Paul Strandjord Young Investigator Award Recipients - 2004

Niaz Banaiee, MD
Expression Profiling of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Putative Granuloma-Activated Genes During Chronic Mouse Infection
University of California at San Francisco
Sponsor: Valerie Ng

Nikola A. Baumann, PhD
Lamellar body counts (LBCs) are affected by specimen storage conditions
Washington University in St. Louis
Sponsor: Ann Gronowski

Donald A. Bergstrom, MD, PhD
The effect of anticoagulant therapy on a partial thromboplastin time-based lupus inhibitor assay
University of Washington
Sponsor: Wayne Chandler

Robert Blelloch, MD, PhD
Reprogramming Cancer Cells into Pluripotent Embryonic Stem Cells
Brigham and Woman's Hospital, Harvard University
Sponsor: David Sacks

Joshua A. Bornhorst, PhD
Assay Specific Differences in Lipemic Interference in Native and Intralipid Supplemented Samples
University of Utah
Sponsor: William Roberts

Jafar Bozorgmehr, MD
Association of haptoglobin phenotypes, oxidative stress and epilepsy
University of Washington
Sponsor: Hossein Sadrzadeh

Grant C. Bullock, MD, PhD
Genotyping of hepatitis C virus (HCV) by melting curve analysis: analytical characteristics and 18 months' experience in analysis of 586 QC and clinical samples
University of Virginia
Sponsor: David Bruns

Kenneth C. Clark, MD
Detection of small peptides in serum specific to acute myocardial infarction by surface enhanced laser desorption ionization mass-spectrometry
University of Pittsburgh
Sponsor: Jorge Sepulveda

Ellen F. Foxman, MD, PhD
Use of fetal fibronectin test in decisions to admit to hospital for preterm labor
Brigham and Woman's Hospital, Harvard University
Sponsor: David Sacks

Jonathan R. Genzen, PhD
Lupus anticoagulant testing in the presence of direct thrombin inhibitors
University of Chicago
Sponsor: Jonathan Miller

Sandeep Gurbuxani, MD, PhD
Survivin expression is differentially regulated during erythroid and megakaryocytic differentiation
University of Chicago
Sponsor: Jonathan Miller

Anna M. Halldorsdottir, MD
Soluble CD40 ligand in elderly patients undergoing diagnostic cardiac catheterization
Washington University in St. Louis
Sponsor: Charles Eby

Hyunseok Peter Kang, MD
A model for predicting the impact of gadolinium on plasma calcium measurements by the o-cresolphthalein method
Washington University
Sponsor: Curtis Parvin

Brenda Katz, MD
Characterization of Ureaplasma species from preterm infants with and without bronchopulmonary dysplasia using PCR
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Sponsor: Ken Waites

Roger D. Klein, MD
Campylobacter concisus in unexplained diarrhea: identification by 16S ribosomal DNA sequencing
Yale University
Sponsor: Peter Jatlow

Matthew D. Krasowski, MD, PhD
Function and evolution of the pregnane X receptor: a nuclear hormone receptor that regulates drug and endobiotic metabolism
University of Chicago
Sponsor: Jonathan Miller

Jason Love, MD
Using a diluted thrombin time as an indicator of plasma argatroban concentration
University of Washington
Sponsor: Wayne Chandler

Chance John Luckey, MD, PhD
Memory specific transcripts in CD8+ T cells are enriched in long-term haematopoietic stem-cells
Brigham and Woman's Hospital, Harvard University
Sponsor: David Sacks

Charles Mayfield, MD, PhD
Molecular characterization of macrolide-resistant nasopharyngeal carriage isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae from Tennessee children less than one year of age
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Sponsor: Ken Waites

Gwendolyn A. McMillin, PhD
Evaluation of the reference interval for free (nonceruloplasmin-bound) serum copper
University of Utah
Sponsor: William Roberts

Joel E. Mendelin, MD
Acute myeloid leukemias bearing the Flt3 internal tandem duplication have a characteristic immunophenotype not shared by acute myeloid leukemias with activating point mutations in Flt3 or Ras genes
University of Washington
Sponsor: Steven Kussick

Mark E. Miller, MD
Separation of urine uroporphyrin and coproporphyrin type I and III isomers by HPLC
University of Utah
Sponsor: Elizabeth Frank

Nicole M. Nilson MD
Human fetuin-A levels and calcification risk index (CRI) as novel indicators of cardiovascular disease and mortality in (end-stage liver disease) ESLD and (end-stage renal disease) ESRD
University of California at San Diego
Sponsor: Paul Wolf

Tracy M. Rauch, MD
Superwarfarin poisoning should be considered in patients with vitamin K deficiency unresponsive to therapy
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Sponsor: Marisa Marques

Yasi Saffari, MD
Haptoglobin phenotype in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
Univ. of Washington
Sponsor: Hossein Sadrzadeh

Theresa Scognamiglio, MD
Confirmation of superiority of Inhibitory Mold Agar vs Sabouraud Dextrose Agar as a primary medium for isolation of fungi
Cornell University
Sponsor: Davise Larone

Carl Wigren, MD
Translating 16S rDNA sequencing identification into cost effective phenotypic testing
University of Washington
Sponsor: Petrie Rainey

Alison Woodworth, PhD
Differential expression of secretoglobins in breast tumors
Washington University in St. Louis
Sponsor: Mitchell Scott

Shan Yuan, MD
Using corrected laboratory reports to identify the clinical impact associated with problems in microbiology testing
University of Washington
Sponsor: Ajit Limaye

Syed Zaidi, MD
Effect of grapefruit juice on bioavailability and metabolism of Chinese medicine Chan Su
University of Texas-Houston
Sponsor: Amitava Dasgupta