRITIONAL ANALYSIS OF SERVICE PLANNING AREA 6, LOS ANGELES COUNTY |
Student Researcher: Ryan Connor, El Segundo High School
Mentor: Paul Robinson, PhD, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, California |
| MUTATIONS IN THE MYOSTATIN GENE |
Student Researcher: Tameka Watson, King/Drew Magnet High School of Medicine and Science
Mentor: Suzanne Porszasz-Reisz, PhD, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, California |
| ESCHERICHIA COLI THIOREDOXIN TRANSFORMATION AND PURIFICATION |
Student Researcher: Tanisha Anderson, The Spence School
Mentors: Carolina Caravalho, Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University; Carla Rospigliosi, MS, Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru, New York, New York |
| CRUCIFEROUS INDOLE-BASED COMPOUNDS REGULATE CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM |
Student Researcher: Tiffany Lastimosa, James Campbell High School
Mentor: Andre Theriault; Geoffrey Maiyoh; Joah Kuh, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii |
ABSTRACTS IN DEVELOPMENT: RESULTS PENDING:
Research from The National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, and Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science 2007 High School Student Summer Research Program
View Abstract | Purchase Article |
DEVELOPMENT IMPACT INJURY RISK
|
Student Researcher: Erica Taylor, Miami Northwestern Senior High School
Mentor: Gayane Stepanian, MA, University of Miami, School of Medicine, Miami, Florida |
| SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS: YEAST VMA4 SUBUNIT E |
Student Researcher: Greg Arias, Sandia High School
Mentor: Karlett J. Parra, PhD, University of New Mexico Microbiology and Biochemistry Department, Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| COMPARISON OF URINE, MECONIUM, AND VERNIX SPECIMENS FOR TOXICOLOGY SCREENING IN NEWBORN INFANTS |
Student Researcher: Kamila Lambert, Menlo High School
Mentor: Dr. John Colin Partridge, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco General Hospital Department of Pediatrics, San Francisco, California |
| THE EFFECT OF COQ10 ON THE BCL-2 FAMILY IN MELANOMA EXPRESSION OF BIM IN SKMEL-28 CELLS WITH COQ10 TREATMENT AT TIME DEPENDENT INTERVALS |
Student Researcher: Lizbeth A. Pinto, Miami Northwestern Senior High School
Mentors: Indushekhar Persaud; Niven R. Narain, Department of Dermatology, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine University of Miami, Florida |
| ANALYSIS OF TRANSBILAYER FLIP FLOP OF PHOSPHOLIPIDS BY ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM PROTEINS |
Student Researcher: Marcus Henderson, Horace Mann High School
Mentors: Dr. Anant K. Menon, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York |
| PYY AND GLP-1 EXPRESSIONS IN OBESITY PRONE AND OBESITY RESISTANT RATS |
Student Researcher: Raphael A. Malbrue, Catholic University
Mentors: Stefany Primeaux, Pennington Biomedical Research Center- Dietary/Obesity Laboratories; Douglas Braymer; George Bray, Biomedical Research Center- Dietary/Obesity Laboratories, Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| GROWTH DYNAMICS OF MARINE PHYTOPLANKTON |
Student Researcher: Sharria Scavella, Miami Northwestern Senior High School
Mentors: Dr. Alexandra Worden; Rory Welsh, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences; Ishmael Sharpe, University of Miami, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Florida |
| EXAMINING PTSD AMONG SOUTHEAST ASIAN COMMUNITIES WITHIN A CULTURAL FRAMEWORK |
Student Researcher: Vi Le, Oakland Technical High School
Mentor: Erica Torres, PsyD; Nancy Quiggle, PhD, University of California, San Francisco, California |
| OPTICAL IMAGING OF TUMOR TARGETED NATURAL KILLER CELLS |
Student Researcher: Julia Arzeno, Montavista High School
Mentor: Sidhartha Tavri, MD, Sophie Boddington, Reinhard Meier, MD, Lydia Mandrussow, Tobias Henning, MD, Karen Hagberg, Heike Daldrup-Link, MD, PHD; Contrast Agent Research Group, Center for Functional and Molecular Imaging, Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco, California |
| THE CONNECTION BETWEEN DIABETES AND ORAL CARE |
Student Researcher: Darcielle Allen, Detroit School of Arts
Mentor: Eric Ayers, MD, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan |
| COMPARISON OF COGNITIVE FUNCTION, QUALITY OF LIFE, SEXUAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL FUNCTION IN WOMEN WITH HYPOPITUITARISM: THE ROLE OF ANDROGENS |
Student Researcher: Kiara Banks, King/Drew Magnet High School of Medicine & Science
Mentor: Erik Zuckerbraun, Ted Friedman, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine & Science, Los Angeles, California |
| TESTOSTERONE STIMULATION OF CARDIOMYOCYTES ENRICHED BY SELECTION OF MURINE EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS WITH AN a-MHC PROMOTER PLASMID |
Student Researcher: Jonathan Black, King/Drew Magnet High School of Medicine and Science
Mentor: Wayne E. Taylor, PhD, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, California |
| THE LINK BETWEEN CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, KIDNEY DISEASE, AND ABANDONED URANIUM MINES ON THE NAVAJO RESERVATION |
Student Researcher: Justin Devore, Gallup High School
Mentor: Johnnye Lewis, PhD, DABT, College of Pharmacy, Health Sciences Center, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| A POSSIBLE ROLE FOR FORSKOLIN AS A REGULATOR OF ADHERENT JUNCTIONS ASSEMBLY AND STABILITY |
Student Researcher: Ashley Mariani, Colegio Poncen˜o
Mentor: Pedro Santiago, PhD, Ponce School of Medicine, Ponce, Puerto Rico |
| TESTOSTERONE STIMULATION OF INSULIN-INDUCED GLUCOSE UPTAKE, AKT SIGNALING AND GLUT4 MEMBRANE TRANSPORT OBSERVED IN 3T3-L1 MOUSE ADIPOCYTES |
Student Researcher: Nze Chijioke, King/Drew Magnet High School of Medicine and Science
Mentor: Dr. Wayne E. Taylor; Rajan Singh, Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, California |
| THE MOLECULAR EFFECT OF NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS (MENS) TRIAL ON EARLY STAGE PROSTATE CANCER |
Student Researcher: Kirsten Perez, Castro Valley High School
Mentor: Nannette Perez, University of California, San Francisco, California |
