Nicole Brossier	NIH NINDS F30 NRSA (2008-2012)
Brian Dizon	NIH NIDDK F30 NRSA (2008-2011)
James Gladden	NIH NHLBI T32 Supplement (until 6/30/2010)
John Hammond	NIH NINDS F30 NRSA (2009-2013)
Travis Lewis	NIH NINDS F30 NRSA (2009-2013)
David Mayhew	NIH NIA F30 NRSA (2007-2010)
Lisa Nowoslawski	NIH NINDS F30 NRSA (2009-2012)
Jason Paik	DoD Breast Cancer Predoctoral Fellowship (2006-2009)
Louise Pyle	NIH NHLBI F30 NRSA (2009-2011)

Students Previously On Individual Extramural Fellowships

Lena Gamble	NIH NCI F31 NRSA (2004-2007)
Jennifer Guimbellot	NIH NIEHS F30 NRSA (2006-2009)
Kelly Harms	DoD Breast Cancer Predoctoral Fellowship (2005-2007)
Tanya Rege	NIH NINDS F30 NRSA (2004-2008)
Amish Shah	NIH NINDS F30 NRSA (2004-2007)
Nathaniel Weathington	NIH NIEHS F30 NRSA (2005-2008)
Duane Wesemann	NIH NINDS F30 NRSA (2003-2005)

2009 Intramural Student Awards

• Medical Student Research Day 2009 Awards:

  Oral Awards (will attend National Student Research Forum, April 22-23, 2010)
  
  Best oral presentation in the Short Term Research Category
  Stacey Watkins
  "Biophysical and biomechanical aspects of glioma invasion"
  
  Best oral presentation in the Long Term Research Category
  Stephen Jordan
  "Identification of a novel malaria vaccine: cross-reactive antibodies in a hypoendemic setting"
  
  Additional students Chosen for Oral Presentations
  
  Short Term Research Category
  Jennifer Stanley
  "Syndecan-1 shedding diminishes its nuclear levels: mechanism for stimulation of myeloma tumor growth"
  
  Intermediate Term Research Category
  Michael Alberti
  "A recombinant adenovirus for targeted gene therapy of inflammation"
  
  Long Term Research Category
  Olusimidele Akinsiku
  "Functional response of CD8+ cells in the setting of HIV-1 disease"
  
  Chris Yuskaitis
  "Lithium rescues biochemical and behavioral phenotypes in a mouse model of Fragile X syndrome"
  
  Best Poster in the category of "HIV/AIDS"
  Lisa Nowoslawski Akhtar
  "SOCS3 Inhibits Antiviral IFN-Beta Signaling to Enhance HIV-1 Replication in
  Macrophages: Implications for HIV Associated Dementia"
  
  Best Poster in the category of "Cancer Therapy"
  Sherry Yang
  "A dual-action, armed replicating adenovirus for the treatment of ovarian cancer"
  
  Best Poster in the category of "Cardiovascular Disease"
  James Doug Gladden
  "Inhibition of Xanthine Oxidase Preserves Left Ventricular Function In
  Volume Over Heart Failure"
  
  Best Poster in the category of "Cellular Physiology"
  Asher Albertson
  "Loss of HCN Channels May Contribute to Epilepsy"
  
  Best Poster in the category of "Neurology"
  Brian Warmus
  "Investigating the Anatomy Underlying Behavioral Symptoms in
  Frontotemproal Dementia"
  
  Best Poster in the category of "Neuroscience"
  Travis Lewis
  "Coxsackie and Adenovirus Receptor Expression Dictates Neuronal
  Tropism in the Mouse Substantia Nigra"
  
   

• George Atkinson, 1st Place Award for Best Poster Presentation, 2009 Cell Biology Departmental Retreat (Tie), "Pin1 Regulates STAT3 Signaling in Glioma"
• Nicole Brossier, 1st Place Award for Best Poster Presentation, 2009 Cell Biology Departmental Retreat (Tie), "Differential Roles of Ras Isoforms in Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors"
• Jason Paik, 2nd Place Award for Best Graduate Student Oral Presentation, 2009 Cell Biology Departmental Retreat, "Regulation of Apoptosis by a Novel Nucleolar Protein"
• Stephen Jordan, Cell Biology, UAB Dean's Award for Joint Health Sciences Outstanding Student, "Analysis of the Malaria Vaccine Potential of Plasmodium falciparum Merozoite Surface Protein-3"
• David Mayhew was awarded the UAB Ireland Travel Award (2009) for travel to the University of Wisconsin-Madison to learn how to generate conditional muscle specific "transgene" expression.
• George Atkinson, 2nd Place Life Sciences, Cellular and Molecular Biology, UAB Graduate Student Research Day (February 2009), "The Role of Pin1 in NF-kappaB Signaling in Glioblastoma""
• Christopher Yuskaitis, 1st Place Life Sciences, Cell Biology, UAB Graduate Student Research Day (February 2009), "The Role of Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 in Fragile X Syndrome and Autism"
• Daniel Schreeder, Semi-Finalist for the Samuel B. Barker Award for Excellence in Research by a Graduate Student, Hematology/Oncology, UAB Dept. of Medicine Trainee Research Symposium Awards (March 2009), Mentor: Dr. Randall Davis. "MHC class II is an FCRL6 ligand"
• Nate M. Weathington, MD, PhD (UAB Alumnus), Semi-Finalist for the Thomas N. James Award for Excellence in Research by a Resident, Internal Medicine Residency Program, UAB Dept. of Medicine Trainee Research Symposium Awards (March 2009), Mentor: Amit Gaggar, "Matrix metalloproteinase-9 cleaves the pulmonary collectin surfactant protein-D and diminishes collectin-dependent bacterial aggregation and neutrophil chemotaxis"

2009 Extramural Student Awards and Invited Talks

• Louise Pyle will give a talk at the North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference (Minneapolis, MN), October 2009.  “Comprehensive Spectrum of Activity Analysis for ∆F508-CFTR Correctors”.

• Kayci Huff gave a talk at the 14^th International  Congress of Mucosal Immunology (Boston, MA), July 2009. “Mucosal TGF-beta/IL-6 Axis Regulates Effector T-cell Responses”. 

• Louise Pyle gave the Plenary Presentation at the Medical Students for Choice Leadership Training Retreat (Cleveland, OH), July 2009. “Choosing to Lead: Developing Yourself and Your Colleagues as Leaders in Medicine”.

• Nicole Brossier won a Histochemical Society Travel Award and an American Society for investigative Pathology to Experimental Biology 2009 (New Orleans, LA), April 2009.