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CANCER SUMMER STUDENT RESEARCH PROGRAM
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2008 PROJECT LIST
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This list will be updated weekly - Projects that are filled will be represented with and X
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Already Filled
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Faculty Sponsor
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Department
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Project Title
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Project Type
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Barnes, Betsy, PhD
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, NJMS-UHCancerCenter
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Role of IRF-1 and IRF-5 in breast cancer pathogenesis
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Laboratory
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X
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Barton, Beverly, PhD
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Surgery/Urology
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Optimization of Novel STAT3 Inhibitors for Pancreatic Cancer Treatment
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Laboratory
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Beebe, Kathleen S., MD
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Orthopaedics
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Large allografts for the reconstruction of skeletal defects following limb salvage surgery in cancer patients.
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Clinical
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Benevenia, Joseph, MD
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Orthopaedics
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Fixation In Musculoskeletal Oncology Patients: A Retrospective Analysis of Locking Plates
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Other
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Birge, Raymond, PhD
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
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Cell Transformation by the Crk Oncogene
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Laboratory
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Butkiewicz, Elise, M.D.
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Family Medicine
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Assessing Cancer Preventative Care in a Family Medicine Urban Clinic
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Clinical
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Chen, Ping-Hsin, PhD / Rovi, Sue, PhD / Marielos Vega BSN,RN / Johnson, Mark, MD,MPH / Heaton, Caryl, DO
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Family Medicine
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Relation of intimate partner violence to cervical and breast cancer screening
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Behavioral
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Christakos, Sylvia, PhD
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
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Mechanisms Involved in the Inhibition of Breast Cancer Cell Growth by 1,25Dihydroxyvitamin D3
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Laboratory
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Fyffe, Denise, Ph.D., Cathcart, Charlie, M.D.
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Institute for Elimination of Health Disparities
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Risk Factors and Outcomes Associated with Adherence Trends in Radiation Treatment among Urban Cancer Patients
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Clinical
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Herbig, Utz, PhD
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Micro. & Mol. Genetics, NJMS-UHCancerCenter
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Analysis of Cellular Senescence in Human Cancer Precursor Lesions
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Laboratory
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Ivessa, Andreas, PhD
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Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine
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Testing the functional interaction between the mitochondrial DNA polymerase gamma and the Pif1 DNA helicase in budding yeast
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Laboratory
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Kotenko, Sergei, PhD
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Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, NJMS-UHCancerCenter
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Generation and use of interleukin-10 inhibitors for cancer vaccination
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Laboratory
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Kronhaus-Ussery, Kelly, MD
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Family Medicine
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Determents of sub optimal screen rates for Breast Cancer in primary care practices.
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Clinical
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Lambert, Muriel, PhD
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Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
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Factors Affecting Stability of Nonerythroid Alpha Spectrin in Fanconi Anemia Cells
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Lab
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Lambert, W. Clark, MD, PhD
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Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
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Immunohistochemical Examination of Z-DNA Nuclear Foci in Xeroderma Pigmentosum Cells Following Ultraviolet Irradiation.
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Laboratory
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Lea, Michael, PhD
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
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Inhibition of Growth and Induction of Differentiation in Colon Cancer Cells
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Laboratory
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Levison, Steve, PhD
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Neurosciences and Neurology, NJMS-UHCancerCenter
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EGF receptors and brain tumors
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Laboratory
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Liu, Wen-Ching, PhD& Feldman, Susan, PhD
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Radiology
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Testing of a Physiological Map for Brain Tumor Analysis
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Clinical
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Moran, Elizabeth, PhD
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Orthopaedics, NJMS-UHCancerCenter
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Development of siRNA vectors to target a potentially global oncogenic factor in osteosarcoma cells.
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Laboratory
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Natale-Pereira, MD MPH
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Medicine
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Addressing Disparities in Cancer Care for Latino Medicare Beneficiaries
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Behavioral & Other
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Ozer, Harvey, MD/ Satnam S.Banga, PhD
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Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
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Analysis of Candidate Genes Involved in SV40-transformed Human Cells
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Laboratory
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Patterson, Francis R., MD
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Orthopaedics
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Distal femur defects reconstructed with PMMA and internal fixation devices: A biomechanical Study of defects in Cancer patients
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Laboratory
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Pierre-Louis, Marylin, M.D.
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Family Medicine
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Universal Palliative Care: A New Standard for Cancer Treatment
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Clinical
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Rameshwar, Pranela, PhD
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Medicine
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REST: A predisposing gene in the tumorigenicity of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs).
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Laboratory
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Rogers, Melissa, PhD
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
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Mycoplasma-induced Bone Morphogenetic Protein (BMP) 2 Gene Expression and Lung Cancer
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Laboratory
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Studzinski, George, PhD
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Pathology
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Induced Differentiation and Cell Cycle Control of Human Leukemia Cells
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Laboratory
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Sugimoto, Katsunori, PhD, MD
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Cell Biology & Molecular Medicine
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Checkpoint and Cancer: identification of proteins to inhibit checkpoint signaling
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Laboratory
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Weiss, Stanley, MD/ Rosenblum, Daniel, PhD |
Preventative Medicine and Community Health |
Analysis of the readibility o fEnglish language education materials |
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Whitehead, Ian, PhD
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NJMS-UHCancerCenter
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Exploring novel molecular mechanisms for chronic myelogenous leukemia
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Laboratory
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Wu, Lizhao, PhD
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Cell. Biology & Mol. Med., NJMS UH-Cancer Center
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Effects of ErbB2/Ras-E2F signaling network on growth and metastasis of prostate cancer cell lines
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Laboratory
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Yuan, RuiRong MD, PhD
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Neurosciences and Neurology
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Immunotargeting Therapy for Neuroblastoma
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Laboratory
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Zuckier, Lionel S., MD
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Radiology
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Effect of 3-D Rendering on Conspicuity of PET lesions using a Novel Software Method.
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Clinical & Lab
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