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Children's Summer Scholars Program

2011 Scholars

  Student Mentor       Title of Project
CSSP Scholar 2011

 

Tina Anand 

 

William Lutin


 

Diagnostic assessment of fetal echocardiography versus postnatal electrocardiography in patients with congenital heart disease



CSSP Scholar 2011

 

Breana Berry

 

Ryan Harris

 


 

Influence of cystic fibrosis on vascular endothelial function at rest and during exercise



CSSP Scholar 2011

 

Anita Bharath

 

 

Christopher Houk

 


 

Identification and Trajectories of Biomarkers Predicting the Risk of Developing Pre-diabetes and/or Diabetes in a High-risk Group of Obese and Overweight Adolescent Youth: Systems Biology Approach



 CSSP Scholar 2011

 

Meghana Bhatta

 

Renuka Mehta


 

Identifying causes of ineffective communication between healthcare providers and parents of pediatric patients



 CSSP Scholar 2011

 

Eric Brown

 

Dorothy Tuan-Lo


 

Induction of sickling in erythroid cells cultured from CD34+ stem/progenitor cells in the peripheral blood samples of patients with sickle cell disease



 CSSP Scholar 2011

 

Alan (Chip) Carnes

 

Vernon Barnes

 



Impact of "I AM FIT" project on blood pressure in youth

   
 CSSP Scholar 2011

 

Chelsea Chandler

 

Jennie Gilg

 

 

Investigating the effect of hyaluronan oligomers on radiation resistance and proliferation/apoptosis of human glioblastoma.

   
 CSSP Scholar 2011

 

Juliana Coleman

 

Jim Carroll

 

 

Effect of Adult Stem Cells on Long Standing Neonatal Brain Injury in Rats

   
 CSSP Scholar 2011

 

Courtney Cripps

 

Dennis Murray

 

 

Antibiotic Use in MCG Children's Medical Center

   
 CSSP Scholar 2011

 

Samantha Curtis

 

Renuka Mehta

 

 

To evaluate inter-rater reliability, and perform discriminant validity on a global skill assessment simulation checklist for Lumbar Puncture on a simulation infant

   
 CSSP Scholar 2011

 

Curran (Hunter) Daigle

 

William Lutin

 

 

Correlation of AV and PR intervals in a pediatric cardiac defect population

   
 CSSP Scholar 2011

 

Elyceia Dortch

 

Renukda Mehta

 

 

A Comparison of Noninvasive and Invasive Ventilation for Status Ashmaticus: A Retrospective Study to Determine Correlates of Prolonged Hospitalization

   
 CSSP Scholar 2011

 

Faneece Embry

 

Martha Tingen

 

 

Does Age and Race of the Mother Affect Cotinine Levels in Premature Infants?

   
 CSSP Scholar 2011

 

Connie Francia

 

Martha Tingen

 

 

Maternal smoking and the economic recession: possible risk factors

   
 CSSP Scholar 2011

 

Brett LaBrecque

 

Anthony Pearson-Shaver

 

 

Analysis of the Effectiveness of Neonatal Treatment by studying the cumulative length of stay and other relevant clinical outcomes of pediatric patients under 5 years old who were delivered at a gestational age of 28 weeks or less.

   
 CSSP Scholar 2011

 

Thao-Vy (Kina) Le

 

Caroline DiBattisto

 

 

The Emerging Role of Telehealth in the Care of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

   
 CSSP Scholar 2011

 

Prathyusha Mididoddi

 

Martha Tingen

 

 

Prevalence of Pregnant Smokers and Passive Smoke Exposed Neonates in an Academic Hospital Setting

   
 CSSP Scholar 2011

 

Kenyatta Mireku

 

Katrina Nguyen

 

 

Do bile acid receptors explain the mechanism for bile acid toxicity in the esophagus?

   
 CSSP Scholar 2011

 

Katherine Morgan

 

Alice Caldwell

 

 

The Effectiveness of Intensified Education on Parental of Neonatal Safety Issues

   
 CSSP Scholar 2011

 

Jodi Parungao

 

Catherine Davis

 

 

Identify children with and without ADHD and determine correlations between cognition, achievement, and type 2 diabetes risk in children

   
 CSSP Scholar 2011

 

Priya Patel

 

Catherine Davis

 

 

Measuring Cardiometabolic Risk in Children using MRI

   
 CSSP Scholar 2011

 

Micah Pherson

 

Kenneth Murdison

 

 

Using renal sodium output as an indicator for detecting individuals at risk for salt sensitive hypertension

   
 CSSP Scholar 2011

 

Rebecca Plant

 

Renua Mehta

 

 

Cost of Hospitalization for Preterm and Low Birth Weight Infants under Five years of Age.

   
 CSSP Scholar 2011

 

Thomas (Spencer) Poore

 

Ryan Harris

 

 

Influence of cystic fibrosis on vascular endothelial function at rest and during exercise

   
 CSSP Scholar 2011

 

Tracey Ragsdale

 

Vernon Barnes

 

 

Impact of "I AM FIT" project on blood pressure in youth

   
 CSSP Scholar 2011

 

Vanessa Rigaud

 

Chitra Mani

 

 

Study to compare the different methods for body temperature measurements in children

   
 CSSP Scholar 2011

 

Yolanda Safford

 

Bernard Maria

 

 

Hyaluronan Antagonism and Immunotherapy in Human Malignancies

   
 CSSP Scholar 2011

 

Santha Savini

 

Deborah Young-Hyman

 

 

Validation of the Diabetes Treatment and Satiety Scale (DTSS-20) Questionnaire

   
 CSSP Scholar 2011

 

Aamne Shalabi

 

Renuka Mehta

 

 

Parent Health Literacy and Pediatric Virtual Patient Health Literacy Study

   
 CSSP Scholar 2011

 

Brad Wills

 

Gregory Harshfield

 

 

Measurement of BNP as an Indicator of Ventricular Function after Repair of Tetralogy of Fallot

   

 

Maternal smoking and the economic recession: possible risk factors

 

Revised: 1/28/13