HUMAN BIOLOGY 
DISTINGUISHED MAJORS SYMPOSIUM
Gilmer Hall
Room 141
May 2, 2007
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Time |
Title of Presentation and Student Presenter (Advisor) |
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8:30 am |
Sickle Cell Disease – An
Interdisciplinary Study of Pathophysiology and
Ethics In Hopes of Improving Disease Outcomes Sabra Chrystina Lewsey (Advisor: Dr. Joel Linden) |
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8:45 am |
A Legitimate Model for Patient
Advocacy against the FDA: Abigail Ila Elizabeth
Hughes (Advisors: Julia Mahoney PhD and
Charles W. McCurdy, PhD) |
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9:00 am |
The Moral Status of the Embryo -
Analysis of Biological, Religious, and Policy Models to Find a Secular Ethic Anne Clark Pierson (Advisor: Dr. Roy C. Ogle) |
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9:15 am |
Examining Ugandan Faith-Based
Organizations and Their HIV Prevention Programs – Catholic Organizations’
Behavior Change Model for the Youth Elise Hye-Youn Min (Wende Marshall, PhD) |
|
9:30 am |
Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research:
The Search for Alternatives
Mary Suehwa Saprito
(Advisors: Dr. Roy C. Ogle and James
F. Childress, PhD) |
|
9:45 am |
The Role of Public Opinion in the
Expansion Process of the North Anna Nuclear Power Plant in Rebecca Marie Paska (Advisor:
Dr. Carl Trindle) |
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10:00 am |
Disparities for African-Americans in
Access to, Allocation of and Management of Kidney Transplantations and
Solutions to Closing the Gap Brittany J. Behar (Advisor: Dr. Kenneth Brayman) |
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10:15 am |
Complementary Medicine: Massage
Therapy for Alleviating Symptoms and Side Effects of Cancer and Treatment
Lindsey
Elizabeth Jones (Advisor: Lisa Goehler,
PhD) |
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10:30 am |
Reducing the Global Burden of Amebiasis: Investigations in Diagnosis, Treatment, and
Prevention Rita Marie
Lahlou (Advisor: Dr. William A. Petri, Jr.) |
|
10:45 am |
Living Longer, Stronger, and Healthier
– An assessment of the Feasibility and Ethics of Anti-Aging Medicine Tina Tuong-Vi Pham
Le (Advisors: Deborah Roach, PhD and John Portmann, PhD) |
|
11:00 am |
The Potential for a Tumor Necrosis
Factor Receptor Used in Adjuvant to Enhance Cytotoxic
T-Cell Responses Induced by a Multipeptide Melanoma
Vaccine: Implications for Improving the Standard of Care Options for Patients
with Malignant Melanoma Jessica
Ann Feingold (Advisors:
Tim Bullock, PhD and James F. Childress, PhD) |
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11:15 am |
Mechanisms to Reduce the Burden of
the Silent Killer: An Analysis of the Social and Scientific Factors of
Hypertension in the Context of Health Policy Bryan
Phillip Wheeler (Advisors: Drs. Carolyn L. Engelhard and
Robert M. Carey) |
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11:30 am |
Exploring the Relationship Between
Quality of Life and Patient Participation in Lifestyle Intervention Programs
for Type 2 Diabetes Anne Christine Cordero (Advisors: Dr. Viktor E. Bovbjerg & James F. Childress, PhD) |
|
11:45 am |
Using Citizenship in Gauri Rajendra
Raval (Advisor: Denise Walsh, PhD) |
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12:00 noon |
Rethinking Compulsory Health
Insurance Reform for the Uninsured and Underinsured Natalie Elizabeth-Ann Banks (Advisor: Ruth Gaare
Bernheim, JD, MPH) |