Annie Artiga
UAB
Mentor: Dr. Mary Boggiano
Department: Psychology
Topic: Establishing a new animal model of binge-eating using palatable food
Curtis Ballard
UAB
Mentor: Dr. Jeffery Hall
Department: Sociology
Topic: The Significance of Race in State and Federal Drug Sentencing
Marie Blaize
UAB
Mentor: Dr. Mathieu Lesort
Department: Psychiatry
Topic: Abnormally Expanded Polyglutamine Sequences are not Effieciently Degraded by the Proteasome
Leah Cook
UAB
Mentor: Dr. Coral Lamartiniere
Department: Pharmacology & Toxicology
Topic: Mechanisms of Action of Resveratrol in the Rat Ventral Prostate
Roshawnda Cottrell
Alabama State University
Mentor: Dr. Gregory Davis
Department: Pathology
Topic: Cutaneous Injury in the Elderly in a Medical Examiner Population
Jennifer Cunningham
Tuskegee University
Mentor: Dr. Diane Grimley
Department: Health Behavior
Topic: Characteristics of Consistent Condom Use Among STI Clinic Patients
De'Angelia Dailey
Mentor: Dr. Joseph R. Bloomer
Department: Medicine
Topic: Identification of Patients With Severe Phenotype of Erythropoietic Protoporphyria Who Exhibits No Changes in Ferrochelatase DNA
Kaleena Davis
Alabama A & M University
Mentor: Dr. David E. Briles
Department: Microbiology
Topic: Effects of Growth on Changes in Opacity of Streptococcus pneumoniae
Marcus Falls
UAB
Mentor: Lydia Futch, MSPT
Department: Physical Therapy
Topic: Isolated Injuries of the Medial Patellomensical Ligament
Brittlynn Hall
UAB
Mentor: Dr. Sheri Spaine Long
Department: Foreign Languages
Topic: Year of Languages1 Attitudinal and Aptitudinal Overview of Language in Granada (Andalusia), Spain and Birmingham (Alabama), USA
Jacqueline D. Jones
Alabama State University
Mentor: Dr. David E. Graves
Department: Chemistry
Topic: Interactions of the Biologically Active Marine Natural Product Aaptamine with Nucleic Acids: Characterization of the Biophysical Properties Associated with Complex Formation
Crystal Lee
Tuskegee University
Mentor: Dr. Cheryl L. Holt
Department: Medicine–Preventive Medicine
Topic: Effectiveness of a Spiritually Based Approach to Breast Cancer Awareness: A Cognitive Response Analysis
William Love
UAB
Mentor: Dr. Trygve O. Tollefsbol
Department: Biology
Topic: Transcription of DNA Methyltransferases in Retinoid-induced Leukemia Differentiation
Ashley McCollough
Talladega College
Mentor: Dr. John Chatham
Department: Cardiovascular Disease
Topic: The Effect of Diabetes on the Hexosamine Biosynthesis Pathway in Heart, Liver, and Skeletal Muscle
Michelle McKenzie
UAB
Mentors: Bettye G. Wilson and Audre Harris
Department: Diagnostic & Therapeutic Sciences
Topic: Using Mammography in the Diagnosis of Breast Cancer
Sandrine Niyongere
UAB
Mentors: Dr. Charles A. Rivers and Dr. Ronald T. Acton
Department: Microbiology
Topic: Distribution of Ataxin-3 (CAG)n alleles in Narcoleptics and Matched Controls
Santana Sanders
UAB
Mentor: Dr. Jack Lancaster
Department: Anesthesiology
Topic: Nitric Oxide Consumption from Oxidation of Celluar Thiol.
Reginna Scarber
UAB
Mentor: Dr. derrick Dean
Department: Materials Science and Engineering
Topic: Epoxy/Clay Nanocomposites with controlled Nanoparticle Distribution
Joshlynn Simpson
UAB
Mentor: Dr. Diana L. Paulk
Department: Psychology
Topic: Do Parental Discipline Practices Predict Bully Type Among African American Students?
Amy Stevenson
UAB
Mentor: Dr. Marie-Pierre St-Onge
Department: Nutrition Sciences
Topic: Effects of Dietary Fats on Adiponectin and its Multimeric Complexes
Jennifer Thompson
UAB
Mentor: Dr. Vera Bittner
Department: Medicine
Topic: Six-minute Walk Test: Assessing Submaximal Exercise Capacity in Cardiac Patients with Diabetes
Kiera Walker
UAB
Mentor: Dr. Ronald Acton
Department: Microbiology
Topic: Racial differences in CYP2C9 of alleles in Alabama
April Wright
UAB
Mentor: Dr. Suzy Davies
Department: Health Behavior
Topic: Differences in Perceptions of Caregiving between Adolescent Mothers and Fathers