Section | Mentor | Project Title |
Cardiology | Applegate | Evaluation of Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Acute & Chronic Coronary Syndrome Undergoing Catheterization and PCI Procedure |
Cheng | Beta3-Adrenergic Receptors and Cardiac Dysfunction in a Murine Model of Heart Failure |
Cheng | Anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor-α and the Progression of Heart Failure in Rats |
Cheng | Molecular Basis in the Development of Alcoholic Cardiomyopathy in Monkeys |
Cheng | Mechanisms of Carvedilol in the Progression of Heart Failure: Blockade of Beta3-Adrenoceptors |
Cheng | Beta3-Adrenergic Receptor Blockade on Left Ventricular Arterial Coupling and Mechanical Efficiency at Rest and during Exercise in Heart Failure |
Cheng | Levosimendan: Effect Per Oral (capsule) Administration on Hemodynamics and Neurohormonal Responses (The Pharmacodynamic vs the Pharmacokinetic Relationship) Before and After CHF |
Cheng | Effect of Levosimendan on Force-Frequency Relationship in Heart Failure |
Herrington | Association of ABCA1 Polymorphisms and Inflammation Proteins |
Herrington | Use of Thoracic CT to Estimate LV Mass |
Herrington | IRACI Variants and CRP |
Hundley | Detection of Cardiac Injury from Chemotherapy |
Hundley | Use of Imaging to Predict Emergency Room Visits with Heart Failure |
Kitzman | Upgrade of Hand-Held Echo Doppler System |
Kitzman | Mechanisms of Exercise Intolerance in Diastolic Heart Failure |
Kitzman | Clinical Utility of Echocardiography: Case Studies and Case Series |
Watts | Clinical Reviews |
Endocrinology | Calles | Obesity Effects on Parameters of the Metabolic Syndrome: A Multiethnic Comparison |
Crouse | Non-invasive Evaluation of Carotid Atherosclerosis: Relation to Coronary Artery Disease |
Crouse | Validation of CT and MRI of Carotid Atherosclerosis: Risk Factor Relationship |
Gastroenterology | Bloomfeld | Nutritional regulation of human Crohn's disease by conjugated linoleic acid |
Bloomfeld | Crohn's disease diagnosed by capsule endoscopy |
Bloomfeld | The utility of IBD serologies in the diagnosis of inflammatory diseases of the colon |
Bloomfeld | Virtual colonoscopy for colorectal cancer screening: An assessment of racial differences |
Bloomfeld | GM-CSF in Crohn's disease: A Phase III, multicenter, double-blind, randonized, placebo-controlled retreatment study of Sargramostin in patients with active Crohn's disease and prior treatment response to Sargramostim |
Bloomfeld | A pilot study of the effects of dietary soy supplementation on Crohn's disease |
Bloomfeld | GM-CSF in Crohn's disease: open-label trial of Sargramostim, a recombinant human granylocyte-macrophage stimulating factor (GM-CSF), in active Crohn's disease |
Bloomfeld | A multicenter, randomized, Phase 2a study of monoclonal antibody to IL-12p40 (CNTO 1275) in subjects with moderately to severely active Crohn's disease |
Bloomfeld | Azathioprine in Crohn's disease: ACORDIS: A Crohn's disease optimal regimen for dosing of Imuran study |
Bloomfeld | Thiopurine Methyltransferase activity is correlated with Azathioprine metabolite levels in inflammatory bowel disease patients in clinical GI practice |
Bloomfeld | TREAT Registry: The Crohn's therapy resource evaluation and assessment tool |
Bloomfeld | Asacol in UC: A naturalistic study of Asacol dosing patterns & outcomes in the treatment of ulcerative colitis |
Bloomfeld | The efficacy of topical Metronidazole (10%) in the treatment of anorectal Crohn's disease |
Bruggen | A randomized, double-blind, prospective, placebo-controlled comparison of calcium and Piroxicam for the prevention of recurrences of adenomatous colorectal polyps CPC-9801 |
Bruggen | A multi-center, double blind, dose ranging trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of L-Glucose as a colon cleansing agent prior to colonoscopy LGLU-02 |
Dawson | lleal bile acid transporter mutations in patients with "black" pigment stones |
Dawson | Colonic expression of bile acid transporter genes in normal colonic mucosa and adenomas |
Koch | Nausea and vomiting of pregnancy: gastric myoelectric activity and water load tests |
Koch | Effects of calcium supplements on upper GI symptons and electrogastrogram patterns |
Koch | Gastric myoelectrical activity and upper GI symptoms in patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus |
Soker/Koch | Liver regeneration studies |
Christ/Koch | Gastric dysmotility and gastroparesis in animals with diabetes |
Koch | Neuromuscular function of the urinary bladder |
Koch | Myoelectrical activity of the urinary bladder |
Levine | Genetics, hormonal, EGG, ANS, and psychosocial markers for susceptibility to the nausea of motion sickness: Implications for nausea in other contexts |
Levine | High protein and ginger meals as adjuvant therapies for the delayed nausea and gastric dysrhythmia of cancer chemotherapy |
Levine | Effect of enzyme supplements on meal-related symptom of dyspepsia |
Levine | Psychophysiological differentiation of patients with and without anticipatory nausea of cancer chemotherapy: Implications for nonpharmacological interventions |
Levine | Effect of specific amino acids on nausea and gastric myoelectrical activity |
Levine | Cognitive impairments associated with motion sickness environment |
Levine | Relationships between hunger, satiety, fullness and the EGG |
Levine | Stress-induced changes in appetite: EGG, ANS, and psychosocial influences on individual differences in tendencies to eat as a coping mechanism |
Levine | Nausea and vomiting of pregnancy: Potential therapeutic approaches and EGG, ANS, hormonal, and psychosocial aspects |
Mishra | Conventional EUS-FNA vs. EUS-FNA + brush cytology system: What is the incremental benefits? |
Mishra | EUS-FNA of esophageal wall to determine complete response after neoadjuvant therapy in esophageal cancer |
Mishra | Capsace and MIB1 as predictors of complete response in patients with esophageal cancer after neoadjuvant therapy |
Mishra | Heparin rinsed EUS-FNA vs. conventional EUS-FNA needle system: A prospective randomized trial |
Mishra | Cytology slides alone versus entire cytology brush analysis for diagnosing malignancy in biliary structures |
Mishra | EGFR receptor studies from EUS-FNA of pancreatic adenocarcinoma: A feasibility study |
Mishra | Urinary cadium levels in patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma |
Weinberg | Effect of apo A-IV polymorphisms on ω-3 fatty acid absorption in humans |
Weinberg | Structure and interfacial behavior of human apo A-IV |
Weinberg | Effect of apolipoprotein polymorphisms on human lactation |
General Internal
Medicine | Mellen | Macronutrient intake and microalbuminuria |
Miller | ACS grant: "Overcoming literacy barriers in colorectal cancer screening" (This is a randomized-controlled trial testing the ability of a multimedia, educational computer program to overcome the literacy barriers and increase colorectal cancer screening rates) |
Singh | Systematic review and meta-analysis of the risk of gastrointestinal bleed with SSRIs |
Wofford | Outpatient Clinic quality improvement projects - Residents may sign up for a one month elective in outpatient quality improvement |
Gerontology and Geriatrics | Atkinson | Care of the vulnerable elderly educational project |
Ding | Pericardial fat and the development of cardiovascular disease |
Kritchevsky | Pulmonary function and inflammation in the elderly |
Nicklas | Effects of diet and exercise intervention |
Nicolle | The neurobiological basis of memory decline in aging |
Sink | Correlates of memory disorders in older adults |
Williamson | Analysis of existing data sets on factors related to health and aging |
Hematology and Oncology | Akman | Biology of exocyclic alkylamino purine DNA adducts |
Keung | Cytogenetic abnormalities in hematopoeitic stem cell transplant patients |
Knovich | Inflammatory markers in thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura |
Kucera | Laboratory testing of novel chemotherapeutic agents |
Levitan | Prevalence of cytogenetic abnormalities in ALL patients by ethnicity. |
Levitan | MGUS/elevated B-2 microglobulin in renal failure patients. |
McQuellon | Depression screening in cancer patients following cytoreductive surgery and intraperitoneal heated chemotherapy. |
Owen | In vitro detection of pathologic antibodies in heparin-induced thrombocytopenia |
Owen | JAK2 mutations in myeloproliferative disorders |
Petty | RAR Beta 1: A novel tumor suppressor in lung carcinogenesis |
Petty | Augmenting the clinical activity of epidermal growth factor receptor inhibition with receptor-selective retinoids |
Porosnicu | Enhancing selective oncolytic activity of vesicular stomatitis virus by expression of suicide genes. |
Porosnicu | EGFR inhibitors: biomarkers of response and mechanisms of escape. |
Infectious Disease | High | Bench research projects on the role of IL-23 and IL-17 in host defense |
High | New adjuvants to improve vaccine responses in older adults - both animal and human studies are in progress |
High | Chart review projects of infectious diseases in immunocompromised hosts (e.g. hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients, leukemia/lymphoma) |
Nunez | Hepatitis B in HIV co-infected patients: impact of race on spontaneous clearance and on clinical progression |
Nunez | Toxicities of antiretroviral drugs according to race |
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