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Research in Lipid Sciences
PhD in Molecular & Cellular Pathobiology

Awards & Honors

Nearly all of the students in the MacPath Program graduate with several peer-reviewed publications to their credit, and most also attend and present their research at regional and national meetings in their areas of expertise.  To learn more about current students' publications, click on their names below or in the list at left. 

2007:

Donna Perry.  Department of Defense (DOD) Prostate Cancer Research Program (PCRP) Prostate Cancer Training Awards from the Office of the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP).  Funding is through 2010.

Anny Mulya. Junior Investigator Award for Women, Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology Annual Conference, American Heart Association, Chicago, IL, April 19-21, 2007.

2006:

Tam Nguyen.  Gilliam Fellowship [link].  Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 2006. More information about Tam Nguyen and the Gilliam Fellowship can be found here.

Jennifer Cann.  Poster Presentation.  Augmentation of DRP and MMP-9 in Advanced Atherosclerosis Lesions in Cynomolgus Macaques (Macaca fascicularis).  American College of Veterinary Pathologists, 57th Annual Meeting. Tucson, AZ, December 2-6, 2006.

Anny Mulya. Oral Presentation.  "Initial Interaction of Lipid Free apoA-I with ATP Binding Cassette Transporter A1 Impacts Metabolic Fate of apoA-I in vivo." American Heart Association Scientific Session.  Chicago, IL. November, 2006.

Anna Blade.  Oral Presentation.  "The Role of ApoAV in Triglyceride Metabolism."  South East Lipid Research Conference. Callaway Gardens, Pine Mountain, GA., October 3, 2006.

Alex Bell. Poster Presentation – Travel Grant. Botanical Center Directors’ Meeting, "A Comparison of Dietary Safflower, Flaxseed, and Fish Oil on Plasma, Liver, and Aortic Lipids in Atherosclerosis in ApoB100 only LDLr null Mice." July 2006.

Anne Sanders.  Presentation & Poster. Blue Ridge Regional Conference on Innate Immunology and Inflammation, Blacksburg, VA. "Genetic and Cellular Insights into Cancer-Resistant SR/CR mice." May 2006.

John Stehle Jr.  Invited Presentation.  Blue Ridge Regional Conference on Innate Immunity and Inflammation: Blacksburg, VA. "The Antimicrobial Response in Cancer Resistant SR/CR Mice." May 4-5, 2006.

Anny Mulya. Poster Presentation – New Investigator Travel Award. 7th Annual Conference on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology, Denver, CO. "Lipidation of ApoA-I by ABCA1 results in Heterogeneous-Sized pre-β HDL Particles with reduced ability to interaction with ABCA1." April 2006.

2005:

Anny Mulya. Predoctoral Fellowship from the Mid-Atlantic Affiliate of the American Heart Association. 2005-2007

Jennifer Cann, DVM. Poster Presentation. American College of Veterinary Pathologists. 56th Annual Meeting. Boston, Massachusetts. Cann JA, Kock ND, Trybus J, Gee MK. "Fatal Melioidosis in Two Recently Imported Cynomolgus Macaques (Macaca fascicularis)." December 2005.

Donna Perry, DVM. Poster Presentation - Christopher T. Starost Memorial Oncology Scholarship Second Place Award. 56th Annual Meeting of the American College of Veterinary Pathologists, Boston, MA. "The Effects of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids on Prostatic Adenocarcinoma Development in the Prostate-Specific PTEN Knockout Murine Model." December 2005.

Donna Perry, DVM. Poster Presentation. 6th International Symposium on the Role of Soy in Preventing and Treating Chronic Disease, Chicago, IL. "Dietary Soy Isoflavones Have No Adverse Effects on the Nonhuman Primate Prostate, Testis, or Mammary Gland." October 2005.

Alex Bell. Poster Presentation – New Investigator Travel Award. Kern Aspen Lipid Conference, "Monounsaturated Fatty AcylCoA is Predictive of Atherosclerosis in Human ApoB100 Transgenic, LDL Receptor Null Mice." August 2005.

Anny Mulya. Poster Presentation – New Investigator Travel Award. Kern Aspen Lipid Conference, CO. "Minimal Lipidation of apoA-1 by ABCA1 forms heterogeneous-sized pre-β HDL particles with reduced ability to interact with ABCA1." August 2005.

Alex Bell. Poster Presentation – New Investigator Travel Award. Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology Meeting, "Inhibition of Hepatic ACAT2 by Antisense Oligonucleotides Reduces Atherogenic Lipoprotein Concentrations in ApoB100 Only/LDL Receptor Null Mice." April 2005.

Anne Sanders. Poster Presentation. WFU's Graduate Student Research Day, Winston-Salem, NC. "Effect of Immune Deficiency on the SR/CR Phenotype of Cancer Resistance." March 2005.

Donna Perry, DVM. Poster Presentation. 14th Annual Meeting of the Triangle Consortium for Reproductive Biology, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC. "The Histopathologic Effects of Soy-Derived Isoflavones on the Prostate Gland." February 2005.

2004:

Jennifer Cann, DVM. Poster Presentation.  American College of Veterinary Pathologists. 55th Annual Meeting. Orlando, Florida. Remick AK, Wood CE, Cann JA, Feiste EA, Cline JM, and Kock ND. "Histologic and Immunohistochemical Characterization of Spontaneous Pituitary Adenomas in 13 Cynomolgus Macaques (Macaca fascicularis)." November 2004.

Jennifer Cann, DVM. Oral Presentation. Primate Pathology Workshop 2004. Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.  Cann JA, Cline JM. "Gonadotroph Hypertrophy and Hyperplasia in a Postmenopausal Cynomolgus Macaque (Macaca fascicularis)." October 2004.

Jennifer Cann, DVM. Oral Presentation.  Association of Primate Veterinarians Annual Workshop. Tampa, Florida. Cann JA, Gee MK, Kock ND. "Unusual Presentation of a T-Cell Rich B-Cell Lymphoma in a Rhesus Macaque (Macaca mulatta)." October 2004.

Monica Hall. Poster Presentation.  South Eastern Lipid Research Conference. Callaway Gardens, Pine Mountain, GA. "Creation and Characterization of a THP-1 Monocyte/Macrophage Cell Line Expressing estrogen Receptor Alpha (ERα)." September 2004.

2003:

Jennifer Cann, DVM. Oral Presentation.  Primate Pathology Workshop 2003. University of Washington, Seattle, Washington. Cann JA, Cline JM. "Atherosclerosis in an 18-Year Old Cynomolgus Macaque (Macaca fascicularis)." October 2003. 

Jennifer Cann, DVM. Poster Presentation. American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, 54th Annual Meeting. Cohen KA, Cann JA, Kock ND, Cline JM. "Severe Anasarca in Four Outbred nu/nu Mice With Membranous Glomerulonephropathy." October 12-16, 2003, Seattle, Washington.

Alex Bell. Poster Presentation. Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology Meeting, "Cracking the Omega Code: Effects of n-3 Fatty Acids on Plasma and Liver Lipid Values in Human ApoB100 Transgenic, LDLr null mice." May 2003.

Monica Hall. Poster Presentation. 4th Annual Atherosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology (ATVB) Conference, Washington, DC. "Adenovirus Mediated Over-expression of Estrogen Receptor Alpha is Toxic to THP-1 Macrophages." May 2003.

2002:

Alex Bell. Poster Presentation. Southeast Lipid Research Conference, "Dietary Fatty Acid Effects on Atherosclerosis in B100 only Mice." October 2002.

Anne Sanders.  Presentation. American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting and Exposition, Orlando, FL. "Scope and Limitations of an Amine Oxidation Process Designed to Access N-Hydroxypeptides." April 2002

Anne Sanders. Presentation. Florida Academy of Sciences, Miami, FL, Barry University. "Scope and Limitations of Benzoyl Peroxide Mediated Amine Oxidation." March 2002.

2001:

Anne Sanders. Presentation & Poster. Florida Annual Meeting and Exposition (FAME 2001), Orlando, FL. "New Route for Cyclization of Alkenamines Using N-Benzoyloxy Derivatives." May 2001.