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2018 Alumni

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2018 Alumni

2018

Trainee Photo Trainee Research Mentor(s) Abstract Title

Thea Benally

Diné

(University of New Mexico)

Katsu Funai, Ph.D.

Patrick Farrara (Co-Mentor)

 The Effects of Exercise Training on Skeletal Muscle Energy Efficiency

Tristin Bullshoe

Blackfeet

(Univ. of Montana – Western)

 Kalani Raphael, MD, MS Effect of Sodium Bicarbonate (NaHCO3) on Kidney Injury Markers in Diabetic Kidney Disease (DKD)

Kimberly Chapman-Natewa

Zuni Pueblo

(University of New Mexico)

Owen Chan, Ph.D.

Eliane de Santana (Co-Mentor)

 Effects of Astrocytic Glutamate Oxidation on Glycogenolytic Activity in Response to Hypoglycemia

Morgan Farley

Diné

(Univ. of Arizona)

Angela Fagerlin, Ph.D.

 Predictors of Participants Who Bring a Care Partner to a Diabetes Education Program

River Gunville

Cheyenne River Sioux

(Creighton University)

Marcus Pezzolesi, Ph.D.

Hunter Wright (Co-Mentor)

 Using Next Generation Sequencing to Understand the Genetic Basis of Chronic Kidney Disease

Aspen Johnson

White Mountain Apache

(University of New Mexico)

Anandh Velayutham, Ph.D.

 Dietary strawberry ameliorates vascular inflammation in diabetic db/db mice possibly through a nuclear factor-κB mediated mechanism

Matthew Lassey

Mescalero Apache & Pima

(University of New Mexico)

Anne Blaschke, MD, PhD, FAAP, FPIDS, FIDSA

Hillary Crandall (Co-Mentor)

 Allelic Variation in fibronectin binding protein B (fnbB) of Staphylococcus aureus Causing Osteomyelitis

Licia Lopez

Tunica-Biloxi

(Univ. of Kentucky)

Isaac Hall, MD, MS

 Right-Sided Kidney Transplants Are Associated With Early Graft Failure in the Setting of Delayed Graft Function

Oriana Lopez

Tohono O’odham

(Univ. of Arizona)

Marin McMahon, Ph.D.

Kali Dale (Co-Mentor)

 The Role of Integrin β3 In The Progression of Metastatic Cancer

Tyrell Natewa

Zuni Pueblo

(University of New Mexico)

William Holland, Ph.D.

Bhagirath Chaurasia (Co-Mentor)

 Regulation of FGF13 by ceramides and its role in development of obesity

Graciela Olivas

Diné

(Univ. of Arizona)

Mary Beth Scholand, MD

Silvia E. Smith (Co-Mentor)

 A Study of Depression in a University of Utah Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Cohort

Brent Riley

Pueblo of Laguna

(University of New Mexico)

Simon Fisher, MD, Ph.D.

Adriana Vieira de Abreu (Co-Mentor)

 Treatment of Hypoglycemia Unawareness in Type 1 Diabetes with Tricyclic Antidepressants

Benjamin Ringham

Ho-Chunk

(Univ. of Wisconsin – LaCrosse)

Lisa Joss-Moore, Ph.D.

W. Haimei (Co-Mentor)

 Postnatal Growth Restrction Causes Sex-Dependent Changes iun Elastic Fiber Density in the Rat Lung

Taylor Russell

Diné

(University of Utah)

   Gender Perceptions of Patients In An Adolescent Medicine Clinic

Carmelita Shouldis

Sicangu Lakota of Rosebud(Univ. of South Dakota)

Bryan Gibson, DPT, Ph.D.

 Effects of Virtual Reality on Motivation for Health Behaviors among Individuals at Risk for Prediabetes

Daryan Singer

Diné

(Univ. of Arizona)

Michael Deans, Ph.D.

 Auditory Hair Cell Orientation and Planar Cell Polarity

Mica Sloan

Diné

(University of Utah)

Danny Chou, Ph.D.

Jason Nogueira (Co-Mentor)

 Treating Type I Diabetes Through Novel Monomeric, Hepatocyte Targeting, Insulin Analog

Elisha Sneddy

Diné

(University of New Mexico)

Deanna Kepka, Ph.D., MPH

Djin L. Tay (Co-Mentor)

 Accessing HPV vaccination knowledge among native American communities

Tarlynn Tone-Pah-Hote

Kiowa

(Univ. of Minnesota – Morris)

Joe Yost, Ph.D.

Maria de los Angie Serrano (Co-Mentor)

 Roles of kmt2d in Zebrafish Heart Development

Tahno Warren

Diné

(San Juan College)

Scott Summers, Ph.D.

Trevor Tippetts (Co-Mentor)

 A Role for Ceramides in Vascular Function

Lisa Wilson

Diné

(University of Utah)

Lisa Giles, MD
 

 Examining Parent and Child Measures in the context of a Multi-Disciplinary Headache Clinic Visit

Samira Rosenthal

White Earth Ojibwe

(Univ. of Minnesota – Morris)

Josh Bonkowsky, MD, Ph.D

Briana C. Fresher (Co-Mentor)

 Drug Screening for Potential Treatments Using a Zebrafish Disease Model
 

Leonard Almero

Potawatomi

(Univ. of California – San Diego)

Dipayan Chaudhuri, MD, Ph.D.

Salah Sommakia (Co-Mentor)

 Does inhibiting the assembly of one mitochondrial electron transport chain complex affect the activity of the other three?