The Penn State CTSI Education and Training Internal Advisory (ETIAC) and Executive committees are pleased to announce the recipients of the CTSI TL1 Predoctoral training awards.
From among the strong applications submitted, six awardees were selected. The selection process followed an NIH-style review first by the ETIAC. The top tier of applications was then submitted to the CTSI Executive Committee for selection based both on merit and programmatic considerations. .
We congratulate the following students as they join our first cohort of CTSI TL1 scholars:
Shawntawnee Collins, Immunology and Infectious Diseases, UP campus
“The Effect of Obesity on Immunoregulatory Cells in Pre and Postmenopausal Women”
Mentor: Connie Rogers
Jonathan Harris, Neuroscience, COM campus
“Predicting Alcohol Treatment Outcome Using Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy”
Mentors: Scott Bunce and Sue Grigson
Jessica Kutz, Kinesiology, UP campus
“Mitochondria Superoxide Stimulated Rhoa/ROCK Induced Vasoconstriction in Hypercholesterolemic Humans”
Mentors: Lacy Holowatz and Larry Kenney
Erica Rauff, Kinesiology, UP campus
“Needs Assessment of Healthy Eating and Physical Activity in Pregnancy to Promote Appropriate Gestational Weight Gain”
Mentor: Danielle Downs
Nicholas Sterling, MD Program, COM campus
“Morphological Changes of the Putamen in Parkinson’s Disease Related to Severity of Rigidity and Akinesia”
Mentors: Xuemei Huang and Mechelle Lewis
Xiaowei (Bill) Su, MD/PhD Program, Molecular Medicine, COM campus
“Effect of H6D3 HFE Polymorphism on Mitochondrial Dysfunction in ALS”
Mentor: James Connor
