Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
Fellows

2006-07

 Adam Bograd
Medical School: P&S
Department: Surgery/Pediatrics
Project: "Clinico-pathophysiology" of Anomalous Coronary Arteries
Mentor: Jonathan M. Chen, M.D.
 Leif-Erik Bohman
Medical School: P&S
Department: Neurological Surgery
Project: Neuroprogenitor Cells in Glioblastomas
Mentor: Jeffrey Bruce, M.D.
 Amie N. Dave
Medical School: New York University
Department: Pediatrics/Oncology
Project: mTOR Inhibition and Metronomic Temozolomide in the Treatment of Pediatric Brain Tumors
Mentors: Darrell J. Yamashiro, M.D.
Julie Glade Bender, M.D.
 Alexis A. Dieter
Medical School: P&S
Department: Medicine/Infectious Diseases (Global Health)
Project: Investigation of the Response to Antiretroviral Therapy Among Recently Infected Women in the CAPRISA AIDS Treatment (CAT) Program
Mentors: Scott Hammer, M.D.
Magda Sobieszczyk, M.D.
Salim Karim, M.D., (Durban, South Africa)
Carolyn Williamson, M.D. (Durban, South Africa)
 Ellen Goldstein
Medical School: P&S
Department: Psychiatry/Neuroscience
Project: Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Imaging to Assess Suicidal Behavior
Mentors: J. John Mann, M.D.,
Ramin Parsey, M.D.
 David K. Hahn
Medical School: Brown University
Department: Neurological Surgery
Project: The Role of Angiogenic Growth Factors in the Pathogenesis of Brain Arteriovenous Malformations
Mentor: E. Sander Connolly, Jr., M.D.
 Jason W. Harper
Medical School: P&S
Department: Medicine/Gastroenterology
Project: Hematologic Parameters in Celiac Disease
Mentor: Peter Green, M.D.
 Scott Henneman
Medical School: P&S
Department: Radiology
Project: Novel Contrast Agents in Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Mentor: John Pile-Spellman, M.D.
 Anastasios (Tom) Karnezis
Medical School: P&S
Department: Otolaryngology
Project: Genomic Wide Scans in Children with Cleft Lip With or Without Cleft Palate
Mentor: Joseph Haddad, M.D.
 Christopher Kellner
Medical School: P&S
Department: Neurological Surgery
Project: The Effects of Tiopronin on 3-aminopropanal Levels and Neurologic Outcomes after Subarachnoid Hemmorrhage
Mentor: E. Sander Connolly, Jr., M.D.
 Irene Lo
Medical School: P&S
Department: Surgery/Liver Transplantation
Project: A Prospective Study of the Utilization of Extended Donor Criteria (EDC) Liver Allografts in Orthotopic Liver Transplant Recipients
Mentors: Jean Emond, M.D.
John Renz, M.D.
 Mark J. Mann
Medical School: P&S
Department: Urology
Project: Phase I Trial of Intravesical Abraxane for the Management of Superficial Bladder Cancer Refractory to Standard Intravesical Therapy
Mentors: Mitchell C. Benson, M.D.
James McKiernan, M.D.
 Anaeze Offodile
Medical School: P&S
Department: Surgery (General)
Project: Mapping the Immune Response to Surgery
Mentor: Richard Whelan, M.D.
 Matthew J. O'Rourke
Medical School: P&S
Department: Medicine/Nephrology (in collaboration with Pediatrics/Neonatology)
Project: NGAL as a Marker of Renal Failure
Mentor: Jonathan Barasch, M.D., Ph.D.
 Kelly Smith
Medical School: P&S
Department: Medicine/Infectious Diseases (Global Health)
Project: Nevirapine Resistance Study II (NEVEREST II): Evaluation of a Potential Strategy to Preserve Nevirapine as a Component of Treatment Regimens for Young Children Exposed to Nevirapine as Part of Mother to Child Transmission Prevention HIV Programs
Mentors: Scott Hammer, M.D.
Magda Sobieszczyk, M.D.
Elaine Abrams, M.D.
Louise Kuhn, M.D.
Ashraf Coovadia, M.D. (Johannesburg, South Africa)
 Monique Vanaman
Medical School: P&S
Department: Neurological Surgery
Project: The Value of Prenatal MRI for Prenatal Neurosurgical Counseling
Mentors: Jeffrey Bruce, M.D.
Richard Anderson, M.D.


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