Young Scholars Awards Recipients—2012
Name |
School |
Topic |
| Alexis Boyd | George Washington University | Development of an in vitro model of invasion by the infective L3 of Brugia malayi in human skin. |
| Habiba Chirchir | George Washington University | How does running influence trabecular morphology in mice limb joints? A proxy for understanding the evolution of efficient running |
| Joel J. Credle | Georgetown University | The Unfolding of Parkinson's Diseases. Potential Novel Therapies Through Inhibition of the Unfolded Protein Response. |
| Samantha N. DeTillio | George Mason University | Discovering Charles J. Connick: Commission Contracts, Business Correspondence and Stained Glass Windows of Boston and New York |
| Isha Dube | Georgetown University | Understanding the gas sensing mechanism in Carbon Nanotube Field Effect Transistors |
| Ashley D. Franklin | University of Maryland College Park | Genotypic determination of the putative NF-ºB binding site within the promoter region of the SAA1 gene locus in cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) |
| Walter P. (Trip) Glazer | Georgetown University | Sentimental Social Practices: The Role of Emotion in Social Reasoning |
| Michael T. Hallworth ** | George Mason University | Quantifying migratory connectivity for a Neotropical migratory bird using direct and indirect techniques |
| Nell Haynes | American University | Political Struggles: The Representation of Politics in Bolivian Lucha Libre |
| Courtney Hofman | University of Maaryland College Park | Ancient Biological Invasions? Hunter-Gatherers, Paleogenomics, and 'Endemic' Mammals of California's Channel Islands |
| Kyle Huynh | George Washington University | Gamma-irradiated Sterile Cornea(R) for Use in Penetrating Keratoplasty: A Novel Approach |
| Cheng Man Lun | George Washington University | Potential novel marine biomedical reagent: Innate immunity and the antibacterial proteins from the Purple Sea Urchin |
| Laura T. O'Hara | George Mason University | 'If the City Burns Tonight, I'm Holding You Responsible:' Black Power, White Conservatives, and the Alexandria Civil Disturbances, May 29June 9, 1970 |
| Dilip Venugopal Pattabhiraman | University of Maryland College Park | Landscape influences of spatio-temporal patterns in an invasive agricultural insect pest |
| Michelle A. Peck * | George Washington University | Development of a proximity ligation real-time PCR (PLiRT-PCR) assay for the forensic detection of spermatozoa |
| Karen E. Poole | George Washington University | Phylogenetic Systematics of Basal Iguanodontians |
| Kathryn Ranhorn | George Washington University | The Archaeological Context of early Homo sapiens in southeastern Tanzania |
| Elizabeth H. Searcy | George Washington University | Campaign for Victory: Trauma and Desegregation in Jacob Lawrence's War Series |
| Richard S. Smith | University of Maryland College Park | Photo-guided Mapping of Olfactory Neural Circuitry |
| Andrew W. Thompson | George Washington University | The Evolution of Diapause in Annual Killifish |
| Patricia M. Washington | Georgetown University | Reversing ApoE Genotype-Specific Susceptibility to Alzheimer's Disease Pathology after Traumatic Brain Injury |
| Alexis M. Zimberg | Georgetown University | Proposal to Conduct Follow-Up Field Research in the Russian Federation During the 2012 Election |
* Henry H. Work Science Award
** Max and Vera Britton Environmental Science Award