2010 Medical Student Research Scholars

Teva Neuroscience
Salim Abboud Dr. Robert Bermell	Functional and Structural MRI Assessment of Visual Recovery Following Acute Neuritis
Gianna Casini Dr. Konstantin Balashov	MRI in Multiple Sclerosis: Are Periventricular Lesions (PVL) Specific for Multiple Sclerosis?
Wesley Haynes Dr. Anne Cross	A Role for Interleukin-16 in the Pathogenesis of Multiple Sclerosis
Emily Kraus Dr. Ann Yeh / Dr. Bianca Weinstock-Guttman	Evaluating the Role of Optical Coherence Tomography as a Visual Outcome Measure in Children with Demyelinating Disease
Brian Lee Dr. Susan Feldman	Multiple Sclerosis: Development of a New Diagnostic Approach
Pedro Lourenco Dr. Helen Tremlett	Oligoclonal Banding in Cerebrospinal Fluid as a Prognostic Indicator in Patients with MS
Fadi Kamil Shihadeh Dr. David Pitt	Neuronal Myelin Uptake Causes Neurodegeneration in MS Cortical Lesions
Eliezer Sternberg Dr. Aaron Miller	Prediction of MS Course from Early Clinical and Brain MRI Features
Tanche Wang Dr. David KB Li	Follow-up of Long Extensive Spinal Cord Lesions in Asian MS
Biogen Idec
Alicia Lieberman Dr. Zohara Sternberg	The Effects of Flavanoids Quercertin and Luteolin, on sRage secretion by Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells (PBMCs)
Veronica Penyak Dr. Micheline McCarthy / Dr. Kotil Rammohan	The Role of Vitamin D Supplementation in Multiple Sclerosis Patients
Genentech
Sierra Ford Dr. Joanna Cooper	Provider Awareness of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use by Multiple Sclerosis Patients
Sara Fridinger Dr. Rock Heyman	Multiple Sclerosis Patients’ Experience with Bariatric Surgery
Jimmy Huynh Dr. Patrizia Casaccia	DNA Methylation and Multiple Sclerosis: An Undiscovered Link?
Jyes Annemarie Querubin Dr. Walter Royal, III	Effects of Vitamin D on Regulatory T Cells
Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals
Jerry Loo Dr. Lilyana Amezcua	Development and Testing of a Disease-oriented Efolder for Multiple Sclerosis patients
Genzyme
Asma Hashmi Dr. Khurram Bashir	A Study to Evaluate the Factors Influencing Decisions to Change Immunomodulatory Treatment in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis
Brian Soheil Shafa Dr. Mirela Cerghet	Racial Disparities in Adherence To Disease Modifying Agents, Quality Of Life, and Other Patient-Centered Outcomes in a Cohort of Patients with Multiple Sclerosis
Inserra Family
Mary Guirgis Dr. John Lindsey	Immunoprecipitation of Epstein-Barr Virus Proteins with Multiple Sclerosis Cerebrospinal Fluid
Acorda Therapeutics, Inc
Charlotte Philippson Dr. Galina Vorobeychik	A Pilot Study of Use of Dynavision for Assessment of Visual-Spatial Perception of Patients with MS
Questcor
Scott Bendix Dr. Mirela Cerghet	Analysis of Brain Structural changes in different stages of Multiple Sclerosis