2018 Medical Student Research Scholars

AbbVie, Inc Research Scholars
Scholar	Research Institution	Research Project	MS Research Mentor
Nicholas Moll	McGovern Medical School at UTHealth	Automatic Detection and Segmentation of MS Lesions using Multimodal MR Images and Deep Convolutional Neural Networks	Dr. Leorah Freeman
Youkyung Sophie Roh	Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine	Depression and MS course: an evaluation of potential mediating effects of commonly used treatments for depression and MS therapies	Dr. Ellen Mowryn
Zachary Zapatero	Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia	Evaluating Thalamic Pathology in Pediatric MS	Dr. Brenda Banwell
Melissa Zhou	Yale School of Medicine	Outcomes following a first clinical event in children with the radiologically isolated syndrome	Dr. Naila Makhani
Bayer HealthCare/June Halper Research Scholar
Scholar	Research Institution	Research Project	MS Research Mentor
Kimberly Young	SickKids Research Institute	Visual and MRI Outcomes in Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis	Dr. E. Ann Yeh
Inserra Family Research Scholar
Scholar	Research Institution	Research Project	MS Research Mentor
Sonya Steele	National Institutes of Neurological Disorders and Stroke	MRI and Clinical Findings in Health, Genetically Characterized Asymptomatic First-Degree Relatives of MS Patients and Health Controls	Dr. Daniel Reich
Sanofi Genzyme Research Scholars
Scholar	Research Institution	Research Project	MS Research Mentor
Graham Cochrane	University of Alabama at Birmingham	Relationship between Fatigue and Vestibular Function in Persons with MS	Dr. Robert Motl
Lauren Hall	UMASS Medical School	MS and the Microbiota	Dr. Carolina Ionete
Noble Jones	Mellen Center/Cleveland Clinic Foundation	Predictors of Intrathecal Baclofen Therapy Outcomes in Multiple Sclerosis Patients	Dr. Francois Bethoux
Samuel Marcucci	University of Cincinnati & The Waddell Center for Multiple Sclerosis	The Effect of Ocrelizumab on Lymphocytes in MS Previously Exposed to Lymphocyte Depleting Agents	Dr. Aram Zabeti & Dr. Ahmed Obeidat