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<strong>The</strong> Pitt-<strong>CMU</strong> <strong>MSTP</strong> Newsletter<br />

Volume IX, No. 2<br />

Spring 2011<br />

Contents<br />

2010-11 Second<br />

Look, 1<br />

2011 Match, 1, 4<br />

Alumni Pr<strong>of</strong>ile:<br />

Elena Hawryluk<br />

(‘09), 2, 3<br />

Director’s Corner,<br />

3<br />

<strong>MSTP</strong> Students<br />

in Action: IACT<br />

Targets Healthcare<br />

Technology 2, 3<br />

Ethics: Social<br />

Networking in<br />

Medicine, 5<br />

Student<br />

Accolades, 6<br />

Student<br />

Announcements, 6<br />

Recently Awarded<br />

PhDs and<br />

Newly Funded<br />

Fellowships, 6<br />

Student<br />

Publications, 7<br />

Operation Second Look: Mission Success<br />

27 prospective <strong>MSTP</strong> students revisit <strong>Pittsburgh</strong> to experience the Pitt-<strong>CMU</strong><br />

<strong>MSTP</strong> through the eyes <strong>of</strong> fellow graduate students<br />

<strong>The</strong> <strong>MSTP</strong> Second Look<br />

committee is happy to<br />

report the successful<br />

completion <strong>of</strong> our 2010-11<br />

recruitment efforts! This<br />

year marked the first time<br />

piloting a new approach to<br />

the traditional Second Look.<br />

In order to allow students to<br />

better explore the research<br />

opportunities available to<br />

them at both the <strong>University</strong><br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>Pittsburgh</strong> and Carnegie-<br />

Mellon, the <strong>MSTP</strong> Second<br />

Look committee combined<br />

its efforts with graduate<br />

program recruitment<br />

weekends to <strong>of</strong>fer Second<br />

Look experiences tailored for prospective<br />

students in different scientific disciplines.<br />

An evening <strong>of</strong> <strong>MSTP</strong> activities kicked<br />

<strong>of</strong>f each <strong>of</strong> these recruitment weekends,<br />

including c<strong>of</strong>fee in Oakland with students, wine<br />

and cheese with the <strong>MSTP</strong> leadership, a panel<br />

discussion with current <strong>MSTP</strong> students about<br />

the program, as well as various social activities.<br />

For each visit, a sumptuous feast was prepared<br />

by the committee co-chairs and hosted at one<br />

<strong>of</strong> the student’s homes. This was an excellent<br />

opportunity for prospective students to relax and<br />

learn the ins-and-outs <strong>of</strong> the Pitt <strong>MSTP</strong> firsthand<br />

from our student body. <strong>The</strong> following days, hosted<br />

by the graduate programs, allowed students to<br />

learn more about research opportunities in the<br />

respective graduate departments and to have<br />

one-on-one meetings with department faculty.<br />

Our pilot year <strong>of</strong> combining Second Look with<br />

graduate department recruitment weekends<br />

prompted a strong turnout <strong>of</strong> 27 prospective<br />

student attendees over the course <strong>of</strong> the<br />

recruitment efforts. We are looking forward<br />

to learning more about the success <strong>of</strong> these<br />

weekends when we meet our new students this<br />

summer!<br />

Above: Judson Englert (MS4, left) and Corrine Kliment (MS4, right) share their happiness<br />

at a successful couples’ match. (Photo credit - Liang I. Kang, G3)<br />

A Match Made In <strong>Pittsburgh</strong><br />

2011 marked an exceptional match year<br />

for <strong>MSTP</strong> MS4s<br />

Speaking as a lowly G2 it was heartening, to<br />

say the very least, to watch our esteemed MS4<br />

class match this year. As always, I was out to<br />

cheer on my upperclassmen as they opened up<br />

that fabled envelope. A ray <strong>of</strong> hope for those <strong>of</strong><br />

us working diligently towards our theses or taking<br />

the USMLE boards.<br />

Every year I am energized by this ritual,<br />

despite the bittersweet knowledge that we will no<br />

longer share our program with those moving on<br />

to bigger and better things. As always, this was<br />

a banner year for the <strong>MSTP</strong>.<br />

This year our students matched at the<br />

country’s most prestigious institutions, in the<br />

most competitive specialties, and with uniform<br />

success. But these are not the most important<br />

aspect <strong>of</strong> this year’s match. As epitomized<br />

by the photo above, our MS4s matched with<br />

the joy and pure emotion that can only come<br />

with the culmination <strong>of</strong> six-plus years <strong>of</strong> effort.<br />

Congratulations to all the MS4s, you will be<br />

missed.<br />

Upcoming Events,<br />

8<br />

- Daniel Bishop, MS2 and Mark Langhans,<br />

MS2<br />

- Alanna Peterson, G2<br />

see page 4 for Match Results<br />

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2<br />

Pr<strong>of</strong>iles in Medicine: Dr. Elena Hawryluk<br />

An alumna from the Class <strong>of</strong> 2009 advises future students on selecting a mentor, choosing a<br />

clinical specialty, and finding a balance between research and clinic in dermatology<br />

D r . Elena Hawryluk is a<br />

2009 Pitt <strong>MSTP</strong> alumna. She<br />

is currently a resident in the<br />

Harvard Dermatology Residency<br />

Program in Boston, Mass.<br />

Below, she reflects on her Pitt<br />

experience, talks about her<br />

current position, and shares<br />

advice for future Pitt-<strong>CMU</strong> <strong>MSTP</strong><br />

graduates.<br />

Q: How did you decide on a career<br />

as an MD/PhD<br />

A: I became interested in the MD/<br />

PhD career through the mentorship<br />

and advice <strong>of</strong> several researchers<br />

I was fortunate to work with during<br />

college. I studied computer<br />

science and was involved in<br />

research projects at the interface<br />

<strong>of</strong> technology and medicine, such<br />

as a robotic-assisted surgery<br />

project at Carnegie Mellon, and a<br />

spectral imaging analysis project<br />

that involved pathology samples.<br />

I worked for mentors that gave me<br />

exposure to clinical medicine and<br />

the exciting prospect <strong>of</strong> combining<br />

research and clinical activities.<br />

Q: How did you pick your thesis lab<br />

and mentor<br />

A: First, I decided that I wanted a<br />

strong basic science foundation<br />

during graduate school, regardless<br />

<strong>of</strong> scientific subject. I spoke<br />

with many different people, from<br />

graduate students to department<br />

chairs, and even Dr. Levine, to<br />

hear their perspectives on good<br />

mentors and laboratories that<br />

would help me accomplish my<br />

goals. I did three rotations, each<br />

in a different department, which<br />

gave me excellent exposure to<br />

different areas and techniques,<br />

before joining Dr. Apodaca’s lab<br />

in cell biology. I had a wonderful<br />

experience in Dr. Apodaca’s<br />

laboratory—he is an outstanding<br />

mentor!<br />

Q: How did you choose your<br />

specialty<br />

A: Selecting a medical specialty<br />

was difficult because I enjoyed<br />

all <strong>of</strong> my clinical experiences.<br />

I chose my specialty while in<br />

graduate school and found the<br />

LCC to be pivotal in helping me to<br />

determine my path. I had a great<br />

longitudinal clerkship experience in<br />

otology, and then was exposed to<br />

dermatology, which I found to be a<br />

perfect fit for me.<br />

Q: Please tell me a little bit about<br />

what your day is like now.<br />

A: We have a daily didactic in the<br />

morning, followed by outpatient<br />

clinics or consults, depending<br />

on the rotation. I have protected<br />

elective time to explore many<br />

see page 3, Hawryluk<br />

Watch Out Bill Gates, Here Comes the IACT<br />

Students from the <strong>MSTP</strong> along with <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Pittsburgh</strong>, Carnegie Mellon and Duquesne<br />

graduate students spur a grassroots innovation movement to improve healthcare technology<br />

Where do students in business,<br />

medicine, science, and engineering<br />

sit down with <strong>Pittsburgh</strong>’s most<br />

talented and experienced industry<br />

pr<strong>of</strong>essionals to develop innovative<br />

healthcare solutions<br />

<strong>The</strong>y do so at IACT—<br />

Industry Academics Clinicians<br />

Together—an organization led by<br />

Pitt and <strong>CMU</strong> graduate students<br />

whose mission is to spur technology<br />

innovation within healthcare and<br />

improve the region’s economy.<br />

C<strong>of</strong>ounders include three <strong>of</strong> our<br />

own <strong>MSTP</strong> students, Daniel Bishop<br />

(MS2), Jim Fisher (MS2), and<br />

Jason Sanders (G1), and other<br />

students from Pitt, <strong>CMU</strong>, and<br />

Duquesne <strong>University</strong>.<br />

IACT was formed in July <strong>of</strong><br />

2010 and since then has engaged<br />

over 120 students and pr<strong>of</strong>essionals<br />

in workshops and competitions. It<br />

has received financial support<br />

and hosted speakers from many<br />

university-affiliated centers and<br />

local business accelerators. Thus<br />

far, IACT events have focused<br />

on two topics that reflect the<br />

strengths <strong>of</strong> the local academic and<br />

business communities, “Healthcare<br />

Technologies for an Aging America”<br />

and “Surgical Technology.”<br />

IACT was formed first with<br />

the knowledge that individuals<br />

in general, and students in<br />

particular, tend to stay within their<br />

own thought circles and that this<br />

hinders progress. <strong>The</strong> theory<br />

behind IACT is akin to that behind<br />

the <strong>MSTP</strong>—that multidisciplinary<br />

training hastens translation.<br />

Subsequently, events<br />

are specifically structured to mix<br />

students and pr<strong>of</strong>essionals from<br />

different backgrounds, effectively<br />

forcing them out <strong>of</strong> their comfort<br />

zone to solve a large problem in<br />

healthcare using technology. For<br />

example, at an event a medical<br />

student from Pitt may be partnered<br />

with a computer science student<br />

from <strong>CMU</strong>, an MBA student at<br />

Pitt, the CEO <strong>of</strong> a local biotech<br />

company, and a geriatrician at<br />

UPMC, and all are charged with<br />

creating a technology-based<br />

see page 3, IACT


In the past I have used this venue to<br />

highlight developments in the <strong>Pittsburgh</strong><br />

<strong>MSTP</strong>, but the past couple years <strong>of</strong><br />

economic changes push me to address<br />

more global issues related to physician<br />

scientist training. <strong>The</strong> various economic<br />

bubbles (beginning with the dot-com<br />

bubble and continuing with the housing<br />

bubble) have burst. In conjunction<br />

with tremendously expensive military<br />

ventures and a severe decline in our<br />

economy, these economic changes<br />

have shaken our country. We should<br />

have done the numbers in 2009 and<br />

better anticipated the implications <strong>of</strong><br />

these changes for research, but most<br />

<strong>of</strong> us buried our collective heads in the<br />

sand and hoped the economy would<br />

turn around before the implications <strong>of</strong><br />

our financial woes would be evident in<br />

research budgets.<br />

Well, despite a large stimulus<br />

package, the economy remains sluggish<br />

and tax revenues are down. Severe<br />

cuts are being made and pain that was<br />

especially pronounced in the private<br />

sector in 2009 has reached publicly<br />

funded research. NIH is proving to<br />

be one <strong>of</strong> the biggest casualties. This<br />

deep in the financial hole it is difficult<br />

to imagine a rosy horizon in the near<br />

future. It may be longer than a decade<br />

before discretionary funding recovers to<br />

a point where NIH funded research will<br />

have the leverage it has enjoyed in the<br />

recent past.<br />

What does this mean for training<br />

physician scientists I think the bottom<br />

line is that competition is<br />

going to be more than fierce.<br />

To be successful, freshly<br />

minted MD/PhDs are not<br />

going to prosper with just<br />

good science and clinical<br />

skills, but will also need a set<br />

<strong>of</strong> well-honed survival skills. Granting<br />

from NIH will still be important; however,<br />

broader horizons must be sought.<br />

Alternative sources <strong>of</strong> funding and<br />

focused collaborations may make the<br />

difference between viable careers and<br />

frustrating reassignment.<br />

Historically, much <strong>of</strong> <strong>Pittsburgh</strong>’s<br />

<strong>MSTP</strong> pr<strong>of</strong>essional development has<br />

been focused on the NIH. While skills<br />

learned in writing NIH grants have broad<br />

applicability, we are clearly charged<br />

with having to expand the training to<br />

Director’s Corner<br />

A Message From Clayton Wiley, MD, PhD<br />

Associate Dean, Director <strong>of</strong> <strong>MSTP</strong><br />

encompass new funding and research<br />

modes. <strong>The</strong> good news is that in the past<br />

12 years, we are committed to creating<br />

a real training program that is robust<br />

and adaptable, a great foundation for<br />

tweaking and creating a training engine<br />

to prepare for the new world. We plan<br />

to face the upcoming challenges for<br />

physician scientists head-on by not just<br />

preparing students for these challenges<br />

through training, but hopefully teaching<br />

them to anticipate frustrations and think<br />

outside the box to find solutions.<br />

from page 2, Hawryluk<br />

research opportunities as well<br />

as longitudinal academic time to<br />

pursue these interests during the<br />

year.<br />

Q: How do you currently balance<br />

family time and career, or how do<br />

you see yourself balancing these<br />

in the future<br />

A: I am fortunate to be in a field<br />

like dermatology which will allow<br />

me to have a focused outpatient<br />

clinic and very modular time to<br />

explore my academic and research<br />

interests, in addition to my career<br />

and family time.<br />

Q: Where do you see yourself in<br />

10 years<br />

A: In an academic center, with clinical<br />

and research responsibilities.<br />

Q: Do you have any advice for<br />

<strong>MSTP</strong> students<br />

A: Explore your options before<br />

making decisions, I am very happy<br />

to have gathered advice and<br />

learned from the senior <strong>MSTP</strong><br />

students before joining a lab.<br />

<strong>The</strong>se same senior <strong>MSTP</strong> trainees<br />

continue to be friends and mentors<br />

to me.<br />

- Niyathi Hegde, G1<br />

Dr. Elena Hawryluk can be reached at<br />

elena.hawryluk@gmail.com<br />

from page 2, IACT<br />

innovation to improve the wellbeing<br />

<strong>of</strong> older adults.<br />

IACT was also created to<br />

enable students to pursue ventures<br />

that otherwise might not find<br />

support. Whether a student at Pitt<br />

or <strong>CMU</strong>, in medicine or electrical<br />

engineering or management,<br />

it is <strong>of</strong>ten difficult to capitalize<br />

on an idea because the world<br />

looks at you as “just a student.”<br />

Nonetheless, individual students or<br />

teams <strong>of</strong> students have produced<br />

groundbreaking ideas worth<br />

supporting.<br />

IACT serves as a meeting<br />

place for students working in<br />

this vein so they can collectively<br />

support each other. Importantly, it<br />

also links these students to funding<br />

and consulting services in the<br />

region so students can build their<br />

ventures in the real world.<br />

<strong>The</strong> founders <strong>of</strong> IACT have<br />

a vision to make <strong>Pittsburgh</strong> a<br />

nationally-recognized force in<br />

healthcare innovation, and make<br />

students a part <strong>of</strong> that force.<br />

We invite you to learn more<br />

about IACT, including upcoming<br />

events, at www.iactpgh.com.<br />

- Daniel Bishop, MS2 and Jason<br />

Sanders, G1<br />

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Match Day Results<br />

Congratulations To Our Soon To Be Doctor-Doctors!<br />

Mandar Aras — Internal Medicine, Duke <strong>University</strong><br />

Mehret Birru — Internal Medicine/Womens Health, <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Pittsburgh</strong><br />

Frank Cackowski — Internal Medicine, <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Michigan<br />

Sherrie Divito — Dermatology, Harvard <strong>University</strong><br />

Judson Englert — Internal Medicine, Harvard <strong>University</strong><br />

Corrine Kliment — Internal Medicine, Harvard <strong>University</strong><br />

Cyrus Raji — Radiology-Diagnostic, UCLA<br />

Melanie Ruffner — Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital <strong>of</strong> Philadelphia<br />

Jeremy Tilstra — Internal Medicine, <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Pittsburgh</strong><br />

Peter Vosler — Otolaryngology, <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Pittsburgh</strong><br />

Genevieve Woodard — Radiology-Diagnostic, UCSF<br />

Right: Sherrie Divito (MS4) opens her<br />

match letter to Harvard <strong>University</strong>. Bottom<br />

Left: Mehret Birru (MS4) announces her<br />

match to the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Pittsburgh</strong>. Bottom<br />

Right: Mandar Aras (MS4) announces<br />

his match to Duke <strong>University</strong>. (Photo credits<br />

- Liang I. Kang, G3)<br />

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Spotlight on Current Ethical Dilemmas:<br />

What Role, If Any, Does Social Networking<br />

plAy in Modern Medicine<br />

Technological advancements are happening at an amazing<br />

speed in our generation, enabling social networking sites to<br />

become increasingly accessible. Have you seen the Best Buy<br />

commercial with Ozzy Osbourne and Justin Bieber boasting<br />

about mobile internet speed upgrades Are you waiting with<br />

baited breath for the iPad 2 Were you behaving like a kid in<br />

a candy store when the iPhone 4 became available on the Verizon<br />

network I have to confess that I personally think “two<br />

networks are better than one.”<br />

At the end <strong>of</strong> last year, 31 percent <strong>of</strong> Americans owned<br />

smart phones and over four billion iPads were sold (Google.<br />

com). Whether it be via a smartphone, tablet, or notebook<br />

computer, the average medical student has internet access 24<br />

hours a day, seven days a week. You can video chat, tweet,<br />

update Facebook statuses, share pictures, and blog to your<br />

hearts content. What is more, network providers like T-Mobile ©<br />

and AT&T TM <strong>of</strong>ten advertise access to social networking sites<br />

as a feature <strong>of</strong> their devices. Awesome… right<br />

Example from one <strong>of</strong><br />

my Facebook friends:<br />

…. This lady came to<br />

ER because she saw<br />

raccoons in her garbage<br />

this morning and<br />

she feels “a little <strong>of</strong>f”<br />

so she would like to be<br />

checked for rabies<br />

-PHYSICIAN at Wesley<br />

Medical Center, CONN<br />

9 a.m. EST on Jan. 23<br />

via iPhone<br />

Neither <strong>of</strong> the posts contain common patient identifiers<br />

(see below), but the postings themselves leave date,<br />

time, and location information. Moreover, the comments<br />

that follow such posts can be explicit and mean.<br />

Maybe not.<br />

In spite <strong>of</strong> the fact that<br />

Facebook and MySpace<br />

activity can be used as evidence<br />

in a court <strong>of</strong> law, no<br />

one has stopped to ask if<br />

such accessibility to social<br />

networking is even necessary.<br />

Even though it gives<br />

me great delight to share<br />

that Charlie Sheen just set<br />

the “fastest time to reach 1 million followers” Guinness World<br />

Record this week (CNN Tech) after a string <strong>of</strong> purely comical<br />

tweets, many postings on Facebook are not laughing matters.<br />

Dr. Richard Steinman brought up the following submission<br />

from NY Times <strong>The</strong> Ethicist column:<br />

Some <strong>of</strong> my Facebook friends are medical students<br />

who post cellphone pictures <strong>of</strong> patients with what these friends<br />

believe to be comical maladies, with captions like “A 5-foot-9<br />

Hispanic male walks into a bar . . .” under a picture <strong>of</strong> a patient<br />

with a piece <strong>of</strong> rebar piercing his abdomen. <strong>The</strong> postings don’t<br />

include faces or names but still seem questionable. Doesn’t<br />

this violate patient privacy<br />

-NAME WITHHELD, NEW YORK<br />

Medical students getting into trouble on Facebook is<br />

not earth-shattering news. What is alarming is the frequency<br />

at which incidents like the one described above are occurring.<br />

In truth, it is not a rarity for medical students to post pictures <strong>of</strong><br />

themselves in the hospital with patients or to describe patients<br />

encountered on any given day.<br />

As a friendly reminder, the HIPAA Privacy Rule protects<br />

all individually identifiable health information held or<br />

transmitted by a covered entity or its business associate,<br />

in any form or media, whether electronic, paper, or oral.<br />

Identifiable health information<br />

includes demographic<br />

data and relates to:<br />

•the individual’s past,<br />

present, or future physical<br />

or mental health or condition<br />

•the provision <strong>of</strong> health<br />

care to the individual<br />

•the past, present, or future<br />

payment for the provision<br />

<strong>of</strong> health care to the<br />

individual, and that identifies<br />

the individual or for which there is a reasonable basis<br />

to believe can be used to identify the individual.<br />

policy.<br />

See www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/ for the complete<br />

Common patient identifiers include but are not limited<br />

to name, address, birth date, or Social Security Number.<br />

Questions to think about: Would it be reasonable to believe<br />

information accessible to 1,000 Facebook friends can be<br />

used to identify an individual And is it okay to share patient<br />

information as long as the patients are not identifiable With<br />

more than 500 million active Facebook users, half <strong>of</strong> which<br />

log on every single day, it might be wise to post with caution.<br />

- Natasha Corbitt, G2<br />

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Student Accolades<br />

Congratulations to our newly funded Fellowship!<br />

Anoopum Gupta<br />

Cognitive Maps and Novel Behavioral Sequences in the Hippocampus (F30, Mentor: David Touretzky,<br />

PhD)<br />

Congratulations, Doctor! Recently Awarded PhDs<br />

Matthew Boyer<br />

DNMT3b’s role in hematopoietic stem cells. Advisor: Tao Cheng, MD (molecular genetics and<br />

developmental biology, Pitt)<br />

Michael Leibowitz<br />

Regulation <strong>of</strong> antigen processing machinery component expression in head and neck cancer by signal<br />

transducers and activators <strong>of</strong> transcription and SRC homology-2 domain-containing phosphotase.<br />

Advisor: Robert Ferris, MD, PhD (immunology, Pitt)<br />

Joseph Vella<br />

<strong>The</strong> role <strong>of</strong> stress resistance in cell transplantation efficacy for muscle regeneration. Advisor: Johnny<br />

Huard, PhD (bioengineering, Pitt)<br />

David Wheeler<br />

<strong>The</strong> PDZ adaptor, NHERF1, organizes and regulates protein complexes at the cell membrane. Advisor:<br />

Guillermo Romero, PhD (molecular pharmacology, Pitt)<br />

Student Announcements<br />

Judson M. Englert and<br />

Corrine R. Kliment<br />

will be wed on<br />

Saturday, April 9, 2011.<br />

Alanna C. Peterson and<br />

Erin E. Childs got engaged<br />

on Wednesday, March 9,<br />

2011.<br />

David S. Wheeler and<br />

Karen L. Condon<br />

got engaged on Saturday,<br />

March 19, 2011.<br />

All the Best To the<br />

Happy Couples!!!<br />

Brandon Alexander Tilstra<br />

(8 lb 7 oz) was born to Sarah<br />

and Jeremy Tilstra (MS4) on<br />

Friday, March 11, 2011.<br />

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New <strong>MSTP</strong> Student Publications through March 2011<br />

Afrazi A, Sodhi CP, Richardson W, Neal M, Good M, Siggers<br />

R, Hackam DJ (2010). New Insights into the Pathogenesis<br />

and Treatment <strong>of</strong> Necrotizing Enterocolitis: Toll-like Receptors<br />

and Beyond. Pediatr Res. Dec 3. [Epub ahead <strong>of</strong> print;<br />

PMID: 21135755]<br />

Wells A, Chao Y, Grahovac J, Wu Q, Lauffenburger DA<br />

(2010). Cell motility in carcinoma metastasis as modulated<br />

by switching between epithelial and mesenchymal phenotypes.<br />

Frontiers in Biosciences (In press)<br />

Isse K, Grama K, Abbott IM, Lesniak A, Lunz JG, Lee WM,<br />

Specht S, Corbitt N, Mizuguchi Y, Roysam B, Demetris<br />

AJ (2010). Adding value to liver (and allograft) biopsy<br />

evaluation using a combination <strong>of</strong> multiplex quantum dot<br />

immunostaining, high resolution whole-slide digital imaging,<br />

and automated image analysis. Clin Liver Dis. 14(4):669-<br />

85. [PMID: 21055689]<br />

Glorioso C, Sibille E (2010). Between destiny and disease:<br />

genetics and molecular pathways <strong>of</strong> human central nervous<br />

system aging. Prog Neurobiol. Dec 1. [Epub ahead <strong>of</strong> print;<br />

PMID: 21130140].<br />

Johnson CA Jr, Wearden PD, Kocyildirim E, Maul TM, Woolley<br />

JR, Ye S-H, Strickler EM, Borovetz HS, Wagner WR.<br />

Platelet Activation in ovines undergoing sham surgery or<br />

implant <strong>of</strong> the second generation PediaFlow pediatric<br />

ventricular assist device. Artif Organs- (Accepted)<br />

Kang J, Steward RL, Kim YT, Schwartz RS, Leduc PR,<br />

Puskar KM (2011). Response <strong>of</strong> an actin filament network<br />

model under cyclic stretching through a coarse grained<br />

Monte Carlo approach. J <strong>The</strong>or Biol. Jan 15. [Epub ahead<br />

<strong>of</strong> print; PMID: 21241710]<br />

Kliment, CR, Oury, TD (2011). Extracellular superoxide dismutase<br />

protects cardiovascular syndecan-1 from oxidative<br />

shedding. Free Radic Biol Med. Feb 17 [Epub ahead <strong>of</strong><br />

print; PMID:213344435]<br />

Donthamsetty S, Bhave VS, Kliment C, Bowen WC, Mars<br />

WM, Bell AW, Stewart RE, Orr A, Wu C, Michalopoulos GK<br />

(2011). Excessive hepatomegaly <strong>of</strong> mice with hepatocytetargeted<br />

elimination <strong>of</strong> integrin linked kinase following treatment<br />

with 1,4-bis [2-(3,5-dichaloropyridyloxy)] benzene.<br />

Hepatology. Feb;53(2):587-95. [PMID: 21274879]<br />

Wang H, Nora GJ, Ghodke H, Opresko PL (2011). Single<br />

Molecule Studies <strong>of</strong> Physiologically Relevant Telomeric<br />

Tails Reveal POT1 Mechanism for Promoting Gquadruplex<br />

Unfolding. J Biol Chem. Mar 4; 286(9):7479-89. [PMID:<br />

21183684]<br />

Patel VP and Chu CT (2011). Nuclear transport, oxidative<br />

stress, and neurodegeneration. Int J Clin Exp Pathol. Mar;<br />

4(3):215-229.<br />

Pandiyan P, Conti HR, Zheng L, Peterson AC, Mathern DR,<br />

Hernández-Santos N, Edgerton M, Gaffen SL, Lenardo MJ<br />

(2011). CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ Regulatory T Cells Promote<br />

Th17 Cells In Vitro and Enhance Host Resistance in Mouse<br />

Candida albicans Th17 Cell Infection Model. Immunity. Mar<br />

25;34(3):422-434. [PMID:21435589]<br />

Du Y, Roh DS, Funderburgh ML, Mann MM, Marra KG,<br />

Rubin JP, Li X, Funderburgh JL (2010). Adipose-derived<br />

stem cells differentiate to keratocytes in vitro. Mol Vis. Dec<br />

10;16:2680-9. [PMID: 21179234]<br />

Sanders JL, Iannaccone A, Boudreau RM, Conley YP,<br />

Opresko PL, Hsueh W-C, Cummings SR, Cawthon RM,<br />

Harris TB, Nalls MA, Kritchevsky SB, Newman AB, for<br />

the Health ABC Study (2011). <strong>The</strong> association <strong>of</strong> cataract<br />

with leukocyte telomere length in older adults: defining a<br />

new marker <strong>of</strong> aging. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. (Accepted)<br />

Prince CT, Secrest AM, Mackey RH, Arena VC, Kingsley<br />

LA, Orchard TJ (2011). Pulse wave analysis and prevalent<br />

cardiovascular disease in type 1 diabetes. Atherosclerosis.<br />

Dec; 213(2):469-74. [PMID: 20880527]<br />

McGuire ST, Secrest AM, Andrulonis R, Ferris LK (2010).<br />

Surveillance <strong>of</strong> patients for early detection <strong>of</strong> melanoma:<br />

Patterns in dermatologist vs. patient discovery. Arch Dermatol<br />

(Accepted)<br />

Secrest AM, Becker DJ, Kelsey SF, LaPorte RE, Orchard TJ<br />

(2011). Characterizing sudden death and dead-in-bed syndrome<br />

in type 1 diabetes: Analysis from 2 childhoodonset<br />

type 1 diabetes registries. Diabet Med. Mar; 28(3): 293-300.<br />

[PMID: 21309837]<br />

Secrest AM, Costacou T, Gutelius B, Miller RG, Songer TJ,<br />

Orchard TJ (2011). Association <strong>of</strong> socioeconomic status<br />

with mortality in type 1 diabetes: the <strong>Pittsburgh</strong> Epidemiology<br />

<strong>of</strong> Diabetes Complications (EDC) Study. Ann Epidemiol<br />

(Accepted)<br />

Shin SS, Bray ER, Zhang CQ, Dixon CE (2011). Traumatic<br />

brain injury reduces striatal tyrosine hydroxylase activity<br />

and potassium-evoked dopamine release in rats. Brain<br />

Res. Jan 19;1369:208-15. [PMID: 21047500]<br />

Sturman DA and Moghaddam B (2011). Reduced neuronal<br />

inhibition and coordination <strong>of</strong> adolescent prefrontal cortex<br />

during motivated behavior. J Neurosci Jan 26;31 (4):1471-<br />

1478. [PMID:21273431]<br />

Thompson MD, Awuah P, Singh S, Monga SP (2010).<br />

Disparate cellular basis <strong>of</strong> improved liver repair in betacatenin-overexpressing<br />

mice after long-term exposure to<br />

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Thompson MD, Dar MJ, Monga SP (2010). Pegylated interferon<br />

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Wilson ME, Boumaza I, Lacomis D, Bowser R (2010). Cystatin<br />

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Wong JL, Mailliard RB, Moschos SJ, Edington H, Lotze MT,<br />

Kirkwood JM, Kalinski P (2011). Helper activity <strong>of</strong> natural<br />

killer cells during the dendritic cell-mediated induction <strong>of</strong><br />

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278. [PMID: 21389871]<br />

Woodard GA, Brooks MM, Barinas-Mitchell E, Mackey RH,<br />

Matthews KA, Sutton-Tyrrell K (2010). Lipids, menopause,<br />

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Across the Nation Heart women. Menopause. Nov 19.<br />

[Epub ahead <strong>of</strong> print; PMID: 21107300]<br />

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