Alumni

Our summer scholars and their projects:

Summer of 2008

Uraina Clark, Ph.D.

Neurologic and neuropsychological effects of HIV and early life stressors in US-born and Liberian-born individuals.
Brown Medical School
Local faculty mentor: Ronald Cohen, PhD

Kaori Kubo Germano, M.A.

Bilingualism and HIV-related neuropsychological impairment
Fordham University
Local faculty mentor: Monica Rivera-Mindt, Ph.D.

Melissa Nashat, Ph.D.

Expression of cannabis receptors in HIV-infected brain and expression of HIV in cannabis users
BMCC of the City University of New York an Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Local faulty mentor: Sunhee C. Lee, M.D.

Erin Sundermann, M.A.

Genetic predictors of cognition in HIV+ women
University of Illinois at Chicago
Local faculty mentor: Pauline Maki, Ph.D.

Summer of 2009

Kathryn Elliott, M.D., J.D.

Health Care Disparities in HIV Neuropathic Pain and Treatment
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Local faculty mentor: Jessica Robinson-Papp, M.D.

Colleen Lawhorn, Ph.D.

Genetic variants that influence HIV to AIDS progression in African American women illicit drug users
Rockefeller University
Local faculty mentor: Mary Jeanne Kreek, M.D.

Cordula Reitz, M.D.

Neurodevelopmental impairment among HIV-infected children in the developing world and factors influencing optimal treatment and care
Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
Local faculty mentor: Louise Kuhn, Ph.D., M.P.H.

Reuben Robbins, Ph.D.

NeuroAIDS in Africa: Assessing neuropsychological functioning in HIV+ South Africans - A pilot study
HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, Columbia University
Local faculty mentor: Robert Remien, Ph.D.

Summer of 2010

April Thames, Ph.D.

Evaluating the utility of neuroimaging, neuropsychological and functional assessment for identifying CNS dysfunction among African Americans: An integrative approach
University of California, Los Angeles
Local faculty mentor: Charles Hinkin, Ph.D.

Carmen Velazquez, Ph.D.

The role of early intervention in HIV-1 encephalopathy among minority pediatric patients
University of Miami
Local faculty mentor: Elizabeth WIllen, Ph.D.

Jennifer Lyons, M.D.

Predictive biomarkers for cognitive impairment in HIV infection
Harvard Medical School
Local faculty mentor: Dana Gabuzda, M.D.

Michelle Jacobs, Ph.D.

Genetic determinates of addiction risk and HIV
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Local faculty mentor: Yasmin Hurd, Ph.D.