LSUHSC School of Medicine

2020-2021 LSUHSC-NO PREP Scholars	PREP Faculty Research Mentor Department	Research Project Title	Awards	Undergraduate University Major/Minor
Sheldon Davis	Dr. Angela Amedee Microbiology, Immunology & Parasitology Dr. Tekeda Ferguson Epidemiology	Association of Alcohol Consumption on Vaginal Viral Load and Plasma Viral Load in People Living with HIV (PLWH): The New Orleans Alcohol Use in HIV (NOAH) Study		Pennsylvania State University Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Zari McCullers	Dr. Tiffany Wills Cell Biology & Anatomy	Sexual Differences in Negative Affect and Neural Activation Following Adolescent Alcohol Exposure	ABRCMS: Recipient of Neuroscience Division Outstanding ePoster Presentation Award	Towson University Cell and Molecular Biology
Roshaun Mitchell-Cleveland	Dr. Scott Edwards Physiology	Neuroadaptations in a Combined Alcoholic Neuropathy and Complex Regional Pain Syndrome in a Female Rat Model		Southern University of New Orleans Biology & Mathematics
Allison Norman	Dr. Martin Ronis Pharmacology	Investigating the Reactive Oxygen Species Involved in Alcohol-Induced Osteopenia		Alcorn State University Biochemistry
Diego Torres	Dr. Liz Simon Physiology	Chronic Alcohol- Mediated Mechanisms of Pancreatic Dysfunction in Simian Immunodeficiency Virus Infection	ABRCMS: Recipient of Physiology and Pharmacology Outstanding ePoster Presentation Award	Texas State University Biology, Biochemistry & Spanish

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