2008 Summer Scholars
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Name: Brian Adams Mentor: Dusan Palic Project Title: Rapid Determination of Immunomodulation Potential for Feed Additives Using Fathead Minnow Neutrophil Function |
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Name: Preston Ayers Mentor: Dean Riedesel Project Title: Reducing Perioperative Hypothermia in Anesthetized Patients |
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Name: Jenna Bjork Mentor: Christine Petersen Project Title: Detection of Brucella canis DNA in canine blood via PCR Analysis |
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Name: Marie Bockenstedt Mentor: Doug Jones/Jesse Hostetter Project Title: Development of an in vivo diagnostic for Johne’s Disease using Emerging Technologies of Nanoparticles and Encapsulating Hydrogel |
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Name: Rachel Brincks Mentor: Tim Day Project Title: Acetylcholine G Protein-Coupled Receptors in Planarians |
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Name: Stephanie Holloway (Byers) Mentor: Claudia Baldwin Project Title: Efficacy of L-lysine in Treatment and Prevention of Feline Upper Respiratory Infection in a Traditional Shelter Setting |
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Name: Kiril Dimitrov Mentor: David Smith (NE) Project Title: Improving Diagnostic Capabilities to Prevent the Transmission of Johne’s Disease |
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Name: Mariya Dimitrova Mentor: Mark Ackermann Project Title: VEGF Signaling In Lung Epithelial Cells: Influence on RSV Infection in a Lamb Model |
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Name: Laura Durant-Elliott Mentor: Justin Greenlee Project Title: TNF-a Expression in the Retinas of Experimentally Inoculated Scrapie-Affected Sheep |
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Name: Hadley Evans Mentor: Richard Martin Project Title: Investigating the Efficacy of Profender® in vitro Against the Swine Intestinal Roundworm Oesophagostomum dentatum |
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Name: Christine Fanelli Mentor: Lisa Nolan Project Title: Sustainability of Avian Pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC) in the Poultry Environment |
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Name: Elizabeth Wormley (Farrington) Mentor: Matthew Ellinwood Project Title: Semi-quantitative Clinical and Quantitative Behavioral Endpoints in Mucopolysaccharidosis Type IIIB (MPS IIIB) Dogs |
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Name: Charles Geneczko Mentor: Greg Phillips Project Title: Characterization of Antimicrobial Persistence in Foodborne Pathogens |
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Name: Jennafer Glaesemann Mentor: Paul Plummer Project Title: Effect of Chlamydophila spp. on Somatic Cell Count in Dairy Goats |
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Name: Katie McGuire Mentor: Julia Ridpath Project Title: Investigation of white-tailed deer persistently infected with bovine viral diarrhea virus and their infectivity for other deer |
| Name: Garret Moenk Mentor: Ronald Griffith Project Title: Effectiveness of selected-coccidial compounds and construction of Eimeria spp. PCR primers from Northern Bobwhite, Chucker Partridges, and Ring-necked Pheasants |
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Name: Monique Pairis Mentor: Suzanne Millman Project Title: Can fear be effectively assessed in Swine? A study measuring fear levels during a Human Approach Test |
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Name: Katherine Polak Mentor: Claudia Baldwin Project Title: Risk Factors for Feline Upper Respiratory Disease Complex in Animal Shelters and Correlation with Body Weight Performance |
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Name: Zoe Quirk Mentor: James West Project Title: Efficacy of Formic Acid as a Means of Controlling Mycoplasma bovis and Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in Dairy Cattle |
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Name: Nick Rappa #1 Mentor: Al Jergens Project Title: Small Animal Gastrointestinal Endoscopy: A Computer-aided Instructional Program |
| Name: Nick Rappa #2 Mentor: Dianna Jordan / Ronald Griffith Project Title: Bacterial colonization of pigs infected with Actinobacillus suis |
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Name: Michael Rice Mentor: Annette O’Connor Project Title: Lack of Blinding and Randomization Not Associated With Better Study Outcomes: Antibiotic Treatment of Bovine Respiratory Disease: 1970-2005 |
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Name: Clara Quevedo Salazar Mentor: Christine Petersen Project Title: Familial risk of Leishmania infantum determined by cohort analysis implies vertical transmission |
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Name: Meredith Sherrill Mentor: Matthew Ellinwood Project Title: Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee: Development of an Appendix of Approved Animal Procedures |
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Name: Katie Weeks Mentor: Steve Carlson Project Title: Salmonella Catabolism of Antibiotics: a Precursor to "Super Resistance" |
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Name: Meghan Wymore Mentor: Al Jergens Project Title: Differential Expression of Mucosal Genes Associated with Canine Inflammatory Bowel Disease |
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Name: Amanda Young Mentor: Greg Somerville Project Title: Identification of tricarboxylic acid cycle impaired strains of Staphlyococcus epidermidis |
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Name: Ann Young Mentor: Suzanne Millman Project Title: A case study evaluating sow and housing effects on preweaning mortality rates |
