2017 School of Medicine Graduate Student  Research!Louisville Winners

Doctoral Basic Science Graduate Student Awards

 2nd place: Cierra Sharp  “Worsened Renal Fibrosis in Kras4bG12D Lung Adenocarcinoma-Bearing Mice Treated with Repeated Dosing of Cisplatin may be EGFR-Mediated” Mentor: Leah Siskind

 2nd place: Marcus Stepp  “Acetylomic Analysis of Arylamine N-Acetyltransferase 1 Knockout in the MDA-MB-231 Triple Negative Breast Cancer Line” Mentor: David Hein

 1st place: John Caleb Greenwell  “Interplay between aging, lung remodeling, and fibronectin EDA in lung cancer progression” Mentor: Jesse Roman

Master’s Basic Science Graduate Student Award

2nd place Fengyuan Li  “CRAMP Deletion Exacerbates Alcohol-Induced Liver and Pancreas Injury via Regulation of Gut Microbiota and Systemic Inflammasome Activation” Mentor: Wenke Feng

 2nd place Jamie Young  “Effects of Early Life Chronic Exposure to Arsenic and Cadmium on the Development of Adult Cardiometabolic Syndrome” Mentor: Gavin Arteel

 1st place Joshua Royal  “Epicertin, A Cholera Toxin B Subunit Variant, Enhances Intestinal Wound Healing in a mouse acute colitis model and human ulcerative colitis colon explants” Mentor: Nobuyuki Matoba 

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