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The Ohio University
Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine provides a
wide variety of summer research opportunities for
undergraduate students interested in careers in
medicine or biomedical research. Participants in
this program work in an active research laboratory
under the guidance of a faculty member. The program
is deliberately flexible, so that students may
combine work with other educational experiences. The
goal of the program is to expose students to the
challenges, excitement and satisfaction of research.
Selection is based on
academic records and the appropriateness of the
applicant’s scientific interests. Students about to
begin their senior year of college studies are
preferred, but promising juniors and recent
graduates will be considered.
Participants are
provided with room, board and a $600 stipend. Eight
undergraduate credit hours in biology are also
available tuition-free to all program participants.
In addition, those program participants who meet
minimum requirements for admission to OU-HCOM,
including having taken the MCAT, will be offered an
opportunity to interview during the summer. |
Bonita Biegalke, Ph.D.
Molecular studies of
regulatory mechanisms critical for replication of
the herpes virus,
cytomegalovirus.
Mark Berryman, Ph.D.
Cellular and molecular aspects
of a new family of human chloride channel proteins.
Jack Blazyk,
Ph.D.
We discovered a new
design for antimicrobial peptides that can
selectively kill bacteria by disrupting the
cytoplasmic membrane. By understanding
how these peptides function, we hope to
produce sufficiently potent and selective
compounds for clinical use against
antibiotic-resistant microorganisms.
Leslie Consitt, Ph.D.
My research interest involves studying the
metabolic properties of skeletal muscle in
conditions such as obesity, diabetes, and
aging. I am particularly interested in
elucidating the cellular and molecular
mechanisms contributing to skeletal muscle
insulin sensitivity and lipid metabolism and
the impact that exercise and diet
modification may have on these mechanisms.
Karen Coschigano, Ph.D.
Elucidation of
genes involved in the development of or
protection from kidney damage either as a
result of diabetes or over expression of
growth hormone.
Peter Coschigano, Ph.D.
Genetic and molecular studies of natural
biodegradation processes, such as microorganisms
that can degrade toxic compounds, and development of
techniques that can exploit them for environmental
clean-up purposes.
Mario Grijalva, Ph.D.
Tropical
Disease Research in Ecuador: Epidemiological,
entomological and clinical studies in rural
communities. Activities will focus on collection and
analysis of biological material in the field (mobile
laboratory) and further analysis of samples and data
at the Infectious Disease Research Laboratory in
Quito, Ecuador as well as back in Athens. For more
information, visit
www.oucom.ohiou.edu/tdi/ or contact
grijalva@ohio.edu.
Donald Holzschu, Ph.D.
Role of retroviruses in tumor
induction and regression.
Frank Horodyski, Ph.D.
Structure, syntheses and mode
of action of insect neuropeptides.
Sharon Inman, Ph.D.
I am a renal physiologist interested in renal
transplantation and diabetic kidney disease. My
current projects include delineating the mechanisms
of ischemia/reperfusion injury which can occur in
donor kidneys prior to transplantation and studying
the renal microvascular dysfunction associated with
diabetes.
John Kopchick, Ph.D.
Molecular basis for obesity
and diabetes.
Donald Miles, Ph.D.
Adaptive significance of variation in morphology and
locomotion; comparative methods in ecology and
evolutionary biology.
Molly Morris, Ph.D.
Sexual selection, alternative mating strategies and
the evolution of communication in swordtail fishes.
Felicia Nowak, M.D., Ph.D
Regulation of gene
expression and mechanism of action of neuropeptides
in brain development, function and aging; impact of
gender and sex steroids on brain development;
transgenic models.
Steve Reilly, Ph.D.
Functional morphology (electromyography, kinematics,
anatomy) of vertebrate locomotion.
Allan Showalter, Ph.D.
Molecular and cellular biology approaches to the
structure and function of plant cell surface
proteins, including the use of genetic mutants and
RNA interference in Arabidopsis.
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