Several members of the University of Louisville Department of Medicine had good showings in the recent Research!Louisville competitions, held in conjunction with the event's 19th annual showcase of health/life sciences research conducted at UofL.

A panel of university faculty judges selected the winners of this year's contest from hundreds of entries in the categories of professional/clinical students, basic science grad students, postgraduates and faculty.

Here's a look at finished at or near the top in their respective categories:

Master's Basic Science Graduate Student Award

• 1st place: Zimple Kurlawala - Regulation of IGF1R by UBQLN1. Mentor: Levi Beverly, Ph.D.
  
• 3rd place: Diana Avila - Pathogenic Role of Phosphodiesterase 4 (PDE4) in the Development of Alcohol Induced Hepatic Steatosis. Mentor: Shirish Barve, Ph.D.
  

Doctoral Basic Science Graduate Student Award

• 2nd place: Adjoa Boakye - Carnosine Supplementation Promotes Revascularization in Mousemodel of Hindlimb Ischemia. Mentor: Shahid P. Baba, Ph.D.
  

Norton Healthcare Medical Student Award

• 1st place: Andrew Stillman - Oral Administration of EGCG, a Green Tea Polyphenol, Both Suppresses and Rescues Mice From DSS-Induced Colitis. Mentor: Gerald Dryden, M.D., MSPH, M.Sc.
  
• 2nd place: Michael Zhang - Inflammation-resolving Lipid Mediator Resolvin D2 Enhances Revascularization in Hind Limb Ischemia. Mentor: Matthew Spite, Ph.D.

Public Health & Information Sciences

Master's Student Award (TIE)

• Stephanie Lunn - Global Health Initiative: Implementation of a Hepatitis C Testing Program for Newly Arriving Refugees. Mentor: Ruth Carrico, Ph.D., FSHEA, RN, CIC
• Victory Osezua - Global Health Initiative: Satisfaction Among Spanish and Arabic Speaking Refugees Receiving Immunization in the University of Louisville Refugee Immunization Clinic. Mentor: Ruth Carrico, Ph.D., FSHEA, RN, CIC

NCI Cancer Education Program Norbert J. Burzynski Award Professional Student Category

• 1st place: Dillon Pender - Development of Theranostic Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles for Pancreatic Cancer. Mentor: Lacey McNally, Ph.D.

NCI Cancer Education Program Norbert J. Burzynski Award Undergraduate Student Category

• 2nd place TIE: Harold Ghooray - Inhibition of S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase (SAHH) Induces Fas Ligand Gene Expression and Apoptotic Death in Leukemic T Lymphocytes. Mentor: Shirish Barve, Ph.D.
  
• 3rd place TIE: Kendall Huddleston - Biomarker Significance of Exosomes in the Initiation and Progression of Breast Cancer. Mentors: Ramesh Gupta, Ph.D., and Radha Munagala, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow Award

• 2nd place: Fahmi Abdallah Mohammed Khalifa - An Image-based CAD System for Early Detection of Acute Renal Transplant Rejection. Mentor: Amy Dwyer, M.D., M.S.

Research Associate Award

• 2nd place: Sanjay Yaav - Regulation Of Ubiquilin 1 By miR-155 Induces Proliferation Of Lung Cancer Cells. Mentor: Levi Beverly, Ph.D.