
| Class of 2010 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. 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. 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. |