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

Student / Institution

Faculty Name/Research Project

Caroline Adams
UMass Amherst

Robert Zoeller, PhD
Thyroid Hormone Action in the Early Embryo

Joshua Class
Howard University College of Medicine

Michael Rothberg, MD, MPH
Determining the Impact of Defensive Medicine on Hospital Medicine Costs

Sonal Desai
UMass Amherst

Rolf Karlstrom,PhD
Hh/Gli Signaling in Post-Embryonic Pituitary Growth and Tumorigenesis

Anna Fedorowycz
UMass Amherst

Barry Braun, PhD
Effects of Prolonged Sitting on Cardiometabolic Health

Kevin Johnson
UMass Amherst

Alan Schneyer, PhD
Insulin Signaling in Fat, Muscle and Liver

Rithika Kulathila
UMass Amherst

Jerry Meyer, PhD
Effects of Repeated MDMA and/or THC of Regional Glutamate Signaling in the Brain

Julia Shinnick
Mount Holyoke College

Oz Harmanli, MD/Keisha Jones, MD
Surgical Outcomes in Patients 80 and Older in Non-cardiac Surgery