2022 IMPRS Scholarship and Award Recipients
Hazel and Tommy Thompson Cardiac Research Scholarship Award
- Jonathan Arnold
- Project title: Design Improvement and Deployment Efficacy of Novel 3D-Printed Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffolds in Coronary Artery Atherosclerosis
- Faculty Mentor: Mike Sturek, PhD
- Katrina Fliotos
- Project title: Creating a patient registry for Parkview vein clinic
- David Sowden, MD
- Noah Nisen
- Project title: One-Carbon Metabolism, a Nutrient Dependent Mediator of Angiogenesis and Alveolar Formation in the Developing Lung
- Faculty Mentor: Margaret Schwarz, MD
General Excellence Award
- Austin Darden
- Project title: The Effect of Large Femoral Heads and Acetabular Cup Position on PROMs after Modern Posterior Approach THA
- Faculty Mentor: Michael Meneghini, MD
- Alexandra LaShell
- Project title: Mixed Methods Analysis of Patient Utilization and Trust of Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
- Faculty Mentor: Nancy Glober, MD
- Claudia Li
- Project title: The Relationship Between Loneliness and Quality of Life in Older Adults
- Faculty Mentor: Nicole Fowler, PhD
- Sydnye Nosbusch
- Project title: Relationships Between Health Behaviors, Social Determinants of Health, and Patient Demographics in an Urban Northwest Indiana Hospital
- Faculty Mentors: Jonathan Guerrero, PharmD and Baraka Muvuka, PhD, MPH
- Payal Patel
- Project title: Immunoreactive Trypsinogen Levels in Infants Born to Women with Cystic Fibrosis Taking Elexacaftor-Tezacaftor-Ivacaftor
- Faculty Mentors: Don B Sanders, MD and James Chmiel, MD
- Anastasiya Yakovlyeva
- Project title: Racial disparities in a community-based addiction reduction (CARE) program for women of reproduction age with substance use disorder
- Faculty Mentor: Deb Litzelman, MD
- Angela Zhao
- Project title: Therapeutic Effects of Benzoylacetonitrile on Microglia Activation in Multiple Sclerosis
- Faculty Mentor: Jui-Hung Jimmy Yen, PhD, MS
Marvella Bayh Memorial Scholarship
- Kéyana Foster
- Project title: EPHA2 is a potential target for the treatment of NF2-/-Vestibular Schwannoma
- Faculty Mentor: Charles Yates, MD
NIH NEI-T35 Award
- Michael Happe
- Project title: Clinical Features Distinguishing Diabetic Retinopathy Severity Using Artificial Intelligence
- Faculty Mentor: Amir Hajrasouliha, MD
NIH NHLBI-T35 Award
- Jessica Miller
- Project title: Protease-Activated-Receptors 1 and 2 Antagonists Block the Initiation of Food Allergy
- Faculty Mentor: Joan Cook-Mills, PhD
- Savannah Phipps
- Project title: Evaluating the Effects of Targeted Drug Therapies for 8q24.3 Amplified Breast Cancer
- Faculty Mentor: Harikrishna Nakshatri, MD
- Sarah Spivak
- Project title: A Cancer Cell's Toolbox for Conquering Other Organs: Discovering and Combating the Secretome of a Metastasis Capable Cancer Cell
- Faculty Mentor: Harikrishna Nakshatri, MD
- Kennedy Stoll
- Project title: Characterization of a conserved cysteine residue in the papillomavirus E2 protein
- Faculty Mentor: Elliot Androphy, PhD
William H. and Fern L. Hardiman Scholarship
- Emily Heldman
- Project title: Histologic Diversity of Thymic Epithelial Tumors in Patients with Myasthenia Gravis
- Faculty Mentors: Ken Kesler, MD and Pat Loehrer, MD
- Quinn Kaurich
- Project title: Targeted Inhibition of the HGF/c-met Pathway by Merestinib Augments the effects of Albumin-bound Paclitaxel in Gastric Cancer
- Faculty Mentor: Niranjan Awasthi, PhD
- Gloria Xue
- Project title: Spatial Transcriptomic Profiling of Cutaneous Melanoma Progression
- Faculty Mentor: Matt Turner, MD, PhD
The Phillip A. Hoskins Foundation
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Reid Masterson
- Project title: Mechanical Thrombectomy Outcome in COVID-19 Thrombosis
- Faculty Mentor: Jerry Kovoor, MD
Claude Smith Black, MD, Award for Outstanding Work in Research
- Jasmine Moawad
- Project title: Tmprss3 deficiency does not affect auditory neuron differentiation: Implications for cochlear implantation
- Faculty Mentor: Rick Nelson, MD, PhD
2022 IMPRS Presentation Finalist Award
- Ailish Cornwell
- Project title: The reach, implementation, and effectiveness of virtual sex education for foster care youth
- Faculty Mentor: Mary Ott, MD
- Carli King
- Project title: Challenges of Recruitment of Diverse Populations in Clinical Research
- Faculty Mentor: Brownsyne Tucker Edmonds, MD, MPH, MS
- Louis Laniak
- Project title: Trends in Metastases of Stage IV Thymic Epithelial Tumors
- Faculty Mentors: Ken Kesler, MD and Pat Loehrer, MD
- Liam Mungcal
- Project title: Improving Family and Surrogate Research Engagement in Nursing Homes
- Faculty Mentor: Kathleen Unroe, MD
- Keegan Riggs
- Project title: Inhibition of CaMKK2 Decreases Progression of Post-traumatic Osteoarthritis
- Faculty Mentor: Uma Sankar, PhD
- Paul Smith
- Project title: Epidemiology of Pediatric Uveitis in Indiana
- Faculty Mentor: Martha Rodriguez, MD
- Hannah Witting
- Project title: Challenges of Recruitment of Diverse Populations in Clinical Research
- Faculty Mentor: Brownsyne Tucker Edmonds, MD, MPH, MS
- Brice Wuthrich
- Project title: Evaluation of Chemotherapeutic Outcomes for Thymic Carcinoma Patients
- Faculty Mentors: Ken Kesler, MD and Pat Loehrer, MD
2022 IMPRS Presentation Honorable Mention
- Sunjay Anekal
- Project title: Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Promote Muscle Fiber Regeneration in a Diabetic Mouse Model of Critical Limb Threatening Ischemia
- Faculty Mentor: Michael Murphy, MD
- Larry Chen
- Project title: Validation of the Modified Radiographic Union Score for Tibia Fractures (mRUST) in Female Murine Femoral Fractures
- Faculty Mentor: Melissa Kacena, PhD, MS
- Stephanie Diaz
- Project title: Intravital Microscopy Optimization for Murine Tail Lymphedema Model
- Faculty Mentor: Al Hassanein, MD
- Sarah Doherty
- Project title: Changes in Cortical Composition during Gyrification in the Developing Brain
- Faculty Mentor: Kara Garcia, PhD
- Nicole Jansen
- Project title: Continuous Parathyroid Hormone Treatment Improves Bone Formation Rate in Parathyroidectomized Rats
- Faculty Mentor: Matt Allen, PhD
- Alexis Macha
- Project title: Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitor and Angiotensin Receptor Blocker Use and ICU Delirium Incidence
- Faculty Mentors: Babar Khan, MD and Sikandar Khan, MS, DO
- Victoria Martine
- Project title: Does Intraesophageal Bougie Use Prevent Post-operative Dysphagia in Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication?
- Faculty Mentor: Dimitrios Stefanidis, MD, PhD, FACS, FASMBS
- Precious Okoruwa
- Project title: Grounded Practical Theory Analysis of Patient-Provider Communication with Black Women Participating in Breast Cancer Clinical Trials
- Faculty Mentor: Kathi Ridley-Merriweather, MA
- Leah Peipert
- Project title: Complications in Burn Patients Following Fluid Over-Resuscitation
- Faculty Mentor: James Kraatz, MD
- Taylor Prechtel
- Project title: The Role of the Integrated Stress Response in the Biologic Response of Keratinocytes to UVB Exposure
- Faculty Mentor: Dan Spandau, MS, PhD
- Ibrahim Rehman
- Project title: Development of PET Tracers of Glutamine Metabolism
- Faculty Mentor: Michael Schulte, PhD
- Raymond Smith
- Project title: Outcomes of Arterial and Caval Resection During Post-Chemotherapy Retroperitoneal Lymph Node Dissection in Metastatic Testicular Cancer
- Faculty Mentor: Sandra McCabe, MD
- Marissa Vander Missen
- Project title: Husisha: Training peer-counselors in adolescent problem-solving therapy in Eldoret, Kenya: Implementation, adaptation, and outcomes
- Faculty Mentor: Jen Baenziger, MD
- Kailah Young
- Project title: Targeting Arg-1 and PD-L1 in M2-Tumor Associated Macrophages Impairs Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia (JMML) Cell Proliferation and Migration
- Faculty Mentor: Reuben Kapur, PhD
- Adam Zhuang
- Project title: The inhibition of pancreatic cancer progression by PI3K-activated MSC proteomes
- Faculty Mentor: Hiroki Yokata, PhD
