NAME
OF STUDENT
(Faculty Sponsor) |
THESIS
TITLE |
| 1989: |
|
| Charles
Theuer
(Philip Hopewell, MD) |
Human
immunodeficiency virus infection in tuberculosis patients in San Francisco |
| 1990: |
|
| Ricardo
Guerra
(Robert Meyers, MD, PhD) |
Studies
on the physiology and chemistry of endothelium-derived relaxing factor
and nitric oxide |
| Trevor
Sutton
(Donald Koblin, MD, PhD) |
Fluoride
metabolites after exposure of volunteers and patients to desflurane |
| 1991: |
|
| Kenneth
Aldape
(James McKerrow, MD, PhD) |
Identification,
characterization, and purification of a secreted cysteine protease
from naegleria species and its role in the pathogenesis of primary
amebic meningoencephalitis |
| Vikas
Bhushan
(John Kane, MD, PhD) |
Quantitative
and qualitative relationships among very low density lipoproteins
in 1677 consecutive lipid clinic patients: Apolipoprotein E polymorphism,
apolipoprotein B and double pre-beta lipoproteinemia |
| Eldan
Eichbaum
(Joseph Rapp, MD) |
Triglyceride-rich
lipoproteins can inhibit the detection of bacterial endotoxin in vitro |
| Ralph
Gonzales
(Jon Levine, MD, PhD) |
Prostaglandin
production by sympathetic postganglionic neurons and its regulation
by noradrenaline |
| Scott
Kogan
(Jane Gitschier, PhD) |
Identification
of mutations causing hemophilia A |
| Anna
Sikes Pollack
(James McKerrow, MD, PhD) |
The
cloning and characterization of a virulence factor for entamoeba histolytica |
| 1992: |
|
| Matthew
Kulke
(Lily Jan, PhD) |
Isolation
of the partial genomic sequence for RHK7(KV1.7), a novel shaker-like
voltage sensitive potassium channel expressed in rat heart |
| Robert
Lee
(James O'Donnell, MD) |
Cloning
of a human galactokinase gene (GK2) on chromosome 15 by complementation
in yeast |
| Lawrence
Lustig
(Patricia Leake, PhD) |
A
review of cochlear implants and the consequences of neonatal deafening
and chronic intracochlear stimulation on the cochlear nucleus of cats |
| Andrew
Metzger
(Philip Cogen, MD, PhD) |
Molecular,
genetic and clinical correlative studies of medulloblastoma |
| Eileen
Yamada
(Paul Yock, MD) |
Intravascular
ultrasound imaging of blood: the effect of hematocrit and flow on
backscatter |
| 1993: |
|
| Arun
Amar
(Stephen De Armond, MD, PhD) |
Use
of a rapid in vitro assay to quantify tumor cell invasion, attachment,
and chemotaxis |
| Russell
Bowler
(Stephen De Armond, MD, PhD) |
Identification
of a receptor for the scrapie prion protein (PrPSc) |
| Kirsten
Christian
(Gisele Guilbaud, MD, DSc) |
The
effect of intraplantar carrageenin injection on rat cortical neurons |
| Phillip
Febbo
(Ben Yen, MD, PhD) |
Replication
of hepatitis B virus in peripheral blood mononuclear cells |
| Robert
Feldman
(Michael Stryker, PhD) |
The
role of postsynaptic cortical cell activity in ocular dominance plasticity |
| Heidi
Gaspary
(Steven Graham, MD, PhD) |
Inhibition
of glutamate release is as effective as postsynaptic blockade of NMDA
receptors in limiting excitotoxic injury following transient forebrain
ischemia in rats |
| Karen
Hauer
(Mary Croughan-Minihane, PhD) |
HIV-related
knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors among sheltered homeless women
in San Francisco |
| Patricia
Lester
(Molly Cooke, MD) |
The
effect of routine perinatal HIV antibody screening on mothers and
infants |
| Felasfa
Wodajo
(Haile Debas, MD) |
Chronic
hypergastrinemia leads to vascular ectasia of the gastric mucosa |
| 1994: |
|
| John
Amory
(Herbert Morse, MD) |
Murine
AIDS in mice transgenic for Pr60gag |
| Kevin
Bozic
(Harry Skinner, MD, PhD) |
Three-dimensional
finite element modeling of a mid-cervical vertebra |
| Jeffrey
Critchfield
(Michael Lenardo, MD) |
Antigen-induced
apoptosis of mature T lymphocytes abrogates experimental allergic
encephalomyelitis |
| Charles
Day
(David Nelson, MD) |
Digital
vibrometry: New findings in normative data |
| Catherine
Hurt
(Mary Williams, MD) |
Lipid
synthesis in the skin during fetal rat development |
| Michael
Jakobsen
(George Fournier, MD) |
The
role of down-regulation of the beta2-microglobulin gene
in evasion of immune recognition by renal cell carcinomas |
| B.
Maya Kato
(Robert Jackler, MD) |
Evaluation
of basic fibroblast growth factor in the healing of chronic tympanic
membrane perforations in the chinchilla |
| John
Rabin
(William Mobley, MD, PhD) |
The
role of beta/A4-amyloid in the neurodegeneration of trisomy 16 mice |
| Arup
Roy-Burman
(Dr Ethel-Michele de Villiers) |
Identification
and characterization of a new Human Papilloma Virus type in a papilloma
of the lip |
| Jennifer
Siegel
(James H. McKerrow, MD, PhD) |
The
Prevalence of Onchocerciasis in the Northwestern Province of Cameroon:
A Descriptive Survey in the Bamendjing Reservoir Area |
| Stephanie
Teal
(Richard Klausner, MD) |
Site-directed
mutagenesis of ARF1 to examine its role in membrane traffic and organelle
structure |
| Jennifer
Willert
(Philip Cogen, MD, PhD) |
Molecular
Genetic Analysis of Pediatric Brain Tumors |
| 1995: |
|
| Kahlil
Andrews
(Sean Mulvihill, MD) |
Amniotic
fluid growth factors regulate gastric parietal cell development |
| David
Anick, PhD
(Lewis Sheiner, MD) |
What
is the best point estimator for the logarithm of the odds ratio? |
| Eric
A. Sweet Cordero
(Henry F. Chambers, MD) |
A
rapid method for testing of new antibiotics for use against pulmonary
tuberculosis |
| Clarissa
Foran
(Patricia Robertson, MD) |
Head
entrapment and neonatal outcome by mode of delivery in breech deliveries
at 23-27 weeks gestation |
| Brian
Ilfeld
(David Grimes, MD) |
Prenatal
care and low birth weight in Deschutes Co., OR |
| Jeffrey
Kahn
(Laura Esserman, MD) |
Evaluating
medical decisions in the diagnosis of palpable masses by surgeons
at an academic breast care center |
| Judith
R. Klein
(Frank L. Hanley, MD) |
In
utero repair of congenital complete atrioventricular block: Morphologic
and physiologic consequences |
| Victoria
Mancuso
(Tristram Parslow, MD, PhD) |
Isolation
of posttranscriptional regulatory domains from a family of retroviral
proteins |
| Lisa
Nelsen
(Sarah Kilpatrick, MD) |
Meconium
aspiration syndrome: role of length of labor and use of oxytocin in
the presence of meconium stained amniotic fluid |
| Atul
Patel
(Burt Feuerstein, MD, PhD) |
Heritable
genetic lesions in familial gliomas: chromosomal abnormalities by
comparative genomic hybridization |
| Marc
Siqueiros
(Andrew Zolopa, MD) |
Compliance
with follow-up care for tuberculosis infection among the adult homeless
shelter population of San Francisco |
| Jennifer
Tseng
(Robert N. Taylor, MD, PhD) |
Hormone
regulation and cytokine production in a cell-culture model of endometriosis |
| 1996: |
|
| Rebecca
Conant
(Jane Gitschier, PhD) |
Regulation
of expression of the Menkes gene |
| Sandip
Datta
(Anthony DeFranco, PhD) |
Role
of a novel gene regulated by c-Myc in the WEHI-231 B cell line |
| Joshua
Fenton
(Kevin Grumbach, MD (Chair)) |
Primary
care use by specialty clinic patients at a county hospital: implications
for managed care |
| Richard
Grant
(Robert Wachter, MD) |
Risk
factors for early readmission to the hospital in patients with AIDS
and pulmonary infections |
| Priscilla
Hsue
(Warner Greene, MD, PhD) |
Molecular
cloning and characterization of three human cellular proteins that
interact with the HIV-1 Nef protein |
| 1997: |
|
| Daniela
Carusi
(Lee Learman, MD, PhD) |
HIV
test acceptance patterns in a San Francisco antenatal linic |
| Daniel
Greif
(F.W. Luscinskas, PhD) |
P-Selectin
glycoprotein ligand-1 mediated adhesion to P- and E- selectin on activated
endothelium under shear flow |
| Katherine
Hemela
(Tony Chou, MD) |
Use
of coronary angiogram, intracoronary ultrasound and serum lipid profile
to characterize coronary atherosclerosis in familial hyprecholesterolemia
and familial combined hypercholesterolemia patients |
| Ginard
Henry
(Harlan Ives, MD, PhD) |
The
phosphorylation pattern of focal adhesion proteins in vascular smooth
muscle cells in response to cyclic mechanical strain |
| Nissim
Khabie
(Curtis Harris, MD) |
The
physical and functional interactions between p53 and the human homolog
of Rad54 |
| Lillian
Lee
(Tristram Parslow, MD, PhD) |
Functional
and structural dissection of an N-terminal domain in the anti-apoptic
protein Bcl2 |
| Daniel
Levi
(Mark Israel, MD) |
The
role of pRB and Id-1&2 in radiation induced apoptosis |
| Darryl
Miles
(Kevin Shannon, MD) |
Allelic
loss at the NF1 locus and lineage involvement in children with type
1 neurofibromatosis (NF1) and malignant myeloid disorders |
| Mary
Norman
(Elizabeth Holly, PhD) |
Prenatal
exposure to tobacco smoke and childhood brain tumors |
| Christine
Pham
(Robert Brasch, MD) |
The
effects of anti-VEGF antibodies on tumor angiogenesis and permeability
in a nude rat model of a human breast cancer |
| Serena
Spudich
(Jonathon Seidman, PhD) |
A
molecular genetic evaluation of familial dilated cardiomyopathy |
| Patrick
Suen
(Clifford Lowell, MD, PhD) |
Role
of Hck and Fgr in integrin dependent signaling |
| Fernando
Velayos
(Marc Shuman, MD) |
Role
of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) in breast cancer tumor
progression and potential for developing new treatments |
| 1998: |
|
| Gerard
Carvalho
(Anil Lalwani, MD) |
Application
of Intracochlear Gene Therapy to Prevent Spiral Ganglion Loss Following
Ototoxic Insult Using Adeno Associated Virus Containing Neurtrophin-3 |
| Jay
Han
(Anil Lalwani, MD) |
Analysis
of Lentivirus as a Potential Gene Transfer Vector in the Cochlea |
| Pamela
Swedlow
(Daniel Lowenstein, MD) |
The
Expression of Deleted in Colon Cancer (DCC) in the Adult Brain |
| 1999: |
|
| Ron
Birnbaum
(Kevin Shannon, MD) |
Nf1
and GM-CSF Interact in Myeloid Leukemogenesis and in Engraftment of
Transplanted Hematopoietic Tissues |
| Caley
Castelein
(Anil K. Lalwani, MD) |
Inherited
Hearing Impairment: A New Locus (DFNA 17) That Maps to Chromosome
22 and is Associated with Cochleosaccular Degeneration |
| Patty
Chi
(Henry Bourne, MD) |
RGS3
and RGS4 Inhibit G and G -mediated Activation of Mitogen-activated
Protein Kinase |
| Joshua
Cohen
(Rik Derynck, MD) |
A
Novel Approach for the Heterologous Expression of Human
Cardiac Myosin Using a Synthetic Gene Designed with Dictyostelium
discoideum Codon Bias |
| Tania
Ferguson
|
Alterations
in teh Fetal Cardiorespiratory Response to Acute Hypoxemia After Evolution
at High Altitude. The Fetal Llama. |
| Frederick
Huang
(Lennart Mucke, MD) |
Absence
of Class A Scavenger Receptor Does Not Affect Amyloid Plaque Formation
or Neurodegeneration in a Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease |
| Jacqueline
O'Leary
(Marc Shuman, MD) |
Identification
of Membrane Type - Matrix Metalloproteinase - 1 (MT-MMP-1) in Human
Prostate Cancer and Analysis of AG3340's Effect on PC3 Cell Growth,
Invasion, and Angiogenesis In Vivo |
| Dean
Sarco
(Donna Ferriero, MD) |
The
Neuroprotective Effect of Deferoxamine Treatment in the Hypoxic-Ischemic
Immature Mouse Brain |
| Wen
Shen
(Guenter B. Risse, MD) |
Trial
by Fire: The Evolution of Surface Treatment for Burns, 1925-1944 |
| Rebecca
Sudore |
Smoking
Cessation for Women: What is the Primary Care Physician's Role? |
| 2000: |
|
| J.
Michael Caruso
(Eliseo J. Perez-Stable, MD) |
A
Demographic & Clinical Comparison of American Indian Emergency
Department Patients with Emergency Department Patients of other Ethnicities
at San Francisco General Hospital |
| Nouzhan
Sehati
(Michael McDermott, MD) |
Detection
of Autocrine Stimulatory Signals involving Platelet-Derived Growth
Factor, Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor, and Epidermal Growth Factor,
and the Effects of a Recombinant Pseudomonas Toxin on Human Malignant
Meningiomas |
