RAD 2006 Award Winners

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Tech Fort Worth Innovation Award
Place Amount Recipient/Presentation Title
1st $350.00 Presenter: Anne Barnett Author: Evgenia Matveeva
901 METAL PARTICLE ENHANCED FLUORESCENT IMMUNOASSAYS ON METAL MIRRORS

Department: Molecular Biology and Immunology
Research Area: Immunology

Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine Poster Presentation Awards
Place Amount Recipient/Presentation Title
2nd $400.00 Presenter/Author: Angela Brimhall
804 Meta-Analysis Of Efficacy And Safety Of Alefacept, Efalizumab And Etanercept For Psoriasis
Department: Family Medicine
Research Area: General Medicine
1st $500.00 Presenter/Author: Michael Nye
1614 Physical And Physiological Changes Observed Following The Lap-Band Surgical Procedure
Department: Physician Assistant Studies
Research Area: Other
Public Health Student Association Oral Presentation Awards
Place Amount Recipient/Presentation Title
2nd $400.00 Presenter/Author: Anita Kurian
Racial And Ethnic Differences In The Effects Of Regular Providers And Self-Management Education On Diabetes Preventive Care
Department: Biostatistics
Research Area: General Public Health
1st $500.00 Presenter/Author: Thaddeus Miller
1402 THE HIDDEN BURDEN OF TUBERCULOSIS
Department: School of Public Health
Research Area: General Public Health
Public Health Student Association Poster Presentation Awards
Place Amount Recipient/Presentation Title
2nd $400.00 Presenter/Author: Khiya Marshall
1408 Body Mass Index (Bmi) And Waist Circumference (Wc) As Indicators Of Risk For Type 2 Diabetes (T2dm) And Cardiovascular Disease (Cvd) In Hispanic Children
Department: Social and Behavioral Sciences
Research Area: General Public Health
1st $500.00 Presenter/Author: Anita Kurian
1400 Heavy And Binge Alcohol Use In Texas: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey – 2003
Department: Biostatistics
Research Area: General Public Health
Graduate Student Association Poster Presentation Awards – Morning
Place Amount Recipient/Presentation Title
3rd $300.00 Presenter/Author: Shaoqing He
700 Endothelin-1-Mediated Signaling In The Expression Of Matrix Metalloproteinases And Tissue Inhibitors Of Metalloproteinases In Astrocytes
Department: Pharmacology & Neuroscience
Research Area: Eye/Vision
2nd $400.00 Presenter/Author: Christina Pacchia
308 Sympathoexcitation During Atrial Fibrillation: Role Of Rhythm Irregularity
Department: Integrative Physiology and Anatomy
Research Area: Cardiovascular
1st $500.00 Presenter/Author: Shalini Persaud
212 Regulation Of Cell Death Signaling By Novel PKC-ETA
Department: Molecular Biology and Immunology
Research Area: Cancer
Graduate Student Association Poster Presentation Awards – Afternoon
Place Amount Recipient/Presentation Title
3rd $300.00

Presenter/Author: Gulab Zode

711 EXPRESSION AND SECRETION OF THE BMP ANTAGONIST PROTEIN GREMLIN BY HUMAN OPTIC NERVE HEAD CELLS
Department: Cell Biology and Genetics
Research Area: Eye/Vision

2nd $400.00 Presenter/Author: Rusha Thomas P
200 TARGETING THE HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR PATHWAY WITH MITOCHONDRIAL UNCOUPLERS
Department: Molecular Biology and Immunology
Research Area: Cancer
1st $500.00 Presenter/Author: Kissaou Tchedre
Neuroprotective Sigma Ligands And Their Effects On Glutamate And Kcl Induced Calcium Changes In Retinal Ganglion (Rgc-5) Cells
Research Area: Eye/Vision
Department: GSBS
Alcon Research Achievement Oral Presentation Awards
Place Amount Recipient/Presentation Title
2nd $400.00 Presenter/Author: T.J. Bartosh
403 Cardiac Stem Cell Compartment-Specific Differences In Growth And Differentiation
Department: Cell Biology And Genetics
Research Area: Cellular & Molecular Science
1st $500.00 + airline ticket Presenter/Author: Dongmei Lu
400 Anti-Apoptotic Signal Of Protein Kinase C-Epsilon
Department: Molecular Biology And Immunology
Research Area: Cellular & Molecular Science
Graduate Student Association Oral Presentation Awards
Place Amount Recipient/Presentation Title
2nd $400.00 Presenter/Author: Lorie Gonzalez
1501 Evidence For The Barbiturate-Like Actions Of Carisoprodol At Gabaa Receptors
Department: Pharmacology & Neuroscience
Research Area: Receptor Pharmacology & Drug Delivery
1st $500.00 + airline ticket Presenter/Author: Sung-Yong Hwang
1113 Effect Of Presenilin-1 On Intracellular Calcium Signaling
Department: Pharmacology & Neuroscience
Research Area: Neuroscience
Alcon Research Achievement Postdoctoral Fellow Poster Presentation Award
Place Amount Recipient/Presentation Title
1st $700.00 Presenter/Author: Martha Stokely
Histochemical Assays To Assess Disease Severity In A Mog-Induced Model Of Optic Neuritis
Department: Pharmacology & Neuroscience
Research Area: Eye/Vision