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Aktan, Gulderen
Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Abant Izzet Baysal University, Duzce, Turkey
Research: Early Detection of Corneal Allograft Rejection by Confocal Microscopy in Rabbits and the Efficacy of Rapamycine in Inhibition of Rejection
Medical College of Pennsylvania and Hahnemann University, School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, c/o Dr. Stephen H. Sinclair
Thomas Jefferson University, Wills Eye Hospital Cornea Section, Philadelphia, PA, c/o Dr. Peter Liabson
October 2001 - October 2002

Al Dhahiry, Said
Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman
Research: Molecular Studies with Human Immunodeficiency Virus
Medical Center, Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Stanford, CA, August 2001 - May 2002

Al-Adawi, Samir
Lecturer, Department of Behavioral Medicine, College of Medicine, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman
Research: Abulia Syndrome in Acquired Brain Injury: Assessment and Psychopharmacology
Spaulding Hospital, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Cambridge, MA, December 2001 - September 2002

Araya, Aida
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Endocrinology, Clinical Hospital, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
Research: Genetic and Molecular Markers in Adrenal Tumors
National Institutes of Health, Unit on Genetics and Endocrinology, Bethesda, MD, c/o Dr. Constantine Stratakis M.D.
March 2002 - June 2002

Arthur, Michael
Professor and Head, Division of Infection Inflammation and Repair, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, United Kingdom
Research: The Role of TIMP-1 in Liver Fibrosis
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Samuel Bronfman Department of Medicine, Division of Liver Diseases, New York, NY, c/o Dr. Scott L. Friedman
March 2002 - December 2002

Baykal, Atac
Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, Department of General Surgery, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
Research: Effects of the Combinational Gene Therapy with Telomerase Repression and BRCA1 Loci Sites on the Mammary Tumors of Mice
MD Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Pathology, Houston, TX, c/o Dr. Aysegul Sahin
January 2002 - August 2002

Belak, Mihaly
Medical Advisor, Faculty of Health Sciences, Semmelweis University of Medicine, Budapest, Hungary
Research: Development of Novel Human Hematopoietic Precursor Cell Positive Selection Device for Cancer Therapy
Boston University, Boston Medical Center, Hematology and Oncology Section, Boston, MA, c/o Dr. Daniel G. Wright
September 2001 - September 2002

Bhoopat, Lertlakana
Professor, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Research: In Situ Detection of HIV-1 (Clade E Versus Clade B) Nucleic Acids and Related Proteins in Lymphoid Tissues
School of Medicine, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, December 2001 - March 2002

Broberger, Christian
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Neuroscience, Korlinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Research: Cellular Mechanisms of Sleep-Related Activity in the Cerebral Cortex
Yale University, School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, c/o Dr. David McCormick
September 2001 - September 2002

Cools, Jan
Research Assistant, Center for Human Genetics, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Research: Functional Study of the In Vivo Leukemogenic Properties of the Candidate Protoncogenes GSH2 and HLXB9
Harvard University, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Institutes of Medicine, Cambridge, MA, c/o Dr. D. Gary Gilliland
December 2001 - December 2002

Divisova, Jana
Research Worker, Department of Metabolic Research, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague 4, Czech Republic
Research: Role of Fatty Acids in Insulin Resistance
University of Texas--Austin, Department of Human Ecology, Austin, TX, c/o Dr. Stephen Clarke
November 2001 - September 2002

Diwakar, Krishnakumar
Head of Neonatal Division, Department of Pediatrics, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Karnataka, India
Lecturing: Caring for the Newborn: Managing Disease, Technology and Optimal Resource Utilization
Medical College of Wisconsin, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Department of Neonatology, Milwaukee, WI, c/o Dr. P. Sasidharan M.D.
February 2002 - May 2002

Dorneanu, Olivia
Lecturer, Department of Microbiology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Gr. T. Popa, Iasi, Romania
Research: Molecular Genetic Analysis of Carbon-Starvation and Cross-Resistance to Polymyxin B in Salmonella Enterica Serovar Typhimurium
University of South Alabama, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Mobile, AL, c/o Dr. Michael P. Spector
September 2001 - April 2002

Drabek, Tomas
Assistant Professor, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic
Research: Emergency Medicine
University of Minnesota, Department of Pediatrics, Minneapolis, MN, c/o Dr. Paul Quie
September 2001 - July 2002

Elosua Llanos, Roberto
Research Fellow, Lipids and Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit, Municipal Institute of Medical Research, Barcelona, Spain
Research: Comparison of Individual Cardiovascular Risk in Girona, Spain and Framingham, MA Populations
Tufts University, Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Nutrition and Genetics Laboratory, Medford, MA, c/o Dr. Jose M. Ordovas
Boston University, Department of Biostatistics, Boston, MA, c/o Dr. Adrienne Cupples
September 2002 - July 2004

Fernandez-Teijeiro, Ana
Attending Physician, Child Oncology Unit, Hospital de Cruces, Vizcaya, Spain
Research: Update in Integral Management of Children
Harvard University, Harvard Medical School, Department of Neuro-Oncology, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, c/o Mr. Scott L. Pomeroy
March 2002 - July 2002

Gallego, Maria
Researcher, Immunology Unit, School of Medicine, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
Research: The Interaction of Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome Protein (WASP) With Cytoskeletal Proteins and the Generation and Analysis of WASP-Deficient Mice
Harvard University, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, c/o Dr. Raif Geha
September 2001 - September 2003

Garaybayli, Garay
Senior Lecturer, Department of Psychiatry, Azerbaijan Medical University, Baku, Azerbaijan
Research: Social, Psychological and Legal Aspects of Homosexuality in Modern Society
University of Southern California, College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Department of Anthropology and the Gender Studies Program, Los Angeles, CA, c/o Dr. Walter L. Williams
August 2001 - December 2001

Greenberg, Dan
Instructor and Ph.D. Student, Department of Health Systems Management, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheba, Israel
Research: Technology Assessment of Novel Cardiovascular Therapies
Harvard University, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Cambridge, MA, c/o Dr. David J. Cohen
September 2001 - September 2002

Gueye, Serigne
Professor, Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar, Senegal
Research: Molecular Genetics of Prostate Cancer in Black Africans
University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Philadelphia, PA, c/o Dr. Timothy Rebbeck
March 2002 - December 2002

Gurlek, Omer
Associate Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
Research: Roles of Smad3, Its Interaction with Smad Partners and Stimulation in Osteroblastic and Chondroblastic Cell Lines
Mayo Clinic, Department of Nephrology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Rochester, MN, August 2001 - December 2001

Hachem, Jean Pierre
Resident, Department of Dermatology, Vrije University Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
Research: Skin Aging and the Epidermal Barrier Function: Molecular Analysis of the Stratum Corneum Lipid Synthesis and Regulation
University of California, Veterans Affair Medical Center, Department of Dermatology, San Francisco, CA, c/o Dr. Peter Elias
September 2001 - September 2002

Harrison, Bernadette
Manager, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia
Research: Advanced Training Program in Clinical Practice Improvement
Intermountain Health Care, Institute for Health Care Delivery Research, Salt Lake City, UT, c/o Dr. Brent C. James M.D.
July 2001 - November 2001

Hasan-Zada, Nazim
Assistant Professor, Ministry of Health, Azerbaijan State Doctor's Advanced Training Institute, Baku, Azerbaijan
Research: Prevention of Alcoholism and Addiction Under Conditions of Social Stress
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Department of Psychiatry, Piscataway, NJ, October 2001 - April 2002

Hecimovic, Silva
Research Assistant, Division of Molecular Medicine, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
Research: Molecular Mechanism of Alzheimer's Disease: The Role of Presenilin 1
School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, St. Louis, MO, September 2001 - July 2002

Jech, Robert
Faculty, Neurology, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
Research: Clinical Medicine
University of Minnesota, Medical School, Department of Radiology and Neuroscience, Minneapolis, MN, c/o Dr. Paul Quie
February 2002 - July 2002

Jozwik, Marcin
Adjunct Professor, Department of Fetal and Neonatal Development, National Research Institute of Mother and Child, Bialystok, Poland
Research: Placental Ammonia and Ammonium Ion-Related Enzymes in Human Intrauterine Growth Restriction: Activities, Proteins and Transcripts
Colorado State University, Animal Reproduction and Biotechnology Laboratory, Department of Physiology, Fort Collins, CO, c/o Dr. Russel V. Anthony
August 2001 - August 2002

Kelleher, Cecily
Professor and Chair, Clinical Sciences Institute, National University of Ireland, Galway, Galway, Ireland
Research: Contemporary and Historical Patterns of Health in the Irish Population
Centers for Disease Control, Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Wealth Promotion, Atlanta, GA, c/o Dr. David McQueen
Harvard School of Public Health, Brighton, MA, c/o Prof. Meir Stampfer
University of Michigan, Institute for Social Research, School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI, c/o Dr. John Lynch
July 2001 - December 2001

Kobaslija, Sedin
Assistant Professor, Department of Children and Preventive Dentistry, Dental Faculty, Univeristy of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Research: The Use of Fissure Sealant in Pediatric Dentistry
SUNY, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dental Medicine, Buffalo, NY, c/o Dr. Joseph Bernat
January 2002 - June 2002

Kple-Faget, Paul
Dean, Medical School, University of Bouake, Bouake, Cote d'Ivoire
Research: New Epidemiology Investigations and Care Strategies of Hemoglobinopathies in Urban and Rural Areas of the Ivory Coast
Howard University, Center for Sickle Cell Disease, Washington, DC, c/o Dr. Victor R. Gordeuk
November 2001 - October 2002

Kwon, Soonman
Assistant Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
Research: Health Care Financing and Public Policy for Pharmaceuticals in the United States: Lessons for Korea
Harvard University, School of Public Health, Department of Population and International Health, Boston, MA, c/o Dr. Michael Reich
January 2002 - August 2002

Lang, Chim Choy
Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Research: Vascular Function in Heart Failure
Millstein Hospital Building, Room 5-435, New York, NY, October 2001 - March 2002

Law, Graham
Statistical Epidemiologist, Leukemia Research for Clinical Epidemiology, Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds, United Kingdom
Research: Interactions Between Genetic and Environmental Determinants of Lymphoma
National Cancer Institute, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, Bethesda, MD, September 2001 - March 2002

London, Leslie
Associate Professor, Department of Public Health, Health Sciences Faculty, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Research: Public Health Ethics and Human Rights: Applications for Practice in South Africa and Countries in Transition
Harvard University, School of Public Health, International Health and Human Rights Program, Boston, MA, c/o Dr. Sofia Gruskin
December 2001 - June 2002

Lyons, Gerard M.
Lecturer, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
Research: Application of "Natural" Muscle Stimulation Strategies for Gait Correction in Cerebral Palsy Children
Children's Hospital - San Diego, Motion Analysis Laboratory, La Jolla, CA, June 2001 - September 2001

Martinez Cuesta, Maria
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
Research: Role of Sphingosine 1-Phosphate and Activation of Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase in Vascular Function
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Boston, MA, c/o Dr. Thomas Michel
October 2001 - August 2002

Moen, Anne
Research Fellow, Institute of Nursing Science, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Research: Information and Communication Technology: New Opportunities to Disseminate and Tailor Health Information to Patient Needs
University of Wisconsin, School of Nursing, Madison, WI, c/o Dr. Patricia Flatley Brennan
January 2002 - June 2002

Molin, Hans
Doctoral Candidate, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden
Research: Replication and Cap-Independent Translation of Positive-Stranded RNA Viruses
University of California--San Francisco, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, San Francisco, CA, c/o Dr. Raul Andino
September 2001 - December 2001

Naboka, Marina
Head, Department of Ecology and Hygenics, Radioecological Center, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine
Research: Influences of Multifactor Pollution on Child Morbidity and Immunity after an Ecological Accident
University of South Carolina, School of Public Health, Columbia, SC, c/o Dr. Harris Pastides
October 2001 - October 2002

Nijsten, Tamarius
Resident, University Hospital Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
Research: The Prevalence of Human Papillomavirus in PUVA-Induced Squamuos Cellular Carcinoma in Patients With Psoriasis
Beth Israel Deconess Medical Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department of Dermatology, Cambridge, MA, c/o Dr. Robert S. Stern
October 2001 - October 2002

Ogwal-Okeng, Jasper
Senior Lecturer and Head, Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
Research: Herbal Treatment of Malaria in Uganda: Isolation and Characterization of Antimalarial Compounds From Secamone Africana (Asclepiadaceae)
University of Illinois--Chicago, College of Pharmacy, PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center for Traditional Medicine, Chicago, IL, c/o Dr. Harry H. S. Fong
January 2002 - October 2002

Ozdemir, Yasemin
Research Fellow, Institute of Neurological Sciences and Psychiatry, Department of Neurology, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
Research: Role of Caspases in Cerebral Ischemia
Harvard-MIT Division of Health Science and Technology, Stroke and Neurovascular Regulation, Boston, MA, December 2001 - April 2002

Parfenov, Alexandr
Head, Laboratory of Non-Invasive Diagnostics, Research Institute of Physico-Chemical Medicine, Moscow, Russia
Research: Non-Invasive Detection of Substance Abuse
Center for Fluorescence Spectroscopy, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baltimore, MD, August 2001 - March 2002

Propper, Lukas
Assistant Professor and Head, Department of Child Psychiatry, 2nd Medical School, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
Research: Predicting Development of Disability in the Autistic Disorder on the Basis of the Clinical, Psychological and Morphological Findings
Yale University, Yale School of Medicine, Yale Child Study Center, New Haven, CT, c/o Dr. Fred Volkmar M.D.
September 2001 - July 2002

Pule, Martin
Medical Doctor, Clinical Hematologist, Department of Hematology, St. James Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
Research: Cellular Immunotherapy of Multiple Myloma
Baylor College of Medicine, Center for Gene and Stem Cell Therapy, Houston, TX, c/o Dr. Malcolm Brenner
July 2001 - July 2002

Riu, Efren
Instructor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Research: Development of Gene Therapy Approaches for Inherited and Non-Inherited Diseases Using Viral and Non-Viral Vectors
Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics and Genetics, Palo Alto, CA, c/o Dr. Mark Kay
October 2001 - October 2003

Rusli, Roslaini
Head of Dairy and Breeding Unit, Department of Veterinary Services, Ministry of Agriculture, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Research: Assisted Reproductive Techniques with Respect to Intra-Cytoplasmic Sperm Injection
University of Wisconsin, Department of Animal Sciences, Madison, WI, c/o Dr. Jack Rutledge
September 2001 - October 2001

Sarykova, Maya
Gynecology and Obstetrics Doctor, Gynecology Department, Yolten City Hospital, Yolten, Turkmenistan
Research: Comparing the Effectiveness of Breast Feeding Training Techniques for Women in Turkmenistan and the United States
Case Western Reserve University, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Cleveland, OH, c/o Dr. Donna A. Dowling
January 2002 - June 2002

Satchi-Fainaro, Ronit
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Cell Research and Immunology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Research: Targeting Tumors with Antiangiogenic Agents Using Polymers as Carriers
Harvard Medical School, Surgery/ Hunnewell 103, Children's Hospital, Cambridge, MA, c/o Dr. M. Judah Folkman
July 2001 - July 2002

Savvaki, Eleni
Professor, Department of Basic Sciences, Medical School, University of Crete, Crete, Greece
Research: Transfer of "Magnetic Source Imaging" Expertise From the U.S. to Greece
University of Texas, Department of Neurosurgery, Houston, TX, c/o Dr. Andrew C. Papanicolaou
September 2001 - December 2001

Singh, Harwant
Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Putra University Malaysia (UPM), Selangor, Malaysia
Lecturing and Research: Advanced Human Motion Analysis in Children
University of California--San Diego, Children's Hospital, Orthopedics Training Program, San Diego, CA, c/o Dr. Dennis Wenger
September 2001 - October 2001

Sosef, Meindert
Resident, General Surgery, Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Research: Cryopreservation of Hepatocytes for Use in the AMC-BioArtificial Liver
Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Center for Engineering in Medicine, Boston, MA, c/o Dr. Mehmet Toner
June 2001 - June 2002

Strippoli, Rafaelle
Research Associate, Department of Experimental Medicine and Pathology, Laboratory of Immunology, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy
Research: Analysis of the Role of Vav Protein in the Signal Transduction Events Leading to Integrin-Induced Chemokine Production in Murine NK Cells
Stanford University, School of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Palo Alto, CA, c/o Dr. Eugene C. Butcher
February 2002 - June 2002

Tabbara, Cecil Khaled
Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases, College of Medicine, Arabian Gulf University, Manama, Bahrain
Research: Listeriolysin O as an Immune Modulator
National Institutes of Health, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, Bethesda, MD, c/o Dr. David L. Sacks
January 2002 - October 2002

Ulens, Chris
Research Assistant, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Laboratory of Toxicology, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Research: Revealing the Gating Mechanism of Hyperpolarization-Activated Pacemaker Channels
Columbia University- College of Physicians and Surgeons, Center for Neurobiology and Behaviour, Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, New York, NY, c/o Dr. Steven A. Sigelbaum
October 2001 - October 2002

Ulfendahl, Mats
Director, Institute for Hearing and Communication Research, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Research: The Sound-Induced Motion Pattern of the Hearing Organ: An In Vivo Study Using Laser Heterodyne Interferomety
Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Fowler Memorial Laboratory, New York, NY, c/o Dr. Shayam Khanna
November 2001 - February 2002

Van Gool, Coen
Doctoral Candidate, Medical Sociology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands
Research: Interrelations Between Courses of Chronic Disease, Depressive Symptoms and Health Behaviour Among Community-Dwelling Elderly
Wake Forest University, School of Medicine, Sticht Center on Aging, Winston-Salem, NC, c/o Dr. Brenda W. J. H. Penninx
October 2001 - April 2002

Vasta, Fabio
Resident, Department of General Surgery, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
Research: Living-Related Liver Transplantation in the Adult
University of Pittsburgh, Medical Center, Department of Surgery, Pittsburgh, PA, c/o Dr. John J. Fung
February 2002 - November 2002

Vrtovec, Bojan
Fellow, Division of Cardiology, University of Ljubljana Medical Center, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Research: Medical Aspects of Cardiac Transplantation
Texas Medical Center, Texas Heart Institute and St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Cardiovascular Surgical Research, Houston, TX, c/o Dr. O.H. Frazier
January 2002 - December 2002

Wijmenga, Tjitske Nienke
Associate Professor, Medical Genetics, University Medical Center, Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
Lecturing and Research: New Approaches to Defining the Molecular Pathology of Celiac Disease
National Institutes of Health, Cancer Genetics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, MD, c/o Dr. Jeffrey M. Trent
September 2001 - March 2002

Wilson, Alison
Program Manager, Research and Development Directorate, Research School of Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
Research: Involving the Community in Developing Public Policy with Particular Reference to Health Related Research and Development
University of Minnesota, Hubert Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, Minneapolis, MN, c/o Dr. A. Willson
September 2001 - September 2002

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