Annie Artiga
UAB
Mentor: Dr. Boggiano
Department: Psychology
Topic: Preexisting Differences in Rat Brain
Neurochemistry Account for Binge Eating: the binge eating prone/binge eating
resistant model (BEP/BER)
Karletta Colvin
Alabama State University
Mentor: Dr. Ruden
Department: Environmental Health Sciences
Topic: Looking at Genes Affecting Triglycerides
in Drosophila as a Model for Human Obesity
Jennifer Cunningham
Tuskegee University
Mentor: Dr. Wibbels
Department: Biology
Topic: Temperature-dependent Sex Determination
and the Conservation of Loggerhead Sea Turtles Nesting at Melbourne Beach,
Florida
Dewana Daniel
Talladega College
Mentor: Dr. Weigent
Department: Physiology & Biophysics
Topic: The Biological Effects of Overexpression of Growth Hormone in a B Cell Line
Jasmine Darrington
Tuskegee University
Mentor: Dr. Holt
Department: Medicine/Preventive Medicine
Topic: Religiosity of Urban/Rural Alabama
African American Women and its Implications of Breast Cancer Knowledge,
Attitude and Screening Practices
Kaleena Davis
Alabama A&M
Mentor: Dr. Bailey
Department: Environmental Health Sciences
Topic: Effects of Alcoholic Myopathy
and Phytoestrogen Therapy on Skeletal Muscle
Antioxidant Systems
Brittany Dubose
Talladega College
Mentor: Dr. Yoder
Department: Cell Biology
Topic: The Analysis of a Novel GTPase in Cilia Function
Duriel Garner
UAB
Mentor: Dr. Berner
Department: Health Administration
Topic: Medical Residents' Reaction to the use
of Handheld Clinical Digital Support Services (DSS)
Vikki Hull
UAB
Mentor: Dr. Peduzzi
Department: Physiological Optics
Topic: Additional Studies of a Novel Murine Model of Shaken Baby Syndrome and Diffuse Axonal
Injury
Alice Irby
Tuskegee University
Mentor: Dr. Daum
Department: Optometry
Topic: Characteristics of Participants in
Vision and Health Screening in the Rural Alabama Black Belt
Masheika James
UAB
Mentor: Dr. Ambalavanan
Department: Pediatrics
Topic: Vitamin A and Reinoic
Acid in Neonatal Hyperoxic Lung Injury
Angela Jones
UAB
Mentor: Dr. Hall
Department: Sociology
Topic: Perceptions of Deviance
Nuruddeen Lewis
Alabama State University
Mentor: Dr. Briles
Department: Microbiology
Topic: Cellular Localization of Pneumococcal Neuraminidase
Seanvonne (Angel) Lewis
UAB
Mentor: Dr. Maples
Department: Environmental Health Sciences
Topic: Healthy Homes Initiative Project: is
there a correlation between allergens and visual assessment examination found
in the home?
Victor Martin
UAB
Mentor: Dr. Wright
Department: Psychology
Topic: Mental Fatigue Effects on CV Response:
Do They Extend Across Domains of Mental Activity?
James Messer
Bob Jones University
Mentor: Dr. Messiaen
Department: Genetics
Topic: An Investigation into the Usefulness of
the MLPA Techniques as a Means of Testing for Mutations in the NF1 Gene
Sandrine Niyongere
UAB
Mentor: Dr. Acton
Department: Microbiology
Topic: Prevalence of the hemojuvelin
(HJV) mutations I222N and G320V in Southeastern African Americans
Jennique Robinson
UAB
Mentor: Dr. Crowther
Department:Health Behavior
Topic: Stress and Coping Among African American
Custodial Grandparents
Terrance Wallace
UAB
Mentor: Dr. Ford
Department: Physical Therapy
Topic: The Effect of Auditory Rhythms on
Spatial Temporal Measures of Walking
Alexandrina Williams
Talladega College
Mentor: Dr. Tollefsbol
Department: Biology
Topic: Expression of Various Retinoid Receptors
in Differentiating Human Leukemia Cells
William (Kliph) Woodfin
UAB
Mentor: Dr. Tollefsbol
Department: Biology
Topic: Telomerase Inhibition as a Novel
Therapeutic Approach to Cancer
April Wright
UAB
Mentor: Dr. Uswatte
Department: Psychology
Topic: Adolescents' Perspectives on Factors
that Facilitate Kindness