91AV

The 91AV College of Osteopathic Medicine  Research Committee would like to congratulate the following COM students who have received the 2012 Dean's Research Fellowship:

1. Patricia Ruth Atchinson (Class of 2014)
   Project title: Assessing the variability in ASA physical classification
   Mentor: Angus Christie, MD, Maine Medical Center
    
2. Caitlin Buttaro (Class of 2015)
   Project title: Testing VT201's ability to improve structural integrity of epithelium in human cell lines
   Mentor: Johannes Fruehauf, MD PhD, ViThera Laboratories
    
3. Nicholas Church (Class of 2015):
   Project title: Development of a bioinformatics system for research on brain function in rats
   Mentor: David Mokler, PhD, 91AVCOM
    
4. Zack DeCant (Class of 2015):
   Project title: Comparison of spontaneous movement frequency in opioid_exposed infants treated postnatally with methadone and morphine
   Mentor: Marie Hayes, PhD, University of Maine – Orono
    
5. Tina Jumani (Class of 2015):
   Project title: Surveying medical provider attitudes towards donor breast milk for extremely lowbirth weight infants
   Mentor: Sarbattama Sen, MD, Tufts Medical Center
    
6. Robert L. Zondervan (Class of 2015):
   Project title: Dynamic properties of the functional spine unit
   Mentor: Norman "Peter" Reeves, PhD, Michigan State School of Medicine