2013 Medical Student Research Scholars

Acorda Therapeutics, Inc – Steven Schwid, MD Memorial Research Scholarship
Megan Collins Dr. Victor W. Mark	Validating a Community-Based Measure of Leg Use for MS
Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals – June Halper Research Scholarship
Jamie Currie McDonald Dr. Emmanuelle Waubant	Salt intake and pediatric MS susceptibility
Biogen Idec
Morgan E. Boes Dr. Robert Motl	Ankle-Foot Orthosis on Gait Function in Persons with Multiple Sclerosis
Zachary Carter and Garrett Coles Dr. Samuel M. Bierner	Cross-sectional study of persons living with MS comparing measures of their autonomy and participation in everyday life with their exercise outcome expectations and prospectively obtained exercise diaries
Lauren Gluck Dr. Bianca Weinstock-Guttman	Association of Sun Exposure with Depressive Symptoms in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis
Peter Sguigna Dr. Elliot Frohman	Investigating the Retinohypothalamic Tract in Multiple Sclerosis
FCMSC Robert P. Lisak, MD Research Scholarship
Ethan Meltzer Dr. Elliot Frohman	Intrinsic Melanopsin Response in MS Patients
Genzyme Corporation
Aaron Krug Dr. Lilyana Amezcua and Dr. Nerses Sanossian	A study in Multiple Sclerosis in stroke: results from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS)
Jacqueline Li Dr. Anthony Traboulsee	Characterizing and Contrasting NMO in Asians and Caucasians
Eve Overton Dr. Daniel Pelletier	Cortical thinning and thalamic volume measures in rediologically isolated syndrome (RIS)
Dionne Rebello Dr. Walter Royal III	Effects of Cigarette Smoke Exposure on Brain Endothelial Cell Tight Junction Proteins in EAE
John Waller-Delarosa Dr. J. William Lindsey	The Role of Anti-Epstein-Barr Virus Antibodies in Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis Disease Activity
Inserra Family
Victoria Levasseur Dr. Robert Naismith	A longitudinal analysis of the progression of cognitive decline and lesion burden
Teva Neuroscience
Jinna Deslandes Dr. David Tabby	Using Ketamine as a New Strategy for treating Major Depressive Disorder in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis
Thomas Krier Dr. Bianca Weinstock-Guttman	Self-assessment correlates of visual dysfunction versus objective findings in African Americans with MS
Seth Nathan Levin Dr. Carolina Ionete	The Relationship Between Bipolar Disorder and Multiple Sclerosis
Collin Mulcahy Dr. Jerry S. Wolinsky	Might misdiagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis compromise outcome of clinical trials?
Juan Ramirez Dr. Carolina Ionete	Study of prevalence and risk factors for JCV antibody seroconversion in multiple sclerosis patients from UMass MS Center