Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Clinical Research Fellowship (CRF) Program for Medical Students

Fellows

DDCRF Class of 2003-2004

Thomasina Bailey, Upstate Medical Center

Mentor: Patrick Hof, M.D.
Center for Neurobiology of Aging, Department of Geriatrics and Adult Development
Project: Measurements of the vasculature in patients with dementia
E-mail: thomasina.bailey@mssm.edu

Danielle J. Casagrande, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Mentor: Karl Jepsen, Ph.D.
Department of Orthopaedics
Project: Cortical bone loss and compensation
E-mail: danielle.casagrande@mssm.edu

Benjamin L. Cohen, Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Mentor: Scott Sicherer, M.D.
Department of Pediatrics
Project: Creating an instrument to measure health related quality of life in patients with food allergy
E-mail: benjamin.cohen@mssm.edu

Sierra R. Matula, Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Mentor: Thomas Ullman, M.D.
Department of Medicine
Project: Improving quality in endoscopic surveillance in ulcerative colitis
E-mail: sierra.matula@mssm.edu

Dalia S. Nagel, Harvard School of Medicine

Mentor: John Danias, M.D.
Department of Ophthalmology
Project: Retinal gene expression in glaucoma
E-mail: dalia.nagel@mssm.edu

William G. Stebbins, Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Mentor: Hauchen Wei, M.D.
Department of Dermatology
Project: An investigator-initiated study to assess the safety and efficacy of Genistien on the molecular alterations in human and reconstituted 3-dimensional human skin exposed to UBV
E-mail: william.stebbins@mssm.edu

Heather A. Wasserstrom, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Mentor: Charlotte Cunningham-Rundles, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Medicine
Project: The role of the spleen in antibody production to pneumoccal vaccine
E-mail: heather.wasserstrom@mssm.edu