Past Intern Research Projects

Intern	Project Title
2007
Jacob Ennals	Generation and expression of osteopontin deletion mutants
Lena Harris	A case study in schizophrenia
Khadeijah Palmer-Rhodes	Development of a drug for spinal muscular atrophy
Deandria Spencer	Motor deficits in a mouse model of ALS
Vivian Ukegbu	Use of a mouse model to study behavioral disorders
2008
Taylor Alexander	Neuroprotection exploratory trials in Parkinson's Disease
Morgan Carrington	Mapping the progression of loss of function in the frontotemporal dementias
Erin Dickerson	Impact of chemokines on housekeeping gene expression
Tunisia Ellis	Management of neurofibromatosis
Michiko Kennedy	Use of an animal model to study the ketogenic diet
Asia Lynn	The impact of hospital lighting on patient sleep quality
Sakiera Malone	Histological analyses of brain sections from epileptic patients
Gabrielle Thomas	Impact of chemokines on housekeeping gene expression
2009
Nishelle Brice	The relationship between weather and stroke occurrence
Jerome Hill	Molecular tools to phenotype mice
Ellison James	Dynamic visual acuity
Candice Lyle	Case study of a patient with Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
Teri Porter	Tourette Syndrome
Amandeep Samra	The relationship between body position and CSF pressure
Ashley Van-Veen	Measurement of vibration in adrenomyeloneuropathy
Kimberly Williams	Tools used to measure CSF pressure
2010
Cherry Abdou	Impact of cytokines on blood-barrier function
Eyoha Bayu	Testing of neuroprotective compounds in an in vitro assay
Tarik Bayu	Evaluation of trends in surgical treatment for acute ischemic stroke and intracerebral hemorrhage
Nicole Coppola	Traumatic brain injury: A report
Shakira Gaskins	In vivo models for ALS
Destiny Harrod	Autism spectrum disease model
Mariah Heath	Tools in molecular biology
Farah Khan	The effect of psychostimulants on locomotion in transgenic mice
Aniqa Tasnim	The role of BACE1 in myelin sheath formation
Kelby Weston	Neuromyelitis optica
Lea Williams	Changes in CD4+ and CD8+ T-cell numbers in the spleen during acute infection of macaques with SIV
2011
Hema Arikala	Development of an improved HIV-1 reporter virus
Hiba Farah	The role of GABA-responsive neurons in epilepsy
Martha Flores	Clearance of myelin axonal debris in BACE1 knockout mice
Diamond Greene	The effect of anti-retroviral drugs on neuronal integrity
Lili Mo	The role of gastrin-releasing peptide in modulating food intake
Raechel Mattison	Reducing autistic symptoms in children with and without tuberous sclerosis
Christiana Obeng	The association between gastrointestinal stromal tumors and neurofibromatosis type I
Erica Richardson	Development of an ELISA to detect platelet activation
Erin Richardson	The role of genetic risk factors for psychiatric disorders in brain development
Chanel Nicole Scott	Identification of triggers for severe self-injurious behaviors in children
Hawi Sorsu	Use of a mouse model to study the role of synaptic plasticity in Rett Syndrome
Franz Virtudes	Molecular biology tools used in brain tumor research
Thrisann Weathers	Under reporting of infestation of CPAP machines
2012
Mina Al-Salihi	Analyzing the role of Fig4 in the pathogenesis of Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease
Pereviva Besong	Mindfulness: reducing stress and increasing medical adherence in HIV patients
Chase Dews	Stem cells: Making Myelin one mouse at a time
Leah Hill	HIV GP120:Inflammation in the Brain
Shanquel Holman	Continuous performance test for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Darin Johnson	A study of Neurogenesis
Sabah Muktar	Modulating Spinal Excitability with Direct Current Stimulation
Shishiri Naganyone	The clinical and pathological features in late-life frontotemporal dementia
Iyanuoluwa Onibatedo	The role of PD1 in Multiple Sclerosis
Himadri Patel	The Kinereach Experiment
Denise Roman	The Bloomberg Children's Center: A Center of Excellence for Children with Mood Disorders
Tamara Simms	Multiple domains of Osteopontin enhance HIV replication in HeLa cells
Joshua Villanueva	The effect of Retinoic Acid on the proliferation of Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM) cells
Ferlyn Virtudes	Neuroprotective trials in Parkinson's Disease