• Development of a collaborative team for the prevention of hip osteoarthritis
John C. Clohisy, M.D., associate professor of orthopaedic surgery
• Isolation, expansion and activation of human natural killer cells for adoptive immunotherapy of cancer
Todd A. Fehniger, M.D., Ph.D., post-doctoral fellow in the Division of Oncology
• Time course of auditory cortex reorganization following sudden unilateral deafness
Jill B. Firszt, Ph.D., associate professor of otolaryngology
• Formation of a “Women’s Health Specimen Consortium”
Ann M. Gronowski, Ph.D., associate professor of pathology and immunology
• Collaborative group for nectrotizing enterocolitis
Aaron Hamvas, M.D., the James P. Keating, M.D., Professor of Pediatrics
• Program planning for prevention research in community health centers
Aimee S. James, Ph.D., assistant professor of surgery
• Interdisciplinary program development in sickle cell pain research
Evan D. Kharasch, M.D., Ph.D., the Russell & Mary Shelden Professor of Anesthesiology
• Protocol development for comparative urine proteomic studies in humans
Henry Lai, M.D., assistant professor of surgery
• Pilot study of stem cell mobilization by G-CSF to treat severe peripheral artery disease
Daniel C. Link, M.D., associate professor of medicine in the Division of Oncology
• Wireless sensor network technology for clinical monitoring
Chenyang Lu, Ph.D., assistant professor in computer science and engineering
• Exploration of the host immune response in community-acquired methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureas disease
Stephanie A. Lutter, M.D., clinical trainee in pediatrics infectious disease
• Risk factors for complications after spine surgery in the elderly
Margaret A. Olsen, Ph.D., research assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases
• Effects of gene-environment interactions on bone mass density in rheumatoid arthritis
Prabha Ranganathan, M.D., assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Rheumatology
• A randomized controlled trial for parents of young overweight children
Denise E. Wilfley, Ph.D., professor of psychiatry
• Gradient echo plural contrast imaging — novel MRI technique for evaluating multiple sclerosis
Dmitriy A. Yablonskiy, Ph.D., professor of radiology