NATIONAL SPACE BIOMEDICAL
RESEARCH INSTITUTE
RESEARCH INSTITUTE
| Class of 2012 Meredith Frances, Ph.D. University of Colorado, Denver Signaling at the vestibular calyx synapse Denver, Colorado NSBRI Sensorimotor Adaptation Team Mentor: Katherine Rennie, Ph.D. Anthony Lau, Ph.D. University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill Whole joint health: investigating modeled spaceflight changes in mice Chapel Hill, North Carolina NSBRI Musculoskeletal Alterations Team Mentor: Ted Bateman, Ph.D. Michael Lee, Ph.D. Brigham and Women's Hospital Assessing the impact of chronic sleep restriction on sleep and performance-associated regional brain activation using near infrared spectroscopy Boston, Massachusetts NSBRI Human Factors and Performance Team Mentor: Elizabeth Klerman, M.D., Ph.D. Brandon Macias, Ph.D. University of California, San Diego Altered ocular structure/function and mitigation of peri-optic nerve edema during simulated microgravity San Diego, California NSBRI Cardiovascular Alterations Team Mentor: Alan Hargens, Ph.D. Class of 2011 Julia Gershovich, Ph.D. Rice University Houston, Texas NSBRI Musculoskeletal Alterations Team Mentor: Antonio Mikos, Ph.D. Pavel Gershovich, Ph.D. Baylor College of Medicine Houston, Texas NSBRI Cardiovascular Alterations Team Mentor: Xander Wehrens, M.D., Ph.D. Liliana Mellor, Ph.D. University of North Carolina/North Carolina State University Induction of early stages of osteoarthritis after exposure to microgravity Chapel Hill, North Carolina NSBRI Musculoskeletal Alterations Team Mentor: Elizabeth Loboa, Ph.D. Catherine Davis, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University Mitigating neurobehavioral vulnerabilities to space radiation Baltimore, Maryland NSBRI Neurobehavioral and Psychosocial Factors Team Mentor: Robert Heinz, Ph.D. Guillaume Vignaux, Ph.D. Vanderbilt University Contribution of the vestibular and sympathetic nervous systems to space-induced bone loss Nashville, Tennessee NSBRI Musculoskeletal Alterations Team Mentor: Florent Elefteriou, Ph.D. Class of 2010 Devendra Bajaj, Ph.D. University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Pharmaceutical Countermeasure Effects on Tissue-Level Quality of Immobilized Bone Newark, New Jersey NSBRI Musculoskeletal Alterations Team Mentor: Christopher Fritton, Ph.D. Gwendolen E. Haley, Ph.D. Oregon Health & Science University Effects of Alphalipoic Acid on Irradiation Induced Cognitive Deficits NSBRI Radiation Effects Team Mentor: Jacob Raber, Ph.D. Andrea M. Hanson, Ph.D. University of Washington Enhancing the Efficacy of Musculoskeletal Countermeasures Using Computer Simulation NSBRI Musculoskeletal Alterations Team Mentor: Peter R. Cavanagh, Ph.D., D.Sc. Christopher J. Morris, Ph.D. Brigham & Women's Hospital Cardiovascular and Metabolic Consequences of Circadian Misalignment NSBRI Cardiovascular Alterations Team Mentor: Frank A.J.L. Scheer, Ph.D. Class of 2009 Takuo Kubota, M.D., Ph.D. University of California, San Francisco Interaction Between IGF-1 and Integrin Signaling in the Response of Bone to Mechanical Load NSBRI Musculoskeletal Alterations Team Mentor: Daniel D. Bikle, M.D., Ph.D. Clay E. Pandorf, Ph.D. University of California, Irvine Molecular Mechanisms that Impact Transcription of Myosin Genes in Human Skeletal Muscle in Response to Unloading: Role of Resistance Exercise NSBRI Musculoskeletal Alterations Team Mentor: Kenneth M. Baldwin, Ph.D. Andrew J.K. Phillips, Ph.D. Brigham and Women's Hospital Physiologically-Based Modeling of Sleep-Wake Scheduling and the Effects of Pharmaceuticals NSBRI Human Factors and Performance Team Mentor: Elizabeth B. Klerman, M.D., Ph.D. Rui Carlos Sá, Ph.D. University of California, San Diego Variability in Flow Distribution within the Lung and its Effects on Deposition and Clearance of Inhaled Particles in Normal and Reduced NSBRI Human Factors and Performance Team Mentor: G. Kim Prisk, Ph.D., D.Sc. Class of 2008 Ronke M. Olabisi, Ph.D. Rice University Bone Formation through Biomineralization and Bioengineering NSBRI Musculoskeletal Alterations Team Mentor: Jennifer L. West, Ph.D. Richard B. Souza, Ph.D. University of California, San Francisco Effects of Abnormal Loading on Tibiofemoral Articular Cartilage Composition NSBRI Musculoskeletal Alterations Team Mentor: Sharmila Majumdar, Ph.D. Daniela Trani, Ph.D. Georgetown University Medical Center The Role of Intestinal Inflammation in Acute Effects Induced by Exposure to Protons During Solar Particle Events NSBRI Radiation Effects Team Mentor: Albert J. Fornace, Jr., M.D. Bertrand P. Tseng, M.D., Ph.D. University of California, Irvine Oxidative Stress and Charged Particle Irradiation Alter Multipotent Stem Cells to Elicit Acute and Functional Changes in Target Organ Systems NSBRI Radiation Effects Team Mentor: Charles L. Limoli, Ph.D. Class of 2007 Stephanie M. Carleton, Ph.D. University of Missouri-Columbia A Combinatorial Approach of Exercise and Myostatin Inhibition to Enhance Compromised Bone NSBRI Musculoskeletal Alterations Team Mentor: Charlotte L. Phillips, Ph.D. Jocelyn E. Songer, Ph.D. Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary Investigating High Frequency Vestibular Function: A Potential Flight Diagnostic NSBRI Sensorimotor Adaptation Team Mentors: Daniel M. Merfeld, Ph.D., and Ruth Anne Eatock, Ph.D. Jeffrey S. Willey, Ph.D. Clemson University Radiation Effects on Bone Tissue and Cells in Reduced Gravity NSBRI Musculoskeletal Alterations Team Mentor: Ted A. Bateman, Ph.D. Class of 2006 Roger K. Long, M.D. University of California, San Francisco Recovery of IGF-1 Signaling in Bone by Skeletal Reloading NSBRI Musculoskeletal Alterations Team Mentor: Daniel D. Bikle, M.D., Ph.D. Paul MacNeilage, Ph.D. Washington University Psychophysics and Modeling of Spatial Orientation Perception NSBRI Sensorimotor Adaptation Team Mentor: Dora E. Angelaki, Ph.D. Shigeki Shibata, M.D., Ph.D. University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas Impacts of Bed Rest, Exercise and Aging on Dynamic Ventricular-Arterial Coupling NSBRI Cardiovascular Alterations Team Mentor: Benjamin D. Levine, M.D. Class of 2005 Hirofumi Aoki, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Virtual Reality-Based Preflight Astronaut 3D Navigation Training NSBRI Sensorimotor Adaptation Team Mentor: Charles M. Oman, Ph.D. Philipp Oberdoerffer, Ph.D. Harvard Medical School Class III Histone Deacetylases as a Defense Against Radiation-Induced DNA Damage NSBRI Radiation Effects Team Mentor: David A. Sinclair, Ph.D. Amy Ouellette, Ph.D. Stanford University Development of a Noninvasive, Handheld Immunosensor NSBRI Smart Medical Systems and Technology Team Mentor: Gregory T. Kovacs, M.D., Ph.D. Class of 2004 Sophie Gaboyard, Ph.D. University of Illinois Adaptation of Rodent Vestibular Hair Cell Neurotransmission in Altered Gravity NSBRI Sensorimotor Adaptation Team Mentor: Anna Lysakowski, Ph.D. Andrew Judge, Ph.D. Boston University The Use of Aspirin and Other NSAIDS to Ameliorate Muscle Atrophy Due to Simulated Weightlessness NSBRI Musculoskeletal Alterations Team Mentor: Susan C. Kandarian, Ph.D. Luis Cardoso Landa, Ph.D. Mount Sinai School of Medicine Ultrasonic Assessment of Anisotropic Mechanical Properties of Cancellous Bone after Disuse with and without Anti-Resorptive Therapy NSBRI Musculoskeletal Alterations Team Mentor: Mitchell B. Schaffler, Ph.D. Vesna Zderic, Ph.D. University of Washington Contrast Agents for High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Hemostasis NSBRI Smart Medical Systems and Technology Team Mentor: Lawrence A. Crum, Ph.D. |
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