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

Fellows

DDCRF Class of 2006-2007

Kaylan Baban

Mentor: Craig Katz, M.D., Department of Psychiatry
Project: Psychiatric Distress Among Children in Halabja, Kurdistan: A Study of Prevalence
E-mail: Kaylan.baban@mssm.edu

Tara Balija

Mentor: Michael Ross, M.D., Department of Nephrology
Project: The Role of FAT10 inHIV Associated Nephropathy
E-mail: tara.balija@mssm.edu

Paru Chaudhari

Mentors: Huachen Wei, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Dermatology
Project: Effects of Genistein on PUVA-Treated Mycosis Fungoides
E-mail: paru.chaudhari@mssm.edu

Allison Langs

Mentor: Charlotte Cunningham-Rundles, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Clinical Immunology
Project: Effects of Seven Heterozygous Mutations on the TACI Receptor and their Potential Roles in CVID
E-mail: allison.langs@mssm.edu

Sophia Liu

Mentor: Kenneth Boockvar, M.D. and Sean Morrison, M.D., Department of Psychiatry
Project: Continuity of Care for Pain, Depression and Psychosis in Older Adults
E-mail: sophia.liu@mssm.edu

Kelly Myers

Mentor: Zahi Fayad, Ph.D., Department of Radiology
Project: The Correlation of 18-FDG Uptake with Macrophage Content in Atherosclerotic Plaques of the Femoral Artery
E-mail: kelly.myers@mssm.edu

Margaret Haglund

Mentors: Dennis Charney, M.D. and David Muller, M.D., Department of Psychiatry and Medical Education
Project: Trauma and Resilience in the Third Year of Medical School
E-mail: margaret.haglund@mssm.edu

Sweta Shah

Mentor: Antonia New, M.D., Department of Psychiatry
Project: Exploring Eating Disorders in Adolescent Borderlines
E-mail: sweta.shah@mssm.edu

Joel Williams

Mentor: Karl Jepsen, Ph.D., Department of Orthopaedics
Project: Network Theory and Proximal Femur Architecture
E-mail: joel.williams@mssm.edu