BHSI Curo Apprentices

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The BHSI is pleased to have an outstanding and well recognized undergraduate research opportunity program such as the Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunities (CURO) in place at the University of Georgia. Each year through CURO, the BHSI funds five undergraduate scholarships of $1,000 per semester. The students are identified by CURO to participate in the apprenticeship program, which gives them the opportunity to undertake biomedical research under the guidance of a BHSI member. As a part of their program, the students participate in a "pre-med/pre-professional" day organized by the Medical College of Georgia

Past Apprentices

BHSI Curo Apprentices 2008-2009

Jaharris Collier	Faculty Mentor:Dr. Kathy Simpson, Kinesiology Project Title: Biomechanical stability of THA individuals having functional activities
Jackie Lastra	Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jeffrey Urbauer, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Project Title: Biomedical research with protein transcriptions and relations with bacteria
Francisco Marrero	Faculty Mentor: Dr. Leidong Mao, Biological and Agricultural Engineering Project Title: Biotechnology with Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems
Patricia Mitchell	Faculty Mentor: Dr. Ralph Tripp, Infectious Diseases Project Title: Genes and infectious disease
Elizabeth Pollak	Faculty Mentor: Dr. Mary Alice Smith, Environmental Health Sciences Project Title: Toxicity of Conazoles
Cleveland Piggott	BHSI CURO Biomedical Peer Advisor Faculty Mentor: Marcus Fechheimer, Microbiology

BHSI Curo Apprentices 2007-2008

Amanda Castleberry	Faculty Mentor: Dr. Walter Schmidt, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Project Title: Comparing the Function and Expression of STE23 and AXL1 Proteins
Ope Fawole	Faculty Mentor: Dr. David Peterson, Infectious Diseases Project Title: Pregnancy-related Malaria
Natasha James	Faculty Mentor: Dr. Susan Sanchez, Infectious Diseases Project Title: The Ecology of Enteric Bacterial Isolates in San Luis, Costa Rica
Muktha Natrajan	Faculty Mentor: Dr. Steve Stice, Animal and Dairy Science Project Title: Differentiation of Human Embryonic Stem Cells into Germlike Cells
Joseph Rimando	Faculty Mentor: Dr. Ray Tripp, Infectious Diseases Project Title: SU40 Transformation of Cell Lines

BHSI Curo Apprentices 2006-2007

Shivan Bhatt	Faculty Mentor: Dr. Walter Schmidt, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Project Title: Membrane Topology Studies of Rce-1p in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Sana Hashmi	Faculty Mentor: Dr. Lance Wells, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, CCRC Project title: Glycosylation of Alpha-Dystroglycan
Nithya Natrajan	Faculty Mentor: Dr. Mary Bedell, Genetics Project Title: Rescue of Mutant Kit Ligand Using a Chemical Chaperone
Sonia Talathi	Faculty Mentor: Dr. Brian Cummings, Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences Project title: Role of Phospholipase A2 in Cell Physiology and Death
Christine Tarleton	Faculty Mentor: Dr. Steven Stice, Animal and Dairy Science Project title: Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research
Edmond Fomunung	BHSI CURO Biomedical Peer Advisor

BHSI Curo Apprentices 2005-2006

Edmond Fomunung	Faculty Mentor: Dr. Lance Wells, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Project Title: OGASE clevage isolation and charaterization in mammalian cells of apoptosis
Hannah Kamau	Faculty Mentor: Dr. David Peterson, Infectious Diseases Project title: Malaria parasite in veterinary medicine
Chen Lin	Faculty Mentor: Dr. Duncan Ferguson, Veterinary Physiology & Pharmacology Project Title: Regulation of Sodium - Iodine symporter in the feline thyroid
Nithya Natrajan	Faculty Mentor: Dr. Cory Momany, Pharmaceutical & Biomedical Sciences Project title: Production of promoter DNA for structural studies
Ezinne Okwandu	Faculty Mentor: Dr. Susan Sanchez, Veterinary Medicine Project title: Salmonella project
Rouhin Sen	BHSI CURO Biomedical Peer Advisor
Caelin Cubeñas	BHSI CURO Biomedical Peer Advisor

BHSI Curo Apprentices 2004-2005

Anjan Deka	Faculty Mentor: Dr. Lance Wells, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Project Title: OGASE clevage isolation and charaterization in mammalian cells of apoptosis
Edmond Fomunung	Faculty Mentor: Dr. David Peterson, Infectious Diseases Project Title: Malaria parasite in veterinary medicine
Anna Lee	Faculty Mentor: Dr. Duncan Ferguson, Veterinary Physiology & Pharmacology Project Title: Regulation of Sodium - Iodine symporter in the feline thyroid
Puja Patel	Faculty Mentor: Dr. Cory Momany, Pharmaceutical & Biomedical Sciences Project title: Production of promoter DNA for structural studies
Katrin Usifo	Faculty Mentor: Dr. Susan Sanchez, Veterinary Medicine Project title: Salmonella project
Melissa Cabinian	BHSI CURO Biomedical Peer Advisor

BHSI Curo Apprentices 2003-2004

Denise Brinson	Faculty Mentor: Dr. Maricarmen Garcia, Avian Medicine Project Title: Examination of Peptide Specific Antibodies for Detection of Infectious Laryngotracheitis Virus (ILTV).
Melissa Cabinian	Faculty Mentor: Dr. Karen Cornell, Small Animal Medicine and Surgery Project Title: Characterization of Cell Lines Derived from Feline Injection-Site Sarcomas.
Tracey Troutman	Faculty Mentor: Dr. Amy Batal, Poultry Science Project Title: Early Chick Nutrition: Development of Pre-starter Diets.
Amy Venable	Faculty Mentor: Dr. Dorothy Fragaszy, Psychology Project title: Learning to Plan: A Capuchin Monkey Navigates Two-Dimensional Maze.
Daniel White	Faculty Mentor: Dr. Stuart Feldman, Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences Project title: Survey of Public Health-Related Activities at the University of Georgia.
Gregory Fonzo	BHSI CURO Biomedical Peer Advisor

BHSI Curo Apprentices 2002-2003

Melissa Cabinian	Faculty Mentor: Dr. Karen Cornell, Small Animal Medicine and Surgery Project Title: Development of an Athymic Mouse Model for Injection-site Sarcomas in Cats.
Natasha Chua Tan	Faculty Mentor: Dr. Lee and Marie-Michele Cordonnier-Pratt, Plant Biology Project Title: Gene Discovery by High-Throughput DNA Sequencing, Microarray Analysis of Genome Expression, and Bioinformatics.
Candace Thompson	Faculty Mentor: Dr. Andrea Hohmann, Psychology Project Title: Developmental Neurobiology of Pain.
Amy Venable	Faculty Mentor: Dr. Dorothy Fragaszy, Psychology Project title: The Study of the Navigation of Two Dimensional Mazes as Performed by Capuchin Monkeys and the Study of Perception-action Foundations of Early Tool Use Comparing Capuchin Monkeys and Human Infants.
Daniel White	Faculty Mentor: Dr. Karen Payne Assistant Research Scientist, Marine Extension Service Project title: The Georgia Coastal Water Quality Project.

BHSI Curo Apprentices 2001 - 2002

Gregory Fonzo	Faculty Mentor: Dr. Rod Dishman, Exercise Science Project Title: Effect of Physical Activity on Brain Derived Neurorophic Factor (BDNF) messenger RNA.
Andria Cooper	Faculty Mentor: Dr. Scott Brown, Physiology and Pharmacology, College of Veterinary Medicine Project Title: Systemic Hypertension in Cats.
Crystal Rene De Cotret	Faculty Mentor: Dr. Marly Edisness, Chemistry Project Title: Tracking Trigger Factor in Low Temperature Proteomes of E. Coli.
Jacoby Hudson	Faculty Mentor: Dr. Lee Pratt, Plant Biology Project Title: Genomics and Bioinformatics.
Crystal Oliver	Faculty Mentor: Dr. Lee Pratt, Plant Biology Project Title: Genomics and Bioinformatics.