Summer Student Scholar Program
at Baystate Medical Center and
University of Massachusetts Amherst

Medical Student / Medical School

Faculty Name/Research Project

Chen Chaojie
Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine

Barry Braun, PhD
Ethnoracial differences in the metabolic and psychosocial responses to exercise

Undergraduate Student/ Institution

Faculty Name/ Research Project

Alena Prusinowski
SUNY Geneseo

John Fanton, MD
Characteristics of Referrals for Preschool Behavioral Problems to Child Psychiatric Providers

Tomy Perez
Columbia University

Kathleen Arcaro, PhD
Material-Directed Apoptosis of Breast Cancer Cells

Sara Sawka
Mount Holyoke College

Sallie Schneider, PhD
Role of Fatty Acid Binding Proteins in the susceptibility and prevention of breast cancer

Allie Paquette
Boston University

Timothy Mader, MD
Analyzing data on the effect of pre-shock pause on coronary perfusion pressure and rescue shock success & Evaluate a new approach to the treatment of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Kelly Smith
Williams College

Yvonne Paris, MD
Conduit Vessel Stiffness in Children with Essential Hypertension

Michael Faibish
University of Massachusetts Amherst

Rong Shao, PhD
Angiogenic activity of secreted protein YKL-40 in cancer development

Ashley Bono
University of Massachusetts Amherst

Stephen Rich, PhD
Population Genetics and Genomics of Human and Primate Malaria Parasites

Ngoc Ho
University of Massachusetts Amherst

Joseph Jerry, PhD
Mapping genetic modifiers of mammary tumor susceptibility in mice

Brittany Rahmberg
University of Massachusetts Amherst

Priscilla Clarkson, PhD
Effects of a nutritional antioxidant supplement on exercise performance in humans

Jennifer Villemaire
University of Massachusetts Amherst

Lisa Scott, PhD
The mechanisms underlying the development of emotion perception

Megan Campbell
University of Massachusetts Amherst

Phillip Henneman, MD
Studying the process of verifying patient ID by health care workers using an eye tracking device. 

Jacquelyn Walsh
University of Massachusetts Amherst

Barry Braun, PhD
Role of energy surplus in mediating the effects of inactivity on metabolic health

John Steele
Dartmouth College

Michael Rothberg, MD, MPH
Time-Motion Study of Physician Communication in the Hospital