Student Alumni
Medical Center
STARS Summer Research Program
The STARS Summer Research Program gives science teachers and students an opportunity to work in a
This eight-week program is designed to give teachers and students an opportunity to work
research environment.
During
theinsummer
of 2011,
16 secondary
science are
teachers
around
theare
state
side-by-side
with a faculty
host
a research
laboratory.
Participants
paid from
a stipend
and
of Texas, 35
high school
Dallas-Fort
Eastfield
College student participated in
required
to present
the juniors
results from
of their
researchWorth,
at the and
end one
of the
summer.
an eight-week summer internship working in research laboratories on the UT Southwestern campus and
An important purpose of this program is to encourage students of the Dallas Independent
affiliatedDistrict
institutions.
Under theacademic
guidance of
a faculty
host,
participants
completed
research project and
School
with excellent
records
and
a love
of science
to pursea science-related
presented
their funding
findings.is now available for students from other school districts.Each high school
fields.
Limited
junior completing the program acts as an emissary at their home school by giving presentations
outlining their research experience.
2011 STARS Student Alumni
Name
SchoolProgram for Students Alumni
Host
2009 Summer Research
Participants
Eastfield
College
Don Canyon III
Cecillia Vargas
Shakena Cobb
Karen DeLaFuente
Schools
Hosts
Where are they now?
Lincoln High School
Ralph Mason, Ph.D., Simmons
Northwestern State University
Townview Science & Engineering
Magnet High School
Chuo Chen, Ph.D., Biochemistry
UTA
Comprehensive
Cancer Center Activation of Beta-catenin in the
Yihong
Wan, PhD,
Eastfield Community College
Suppression of Breast Tumor Bone
Franklin D. Roosevelt High SchoolPharmacology
Peter Michaely, Ph.D., Cell Biology
Metastasis
High
School StudentsHillcrest High School
Amanda Gross
Rajiv Alluri
LaQuesha Johnson
Stephanie Lee
Alexis Ayanru
Jasine Marroquin
Jericka
Battle
Madalyn McKayl
Abhi Raj
Project Title
Colleyville Heritage High
School
Carter High School
W.T. White High School
Alexander Pertsemlidis, Ph.D.,
Texas A&M
Eugene McDermott Center For
Growth and Development, Internal
Investigating the
James
Brugarolas, MD,
Medicine - Clinical Genetics
Mechanism of
Sunitinib Resistance in Renal Cell
Mujeeb Shad, M.D., Psychiatry Carcinoma
PhD, Internal Medicine
Andrew Pieper, M.D., Ph.D.,
Austin College
Bishop Dunne Catholic
School Thomas Jefferson High School
Ann Psychiatry
Stowe, PhD,
Neurology
Joseph Albanesi, Ph.D.,
Stroke Recovery: High-Low Training
DeSoto High
School
Townview Talented & Gifted
Shushen Wang, PhD,
Vikram Kodibagkar, Ph.D.,
Psychiatry
Radiology
Development of a New Aortic Ring
Carnegie Mellon University
Assay for
Studying Angiogenesis
Magnet High School
Pharmacology
Hebron High School
Diana Tomchick, Ph.D.,
Biochemistry
Andrew Pieper, MD,
Richland College
UTD
Discovery of a New Therapeutic
Strategy for Huntington’s Disease
Indu Bedi
Coppell High School
Raul Rios
Camille
Brewer
Townview Science & Engineering Connie
Adrian
Rothenfluh,
MIT of Lung Structure in
Hsia,
MD Ph.D., Adaptation
Booker T.
Washington
Magnet
High SchoolHigh
Psychiatry
Fatty Diabetic Rats Exposed to
Internal Medicine
School for Performing and
Skyline High School
Michelle Tallquist, Ph.D., Molecular
UTD
Hypoxia
Visual Arts
Biology
Avery Rice-Williams
Maria Ruiz
Geoffrey Russell
Adrian Bustos
Ronnie Shade Jr.
Alex Castaneda
Geneinde Taylor-Edwards
Sean Troxel
Jonathan Chen
Emily Young
Booker T. Washington High School
David Mangelsdorf, Ph.D.,
PsychiatryBiochemistry
for Performing and Visual Arts PhD,Pharmacology,
Townview Talented & Gifted
Townview
Magnet-Talented
Magnet
High School
and Gifted (TAG)
DeBose-Boyd,
Ph.D., Construction
Carnegie Mellon
University
of HDAC
Inhibitors
ChuoRussell
Chen,
PhD
Biophysics and Molecular Genetics
Biochemistry
UT Austin
Ellen Vitetta, M.D., Ph.D.,
Cancer Immunobiology Center,Selection of GLP-1
Xiankai
Sun, PhD
Microbiology
Townview Health Professions High
School
T. Garza Early College High
School
Irma Rangel Young Women’s
Leadership High School
Townview Talented & Gifted
Hebron Magnet
SchoolHigh School
Woodrow Wilson High School
Analogs for Pancreatic Beta Cell Imaging: ompetiRadiology
Pier Scaglioni, M.D., Internal tive GLP-1R
Austin College
Medicine - Hematology-Oncology
Christian Forst, Ph.D., Clinical Microarray
Stanford
Universityof Adipocyte
Analysis
Deborah
Clegg, PhD
Sciences
ERalpha Knockout Mice
Internal Medicine
Roger Chan, Ph.D., Otolaryngology,
Biomedical Engineering
UT Austin
Student Alumni
Medical Center
Name
STARS Summer Research Program
This eight-week program is designed to give teachers and students an opportunity to work
Schoolside-by-side with a faculty host
Host
Project Title
in a research laboratory. Participants are paid a stipend and are
required to present the results of their research at the end of the summer.
Oscar Contreras
Delaney Finn
The Structure of Protein IDP90521
Dominika Borek, PhD
Townview
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fields. Limited funding is now available for students from other school districts.Each high school
junior completing the program acts as an emissary at their home school by giving presentations
Identification of the Minimal BindKathlynn Brown, PhD
Woodrow
Wilson
High
outlining
their
research experience.
Internal Medicine
School
2009 Summer Research Program for Students Alumni
Lynnea Harris
Participants
Don Canyon III
Nicole
ShakenaJoison
Cobb
Karen DeLaFuente
Alex Levine
Amanda Gross
Townview Magnet CenterSchools
Science and
Engineering
(SEM) Lincoln High School
David Mangelsdorf, PhD
Pharmacology
Hosts
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Lung Cancer Binding Peptide
Effects of FGF21 on Female Fertility
in MiceWhere are they now?
Ralph Mason, Ph.D., Simmons
Comprehensive Cancer Center
Northwestern State University
The role of miRNA in polycystic
Patel,
MDPh.D., Cell Biology
Pearce High
School
Franklin
D. Roosevelt High SchoolVishal
Peter
Michaely,
kidney disease
Internal Medicine
Townview Science & Engineering
Magnet High School
Highland Park High School
Hillcrest High School
Chuo Chen, Ph.D., Biochemistry
UTA
Algorithms for Identification and
Christian Forst, PhD
Alexander
Pertsemlidis, Ph.D., Modeling
Texasof
A&M
Biological Response
Clinical
Sciences
Eugene McDermott Center For
Pathways
Growth and Development, Internal
Medicine - Clinical Genetics
LaQueshaLucero
Johnson
Jasmine
Stephanie Lee
Jasine Mahler
Marroquin
Laura
Madalyn McKayl
High School
Summit Carter
International
Preparatory
W.T. White High School
QuanMujeeb
Li, MD,
Shad,PhD
M.D., Psychiatry Oxr1 Gene
Immunology
Thomas
Jefferson
High School
Northwest
High
School
Joseph
Albanesi,
Ph.D.,
Dawen
Zhao,
MD,
PhD
Pharmacology
Radiology
Andrew Pieper, M.D., Ph.D.,
Psychiatry
Townview Talented & Gifted
Magnet High School
Vikram Kodibagkar, Ph.D.,
Radiology
Abhi Raj
Hebron
High School
Diana Tomchick,
Fan Gao,
PhD Ph.D.,
Christopher
Martinez Townview
Magnet
CenterBiochemistry
Orthothics
& Prosthetics
Science and Engineering
Avery Rice-Williams
Booker
T.
Washington
High
School
David
Mangelsdorf,
Ph.D.,
(SEM)
for Performing and Visual Arts
Raul Rios
Julian
Martinez
Maria Ruiz
Geoffrey
Russell
Luis
Martinez
Ronnie Shade Jr.
Bridget Munezero
Geneinde Taylor-Edwards
Sean Troxel
Terry Ng
Emily Young
Austin College
Investigating
RichlandBrain
Collegeand Breast Tumor Growth Using Noninvasive
Bioluminescent
Imaging
Carnegie Mellon
University
Body-Powered
Upper Limb ProsUTD
thetic Simulator
Pharmacology, Biochemistry
Extended
UdugamasooriTownview
Science
& Engineering Gomika
Adrian
Rothenfluh, Ph.D.,
MITPeptoid-JM79 HomodiJustin Ford
Kimball
High
Magnet High School
Psychiatry
mer
Synthesis
ya,
PhD
Advanced
School
Imaging
Research
Skyline High School
Michelle
Tallquist, Center
Ph.D., Molecular
UTD
Biology
Talented & Gifted
WilliamsTownview
Preparatory
Magnet High School
intoMellon
the function
Diana
Tomchick,
PhDPh.D., Spiralling
Russell
DeBose-Boyd,
Carnegie
University of periBiophysics
and
Molecular
Genetics
plasmic
lipoproteins
Biochemistry
Townview Health Professions High
Ellen Vitetta, M.D., Ph.D.,
UT Austin
Irma Rangel Young Women’s
Leadership High School
Pier Scaglioni, M.D., Internal
Medicine - Hematology-Oncology
Austin College
Christian Forst, Ph.D., Clinical
Stanford University
Emmet J.School
Conrad High
School
Townview Talented & Gifted
MagnetHigh
High School
L.V. Berkner
School
Woodrow Wilson High School
Immunobiology
Center,Biology and Application of Sperm
KentCancer
Hamra,
PhD
Microbiology
Stem Cells
Pharmacology
HIV-1 Tat interacting protein Tip48
IvanSciences
D’orso, PhD
Microbiology
Roger Chan, Ph.D., Otolaryngology,
UT Austin
Biomedical Engineering
Student Alumni
Medical Center
Name
STARS Summer Research Program
This eight-week program is designed to give teachers and students an opportunity to work
Schoolside-by-side with a faculty host
Host
Project Title
in a research laboratory. Participants are paid a stipend and are
required to present the results of their research at the end of the summer.
Kim Ngo
Nicholas Okafor
Virus Factory
Robert Gerard, PhD
Fossil Ridge
High School
An important
purpose of this program is to encourage students of the Dallas Independent
Internal
Medicine
School District with excellent academic records and a love of science to purse science-related
fields. Limited funding is now available for students from other school districts.Each high school
junior completing the program acts as an emissary at their home school by giving presentations
Cross-Talk Between Steroid
Ganesh Raj, MD, PhD
Townview
Magnet-Talented
outlining
their research experience.
and Gifted (TAG)
Urology
2009 Summer Research Program for Students Alumni
Ysenia Orellano
Peak Preparatory
Participants
Schools
Don Canyon III
Lincoln High School
Vishal Parikh
North Hills Preparatory
Shakena Cobb
Karen DeLaFuente
Jennifer Pham
Amanda Gross
David Boothman, PhD
SCCCHosts
Lab
Ralph Mason, Ph.D., Simmons
Comprehensive Cancer Center
Orson Moe, MD
Receptors in Prostate Cancer Cells
Stress From Oxygen
Where are they now?
Northwestern State University
Effects of Calcium on Klotho
Franklin D. Roosevelt High SchoolInternal
Peter Medicine
Michaely, Ph.D., Cell Biology
Townview Science & Engineering
School
NewmanMagnet
SmithHigh
High
School
Hillcrest High School
Chuo Chen, Ph.D., Biochemistry
UTA
Type 1 IFN Regulated-Gene ExpresBenjamin Chong, MD
sion in Irradiated MRL-lpr mice
Dermatology
Alexander Pertsemlidis, Ph.D.,
Texas A&M
Eugene McDermott Center Forskin
Growth and Development, Internal
Alba Ramirez
LaQuesha Johnson
Stephanie Lee
Andrea
Rodriguez
Jasine Marroquin
Madalyn McKayl
Hana’a
Abhi RajSaid
Avery Rice-Williams
Sarah
Siddiqui
Raul Rios
Maria Ruiz
Ernest
Valencia
Geoffrey
Russell
Ronnie Shade Jr.
Elisa Vengalil
Geneinde Taylor-Edwards
Sean Troxel
Camille Brewer
Emily Young
Townview Magnet CenterCarter High School
Health Professions
W.T. White High School
Northside
HighJefferson
School
Thomas
High School
Medicine - Clinical Genetics
Cognition in Outpatients with BiSherwood Brown, MD,
Mujeeb
Shad,
M.D.,
Psychiatry
polar Disorder and Alcohol DepenPhD
with Quetiapine
Psychiatry
Andrew Pieper, M.D., Ph.D., dence Treated
Austin College
Psychiatry
Shawn
McClintock,
PhD
Joseph
Albanesi, Ph.D.,
Pharmacology
Psychiatry
Townview Talented & Gifted
Magnet High School
Harmony
Science
Hebron
HighAcademy
School
Vikram Kodibagkar, Ph.D.,
Radiology
Ralph
Mason,
PhD
Diana
Tomchick,
Ph.D.,
Biochemistry
Radiology
Booker T. Washington High School
for Performing and Visual Arts
The Effects
of Depression on NeuRichland College
rocognitive Functions
Carnegie Mellon University
Analysis
of Ruby II Toxicity Using
UTD
Crystal Violet Assay
David Mangelsdorf, Ph.D.,
Pharmacology, Biochemistry
Identifying
New Components InMIT
volved in Signaling Pathways Using
Drosophila
as a Model System
Michelle Tallquist, Ph.D., Molecular
UTD
Hampton
Preparatory
Townview
Science &School
Engineering Jin Jiang,
AdrianPhD
Rothenfluh, Ph.D.,
Magnet High School
Psychiatry
Developmental
Biology
Skyline High School
WilliamsTownview
Preparatory
Talented & Gifted
Magnet High School
Biology
Study of Btbd11 Function in Animal
Thomas
Carroll, PhD
Russell DeBose-Boyd, Ph.D.,
Carnegie Mellon University
Models
Internal
Medicine
Biophysics
and Molecular Genetics
Townview Health Professions High
UrsulineSchool
Academy of Dallas
Irma Rangel Young Women’s
Leadership High School
Townview Talented & Gifted
Ellen Vitetta, M.D., Ph.D.,
UT Austin
Christian Forst, Ph.D., Clinical
Stanford University
Fangyu
Peng,
MD, PhDCenter,The Effects of Over Expressing or
Cancer
Immunobiology
Microbiology
Silencing Human Copper
Radiology
on Copper Uptake
Pier Scaglioni, M.D., Internal Transporter-1
Austin College
Medicine - Hematology-Oncology
in Prostate Cancer
Magnet High School
Sciences
A Tool to Monitor Phagocytosis
Connie
Hsia, MD
Booker T. Washington High
Internal
Medicine
Woodrow
Wilson
High
School
Roger
Chan,
Ph.D.,
Otolaryngology,
UT Austin
School for Performing and
Biomedical Engineering
Visual Arts
Student Alumni
Medical Center
Name
STARS Summer Research Program
This eight-week program is designed to give teachers and students an opportunity to work
Schoolside-by-side with a faculty host
Host
Project Title
in a research laboratory. Participants are paid a stipend and are
required to present the results of their research at the end of the summer.
STARS ASSOCIATESAn important purpose of this program is to encourage students of the Dallas Independent
School District with excellent academic records and a love of science to purse science-related
Karen Lee
The school
Environmental
Selection
of
Orth,for
PhD,
The Hockaday
School
fields. Limited
funding is nowKim
available
students from other
districts.Each
high school
Vibrio
parahaemolyticus
Genes
Molecular
junior completing the program
acts as anBiology
emissary at their home school by giving presentations
outlining their research experience.
Kim Orth, PhD,
Molecular Biology
2009 Summer Research Program for Students Alumni
Tiffany Son
Participants
Sam
DonWatson
Canyon III
The Hockaday School
Schools
Texoma Lincoln
Christian
High School
The Environmental Selection of
Vibrio parahaemolyticus Genes
Hosts
Where are they now?
Synthesis of Compound Active
Jef Debrabander, PhD,
Ralph Mason, Ph.D., Simmons
Northwestern State University
Biochemistry
Comprehensive Cancer Center Against
Glioblastoma Multiforme
Shakena Cobb
Franklin D. Roosevelt High School
Peter Michaely, Ph.D., Cell Biology
Karen DeLaFuente
Townview Science & Engineering
Magnet High School
Chuo Chen, Ph.D., Biochemistry
UTA
Amanda Gross
Hillcrest High School
Alexander Pertsemlidis, Ph.D.,
Eugene McDermott Center For
Growth and Development, Internal
Medicine - Clinical Genetics
Texas A&M
LaQuesha Johnson
Carter High School
Mujeeb Shad, M.D., Psychiatry
Stephanie Lee
W.T. White High School
Andrew Pieper, M.D., Ph.D.,
Psychiatry
Austin College
Jasine Marroquin
Thomas Jefferson High School
Joseph Albanesi, Ph.D.,
Pharmacology
Richland College
Madalyn McKayl
Townview Talented & Gifted
Magnet High School
Vikram Kodibagkar, Ph.D.,
Radiology
Carnegie Mellon University
Abhi Raj
Hebron High School
Diana Tomchick, Ph.D.,
Biochemistry
UTD
Avery Rice-Williams
Booker T. Washington High School
for Performing and Visual Arts
David Mangelsdorf, Ph.D.,
Pharmacology, Biochemistry
Raul Rios
Townview Science & Engineering
Magnet High School
Adrian Rothenfluh, Ph.D.,
Psychiatry
MIT
Maria Ruiz
Skyline High School
Michelle Tallquist, Ph.D., Molecular
Biology
UTD
Geoffrey Russell
Townview Talented & Gifted
Magnet High School
Russell DeBose-Boyd, Ph.D.,
Biophysics and Molecular Genetics
Carnegie Mellon University
Ronnie Shade Jr.
Townview Health Professions High
School
Ellen Vitetta, M.D., Ph.D.,
Cancer Immunobiology Center,
Microbiology
UT Austin
Geneinde Taylor-Edwards
Irma Rangel Young Women’s
Leadership High School
Pier Scaglioni, M.D., Internal
Medicine - Hematology-Oncology
Austin College
Sean Troxel
Townview Talented & Gifted
Magnet High School
Christian Forst, Ph.D., Clinical
Sciences
Stanford University
Emily Young
Woodrow Wilson High School
Roger Chan, Ph.D., Otolaryngology,
Biomedical Engineering
UT Austin