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Al-Shaibani, Tarik
Assistant Professor, College of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Arabian Gulf University, Manama, Bahrain
Research: Regulation of Acid Secretion in the Human Stomach
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital, Department of Surgery, Research West, Boston, MA, August 2000 - April 2001

Albarwani, Sulayma
Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman
Research: Identifying Ion Channels in Cerebral Arteries Exposed to High Blood Pressure
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Milwaukee, WI, August 2000 - May 2001

Antoci, Valentin
Director, Department of Orthopedics, Edinets Central District Hospital, Edinets, Moldova
Lecturing and Research: External Osteosynthesis and Femur and Knee Endoprothesis in Traumatology and Orthopedics
School of Medicine, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Louisville, KY, June 2001 - December 2001

Ariceta Iraolo, Maria Gema
Research Specialist, Department of Pediatrics, Clincal Hospital, University of Santiago of Compostela, Santiago of Compostela, Spain
Research: State of the Art in Pediatric Dialysis and Renal Transplantation
Children's Memorial Hospital, Division of Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics, Chicago, IL, September 2000 - March 2001

Bartakova, Hana
Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
Research: Pulmonary Complications After Bone Marrow Transplantation
School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Minneapolis, MN, October 2000 - August 2001

Becker Junior, Eduardo
Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Luterana University of Brazil, Canoas-RS, Brazil
Research: Three-Dimensional Ultrasound and Nuchal Translucency for Prenatal Down Syndrome Screening
Thomas Jefferson Medical College and Hospital, Division of Diagnostic Ultrasound, Department of Radiology, Philadelphia, PA, c/o Dr. Barry B. Goldberg
January 2001 - January 2002

Bekteshi, Erald
Psychiatric Resident, Department of Psychiatry, Mother Theresa University Hospital Center, Tirana, Albania
Research: Treatment of Patients with Opiate Addiction
College of Medicine, Department of Clinical Psychiatry, Chicago, IL, November 2000 - May 2001

Berg, Soren
Senior Consultant, Department of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Heart Center University Hospital, Linkoping University, Linkoping, Sweden
Research: Liver and Gut Function in Sepsis and Shock
Department of Critical Care Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, September 2000 - August 2001

Bessar, Majedah
Assistant Consultant, Department of Pediatrics, King Fahad National Guard Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Research: Kluver-Becy Syndrome (Familiar Pattern): Is There a Mode of Inheritance of this Disease?
Massachusetts General Hospital East, Molecular Neurogenetics Unit, Charlestown, MA, August 2000 - April 2001

Beutel, Manfred
Professor, Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine and Pyschotherapy, University of Giessen, Giessen, Germany
Lecturing and Research: Functional Neuroimaging of Neuropsychological and Neurobiological States: Application in Psychotherapy Research
White Plains, NY, February 2001 - July 2001

Caixas Pedragos, Maria-Assumpta
Researcher, Department of Endocrinology and Nutrition, Hospital of Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
Research: Effects of Invivo Insulin, Glucose, and Dexamethasone on Serum Lipid Levels in Humans
St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center College of Physicians and Surgeons, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Nutrition, New York, NY, September 2000 - June 2001

Calvo Gonzalez, Alfonso
Assistant Professor, Department of Histology and Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
Research: The Effects of Antiangiogenesis Agents in Mammary and Prostate Cancer Progression in Transenic Mice
National Cancer Institute, Laboratory of Cellregulation and Carcinogenesis, Bethesda, MD, June 1999 - June 2000

Corchero, Javier
Researcher, Brain Cartography Division, Pluridisciplinary Institute, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Research: The Role Peroxisome Proliferator Activated Receptor Alpha (PPAR) in Hypolipidemic Therapy and Hepatocarcinogenesis
National Cancer Institute, Laboratory of Metabolism, Bethesda, MD, June 2000 - June 2001

Creemers, Johannes
Postdoctoral Researcher, Laboratory for Molecular Oncology, Center for Human Genetics, Leuven, Belgium
Research: Intracellular Transport and In Vivo Characterization of Proprotein Processings-Enzymes of the Novel Furin Family
Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes, Denver, CO, August 2000 - July 2001

Dagdeviren, Attila
Professor, Department of Histology-Embryology, Medical Faculty, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
Research: Image Supported Tissue Distribution Database on CD Designated Cell Surface Antigens
Department of Medicine, Oklahoma City, OK, Cardiovascular Biology Research Program, Oklahoma City, OK, June 2000 - October 2000

Degreve, Bart
Scientific Researcher, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Research: Detailed Enzymologic Study of NDP Kinases Involved in the Activation of Anticancer and Antiviral Drugs
School of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, New Haven, CT, October 2000 - September 2001

Dorogoi, Vera
Doctor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maternity Hospital, Balts, Moldova
Research: Management of Hypothyroid Disease in Pregnancy
College of Osteopathic Medicine, Athens, OH, August 2000 - December 2000

Dyb, Grete
Ph.D. Student, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
Research: The Impact of Alleged Sexual Abuse and Related Stressors on Children
School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, August 2000 - July 2001

Emtner, Ingegerd
Senior Lecturer, Department of Neuroscience Physiotherapy, Faculty of Medicine, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
Research: Pulmonary Rehabilitation
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Physiology and Medicine, Torrance, CA, August 2000 - July 2001

Hagberg, Henrik
Professor, Perinatal Center, Institute for the Health of Women and Children, Goteborg University, Goteborg, Sweden
Research: Role of Poly ADP-Ribose Polymerase and Caspases in Perinatal Brain Injury
School of Medicine, Department of Neurology and Pediatrics, Baltimore, MD, September 2000 - June 2001

Handzic-Cuk, Jadranka
ENT Specialist, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Clinical Hospital Center School of Medicine, Zagreb University, Zagreb, Croatia
Research: The Influence of Orofacial Cleft Types on the Middle Ear and Eustachian Tube Function
School of Dental Medicine, Division of Oral Biology, Pittsburgh, PA, August 2000 - May 2001

Howlett, Kirsten
Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Health Sciences, Deakin University, Burwood, Victoria, Australia
Research: Regulation of Skeletal Muscle Glucose Uptake
School of Medicine, Joslin Diabetes Center, Cambridge, MA, June 2000 - June 2001

Jadue, Liliana
Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Los Andres University, Santiago, Chile
Research: Equity Oriented Allocation of Resources to Primary Health Care in Chile
School of Public Health, Center for Society and Health, Boston, MA, January 2001 - April 2001

Januszewski, Andrzej
Adjunct Professor, Department of Genetics, Agricultural University in Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland
Research: Inhibition of Advanced Glycoxidation End Products Formation in Diabetes
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Columbia, SC, October 2000 - July 2001

Jarosinska, Dorota
Assistant Professor, Outpatient Clinic of Environmental Medicine, Institute of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health, Sosnowiec, Poland
Research: Clinical Validation of Cut-Off Values Used in Environmental Lead Screening Programs in Children
Epidemiology Branch, Research Triangle Park, NC, October 2000 - July 2001

Jonsdottir, Birna
Radiologist, Radiology Clinic, Domus Medica, Reykjavik, Iceland
Research: The Significance of Very Low BMD Measurements in QCT
Institute for Medical Imaging and Image Analysis, Washington, DC, August 2000 - August 2001

Kaddu, Steven
Assistant Professor, Department of Dermatology, University of Graz, Graz, Austria
Research: Histopathology of Soft Tissue Tumors with Special Emphasis to Diagnosis of Cutaneous Soft Tissue Tumors
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Department of Pathology, Boston, MA, October 2000 - April 2001

Kamal, Sanaa
Assistant Professor, Department of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Ains Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
Research: Specific Cellular Responses and Cytokine Patterns in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Co-Infected with Schistosmoiasis
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard University Medical School Infectious Disease Division, Boston, MA, October 2000 - April 2001

Khalifa, Sherif
Lecturer, Faculty of Pharmacy, Biotechnology Research Institute, Suez Canal Institute, Ismailia, Egypt
Lecturing and Research: Microbial Models for Mammalian Drug Metabolism
Georgia State University, Department of Biology, Atlanta, GA, c/o Dr. Sidney A. Crow Jr
June 2001 - October 2001

King, Susan
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Research: Evaluation of Safety and Toxicity of Exposure to Antiretroviral Agents in Pregnancy
Epidemiology, Epidemiology Branch Division of HIV/AIDS - Surveillance/, Atlanta, GA, September 2000 - June 2001

Kramers, Cornelis
Lecturer, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Research: The Mechanism of Preconditioning in the Kidney
Harvard University, School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Cambridge, MA, c/o Dr. Joseph V. Bonventre
September 2000 - September 2001

Kranjec, Igor
Cardiologist, Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Research: Risk Stratification and In-Hospital Management of Patients with Acute Coronary Syndromes
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, UCLA School of Medicine, Coronary Care Units, Division of Cordiology, Los Angeles, CA, c/o Dr. Bojan Cercek
September 2001 - December 2001

Kumlien, Eva
Consultant, Department of Neurology, University Hospital, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
Research: Clinical and Preclinical Studies of Partial Epilepsy
University of Minnesota--Twin Cities, Department of Clinical Neurology, St. Paul, MN, c/o Dr. John R. Gates
August 2000 - June 2001

Legros, Benjamin
Resident, Department of Neurology, Erasme Hospital, Brussels, Belgium
Research: Drowsiness, Sleep, and Circadian Rhythms in Patients with Non-Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
The Neurological Institute, Department of Neurology, New York, NY, September 2000 - September 2001

Marino, Giovanni
Resident, Department of Surgery, Garibaldi Hospital, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
Research: Impact of the Right Lobe Living Donor Liver Transplantation in Adult Patients on Organ Shortage
Transplantation Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, May 2001 - February 2002

Markosyan, Karine
Research Analyst, Department of Public Health, Center for Health Services Research, American University of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia
Research: Exploration of Issues Surrounding Effective School Health Programs in the United States: Development of a Culturally Appropriate Health Program for Armenian Schools
School of Public Health, Department of International Health, Atlanta, GA, August 2000 - May 2001

Martinez Munoz, Maria
Staff Member, Department of Hematology, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain
Research: Targeting Clontypic Myeloma Cells for Serotherapy After Stem Cell Transplantation
Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell, New York, NY, September 2000 - August 2001

Mathov de Sacerdoti, Irina
Lecturer, Department of Immunology, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Research: Role of the Interleukin-6 Type of Cytokines and Their Receptors in Aging-Associated Bone Loss
Division of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Center for Osteoporosis and Metabolic Disease, Little Rock, AR, November 2000 - February 2001

Mayerova, Dita
Graduate Student, Department of Immunology, 2nd School of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
Research: The Pathogenic Mechanisms of Skin Autoimmune Disease in Novel Strain of Mouse
University of Minnesota--Twin Cities, Center for Immunology Medical School, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Minneapolis, MN, c/o Dr. Kristin A. Hogquist
August 2000 - June 2001

Mokhtar, Najat
Professor and Director, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science Nutrition Unit, Ibn Tofail University, Kenitra, Morocco
Research: Reframing Obesity in Morocco: Women, Diet, and Culture
School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, MD, July 2000 - October 2000

Morawski, Krzysztof
Associate Professor, 2nd ENT Department, Silesian Medical Academy, Zabrze, Poland
Research: Identifying the Intraoperative Monitoring of Cochlear Function During Neuro-Otologic Surgery
School of Medicine, Department of Otolaryngology, Miami, FL, September 2000 - March 2001

Neurath, Markus
Assistant Professor, I. Medical Center, University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany
Research: Transcriptional Regulation of Cytokine Gene Expression by T-bet in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Gastroenterology Division, Boston, MA, March 2001 - August 2001

Panariti, Edmond
Deputy Director and Head, Department of Environmental Toxicology, Bilal Golemi Institute of Veterinary Research, Tirana, Albania
Lecturing and Research: Characterization of Colchicine's Excretion and Tissue Distribution Patterns
College of Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary Medical Research, Mississippi State, MS, September 2001 - March 2002

Prieto, Juan
Associate Professor, Cardiovascular Center, School of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
Research: Training in Design and Management of Clinical Trials
Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC, January 2001 - April 2001

Prifti, Skerdi
Vice-Chief, Gastroenterology Clinic, Mother Theresa University Hospital Center, Tirana, Albania
Research: Role of Endoscopic Retrograde Colangio-Pancreatography in the Treatment of Hepato-Biliary and Pancreatic Diseases
Georgetown University Hospital (5 PHC), Gastroenterology Fellowship Experience, Washington, DC, March 2001 - September 2001

Reneman, Liesbeth
Assistant Researcher in Training, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Research: Comparison of 1H Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and PET as Methods for Detecting MDMA (Ecstasy) Neurotoxicity: Studies in Nonhuman Primates
Department of Neurology, Baltimore, MD, July 2000 - December 2000

Ribeiro, Mariceli
Assistant Professor, Department of Infectious Diseases, Biomedical Center, Federal University of Espirito Santo, Victoria, ES, Brazil
Research: Genotype and Molecular Study of Possible Mechanisms of Resistance to Antifungal Drugs by Yeast Isolated From HIV-Infected Patients
Medical Center, Division of Infectious Diseases, Durham, NC, October 2000 - October 2001

Sanchez Burgos, Gilma Guadalupe
Researcher, Department of Arboviruses, National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, Mexico
Research: Virulence Factors of the Influenza Virus: The NSI Protein
New York University, Department of Microbiology, New York, NY, c/o Dr. Adolfo Garcia-Sastre
April 2001 - August 2001

Sarkadi, Balazs
Head, Department of Cell Metabolism, National Institute of Haematology and Immunology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
Research: Investigation of the Role of ATP-Dependent Transporters in Cystic Fibrosis
School of Medicine, Cystic Fibrosis/Pulmonary Research and Treatment Center, Chapel Hill, NC, October 2000 - June 2001

Sarndahl, Eva
Assistant Professor, Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linkoping University, Linkoping, Sweden
Research: The Battle Between Anti-Inflammatory Signals (Lipoxins) and Pro-Inflammatory Signals (Chemotactic Signals) in Inflammation
Harvard Medical School, Department of Anesthesia, Boston, MA, July 2000 - July 2001

Sediva, Anna
Vice-Head, Institute of Immunology, University Hospital Motol, Prague, Czech Republic
Research: Immunology: A Multidisciplinary Field
School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Chapel Hill, NC, Dates to be determined.

Shehab, Azza
Lecturer, Department of Opthalmology, School of Medicine, Minia University, Minia, Egypt
Research: Electrophysiology Study or Retinal Pigment Epithelium and Photoreceptors Transplant in Experimental Animal Models for Retinitis Pigmentosa
Jules Stein Eye Institute, Los Angeles, CA, May 2001 - March 2002

Shivalkar, Bharati
Research Associate, Center for Experimental Healing and Anesthesiology, Leuven, Belgium
Research: Chronic Ischemic Left Ventricular Dysfunction
Health Sciences Center, Cardiovascular Division, Charlottesville, VA, February 2001 - October 2001

Shukuryan, Arthur
Chief, Department of ENT, Yerevan State Medical University, Yerevan, Armenia
Lecturing and Research: Surgical Rehabilitation of Patients with Conductive Deafness
Joan and Sanford L. Weill Medical College, Department of ENT, New York, NY, January 2001 - March 2001

Stancak, Andrej
Associate Professor, Department of Normal, Pathological, and Clinical Physiology, Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
Research: The Post-Movement Cortical Inhibition in Simple Finger Movements: EEG and NISR Study
Medical School, Department of Radiology, Center for Magnetic Resonance Research, Minneapolis, MN, January 2001 - May 2001

Taimr, Pavel
Consultant, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic
Research: The Role of Apoptosis as a Factor Leading to the Progression of End-Stage Liver Disease
Center for Basic Research in Digestive Diseases, Rochester, MN, September 2000 - July 2001

Topor, Boris
Professor and Director, Department of Morphology and Operative Surgery, State Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Chisinau, Moldova
Lecturing and Research: Curricular Development in Anatomy and Surgery
School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Louisville, KY, September 2000 - February 2001

Ugur, Omer
Professor, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
Research: Radionuclide Therapy with Pentavalent Rhenium-188 Dimercaptosuccinic Acid
Division of Nuclear Medicine, New York, NY, August 2000 - December 2000

Vellayan, Subramaniam
Head and Veterinarian, Zoo Hospital, Zoo Negara, Selangor, Malaysia
Research: Captive Breeding of Malaysian Elephants and Sumataran Rhinoceros
College of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Small Animals Clinical Sciences, Gainesville, FL, Houston, TX, January 2001 - April 2001

Vranckx, Jan
Medical Specialist, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Leuven University Hospitals, Leuven, Belgium
Research: Clinical Parameters of Growth-Factors and Woundhealing: Tissue Engineering of Fibro-Elastic Cartilage and Subcutis
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Laboratory of Woundhealing and Gentherapy, Boston, MA, August 2000 - August 2001

Zorec, Robert
Lecturer, Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology - Molecular Cell Physiology, Institute of Pathophysiology Medical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Research: Regulation of Unitary Exocytic Events in Pituitary Cells
School of Medicince, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Denver, CO, June 2000 - December 2000

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