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Charles Hollenberg Summer Studentship Program - 2010

Competition Deadline Date: January 26, 2010

The following have been offered funding:

Applicant Supervisor Title of Research

Rafal Ahmad
(Declined)

Dr. Thomas Wolever

The Relationship Between Obesity and Gut Microbiota Composition

Ausma Ahmed

Dr. Bruce Perkins

Corneal Nerve Fiber Length as a Biomarker of Early Neuropathy – A 1-year Prospective Study

Cynthia Chan
(Declined)

Dr. Qinghua Wang

Insulin action on regulation of glucagon secretion: a strategy using pancreas perfusion.

Simon Chiang

Dr. Adria Giacca

Potential treatments of restenosis with insulin sensitizers

Elise Crocker

Dr. Jonathan Rocheleau

Ex vivo pancreatic islets culture on a microfluidic device

Meghan Deforest

Dr. Jill Hamilton

Ectopic fat distribution and metabolic risk in overweight youth

Feng Ding

Dr. Maria Rozakis Adcock

Novel Genetic Animal Models of PHIP1

Xiao (Charlotte) Dong
(Declined)

Dr. Patricia Brubaker

Role of fatty acid transport proteins in oleic acid-induced glucagon-like peptide-1 secretion.

David Kepecs

Dr. Richard Gilbert

Endothelial Progenitor Cells: A Novel Therapy For Diabetic Kidney Disease

Lemieux Luu

Dr. Michael Wheeler

The role of SIRT1 in pancreatic beta cells
Amy Oh Dr. Patricia Brubaker Role and mechanism of action of metformin as a glucagon-like peptide-1 secretagogue

Prital Patel

Dr. Jim Woodgett

Investigating the effects of GSK-3 alpha and beta in primary adipocytes: assessing the differentiation potential of pre-adipocytes using GSK-3alpha and beta floxed animal models.

Matthew Purser

Dr. Denise Belsham

The Role of CNTF and Proglucagon-Derived Peptides in the Control of Energy Homeostasis

Laetitia Tam

Dr. Dominic Ng

The role of cellular cholesterol in the regulation of ER stress and glucose metabolism in a genetic model of low HDL
Holly Tschirhart Dr. Bruce Perkins Acute Glycemic Response to Aerobic Exercise, Resistance Exercise, or Their Combinations in Type 1 Diabetes
Michael Vu Dr. Martin Wojtowicz Role of adult neurogenesis in diabetes and dementia

Dawei David Wang

Dr. Michelle Bendeck

Investigating the function of Discoidin Domain Receptor 1 (Ddr1) during atherosclerotic plaque development

Chester Yao

Dr. I. George Fantus

The role of the tyrosine kinase Src in diabetes nephropathy