Program in the CSTP for Residents
Check out the International Scholars Program Residents
Entering 2008:
 Deborah Jones |
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 Hilary Lum |
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 Craig Seaman |
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Entering 2007:
 Abid Fakhri |
Primary Research Area of Interest: | Cardiology, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and acute coronary syndrome |
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| Primary Clinical Area of Interest: | Cardiology and global health. | |
| CSTP Research Project Title: | Beta-blocker usage in acute coronary syndrome: effects on outcome and barriers to physician use. | |
| Mentor for CSTP Project: | Ali Sonel, MD |
 Kristen Sanfilippo |
Primary Research Area of Interest: | Hematology/oncology, breast cancer, and multiple myeloma. |
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| Primary Clinical Area of Interest: | Hematology/oncology. | |
| CSTP Research Project Title: | Pregnancy associated with breast cancer: oncologist-patient communication regarding prognosis. | |
| Mentor for CSTP Project: | Victor Vogel, MD, MHS, and Robert Arnold, MD. |
 Heather Strah |
Primary Research Area of Interest: | The infected airway. |
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| Primary Clinical Area of Interest: | Pulmonology. | |
| CSTP Research Project Title: | The biomarkers of inflammation in blood, sputum, and exhaled breath condensate in patients with cystic fibrosis. | |
| Mentor for CSTP Project: | Joe Pilewski, MD. |
Entering 2006:
 Christian Fidler |
Primary Research Area of Interest: | Hematology/oncology, multiple myeloma, and kidney cancer. |
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| Primary Clinical Area of Interest: | Hematology/oncology. | |
| CSTP Research Project Title: | Effects of resolvins on osteoclast formation and activity in patients with multiple myeloma. Examining the relationship between hypertension and mortality from kidney cancer among participants in the Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial (MRFIT). | |
| Mentor for CSTP Project: | Suzanne Lentzeh, MD, PhD, Lewis Kuller, MD, PhD, and Kathleen McTigue, MD, MS, MPH. |
 Jason Shackelford |
Primary Research Area of Interest: | Colon cancer screening. |
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| Primary Clinical Area of Interest: | Internal medicine and gastroenterology. | |
| CSTP Research Project Title: | Improving compliance with colorectal cancer screening recommendations in veterans. | |
| Mentor for CSTP Project: | Bruce Ling, MD, MPH. | |
| Presentations: | Shackelford, J, Ling B. Colorectal cancer screening among U.S. military veterans: have we reached a ceiling? Poster presentation at the 31st Annual Meeting of the Society of General Internal Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, April 2008. | |
| Publications: | Wang J, Shackelford JM, Selliah N, Shivers DK, O'Neill E, Garcia JV, Muthumani K, Weiner D, Yu XF, Gabuzda D, Finkel TH. The HIV-1 Vif protein mediates degradation of Vpr and reduces Vpr-induced cell cycle arrest. DNA and Cell Biology. 2008;27:267-77. Wang J, Shackelford JM, Casella CR, Shivers DK, Rapaport EL, Liu B, Yu XF, Finkel TH. The Vif accessory protein alters the cell cycle of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infected cells. Virology. 2007, Mar; 359(2):243-52. Cited in PubMed; PMID: 17056089. |
