2011 Summer Research Internship Poster Session Winners
High School Category: First place: Jesus Perez, Chalmette High School
Mentor: Dr. Udai Pandey
Department of Genetics, LSUHSC Second Place: Caitlin Mitchell Patrick F. Taylor Science and Technology Academy
Mentor: Katy Phelan
Hayward Genetics Center,Tulane School of Medicine Third place: Maxwell Wang Isidore Newman School
Mentors: Drs. Mingquan Zheng and Jay Kolls
Department of Genetics, LSUHSC
Undergraduate category: First place: Michelle Nguyen Tulane Univeristy
Mentor: Dr. Ping Wang
Children's Hospital of New Orleans Second place: Matthew Haskins Louisiana Scholars' College at Northwestern State University Mentor: Dr. Diptasri Mandal
Department of Genetics, LSUHSC Third place: Jordana Williams Yale University
Mentors: Drs. Derek Pociask and Jay Kolls
Department of Genetics, LSUHSC
Medical Students: First place: Byron Hills LSU School of Medicine
Mentors: Drs. Ted Weyand , Rennie Jacobs, and Erich Richter, Neuroscience Center of Excellence, LSUHSC Second place: Brittani McClain LSU School of Medicine
Mentors: Dr. Alberto Musto and Nicolas Bazan, Neuroscience Center of Excellence, LSUHSC Third place: Rashad Johnson LSU School of Medicine
Mentor: Dr. Lisa Moreno-Walton, Departments of Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine, and Genetics, LSUHSC