Sharmekia Jones
Lincoln High School

Host:
Sherwood Brown, MD, PhD
Psychiatry

Studying a medication’s effects on substance abuse patients with bipolar disorder, and analyzing data from a study on if depression affects asthma.

Meredith Scoggins
WT White High School

Host:
Hiromi Yanagisawa, MD, PhD
Molecular Biology

Exploring the role of fibulin-5, which is an ECM protein secreted from smooth muscle cells, during vascular development and pathological remodeling.

Jon Cronson
Hillcrest High School

Host:
Olivier Berton, PhD
Psychiatry

Researching the effects of anxiety and responses to stress using a mouse model.

Isabel Hernandez
Townview Magnet Center - Health Professions

Host:
Paul White, MD, PhD
Anesthesiology & Pain Mgnt.

A study for reducing propofol pain on injection for patients requiring general anesthesia.

Sarah Johnson
Townview Magnet Center - Science & Engineering

Host:
Spencer Brown, PhD
Plastic Surgery

Studying wound healing with tissue cultures to see bacterial influences to keratinocyte migration.

Deng Madut
Skyline High School

Host:
Victor Lin, PhD
Urology

Identification, isoloation, and characterization of biomarkers for the progression of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH).

Josh Schonborn
Townview Magnet Center - Talented & Gifted

Host:
Stephen Gold, PhD
Psychiatry

Investigating the circuits and receptor signaling cascades of the Regulators of G Protein Signaling Family of Proteins (RGS) on depression and addiction. 

Kayte Steffey-Bernstein
Booker T Washington School for Performing & Visual Arts

Host:
Ravi Samy, MD
Otolaryngology

Researching unusual otology / neurotology / skull base surgery cases.

OTHER STUDENT PARTICIPANTS

Hunter Banks
St. Marks School of Texas

Hosted By:
Joseph Albanesi, PhD
Pharmacology

Studying properties of the protein endophilin and its possible participation in the final stage of endocytosis.

Molly Bierman
The Hockaday School

Hosted By:
Helen Hobbs, MD
Center for Human Genetics

Analyzing the evolution of bile and the ratio of its contents in different types of animals.

Lado Bepo
Texas Academy of Mathematics & Science

Hosted By:
Dana Hardin, MD
Pediatrics

Researching metabolic effects of growth hormone on children with Sickle Cell Disease and how growth is effected during a pain crisis.

Jessica Chu
Texas Academy of Mathematics & Science

Hosted By:
JT Hsieh, PhD
Urology

Researching a drug’s effects on the activity of a protein that is used in gene therapy.

Emily Hsu
Creekview High School

Hosted By:
Amelia Eisch, PhD
Psychiatry

Studying adult neurogenesis and its effect on neurological disorders like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease.

Noah Levinson
Highland Park High School

Hosted By:
Kristen Lynch, PhD
Biochemistry

Using genetic and biochemical approaches to study the stimulation-dependent alternative splicing of CD45 in T cells.

Shawn Mathur
Hebron High School

Hosted By:
Howard Gershenfeld, MD, PhD
Psychiatry & Integrative Biology

Sequencing a gene that corresponds to rat anxiety / avoidance.

Michael Navarre
Williams High School

Hosted By:
Dean Smith, MD, PhD
Pharmacology

Studying the biochemical role of LUSH, an odorant-binding protein, to understand the basic principles of chemosensory transduction and information processing.

Esther Nie
JJ Pearce High School

Hosted By:
Jonathan Cohen, PhD
Internal Medicine - Human Nutrition

Studying polymorphisms in genes susceptible to heart disease and analyzing patient histories to find a possible correlation.

Jason Woo
Texas Academy of Mathematics & Science

Hosted By:
Gail Thomas, PhD
Internal Medicine

Researching hypertension by investigating estrogen and its effect of the production rates of nitric oxide.