Faculty and Projects

All faculty at the University of Pennsylvania are potential mentors. Faculty who have mentored students in the past ten years are listed below.

Funded Projects from the Past 10 Years

2021
- Student: Josetta Adams
  Title of Project: Covid vaccine humoral and cellular responses in Rituximab-treated MS patients
  Mentor: Michael Betts
  Department: Microbiology, Perelman School of Medicine
  
  Student: Devon Bankler-Jukes
  Title of Project: Impact of tumor heterogeneity on the stromagenic landscape in a mouse model of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
  Mentor: Ellen Puré
  Department: Biomedical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Estefania Benavides
  Title of Project: Effects of O-GlcNAcylated calcium-calmodulin kinase II on potassium-channel isoform expression in diabetic mice
  Mentor: Zoltan Arany
  Department: Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine
  
  Student: Zelda Blowers
  Title of Project: Supporting the human-animal bond among homeless and housing insecure pet owners in the United States
  Mentor: Brittany Watson
  Department: Clinical Sciences and Advanced Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Kyle Cappo
  Title of Project: The Presence of Clostridioides Difficile in the Hospital Environment and the Evidence of Its Nosocomial Infection of Equine Colic Patients
  Mentor: Laurel Redding
  Department: Clinical Studies New Bolton Center, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Cameron DiGate
  Title of Project: Transcriptional response of Aedes aegypti Malpighian tubules to gene silencing of the Toll pathway inhibitor Cactus in aims to block development of Dirofilaria immitis
  Mentor: Michael Povelones
  Department: Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Carlin Hagmaier
  Title of Project: Telomere Attrition as a Biomarker for Animal Welfare in Sows: Role of different types of Leukocytes and Social Hierarchy
  Mentor: Jennifer Punt and Thomas Parsons
  Department: Clinical Studies New Bolton Center, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Justin Hoffman
  Title of Project: A Role for the Ebola Virus VP40 PPxY Motif in Regulating Tight Junction Complexes of the Blood-Brain-Barrier and Corneal-Epithelium
  Mentor: Ron Harty
  Department: Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Jo Kawabata
  Title of Project: Target antigen density influenced canine CAR-T cell functionality
  Mentor: Nicola Mason
  Department: Clinical Sciences and Advanced Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Luke Kazmierski
  Title of Project: A pungent proposal: a point-of-care microbiome-based diagnostic for canine gut health
  Mentor: Daniel Beiting
  Department: Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Rowan Prown
  Title of Project: Heavy metal fish: a band of potential health threats for local Philadelphian fish consumers
  Mentor: Lisa Murphy
  Department: Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Daana Roach
  Title of Project: The functional consequences of TTC37 gene variants on intestinal epithelial barrier function in patients with THES
  Mentor: Kathryn Hamilton
  Department: Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
  
  Student: Lakshmi Sastry
  Title of Project: Evaluating systemic exposure of drug detection dogs to narcotics while performing their duties
  Mentor: Mary Robinson and Cynthia Otto
  Department: Clinical Studies, New Bolton Center and Clinical Sciences and Advanced Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Nicole Silverstein
  Title of Project: Characterization of Non-Target Organisms Collected from Fecal Samples of Hospitalized Patients at Ryan Animal Hospital
  Mentor: Stephen Cole
  Department: Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Anna Smith
  Title of Project: Development of 3-D Printed Biodegradable PLGA Implants to Control Loading During Fracture Repair
  Mentor: Michael Hast
  Department: Orthopaedic Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine
  
  Student: Jaclyn Soulas
  Title of Project: Diagnostic and Prognostic Markers of Canine Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors
  Mentor: Molly Church
  Department: Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Miranda Starr
  Title of Project: The effect of equine (Equus caballus) supporting limb laminitis on hoof lamellar interleukin-17 and CD3 expression
  Mentor: Hannah Galantino-Homer
  Department: Clinical Studies New Bolton Center, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Haley Thomas
  Title of Project: Protein modification by oxidative fatty acid degradation in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease (AD)
  Mentor: Paul Axelsen
  Department: Pharmacology, Perelman School of Medicine
  
  Student: Christian Urbina
  Title of Project: Isolating canine natural killer cells for development of a novel inhibitory Single Chain Trimer
  Mentor: Nicola Mason
  Department: Clinical Sciences and Advanced Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Amelie YaDeau
  Title of Project: Developing 3D-Printed Osteotomy Guides to Improve Accuracy of Surgical Correction of Angular Limb Deformities
  Mentor: Thomas Schaer
  Department: Clinical Studies New Bolton Center, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Hanna Zayas
  Title of Project: Manipulation of ΔNp63 and Fosl1 modulate the regenerative capacity of pulmonary progenitors
  Mentor: Andrew Vaughan
  Department: Biomedical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine

2020
- Student: Nicholas Anderson
  Title of Project: Kinetics of Ser316 p65 in neutrophils and its effects on localization
  Mentor: Bruce Freedman
  Department: Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Camille Andrews
  Title of Project: Can mosquito infection by the immunostimulatory bacterium Wolbachia restrict the transmission of Dirofilaria immitis?
  Mentor: Michael Povelones
  Department: Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Ashton Berger
  Title of Project: Tumor-restrictive role for Type III collagen in the Breast Cancer Microenvironment
  Mentor: Susan Volk
  Department: Clinical Sciences & Advanced Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Matthew Boulanger
  Title of Project: Application of Time of Flight Cameras and Machine Learning to Sow Lameness Detection
  Mentor: Thomas Parsons
  Department: Clinical Studies, New Bolton Center, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Elias Braun
  Title of Project: Validation of a Rapid Polymerase Amplification Assay for the Detection of the blaNDM Carbapenem Resistance Gene
  Mentor: Shelley Rankin
  Department: Clinical Sciences & Advanced Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Kaitlyn Cassel
  Title of Project: Investigating the mechanism responsible for correlations between the microbiome and femalebiased autoimmunity involving the X chromosome
  Mentor: Montserrat Anguera
  Department: Biomedical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Justine Cianci
  Title of Project: Optimization of Extracellular Vesicle Isolation and Characterization from Equine Bone Marrow-Derived Stem Cells and Synovial Fluid
  Mentor: Kyla Ortved
  Department: Clinical Studies, New Bolton Center, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Justin Hoffman
  Title of Project: Effects of Ebola Virus VP40 PPxY Motif on Tight Junction Complexes in the Retinal Pigmented Epithelium and Corneal Endothelium
  Mentor: Ron Harty
  Department: Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Caitlin Jozwiak
  Title of Project: Clinical Biomarkers of Cancer Cachexia in Cats
  Mentor: Molly Church
  Department: Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Sarah Katznelson
  Title of Project: Alternative Tub Substrates for Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta) with Water Restrictions
  Mentor: Yale Cohen
  Department: Otorhinolaryngology
  
  Student: Robb Kessel
  Title of Project: A Computer-Aided Detection Program for Lung Nodules in Computed Tomography Scans of Canines
  Mentor: Wilfried Mai
  Department: Clinical Sciences & Advanced Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Victoria Leopardi
  Title of Project: Can Chimeric Antigen Receptor Engineered Acetylcholine Receptor-Specific Regulatory T Cells Suppress Myasthenia Gravis?
  Mentor: Oliver Garden
  Department: Clinical Sciences & Advanced Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Julianne Nolte
  Title of Project: Lymphatic Vessels Regulate Immune Homeostasis in the Lung
  Mentor: Michael May
  Department: Biomedical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Amanda Santos
  Title of Project: Archaea Species that Contribute Most to Methane Production within Dairy Cattle Rumen and the Genes Involved in Methanogenesis
  Mentor: Dipti Pitta
  Department: Clinical Studies, New Bolton Center, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Lakshmi Sastry
  Title of Project: Proposal: Evaluating systemic exposure of drug detection dogs to narcotics while performing their duties
  Mentor: Mary Robinson
  Department: Clinical Studies, New Bolton Center, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Reshmi Sensharma
  Title of Project: The Relationship between IL-8 binding and suppressive activity in canine monocytes
  Mentor: Jenni Punt
  Department: Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Miranda Starr
  Title of Project: The role of T cells and Th17 cell-derived interleukin (IL)-17 in mediating inflammation in Equus caballus supporting limb laminitis (SLL)
  Mentor: Hannah Galantino-Homer
  Department: Clinical Studies, New Bolton Center, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Claire Witting
  Title of Project: Community Population Prevalence of Carbapenem Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) in Dogs and Cats in Parallel to Current Hospital Prevalence Evaluation
  Mentor: Shelley Rankin
  Department: Clinical Sciences & Advanced Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Jianing Xu
  Title of Project: Change of differentiation potential of DPP4+ progenitor cells under effects of GNAS inactivating mutation.
  Mentor: Eileen Shore
  Department: Orthopaedic Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine

2019
- Student: Mary Baldeon
  Title of Project: Paradoxical Pro-tumorigenic Function of Natural Killer Cells in Triple Negative Breast Cancer
  Mentor: Rumela Chakrabarti
  Department: Biomedical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Matthew Boulanger
  Title of Project: New Measures of Animal Welfare: Sow Movement and Activity Monitored by Wearable Devices
  Mentor: Thomas Parsons
  Department: Clinical Studies-New Bolton Center, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Kaitlyn Cassel
  Title of Project: Autoimmunity and X-inactivation: how X-linked genes escaping silencing contribute to systemic lupus erythematosus
  Mentor: Montserrat Anguera
  Department: Biomedical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Andrea Clause
  Title of Project: Effects of Enhanced ACVR1 Signaling on Skeletal Bone
  Mentor: Eileen Shore
  Department: Orthopaedic Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine
  
  Student: Patricia Crigler
  Title of Project: Evaluation of commercial probiotics in Coenobita hermit crabs
  Mentor: Peter DiGeronimo
  Department: Clinical Sciences & Advanced Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Katherine Geating
  Title of Project: The Effects of Load on Blood Perfusion near the Lamellar Dermal Capillaries of the Equine Distal Phalanx
  Mentor: Andrew van Eps
  Department: Clinical Studies-New Bolton Center, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Katherine Dorph
  Title of Project: Telomere Length as a Measure of Affective State in Group-Housed Gestating Sows
  Mentor: Thomas Parsons
  Department: Clinical Studies-New Bolton Center, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Lisa Dourmashkin
  Title of Project: Insulin-Like Growth Factor-1 Stimulation of Low-Density Neutrophils to Express Immunosuppressive Cytokines in Canines
  Mentor: Jenni Punt
  Department: Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Kaitlyn Dreese
  Title of Project: AAV-mediated gene therapy to treat non-cerebellar dysfunction in feline NPC1 disease
  Mentor: Charles Vite
  Department: Clinical Sciences & Advanced Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Elizabeth Edgerton
  Title of Project: Can the mosquito Toll pathway restrict the development of transmission-stage Brugia malayi?
  Mentor: Michael Povelones
  Department: Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Alexis Gale
  Title of Project: A comparison between micro- and nano-utrophin as gene therapies for treatment of Duchenne’s muscular Dystrophy
  Mentor: Hansell Stedman
  Department: Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine
  
  Student: Tara Gleysteen
  Title of Project: Investigating the effects of feed withdrawal and ad libitum access to feed on equine microbial dynamics
  Mentor: Dipti Pitta
  Department: Clinical Studies-New Bolton Center, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Matthew Jedlinski
  Title of Project: Optimization of Portable Sequencing for Equine Infectious Diseases
  Mentor: Dan Beiting
  Department: Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Shannon Kitchen
  Title of Project: Steroid-Nuclear Hormone Receptor signaling as a stimulus for developmental activation after host-skin penetration of infective Strongyloides stercoralis larvae
  Mentor: James Lok
  Department: Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Kimberly Law
  Title of Project: The relationship between collagen and 17-estradiol and their role in metastasis of canine mammary tumors
  Mentor: Susan Volk
  Department: Clinical Sciences & Advanced Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Ashley Lindo
  Title of Project: Mouse Models of Secondary Mutations in Familial Platelet Disorder/Acute Myeloid Leukemia
  Mentor: Nancy Speck
  Department: Cell & Developmental Biology, Perelman School of Medicine
  
  Student: Leah Marks
  Title of Project: Clinical and Pathologic Characterization of Neurologic Disease in House Sparrows (Passer domesticus) Caused by Atoxoplasmosis
  Mentor: Erica Miller
  Department: Tri-State Bird Rescue & Research
  
  Student: Christa Pappalardo
  Title of Project: Determining the Effect of Feeding Time on Ruminal Methanogen Community Dynamics and Methane Mitigation in the Dairy Cow
  Mentor: Dipti Pitta
  Department: Clinical Studies-New Bolton Center, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Faazal Rehman
  Title of Project: The Role of Vascular Endothelial Cell non-Canonical NF-kB in Arthritis
  Mentor: Michael May
  Department: Biomedical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Robert Thompson
  Title of Project: Defining the Role of a Novel Post-Translational Modification of NF-κB p65 on Neutrophil Expansion
  Mentor: Bruce Freedman
  Department: Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Hannah Warshawsky
  Title of Project: Investigation into the Use of Medical Detection Dogs to Identify the Presence of Volatile Organic Compounds Found in Sinonasal Inverted Papilloma
  Mentor: Cynthia Otto
  Department: Clinical Sciences & Advanced Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine

2018
- Student: John Cain
  Title of Project: Molecular dissection of mosquito resistance to heartworm infection
  Mentor: Michael Povelones
  Department: Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Elizabeth Collins
  Title of Project: Initiation of skin Type 2 immune responses against a soil transmitted parasitic nematode
  Mentor: De'Broski Herbert
  Department: Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Renee Cotton
  Title of Project: The Role of TET2’s Catalytic Domain in Increased CD8 Memory
  Mentor: Martha Jordan
  Department: Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Mariel Covo
  Title of Project: Optimization of CAR-T Cell Production and Expansion for Re-Directed T Cell Therapy
  Mentor: Nicola Mason
  Department: Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Stefan Gallini
  Title of Project: Evaluation of commercial probiotics in Coenobita hermit crabs
  Mentor: Peter DiGeronimo
  Department: Clinical Sciences & Advanced Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Katherine Geating
  Title of Project: Vascular endothelial cell repair and regeneration after severe influenza injury
  Mentor: Andrew Vaughan
  Department: Biomedical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Abby Goldberg
  Title of Project: The role of type III collagen in the progression of post-traumatic osteoarthritis
  Mentor: Susan Volk
  Department: Clinical Sciences & Advanced Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Kimmy Hildreth
  Title of Project: Protein Chaperone Expression Resulting from ER Stress in an HI model of Laminitis Pathogenesis
  Mentor: Hannah Galantino-Homer
  Department: Clinical Studies-New Bolton Center, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Sara Jastrebski
  Title of Project: Refinement of a Third Locus Underlying a Multigenic Canine Model of Cone-rod Dystrophy (cord1)
  Mentor: Keiko Miyadera
  Department: Clinical Sciences & Advanced Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Kaylynn Johnson
  Title of Project: To analyze the stool microbiome in dogs with confirmed parasite infection, and healthy, age- and sex-matched controls
  Mentor: Daniel Beiting
  Department: Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Joshua Lieberman
  Title of Project: Formation of Intestinal Epithelial Organoids by Direct Reprogramming of Dog and Mouse Fibroblasts
  Mentor: Christopher Lengner
  Department: Biomedical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Hannah Loonsk
  Title of Project: A Retrospective and Prospective Investigation of the Effects of Elevated Lead Levels on Fracture Healing in Rehabilitated Birds
  Mentor: Erica Miller
  Department: Clinical Studies-New Bolton Center, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Kaitlyn Moss
  Title of Project: Intra-articular AAV-mediated overexpression of the immunomodulatory cytokine, interleukin-10, for the prevention of osteoarthritis
  Mentor: Kyla Ortved
  Department: Clinical Studies-New Bolton Center, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Alexandra Ojemann
  Title of Project: Characterization of the immunomodulatory effects of canine histiocytic sarcoma on peripheral T cells
  Mentor: James Perry
  Department: Clinical Sciences & Advanced Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Rachel Reineke
  Title of Project: The effects of intranasal and oral Bordetella bronchiseptica vaccine administration on the olfactory capabilities of detection canines
  Mentor: Cynthia Otto
  Department: Clinical Sciences & Advanced Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Maya Sekhar
  Title of Project: Delineating the enzymatic versus non-enzymatic roles of fibroblast activation protein in fibrillar collagen remodeling and turnover
  Mentor: Ellen Puré
  Department: Biomedical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Ariel Shepley-McTaggart
  Title of Project: Genetic characterization of Cryptosporidium in wild chimpanzees
  Mentor: Beatrice Hahn
  Department: Hematology/Oncology, Perelman School of Medicine
  
  Student: Kavita Shroff
  Title of Project: Calcium Regulation of NF-κB signaling in T cells
  Mentor: Michael May
  Department: Biomedical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Lauren Therriault
  Title of Project: Protein and molecular genetic characterization of the Dog Erythrocyte Antigen (DEA) 1 and Dal blood group systems
  Mentor: Urs Giger
  Department: Clinical Sciences & Advanced Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine

2017
- Student: Erin Achilles
  Title of Project: How does Xist deletion affect X-lined gene expression in splenic T cells?
  Mentor: Montserrat Anguera
  Department: Biomedical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Lindsey Citron
  Title of Project: The cutaneous and rectal microbiome of perianal fistulas and the effect of cyclosporine therapy
  Mentor: Christine Cain
  Department: Clinical Sciences & Advanced Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Chiara Curcillo
  Title of Project: Defining the protective role of RIPK3 and programmed necrosis in immunity against pathogenic Yersina
  Mentor: Igor Brodsky
  Department: Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Rose Dicovitsky
  Title of Project: Evaluation of different co-stimulatory domains for optimal performance of CD20 CAR T Cells in dogs with Relapsed Canine B Cell Lymphoma
  Mentor: Nicola Mason
  Department: Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Rachel Durrwachter
  Title of Project: Genotypic-relatedness and prevalence of virulence factors in isolates of Staphylococcus pseudintermedius from the urinary tract and skin of dogs
  Mentor: Shelly Rankin
  Department: Clinical Sciences & Advanced Medicine/Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Victor Haas
  Title of Project: Tumor-derived exosomes downregulate type I interferon signaling to promote pre-metastatic nich formation
  Mentor: Serge Fuchs
  Department: Biomedical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Colleen Hickey
  Title of Project: Lamellar epidermal metaplasia and endoplasmic reticulum stress in horses with supporting limb laminitis
  Mentor: Hannah Galantino-Homer
  Department: Clinical Studies-New Bolton Center, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Sabina Hlavaty
  Title of Project: Transcriptomic and Functional Signatures of Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells in the Peripheral Blood of Tumor-Bearing Dogs
  Mentor: Oliver Garden
  Department: Clinical Sciences & Advanced Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Dylan Krowicki
  Title of Project: Defining the role of endothelial cells in controlling dissemination of Toxoplasma gondii
  Mentor: Christopher Hunter
  Department: Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Lauren Lew
  Title of Project: Clinical phenotype and genetic basis of a novel form of Inherited Retinal Degeneration in Standard Poodles
  Mentor: Gustavo Aguirre
  Department: Clinical Sciences & Advanced Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Courtney Lunger
  Title of Project: Characterization of skin microbiome in swine at anatomical locations targeted by auto and alloimmune diseases
  Mentor: Raimon Duran-Struuck
  Department: Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Renata Mammone
  Title of Project: Hypoxia-induced chondrogenesis of equine synovial membrane-derived mesenchymal stem cells (SD-MSCs)
  Mentor: Kyla Ortved
  Department: Clinical Studies-New Bolton Center, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Megan McGeehan
  Title of Project: Characterization of tertiary lymphoid organs in a natural model of Multiple Sclerosis
  Mentor: Jorge Alvarez
  Department: Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Sarah Mitchell
  Title of Project: Activation of the Wnt Signaling Pathway in Reserve Intestinal Stem Cells
  Mentor: Christopher Lengner
  Department: Biomedical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Gabriella Motta
  Title of Project: Investigating the Role of Dysferlin and a Gene Therapy Approach for Correcting the Abnormal Fatigue Response in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
  Mentor: Hansell Stedman
  Department: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Gastointestinal Surgery
  
  Student: Shira Rosenblum
  Title of Project: Comparative Phylogenomic Approach to Design and Assess an Optimized uUtrophin for the Treatment of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
  Mentor: Hansell Stedman
  Department: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Gastointestinal Surgery
  
  Student: Alexandra Sanz
  Title of Project: Quantifying the use and mechanism of DDOs as an antiviral towards emerging virus/pathogen infection
  Mentor: Carolina Lopez
  Department: Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Nicole Sereda
  Title of Project: The role of mitochondrial DNA depletion in mitochondrial dysfunction and nuclear DNA damage of canine osteosarcoma initiation, progression, and aggression
  Mentor: Narayan Avadhani
  Department: Biomedical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Ariel Shepley-McTaggart
  Title of Project: Morphometric histochemical and immunohistological evaluation of intestine from horses diagnosed with recurrent colic and inflammatory bowel disease compared to normal horse intestine.
  Mentor: Julie Engiles
  Department: Clinical Studies-New Bolton Center, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Jennifer Ulrich
  Title of Project: Development of a Toolkit for Rapid, Onsite Diagnostics of Reportable Poultry Diseases
  Mentor: Daniel Beiting
  Department: Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Elana Vlodaver
  Title of Project: Novel role of Notch signaling Ligand, Dll1 in luminal breast cancer progression and metastasis
  Mentor: Rumela Chakrabarti
  Department: Biomedical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine

2016
- Student: Zack Beresin
  Title of Project: To determine the prevalence and distribution of livestock-associated methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (LA-MRSA) in milk filters obtained from bulk milk tanks on Pennsylvania dairy farms
  Mentor: Shelly Rankin
  Department: Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Ashley Cherry
  Title of Project: Volatile Signals of Lipopolysaccharide‐Induced Inflammation
  Mentor: Bruce Kimball/Gary Beauchamp
  Department: Other
  
  Student: William Chung
  Title of Project: Mapping Interaction Domain of MEIOB and SPATA22 Background
  Mentor: Jeremy Wang
  Department: Biomedical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Megan Clark
  Title of Project: Studying cytotoxic T cell effector function in response to changes in metabolism, and the implications of T cell metabolism in cutaneous leishmaniasis
  Mentor: Phillip Scott
  Department: Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Sophie Eiger
  Title of Project: Defining Stromal Progression in Canine Mammary Tumors Using Fibroblast Activation Protein
  Mentor: Ellen Puré
  Department: Biomedical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Daniel Adams
  Title of Project: Determining the Effects of Smac Mimetic Drugs on Vascular Endothelial Cells
  Mentor: Michael May
  Department: Biomedical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Ariel Aguiar
  Title of Project: Does the mosquito immune system limit infection by canine heartworm?
  Mentor: Michael Provelones
  Department: Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Kendra Asklof
  Title of Project: Defining the protective role of RIPK3 and programmed necrosis in Immune defense against pathogenic Yersinia Infection
  Mentor: Igor Brodsky
  Department: Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Caitlin Banducci
  Title of Project: Impact of Paternal and Maternal Preconception Stress on Offspring Neurodevelopment and Stress Response
  Mentor: Tracy Bale
  Department: Biomedical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Jonah Binstock
  Title of Project: The role of type III collagen in the fibrotic response: therapeutic strategies to engineer regenerative and tumor microenvironments
  Mentor: Susan Volk
  Department: Clinical Studies, Philadelphia, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Megan Clark
  Title of Project: Characterization and optimization of ex-vivo T cell expansion for re-directed T cell therapy
  Mentor: Nicola Mason
  Department: Clinical Studies, Philadelphia, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Steven Hanes
  Title of Project: Induction of X-reactivation in B cells through deletion of the long noncoding RNA Xist
  Mentor: Monserrat Anguera
  Department: Biomedical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Allison Hayes
  Title of Project: Identifying the mechanism(s) of perinatal growth hormone imprinting of adult CYP2C11
  Mentor: Bernard Shapiro
  Department: Biomedical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Emily Knebel
  Title of Project: Comparison of Bacterial Isolates Using Expanded Quantitative Urine Culture Techniques in Cats with and without Feline Idiopathic Cystitis (FIC)
  Mentor: Shelly Rankin
  Department: Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Megan Lin
  Title of Project: Nature, progression and mechanisms of vertebral bone pathology in mucopolysaccharidosis VII dogs from birth to skeletal maturity
  Mentor: Lachlan Smith
  Department: Neurosurgery & Orthopaedic Surgery
  
  Student: George McClung
  Title of Project: Evaluation of the chondrogenic potential of equine synovial-derived mesenchymal stem cells (SD-MSC) compared to bone-marrow derived MSCs (BM-MSC)
  Mentor: Dean Richardson
  Department: Clinical Studies, New Bolton Center, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Megan McGeehan
  Title of Project: Characterization of tertiary lymphoid organs in a natural model of Multiple Sclerosis
  Mentor: Jorge Alvarez
  Department: Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Rebecca Meltzer
  Title of Project: Investigating the Role of NDR Kinase in Retina Development
  Mentor: Frank Luca
  Department: Biomedical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Jonathan Nagel
  Title of Project: Molecular Characterization of the Dog Erythrocyte Antigen 1 Protein and Gene
  Mentor: Urs Giger
  Department: Clinical Studies, Philadelphia, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Emma Price
  Title of Project: Characterization of the Role of Type I and Type III Interferons in Acute and Chronic Disease States
  Mentor: Carolina Lopez
  Department: Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Katherine Pruett
  Title of Project: Examining the relationship between affective state and social rank in group-housed gestating sows
  Mentor: Thomas Parsons
  Department: Clinical Studies, New Bolton Center, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Meghan Ramos
  Title of Project: Biosensing of Biofilms
  Mentor: Cynthia Otto
  Department: Clinical Studies, Philadelphia, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Taylor Ross
  Title of Project: Investigating the Role of Delta-Like Ligand 1 in Breast Cancer Metastasis
  Mentor: Rumela Chakrabarti
  Department: Biomedical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Jenna Schoenberger
  Title of Project: Effects of Calorie Restriction on Radiation Resistance of Reserve Intestinal Stem Cells
  Mentor: Christopher Lengner
  Department: Biomedical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Sarah Wronski
  Title of Project: Host-Oriented Inhibitors of Lassa Fever Virus Budding
  Mentor: Ronald Harty
  Department: Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine

2015
- Student: Jonathan Ferrari
  Title of Project: Evaluation of RNA transfected, alpha-folate receptor re-directed T cells for the treatment of dogs with metastatic osteosarcoma
  Mentor: Nicola Mason
  Department: Clinical Studies, Philadelphia, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Martina Jackson
  Title of Project: Mitochondrial Retrograde Signaling-Induced Transcription Reprogramming in Canine Osteosarcoma Tumor model.
  Mentor: Narayan Avadhani
  Department: Biomedical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Yukwah Kwok
  Title of Project: Investigation of the immune response of the mosquito the Aedes aegypti to infection by dog heartworm Dirofilaria immitis
  Mentor: Michael Povelones
  Department: Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Emma LeBlanc
  Title of Project: The Role of Cyp1 Enzymes and Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Smoke-Induced Osteoporosis
  Mentor: Narayan Avadhani
  Department: Biomedical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: George McClung
  Title of Project: Generation of canine induced pluripotent stem cells and their directed differentiation into hepatocytes for use in drug metabolism studies
  Mentor: Chris J. Lengner
  Department: Biomedical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Casey McMahon
  Title of Project: Age Related Changes in Spatial and Non-Spatial Auditory Cognition
  Mentor: Yale Cohen
  Department: HUP-Otorhinolaryngology
  
  Student: Morgan Porter
  Title of Project: Characterization of Canine Cystinuria: Solubility, Metabolic and Molecular Studies
  Mentor: Urs Giger
  Department: Clinical Studies, Philadelphia, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Meghan Ramos
  Title of Project: Biosensing of Biofims in a Periprosthetic Joint Infection Model Using Trained Medical Detection Dogs
  Mentor: Cindy Otto
  Department: Clinical Studies, Philadelphia, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Brittany Sembler
  Title of Project: Understanding the Role of Brain AVR1 in Lipid Metabolism and Behavior
  Mentor: Dan Rader
  Department: Pharmacology
  
  Student: Kathryn Short
  Title of Project: Re-directed T-cell therapy in canine B Cell lymphoma
  Mentor: Nicola Mason
  Department: Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Hanah Suh
  Title of Project: Skull and temporomandibular joint abnormalities associated with ectodermal dysplasia in dogs and demonstration of improvement after treatment using a recombinant protein
  Mentor: Margaret Casal
  Department: Clinical Studies, Philadelphia, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Janysha Taylor
  Title of Project: qPCR studies of keratin isoform gene expression in tissue from control and laminitic horses.
  Mentor: Hannah Galantino-Homer
  Department: Clinical Studies, New Bolton Center, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Nicole White
  Title of Project: Ebola and Pigs: Susceptibility of Swine Cells to Entry and Exit of Ebola Virus.
  Mentor: Ronald Harty
  Department: Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Talia Wong
  Title of Project: Defining the role of vascular endothelial cell-intrinsic noncanonical NF-κB in Toxoplasma gondii infection
  Mentor: Christopher Hunter
  Department: Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine

2014
- Student: Beatriz Blanco
  Title of Project: Re-directed T cell therapy in dogs with B cell lymphoma
  Mentor: Nicola Mason
  Department: Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Sarah Colmer
  Title of Project: Changes in keratin isoform expressionin relation to equine laminitis
  Mentor: Hannah Galantino-Homer
  Department: Clinical Studies, New Bolton Center, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Kristen Conniff
  Title of Project: Measuring Affective State in Heritage Breed Swine via Cognitive Bias Tests
  Mentor: Thomas Parsons
  Department: Clinical Studies, New Bolton Center, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Alexandra Crooks
  Title of Project: Investigating a Role for Neuronal PTP1B in Anxiety
  Mentor: Kendra Bence
  Department: Animal Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Alex (Drew) DeLong
  Title of Project: The Role of COX-2 in Aged Fracture Healing and Implication for the Therapeutics
  Mentor: Jaimo Ahn
  Department: Orthopaedic Surgery
  
  Student: Jonathan Ferrari
  Title of Project: Evaluating the efficiacy and toxicity of vincristine and vinblastine use in the MOPP chemotherapy rescue protocol as treatment for dogs with relasped lymphoma
  Mentor: Erika Krick
  Department: Clinical Studies, Philadelphia, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Raisa Glabman
  Title of Project: Role of the α4β1 integrin in B1 cell migration during psoriasis-like inflammation II
  Mentor: Gudrun Debes
  Department: Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: EmmaRose Joffe
  Title of Project: Canine Olfactory Detection of Ovarian Cancer
  Mentor: Cindy Otto
  Department: Clinical Studies, Philadelphia, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Clint Kuban
  Title of Project: Biochemical comparison of saliva samples identified by Diabetic Alert Dogs as hyperglycemic, hypoglycemic, and normoglycemic
  Mentor: Cindy Otto
  Department: Clinical Studies, Philadelphia, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Resa McLellan
  Title of Project: A cell-intrinsic role for HIF-1a in metastatic lung colonization of undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma
  Mentor: M. Celeste Simon
  Department: Cell and Molecular Biology
  
  Student: Ashley Power
  Title of Project: The role of type III collagen in breast cancer local recurrence
  Mentor: Susan Volk
  Department: Clinical Studies, Philadelphia, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Roger Rengert
  Title of Project: Functional analysis of p63-interacting proteins in regulation of the proliferative potentional of epidermal stem cells
  Mentor: Makoto Senoo
  Department: Animal Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Juliane Sangimino
  Title of Project: Spatial distribution of Staphylococcus schleiferi isolates from companion animals at Ryan Hospital
  Mentor: Shelly Rankin
  Department: Clinical Studies, Philadelphia, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Brittany Sembler
  Title of Project: Effects of Fatty Acids on Oxidative Stress in Mouse Models of Alzheimer’s Disease
  Mentor: Paul Axelsen
  Department: Pharmacology
  
  Student: Emily Shea
  Title of Project: Neuropathological Correlates Between Niemann-Pick Type C Disease and Aging in Cats
  Mentor: Charles Vite
  Department: Clinical Studies, Philadelphia, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Nathaniel Sotyuo
  Title of Project: Characterizing the role of sphingolipids as novel targets of chronic stress coping mechanisms
  Mentor: Seema Bhatnagar
  Department: Anesthesia, (CHOP)
  
  Student: Kerrie Tiedemann
  Title of Project: Tenotomy versus Tenodesis Using an Animal Model for Rotator Cuff Repairs
  Mentor: Louis Soslowsky
  Department: Orthopaedic Surgery
  
  Student: Amanda Watkins
  Title of Project: Celluar and molecular changes associated with laminitis osteopathology
  Mentor: Julie Engiles & Kurt Hankenson
  Department: Clinical Studies, New Bolton Center, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Jennifer West
  Title of Project: Assessment of histopathologic CNS disease in canine Mucopolysaccharidosis Type I and comparison to antemortem 3D echo planar spectroscopic imaging data
  Mentor: Charles Vite
  Department: Clinical Studies, Philadelphia, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Ilana Yablonovich
  Title of Project: Development and Validation of a Point-of-Care Multiplex LAMP Assay for the Simultaneous Detection of Salmonella, and Antibiotic Resistance Genes
  Mentor: Shelly Rankin
  Department: Clinical Studies, Philadelphia, School of Veterinary Medicine
2013
- Student: Lisa Brody
  Title of Project: Evaluation of the effects of acid ceramidase, ceramide, and reactive oxygen species on the motility, viability, membrane integrity, and life span of extended and fresh canine semen
  Mentor: Margret Casal
  Department: Clinical Studies, Philadelphia, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Chelsea Del Alcazar
  Title of Project: Mechanisms of delayed bone formation in the spines of Mucopolysaccharidosis VII dogs
  Mentor: Lachlan Smith
  Department: Orthopaedic Surgery
  
  Student: Alex (Drew) DeLong
  Title of Project: Effect of Return to Overuse Activity Following an Isolated Supraspinatus Tendon Tear on Adjacent Intact Tendons and Glenoid Cartilage in a Rat Model
  Mentor: Louis Soslowsky
  Department: Orthopaedic Surgery
  
  Student: Kelly Giffear
  Title of Project: Determination of the Hormonal Imprinter of the Hepatic P450 System
  Mentor: Bernard H. Shapiro
  Department: Animal Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Sam Gilbert
  Title of Project: Characterizing the expression of Thrombospondins in the healthy and laminitic equine foot
  Mentor: Kurt Hankenson
  Department: Clinical Studies, New Bolton Center, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Ashley Klein
  Title of Project: Effects of Distrupting Schistosome Multidrug Transporters on Parasite Egg Production and Physiology
  Mentor: Robert Greenberg
  Department: Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Julie Lee
  Title of Project: Evaluating the efficacy of lentiviral, adenoassociated viral, and retroviral vector-mediated therapeutic gene transfer in mucopolysaccharidosis I, VI, and VII to compare with the clinical and biochemical effects of gene therapy with anti-inflammatory drug therapy
  Mentor: Mark Haskins
  Department: Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Risa Stacey Lisle
  Title of Project: In vivo localization of Schwann cell components involved with proliferation, vesicle trafficking and membrane dynamics during peripheral nerve degeneration
  Mentor: Michael Granato
  Department: Neuroscience
  
  Student: Katelyn MacGillivray
  Title of Project: Regulation of NFAT and NF-kB transcriptional Activity by Ca2+ Signals in Lymphocytes
  Mentor: Bruce Freedman
  Department: Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Andrea Moffitt
  Title of Project: Phenotypic characterization of muscle-specific nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase (Nampt) knockout mice – A model of progeroid NAD+ metabolism dysfunction
  Mentor: Joseph Baur
  Department: Physiology
  
  Student: Marc Myers
  Title of Project: Evaluating Intramembranous Ossification in a Standardized Murine Defect Model
  Mentor: Kurt Hankenson
  Department: Clinical Studies, New Bolton Center, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Scott Pandya
  Title of Project: The Role of PIF1 and FEN1 in Preserving Beta Cell Function
  Mentor: Brett Kaufman
  Department: Animal Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Scott Petesch
  Title of Project: Assessment of the use of online PBL modules for student learning in clinical veterinary neurology and neuroanatomy
  Mentor: Charles Vite
  Department: Clinical Studies, Philadelphia, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Klaudia Polak
  Title of Project: Characterization of the Dog Erythrocyte Antigen (DEA) 1
  Mentor: Urs Giger
  Department: Clinical Studies, Philadelphia, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Amanda Samuels
  Title of Project: Investigating the Role of Microtubules and Molecular Motors in Ebola Virus Budding
  Mentor: Ronald Harty
  Department: Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Sarah Schoenhut
  Title of Project: Characterization of the Role of Chronic Stress and Social Isolation during Puberty on Prefrontal Cortex Development
  Mentor: Tracy Bale
  Department: Animal Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Julie Soohoo
  Title of Project: Targeting PAK4 for the Treatment of p63-related Epithelial Tumors
  Mentor: Makoto Senoo
  Department: Animal Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Anne Staudenmaier
  Title of Project: Immune response in the common raccoon, Procyon lotor, to modified live canine distemper and feline panleukopenia vaccines
  Mentor: Erica Miller
  Department: Other
  
  Student: Rebecca Stevens
  Title of Project: Clinical Advancement of RNA-transfected CD40-B cell vaccine technology for cancer therapy
  Mentor: Nicola Mason
  Department: Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine
2012
- Student: Michelle Acierno
  Title of Project: Differentiation of DEA 1 expression on canine erythrocytes: Analysis of genetic and temporal effects on antigen levels by tube, strip, and flow cytometry techniques
  Mentor: Urs Giger
  Department: Clinical Studies, Philadelphia, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Robyn Allen
  Title of Project: Mitochondrial DNA as a Determinant of Outcomes after Heart Attack and a Possible Target for Improving Reperfusion Therapy
  Mentor: Brett Kaufman
  Department: Animal Biology, School of Veterinary medicine
  
  Student: Elizabeth Golden (nee Boush)
  Title of Project: The role of wound healing macrophages in the resolution of leishmaniasis
  Mentor: Phil Scott
  Department: Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Stephen Cole
  Title of Project: Allelic substitutions of host-specific adhesins of Salmonella
  Mentor: Dieter Schifferli
  Department: Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Chelsea del Alcazar
  Title of Project: Characterization of spinal lesions in the canine model of Mucopolysaccharidosis VII
  Mentor: Mark Haskins
  Department: Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Kreig Embriano
  Title of Project: Alteration of the Hematopoietic Niche in Perlecan Hypomorphic Mice
  Mentor: Olena Jacenko
  Department: Animal Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Kristin Gardiner
  Title of Project: Determination of the Mechanisms of Early Retinal Degeneration in the Canine Models erd, XLPRA2, and rcd1
  Mentor: Gustavo Aguirre
  Department: Clinical Studies, Philadelphia, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Sam Gilbert
  Title of Project: PennHIP Hands-Free Device
  Mentor: Gail Smith
  Department: Clinical Studies, Philadelphia, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Lauren Harris
  Title of Project: The Role of Type III Collagen in Post-Injury Renal Fibrosis
  Mentor: Susan Volk
  Department: Clinical Studies, Philadelphia, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Rebecca King
  Title of Project: Host-Oriented Therapeutics to Inhibit Budding and Spread of Arenaviruses
  Mentor: Ronald Harty
  Department: Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Britt Levy
  Title of Project: The Molecular Characterization of Congenital Follicular Parakeratosis in the Labrador Retriever Dog
  Mentor: Margret Casal
  Department: Clinical Studies, Philadelphia, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Austin Luskin
  Title of Project: The Evolution of Original Antigenic Sin in Lyme Disease
  Mentor: Dustin Brisson
  Department: Biology
  
  Student: Bridget Lyons
  Title of Project: Development of a point-of-care isothermal nucleic acid amplification assay for the rapid diagnosis of bacteremia in septic dogs and cats
  Mentor: Shelly Rankin
  Department: Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Katelyn MacGillivray
  Title of Project: Regulation of NFAT and NF-kB transcriptional Activity by Ca2+ Signals in Lymphocytes
  Mentor: Bruce Freedman
  Department: Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Andrea Moffitt
  Title of Project: The effects of liver-specific nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase (Nampt) overexpression in transgenic mice with respect to NAD+ concentration and protection from high-fat diet
  Mentor: Joseph Baur
  Department: Physiology
  
  Student: Marc Myers
  Title of Project: Evaluating Hypoxia in Ischemic Tibial Fractures
  Mentor: Kurt Hankenson
  Department: Animal Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Shannon Palermo
  Title of Project: Prehydration Requirements of Working Dogs
  Mentor: Cynthia Otto
  Department: Clinical Studies, Philadelphia, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Diana Richerson
  Title of Project: The Role of Smac Mimetic Compounds in the Regulation of the Classical NFkB Activation
  Mentor: Michael May
  Department: Animal Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: Peri Rosenstein
  Title of Project: Multispecies transmission dynamics of the raccoon rabies ecotype in Pennsylvania
  Mentor: Gary Smith
  Department: Clinical Studies, New Bolton Center, School of Veterinary Medicine
  
  Student: John Sopronyi
  Title of Project: Characterization of the Role of Placental Leptin Signaling on Long-term Neurobehavioral Function
  Mentor: Tracy Bale
  Department: Animal Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine