Student Profile 2007
Connor Frazier - Northwest High School
Zachery Gallas - Papillion/LaVista High School
Bromley Ijem - Creighton Prep High School
Ann Marcum - Bellevue East High School
Catherine Tran - Duchesne Academy
Rahul Varman - Creighton Prep High School
Caitlyn Gomez (High School)
Caitlyn Gomez
Age: 16
School: Duchesne Academy
Area of Interest/Career Goal: Cancer Research
Summer Research High School Colloquium: 3rd Place
Selected to Temple University Minority Trainee Research Forum (MTRF)
2006 Summer Research Project
“The Effect of IGF-1 on the expression of SOCS-3 in Breast Cancer Cells”
Andrea Rice (High School)
Andrea Rice
Age: 17
School: Millard West
Area of Interest/Career Goal: Biology & Chemistry
Summer Research High School Colloquium: Honorable Mention
Selected to Temple University Minority Trainee Research Forum (MTRF)
2006 Summer Research Project
Interleukin-8 (IL-8) Expression Due to Helicobacter pylori In A Tissue Culture Model
Remen Okeruwa (High School)
Remen Okeruwa
Age: 15
School: Creighton Prep
Area of Interest/Career Goal: Neurology
Summer Research High School Colloquium: 1st Place
2006 Summer Research Project
The Conservation of the Cochlear Amplifier Protein Prestin in the Platypus
Shuona Wang (High School)
Shuona Wang
Age: 16
School: Central High
Area of Interest/Career Goal: Research
Summer Research High School Colloquium: 2nd place
Selected to Temple University Minority Trainee Research Forum (MTRF)
2006 Summer Research Project
REGULATION OF PROSTATE CANCER CELL MIGRATION BY RGS PROTEINS
Song Zeng (High School)
Song Zeng
Age: 17
School: Bryan High School
Area of Interest/Career Goal: Research
Summer Research High School Colloquium: Honorable Mention
2006 Summer Research Project
“NEUROKININ 1 (NK 1) RECEPTOR EXPRESSION IN GUINEA PIG AIRWAYS SENSITIZED TO OVALBUMIN AND EXPOSED TO TOBACCO SMOKE”
“NEUROKININ 1 (NK 1) RECEPTOR EXPRESSION IN GUINEA PIG AIRWAYS SENSITIZED
Carmen Evans (College)
Carmen Evans
Age: 18
School: Creighton University - freshman
Major: Biology
Area of Interest / Career Goal: Dentistry
Summer Research College Colloquium: 3rd Place
2006 Summer Research Project
Nebraska Dentists preparedness for a mass bioterrorism or pandemic attack
Lakira Brown (College)
Lakira Brown
Age: 20
School: Johnson C. Smith University
Major: Biology
Area of Interest: Pediatrics
Summer Research College Colloquium: Honorable Mention
2006 Summer Research Project
The Effect of Isoprostanes on endogenous amino acid transmitters in bovine eye balls
John Ikhena (College)
John Ikhena
Age: 17
School: Creighton University
Area of Interest/Career Goal: Surgeon
Summer Research High School Colloquium: 1st Place
Selected to Temple University Minority Trainee Research Forum (MTRF)
2006 Summer Research Project
Samelia Okpodu (College)
Samelia Okpodu
Age: 20
School: Norfolk State University
Major: Optical Engineering
Area of Interest:Crystallized cadmium sulfide
Summer Research College Colloquium: Honorable Mention
2006 Summer Research Project
The Effect of Calcium in Orange Juice on the Oral Absorbance of Doxycycline and Ciprofloxacin
Sasha Robinson(College)
Sasha Robinson
Age: 20
School: Florida State University
Major: Dietetics
Area of Interest: Nutritionist
Summer Research High School Colloquium: 2nd Place
2006 Summer Research Project