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Adedapo, Adeolu
Lecturer, Department of Veterinary Physiology, Biochemistry and Pharmacology, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
Research: Interactions of Reactive Oxygen Species, Nuclear Factor Kappa B and Peroxisome Proliferator Activated Receptor-Gamma on Glycerol-Induced Acute Renal Failure in Rats
Texas Southern University, Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Houston, TX, c/o Prof. Adebayo Oyekan
September 2009 - May 2010

Aitken, Leanne
Chair, Critical Care Nursing Program, Griffith University, Nathan, Australia
Research: Development and Feasibility Testing of a Complex Clinical Intervention to Improve Analgesia and Sedation Management in Critically Injured Patients
University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing, Philadelphia, PA, c/o Dr. Therese Richmond
January 2010 - May 2010

Alkhasawneh, Esra
Assistant Professor and Head, Department of Maternal, Child and Family Health Nursing, Hashemite University, Amman, Jordan
Research: Designing a Culturally Tailored Intervention in Area of Intimate Partner Violence and HIV
Columbia University, School of Social Work, New York, NY, c/o Dr. Nabila El-Bassel
August 2009 - April 2010

Arko, Matevz
Teacher, Institute of Histology and Embryology, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Research: The Effects of Dantrolene Sodium on Postanesthetic Myopathy in Horses
Oregon State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, Corvallis, OR, c/o Prof. Erica McKenzie
December 2009 - June 2010

Baldeon, Manuel
Associate Professor, College of Health Sciences, University of San Francisco, Quito, Ecuador
Lecturing: Hypertensive Effect of Undaria Pinnatifida (Wakame) in the Spontaneous Hypertensive Rat: Mechanisms of Action
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey--New Brunswick, Biotechnology Center for Agriculture & the Environment, New Brunswick, NJ, c/o Dr. Ilya Raskin
August 2009 - December 2009

Burns, Joshua
Research Fellow, Institute for Neuromuscular Research--Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, Australia
Research: Closing in on a Cure for Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease
Wayne State University, Department of Neurology, Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Detroit, MI, c/o Dr. Michael Shy
August 2009 - November 2009

Chaltikyan, Georgi
Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Yerevan State Medical University, Yerevan State Medical University, Yerevan, Armenia
Research: Influence of Impaired Espohageal Body Motility on Outcomes of Complete Versus Partial Fundoplication in Gastro-Esophageal Reflux Diease
University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Los Angeles, CA, c/o Dr. Jeffrey A. Hagen M.D.
November 2009 - August 2010

Christensson, Anders
Associate Professor, Department of Nephrology and Transplantation, Malmo University, Malmo, Sweden
Research: New Markers for Renal Function and Their Impact on Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Department of Clinical Laboratories, New York, NY, c/o Dr. Hans Lilja
September 2009 - December 2009

Cignarella, Andrea
Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Anaesthesiology, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
Research: Estrogen Production by Inflammatory Cells Infiltrating the Adipose Tissue
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Public Health Sciences Division, Seattle, WA, c/o Dr. Mario Kratz
February 2010 - August 2010

Coelho Das Neves, Marco Andre
Researcher, Center for Pharmaceutical Studies, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
Research: Computer-Assisted Structure-Based Design of New Chemokine Receptor CXCR4 Antagonists
Scripps Research Institute, Department of Molecular Biology, La Jolla, CA, c/o Dr. Ruben Abagyan
September 2009 - March 2010

dos Santos, Fabio
Associate Professor, Department of Dentistry, Ponta Grossa State University, Ponta Grossa, Brazil
Research: Evaluation of the Osteoblast Cell Response to Bioactive Glass Implants
Columbia University, College of Dental Medicine, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Laboratory, New York, NY, c/o Dr. Jeremy J. Mao
January 2010 - May 2010

Elinav, Eran
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Immunology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
Research: Role and Mechanisms of Inflammasome Dysregulation in the Pathogenesis of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Yale University, School of Medicine, Department of Immunobiology, New Haven, CT, c/o Dr. Richard A. Flavell
July 2009 - June 2010

Emaus, Aina
Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Oncology, Ullevaal University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
Research: Physical Activity, Metabolic Profile, Hormones and Breast Cancer Risk and Prognosis
City of Hope Medical Center, Divison of Population Sciences, Department of Cancer Etiology, Duarte, CA, c/o Prof. Leslie Bernstein
August 2009 - July 2010

Frei, Robert
Orthopaedic Surgeon Specialist, Orthopedic Department for Children and Adults, Second Medical School, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
Research: Treatment of Joint Cartilage Defects Using Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation
University of Minnesota--Twin Cities, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Minneapolis, MN, c/o Dr. Elizabeth A. Arendt
July 2010 - November 2010

Geckil, Hikmet
Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Inonu University, Malatya, Turkey
Research: Protein Shape in Different Cell Milieu: A Real Cause for Health or Disease
Harvard University, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Department of Medicine and Health Sciences Technology, Boston, MA, c/o Dr. Utkan Demirci
September 2009 - February 2010

Gevaert, Olivier Michel Simonne
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Electrical Engineering, Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Research: Linking Clinical, Omics and Imaging Data
Stanford University, Department of Radiology, Stanford, CA, c/o Dr. Sylvia Plevritis
January 2010 - January 2011

Guetova-Spassova, Damianka
Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Research: Hippocampal Nerve Growth Factor Dysfunction During the Progression of Alzheimer's Disease
Rush University, Department of Neurological Sciences, Chicago, IL, c/o Dr. Elliot J. Mufson
September 2009 - February 2010

Jeromel, Miran
Resident, Clinical Institute for Radiology, University Clinical Centre, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Research: New Drug Eluting and Biological Stents in Interventional Radiology
Oregon Health and Science University, Dotter Interventional Institute, Portland, OR, c/o Dr. Dusan Pavcnik
February 2010 - May 2010

Kaikkonen, Minna
Research Scientist, Department of Biotechnology and Molecular Medicine, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland
Research: New Generation of Therapeutic Tools for Gene Therapy of Cardiovascular Diseases: Targetable Lentivirus Vectors and Epigenetic Regulation of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Gene Expression
University of California--San Diego, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, La Jolla, CA, c/o Dr. Christopher K. Glass
August 2009 - July 2010

Kumar, Lalit
Professor, Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital, All-India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
Lecturing: Target Based Therapy in the Treatment of Cancer
University of Texas--M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Lymphoma and Myeloma, Houston, TX, c/o Dr. Anas Younes
August 2009 - November 2009

Landsverk, Svein
Consultant Anesthesiologist, Department of Anesthesia, Ullevaal University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
Research: Noninvasive Monitoring of Tissue Hypoperfusion and Hypovolemia Based on Microvascular Hemodynamics
University of California--San Diego, Microhemodynamics Laboratory, Department of Bioingeneering, La Jolla, CA, c/o Dr. Amy Tsai
August 2009 - August 2010

Lehmann Mantaras, Guillermo
Doctoral Candidate and Teaching Assistant, Institute of Experimental Physiology, National University of Rosario, Rosario, Argentina
Research: Cholangiocyte Aquaporin Water Channels in Sepsis Associated Cholestasis
Mayo Clinic, Medicine and Biochemisty/Molecular Biology Department, Rochester, MN, c/o Dr. Nicholas F. LaRusso
December 2009 - March 2010

Lerdal, Anners
Associate Professor, Department of Health Sciences, Buskerud University College--Drammen, Drammen, Norway
Research: A Longitudinal Study of Depression, Functioning, Sleep Distrubance, Quality of Life and Fatigue in Stroke
University of California--San Francisco, Department of Family Health Care Nursing, San Francisco, CA, c/o Dr. Kathryn A. Lee
August 2009 - August 2010

Limprasert, Pornprot
Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Prince of Songkla University-Hat Yai, Hat Yai, Thailand
Research: Genetic Analysis in Thai Autistic Patients
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Medical Genetics Institute, Los Angeles, CA, c/o Dr. Xiuqing Guo
September 2009 - December 2009

Mojiminiyi, Frank
Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, Usmanu Danfodio University, Sokoto, Nigeria
Research: Study and Evaluation of School-Based HIV/AIDS Prevention Program Models
University of Texas--Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health, Houston, TX, c/o Dr. Christine Markham
October 2009 - March 2010

Moreira, Luis
Associate Professor, Postgraduate Program of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Lecturing and Research: Clinical and Pathological Features of Patients With Peritoneal Carcinomatosis From Pancreatic and Colorectal Cancers
Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Department of General Surgery, Baltimore, MD, c/o Dr. Michael Choti
September 2009 - June 2010

Nowicki, Susana
Research Associate, Center for Endocrinologic Investigations, Gutierrez Children's Hospital, National Council of Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
Research: Endogenous CYP450 Metabolites of Arachidonic Acid: Their Expression and Role in Angiogenesis and Tumor Growth of Pheochromocytomas in Humans and an Animal Experimental Model
University of Mississippi Medical Center, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Jackson, MS, c/o Dr. Richard J. Roman
March 2010 - June 2010

Ooms, Gorik
Researcher, Department of Public Health, Prince Leopold Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
Research: Global Responsibilities for Global Health Rights
Yale University, The MacMillan Center, New Haven, CT, c/o Dr. Ian Shapiro
September 2009 - May 2010

Opdahl, Anders
Resident, Institute for Surgical Research, Oslo, Norway
Research: Noninvasive Assessment of Left Ventricular Diastolic Function in Patients with Hypertension-Prognostic Implications
Johns Hopkins University, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, c/o Dr. Joao Lima
July 2009 - June 2010

Pisera, Daniel
Adjunct Research Faculty, Institute of Reproduction Research, School of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Research: High Mobility Group Box 1 Protein: Released From Dying Brain Tumor Cells Acts as an Adjuvant For Glioma Immunotherapy
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Gene Therapeutics Research Insitute, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, c/o Dr. Maria G. Castro
May 2010 - August 2010

Retnoningrum, Debbie
Lecturer, School of Pharmacy, ITB, Bandung, Indonesia
Research: Antiphagocytic Determinant and Internalization Domain of M1 Protein of Streptococcus Pyogenes
University of Minnesota--Twin Cities, Department of Microbiology, Minneapolis, MN, c/o Dr. P. Patrick Cleary
April 2010 - September 2010

Ribeiro de Oliveira, Antonio
Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Research: Evaluation of Age and Gender Dependence of Growth Hormone Pusatility and Relationship to Plasma Lipid Levels in Acromegalics
University of Michigan--Ann Arbor, Department of Internal Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, c/o Prof. Ariel L. Barkan
November 2009 - February 2010

Sandoz, Guillaume
Research Scientist, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology (IPMC), Valbonne, France
Research: Subunit Organization of Two-P-Potassium Channel TREK
University of California--Berkeley, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Berkeley, CA, c/o Prof. Ehud Isacoff
August 2009 - July 2010

Saraiva Pereira, Maria Luiza
Professor, Department of Bio Chemistry, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Research: Polymorphisms and Mutations in CFTR Regulatory Elements and Modifier Genes in the Brazilian Population
Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Human Molecular Genetics Program, Chicago, IL, c/o Dr. Ann Harris
May 2010 - June 2011

Selimovic, Amina
Pediatrician, University Hospital, University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Research: Bronchoalveolar Lavage in Children: Microbiology Examination Citology and Poluymerase Chain Reaction Technology
Washington University, School of Medicine, Division of Pediatric and Pulmonary Medicine, St. Louis, MO, c/o Dr. Thomas Ferkol
September 2009 - December 2009

Simic, Petra
Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Research: The Role of Aging Associated Molecule Silent Information Regulator T-1 (SIRT-1) in the Control of Bone Mass
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Biology, Cambridge, MA, c/o Dr. Leonard Guarente
September 2009 - March 2010

Soedarsono, Nurtami
Lecturer, Department of Oral Biology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
Research: Engineering Dental Pulp Stem Cells for Bone Regeneration by Using Gene Transfection and Coral as a Scaffold
Columbia University, College of Dental Medicine, New York, NY, c/o Dr. Jeremy Mao
February 2010 - July 2010

Solligaard, Erik
Associate Professor and Senior Consultant, Department of Circulation and Imaging, Department of Intensive Care Medicine, St. Olav’s University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway
Research: The Role of Serotonin in the Development of Multiple Organ Failure
Yale University, School of Medicine, Gastrointestinal Surgical Pathobiology Research Group, New Haven, CT, c/o Dr. Mark Kidd
July 2009 - July 2010

Talvik, Inga
Consultant, Tartu University Hospital, Tartu, Estonia
Research: Planning a Medically-Based Child Abuse System in Estonia
University of Florida College of Medicine, College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Jacksonville, FL, c/o Dr. Randell Alexander M.D.
April 2010 - July 2010

Taylor, Bryan
Research Fellow, Center for Sports Medicine and Human Performance, Brunel University, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Research: The Work of Breathing in Chronic Heart-Failure Patients: Implications for Exercise Tolerance
Mayo Clinic, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Rochester, MN, c/o Dr. Bruce Johnson
October 2009 - October 2010

Veling, Willem
Psychiatrist, Epidemiologist and Senior Researcher, Center for Early Psychosis, Parnassia Psychiatric Institute, The Hague, Netherlands
Lecturing and Research: Environmental Causes of Schizophrenia Across the Life Course
Columbia University, Department of Epidemiology, New York, NY, c/o Dr. Ezra Susser
December 2009 - April 2010

Wilson, Linda
Principal Lecturer, Department of Occupational Therapy, Otago Polytechnic, Dunedin, New Zealand
Lecturing and Research: Continuing Changes in Occupational Therapy
University of New Hampshire, Occupational Therapy, Durham, NH, c/o Dr. Shelley Mulligan
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, Occupational Therapy Department, Philadelphia, PA, c/o Dr. Paula Kramer
October 2009 - January 2010

Wong, Chek Hooi
Consultant, Department of Geriatric Medicine, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
Research: Establishing an Academic Geriatric and Gerontology Program in Singapore
University of California--San Francisco, Medicine, Geriatrics Division, San Francisco, CA, c/o Chi Seth Landefeld
November 2009 - February 2010

Yalcin, Fatih
Director, Cardiology Department, University Hospital, Mustafa Kemal University, Antakya, Turkey
Research: Regional Progression of Pressure Overload Remodeling of Heart
Johns Hopkins University, Department of Cardiology, Baltimore, MD, c/o Dr. Theodore P. Abraham
October 2009 - March 2010

Yannakoulia, Maria
Lecturer, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Harokopio University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Research: Mediterranean Diet and Metabolic Syndrome: The Role of Adiponectin and Other Inflammatory Markers
Harvard University, Harvard Medical School, Human Nutrition Research Unit, Boston, MA, c/o Dr. C. Mantzoros
October 2009 - December 2009

Zeer, Abdulhamid
Assistant Professor, Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem, West Bank
Research: Muscle Actions Versus Joint Movements in Physical Rehabilitation of Neuromuscular Performance
University of Florida, College of Public Health and Health Professions, Department of Physical Therapy, Gainesville, FL, c/o Dr. Krista Vandenborne
September 2009 - May 2010

Zhang, Lin
Lecturer, Department of Herbal Formula, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China
Lecturing: A Teaching Program in Traditional Chinese Medicine
Daemen College, Office of Global Programs, Amherst, NY, c/o Dr. Susan Ross
August 2009 - May 2010
(Scholar-in-Residence Program)