The following is a list of Faculty Mentors who participated in the 2009 College of Medicine Summer Undergraduate Research Internship Program. To learn more about research conducted by these investigators and their expertise, click on the name of the investigator. This will direct you to their entry in our Faculty Research Expertise Database. The faculty participating in the 2010 program will be listed when this information becomes available.
| Investigators | Research Interests
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| Dr. Steve Abcouwer | How microglial cells function as the innate immune system and
regulate inflammation in the retina.
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| Dr. Vincent Chau | Mechanism and function of ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis
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| Dr. Sergei Grigoryev | Structure-function relationships in Chromatin.
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| Dr. Sue Grigson | Neural basis of reward comparison.
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| Dr. Rosalyn Irby | The molecular signature of metastasis in colorectal cancer, with
particular emphasis on the phenotypic effects of Src kinase.
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| Dr. Leonard S. Jefferson | Regulation of Gene Expression in Mammalian Cells by Hormones
and Nutrients |
Dr. Jianhua Li
| Autonomic control of the circulation in cardiovascular diseases |
| Dr. John Richie | Factors that regulate cancer risk in individuals and in populations.
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| Dr. Ira Ropson | Contribution of protein sequence to achieving a functional structure.
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| Dr. Chris Siedlecki | Molecular interactions in biomaterial-induced blood thrombogenesis.
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| Dr. Lisa Shantz | Regulation of signaling pathways controlled by the Ras oncogene.
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| Dr. David Spector | Genetic analysis of an essential human cytomegalovirus replication
protein, pUL84 |
