The following is a list of the 2010 fellows, their mentors, and the titles of their proposals. An abstract of each fellow's project is available by clicking on their name.
Renee Chmelar
Mentors: Dr. Norm Greenberg (Clinical) and Dr. Larry Rohrschneider (Basic Sciences)
Proposal Title: "Prostate Cancer Stem Cells"
Valerie Cortez
MS in Epi student
Kavita Garg
Mentors: Dr. Muneesh Tewari (Human Biology) and Dr. Larry (Walter) Ruzzo (UW Computer Science)
Proposal Title: "Computational analysis of microRNA regulation in ovarian cancer."
Abraham Guerrero
Mentors: Dr. Michael Boeckeh (VIDI) and Dr. Stan Riddell (Clinical)
Proposal Title: "CMV-specific immunity after cord blood transplantation and studies on the persistence of T cell memory"
Christopher Hubert
Mentors: Dr. Jim Olson (Clinical) and Dr. Patrick Paddison (Human Biology)
Proposal Title: "Identification and Development of Synergistic Combination Therapies for Glioblastoma"
Joseph Jardine
Mentors: Dr. Bill Schief (UW Biochemistry) and Dr. Roland Strong (Basic Sciences)
Proposal Title: "Next generation HIV vaccine design via the 2F5 epitope"
Efrem Lim
Mentors: Dr. Michael Emerman (Human Biology) and Dr. Harmit Malik (Basic Sciences)
Proposal Title: "Evolution and antagonism of Viperin"
Justin Mirus
Mentors: Dr. Paul Lampe (PHS), Dr. Sunil Hingorani (Clinical)
Proposal Title: "Use of a mouse model to improve methods to diagnose pancreatic cancer in humans"
Tom White
Mentors: Dr. Pete Stanford (Human Biology) and Dr. Janet Stanford (PHS)
Proposal Title: "MAOA expression variability: pathways and risks in Prostate Cancer